Jon Green

Thanks for those pictures Alan, i see your build has the bottom mounting hole enlarged so that it will fit to the incorrectly spaced mounts behind too. We will, in true RHE ethos be resourceful!

I'm really not sure that the alternator, which came with the car, loosely hanging on one bolt is the correct one for my engine... The part number of it isn't easily read but starts 5402..... The more I look at the car the more I see that's been messed with.... Can anyone advise which is the correct alternator for the T16 engine with steering pump? Thanks, Jon

Another pic

My power steering pump is above the alternator.. . perhaps they're on the brackets in the wrong positions? I really can't see how the alternator could be mounted any further forward on the lower mounts where it is now and it doesn't seem to line up that great with them either

Thank Andy, yes it’s definitely mounted incorrectly. Off to the garage shortly to try to get to the bottom of it.

Hi All We're progressing on with our superspec repairs now that we have an engine that starts..😃. There's so many things on the car that have been messed with and not put back together right, even bolts missing from brake calipers, manifold bolts etc. Out next step is to get the plumbing sorted so we can run the engine to temperature. There's no belt on the water pump and alternator but I can't see how this is going to work as the alternator pulley is around 2" backwards from the line the belt should run on. Does anyone have any photos of that area on their cars they could post for me to get some insights into what's wrong with ours? I'll get a pic of ours later too. Cheers, Jon

Yes, a new fuel pump stopped the fuse blowing and delivered fuel. The injection system not squirting fuel in turned out to be down to the ECU not having the immobiliser removed. Starts now but still lots of work to do on the coolant system before we can run it to temperature. Progress though!

A great success! The engine now runs thanks to Paul at Technozen’s immobiliser removal modification. Now on to the enormous list of other things to sort out on the car. As always, many thanks for the help you all give on this forum.

Today I received the ECU back from Paul. He tested the ECU and found it to be working as standard and applied his immobilizer fix. Brilliant service! I'm pretty confident the car will start now but haven't had chance to test it yet.... Will let you know how we get on. Thanks as always for the help and advice. Jon

Thanks chaps, email sent! I will await the solution. 🙃

Hi All, I’ve still got a non running super spec after several months of tinkering. I am left with one final issue which is stopping it firing up. No Injection of fuel - the ecu isn’t telling the injectors to open. There is fuel pressure at the rail and power to the injectors but no injection. I watched a YouTube vid of a guy removing the immobiliser from a men’s 1.6 ecu by recoding a chip then cutting pin 13 inside the ecu box. I’ve checked my ecu and pin 13 has not been cut. The car has not run for me or the previous owner so I’m wondering if the ecu has been replaced at some point to fix a problem but without the immobiliser removed. Does anyone know if Robin Hood Engineering cut pin 13 in their superspec cars as part of the immobiliser fix?? Thanks, Jon

That's exactly what I thought. I ordered a right side caliper, which sure enough has a letter R embossed on it but it is a left side. I thought I was going mad or put my original calipers on the wrong side or something but I've just found a caliper on autodoc that says it's for the left side, has an L embossed on it but is definitely for the right of my 2b. 😵‍💫

So that would make this a left hand caliper?

Bought from eBay. Seller insists it is for the side it was listed for but I think it's the other..... Which side do you think this is for? Mk1 sierra

All running again! 😅