First time out of the garage this year, gave it a bit of a clean and did a few bits and bob's!

Put these back on after a rebuild....





got them set a tad lower than before, dont know whether to rasie it or not?









Took the back seats out, was half expecting to find some nasty rust, but i just found alot of sweets/rubbish/reciepts from tesco newcastle in 1991!



and after a while idleing, the voltage finally settled to a normal place, the battery was very flat!



Got alot to do before april yet, need to change the Rad, put an RS500 cooler on, possibly a new turbo and polybush it!

comments welcome!

 

Looks nice m8.

 

Cheers mate, cant wait to drive it again!

 

Good voltage you got at idle too mines 13.8v on my secs.

 

is that good for a cossie? i always thought my alternator was crap, i am used to peugeot, usually 14.4!

 

No it's good m8,i get 14.2v from at my battery more important what voltage your fuel pump sees though.

 

yeah, thats one of my next things to check, i may even wire a gauge into the fuel pump so i can keep an eye on its voltage! whats acceptable on them?

 

Ideally you want to see battery voltage m8,i rewired mine straight from the battery with an inline fuse using the original wires in the boot to feed a relay .

 

ok, i will see what i have got, so have you got it on a switch, or still with the ignition?