My '78 MGB V8 conversion is currently testing my patience...
It's all finished apart from the final 'easy' jobs or so I thought, todays plan was to get it all ready for the MOT....
All thats left to do is,
*Modify the speedo cable and get the speedo working...
*Wire up the reverse lights
*Fit the centre console
So I attempted the speedo cable this morning I had modified the new cable to fit, only to find I had modified the wrong end not realising the one end is slightly smaller than the other.....so there was a 50/50 chance of me doing it wrong and I did it wrong....
So thats the end of that until another new speedo cable arrives in the post....
Then I went to wire up the reverse lights to find one wire missing off the switch
so thats the end of that until I find find my soldering iron and find suitable wire and connector.
Then I thought I may aswell trial fit the modified centre console as i've had to alter the position of the gear lever and did it fit? nope so I now need to spend some more time fettling with it.
So a whole morning and nothing was achieved..
I did however get it started for the first time this year and it made me realise it was going to be all worth while in the end!
Here's a short vid of how its sounding and if your wondering what the ticking noise is, it's just the fuel pump working away as there is hardly any petrol in it!!
I'm well chuffed with how its sounding, considering it only a single exhaust system as I was afraid I was going to lose some of the V8 sound....
It's all finished apart from the final 'easy' jobs or so I thought, todays plan was to get it all ready for the MOT....
All thats left to do is,
*Modify the speedo cable and get the speedo working...
*Wire up the reverse lights
*Fit the centre console
So I attempted the speedo cable this morning I had modified the new cable to fit, only to find I had modified the wrong end not realising the one end is slightly smaller than the other.....so there was a 50/50 chance of me doing it wrong and I did it wrong....
So thats the end of that until another new speedo cable arrives in the post....
Then I went to wire up the reverse lights to find one wire missing off the switch
so thats the end of that until I find find my soldering iron and find suitable wire and connector.Then I thought I may aswell trial fit the modified centre console as i've had to alter the position of the gear lever and did it fit? nope so I now need to spend some more time fettling with it.
So a whole morning and nothing was achieved..
I did however get it started for the first time this year and it made me realise it was going to be all worth while in the end!
Here's a short vid of how its sounding and if your wondering what the ticking noise is, it's just the fuel pump working away as there is hardly any petrol in it!!
I'm well chuffed with how its sounding, considering it only a single exhaust system as I was afraid I was going to lose some of the V8 sound....
