Mk 1 Diesel Project

[Jarred]

Turns out the alt problem might be easier than first thought.

seems to be a missing bolt in there and hence a loose alt belt.

fuel consumption was around 6.0L/100km. that's with 2 blokes, and a boot and back seat full of parts and luggage. and 4spd at 110kph. And also possibly a sticky thermostat.

It was about $120 bucks worth of juice for the weekend. and I got 1 comment when filling up " has this little thing got a diesel in it? who woulda thought"

I also have parts for you Pete. I'll catch you on the weekend if you're around.,

[Jarred]

thought i'd quickly update this. she's been runnning like a trooper recently.

one of the lower alternator bolts fell out when coming back from sydders, which caused the alt not to charge the batt and the battery go flat and not power my lights and wipers; both of which are very handy at night. when it's raining.

Fitted up a 'cold air' intake and 'oil catch can' the other day aswell. Although i think i need to change the oil catch so it can't vent to atmosphere.

The 'cold air' intake just extends off the standard intake, just stop the air coming in straight off the engine. noticable improvement in smoothness whilst accelerating. better feel, even if there's no actually power increase.

Should also have a noticeable altitude drop soon toooo.

[Jarred]

few pics from photoshoot last night. Cheers mitch for the camera work.

[Preen59]

no oil squirters for a turbo...

time to supercharge!!

^^^^^ Do it. ^^^^^

[thestu]

ffs hurry up and put your coils in your lazy man!!!!

[99gti]

She has realy come up a treat man, congrats.

Now drop it already!!!

[Jarred]

cheers Neil. I still havn't polished it completely yet,. you can tell in some of the pics.

I'm still having an issue with the batt/alt, as I ran out of electricity last night again. Had the lights on for maybe an hour, without the car on. Battery was at 11v.

I swapped batt's with Josh, so I could get home, and now my batt [after josh's alt charging it last night] is back up to 12.6ish v. When running, it's reading 13.6-7v, which would imply that the alternator is still working.

The accesory belt, is practically the same tightness [spelling] as on Joshs. I'm a bit stumped really, do I have an open circuit in my car somewhere perhaps? or are dead glow plugs sapping too much juice?

where should I start looking?

EDIT: 7:00pm, just checked the battery, 12.35v. Will check again tomorrow, see what's what.

[hiho]

Your car looks sensational. Well done! Your hard work has been worthwhile.

[Jarred]

checked the voltage now [11am] and it's 12.26v. which is 0.09v in about 10hours. should i be concerned?!?

[ontarv]

if your multi meter has amps select 200 mamps
remove one battery lead conect multi meter to battery post and
the other lead to the lead
have everything off the multi meter should not read over .04 mamps
if it does remove one fuse at a time till you find the curcuit with a drain
hope that helps you Jarrad

[16v_kid]

jarred i had to do it....couldt help my self lol

hope you like it.

also edit in the center hub on the rear.



also congrats with it. looks sweet.

opps i just saw that i didn't crop the top bit out...but who cares..focus on the car lol

[Jarred]

nice one Gordan, thanks. now i really can't wait to do it in real life!

Probably the exact stance i'll be aiming for. or maybe lower..

[16v_kid]

nice one Gordan, thanks. now i really can't wait to do it in real life!

Probably the exact stance i'll be aiming for. or maybe lower..

no worries Jarred!

Yeah i cant wait aswell, shes going to look mint.

Good luck.

[Jarred]

if your multi meter has amps select 200 mamps
remove one battery lead conect multi meter to battery post and
the other lead to the lead
have everything off the multi meter should not read over .04 mamps
if it does remove one fuse at a time till you find the curcuit with a drain
hope that helps you Jarrad

i did this. multi meter initally read 1. [perhaps maybe as in overload for the 200mA setting.] Went through the fuses, [none are damaged] and pulled the 8th fuse [from the left] and then the reading went to zero. put the fuse back in and now the multi meter reads 0.00. did i just fix my first elctrical problem?!?

alternator is charging, quickly fired her up, and the voltage jumped to 13.5sh. So all is well in that respect.

[GoLfMan]

Probably the exact stance i'll be aiming for. or maybe lower..

lower...... its about time you stopped being conservative and boring with your cars