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That would make a lot more sense but my car doesn't have anything like that, it literally had a green and black wire coming from the coil through the firewall then into the loom, +went to the start button - was earthed with a bunch of other earth's, I must be missing something as it's not sparking, maybe the +wire teed off somewhere and went to alternator or starter or a relay of some sorts

How are you guys wiring your ignition coils? Mine Is pre wired to the dizzy, but the live and earth used to be earth to chassis and live to ignition (push button swith) there was nothing in between on the live (which surprises me) I'm sure there should be a ballast resistor or wire, but it worked before and since stripping the wiring and re doing it, it just won't spark, it did started once but revved right up, backfired then died, should I be taking a live from the starter motor to the ignition coil rather than the start button?

I've just been looking at those cbs units, they look great, the only thing that concerns me is I can't seem to find the correct diagram for my light/indicator stalk and wiper stalk,

Just trying to tidy the wiring up, there was so much excess wiring I'm just trimming and rejoining but the instrument cluster wiring is horrendous so was going to try and rewire that section

This is the issue I'm having mate, with all the paperwork I have with the car there's just a reciept for the doner vehicle. All its says is 2.0l ford sierra sold as seen £60 then 2 signatures, now I'm assuming (and it's not always good to assume) that the car itself is an f reg, in the paperwork there's an application acceptance form for a "age related plate" which is on the car so with that I have downloaded a 1988 manual for the car, the stalks are round type with a button on the windscreen wiper stalk for the washers if that helps

Hi guys, still tackling the wiring, I've downloaded and printed(yes every single page) a sierra Haynes Manuel, looking at the wiring diagrams none of them match the colours on my plug wires from the instrument cluster and I could really do with the wiring diagram

Lol cheers mate, I'm already lost to be honest, just a spaghetti mess, not a single labelled fuse, trying to trace everything back and it's just tangled completely, ive labelled everything under the bonnet and disconnected it all, but wires go to places that isn't even connected, 4 wires got to 1 fuse, it's a complete mess. Think I'm in over my head here

Right crank pulley and alternator pulley (many thanks to foz) are sorted, water pump pulley turned up today and it's the wrong one so im still on the look out for a water pump pulley for a 2.0l pinto

So I thought I would tackle the wiring today (properly this time) I had to sort a few bits the other day as had starting issues, but decided as the weather's nice I would make a start, I'll post updates as I go but for starters here's what I'm dealing with

Looks clean mate I like that, I also love the idea of the handbrake in the centre column but mine won't allow that, I did plan on moving mine (passenger side footwell) but once I ripped out the carpet and centre console cover it became apparent as to why the handbrake wasn't fitted there, tubular frame runs straight through

That's really nice mate, I like that, I bought 3metres of black bently diamond stitch leather which I'll be using for covering. Them dials are exactly the same as what I've got, I was thinking of similar positions for the dials,

Hi guys, I have completely ripped my rh to pieces, seats out, dash out, carpets out, wiring loom out etc etc, currently in the process of making a new dash, the original dash came with race car style switches (chrome toggle type) have any of you guys got any unusual switch panels that your proud of creating and wouldn't mind sharing, I would like to do something a bit different rather than the generic switch panel that was originally on the car

Hi darrel firstly thank you for your comments, they are all very valid points, but I'm not looking to buy it, I just stuck it up here incase it was any use to anyone else

I'm hoping this is in the right place but I've just spotted a 2b project for sale at a reasonable price on Facebook, its not mine and I know nothing about the car https://www.facebook.com/groups/128498247234680/permalink/6705917679492671/?ref=share

I can't comment on the 1.6 but my 2.0l is £311 for a year, expensive but worth it

OK mate thank you very much, it's much appreciated

Thank you very much foz, let me know how much you want for it mate. I'm gonna see if I can source the other 2 pulleys

Don't suppose anyone has the standard water pump, alternator and bottom crank pulley that drives the water pump belt,for sale do they? My car came with these horrible blue toothed pulleys that shreds belts,

Yeah that makes sense, it's a real shame really because like yourself,I much prefer forums, I find forums far superior for many reasons, I like the fact that scams/spam posts are no seen very often on forums, I like the more intimate/personal feeling you get from forums, and it's not full of d!ck heads like Facebook. So is this place strictly for rh kit cars?

Hi guys thankfully nothing else wrong with the car........... yet, but was just thinking (dangerous I know) but do you guys advertise this forum on Facebook at all? I mean everyone on this forum ive encountered so far have been great, and there's untold amounts of knowledge between you all, just makes me wonder why this forum is so quite compared to other forums I'm on, to be fair the other forums I'm on aren't for kit cars, they are for audis and subaru, has it always been pretty quite round here?

I did think oil catch tank but theres a copper 90° bend coming out the top with a rubber hose coming out leading to underneath the car,

Also not sure if anyone knows but what is the silver vulcan box at the back? The thing leaks fumes out of one of the rivetts on the top,

I have found a few sites saying because the water is pumped its fine to mount the rad sideways but my phone has updated and now cant take screenshots due to security policy or some rubbish,

To be honest, i flushed it out, put new coolant in, managed to bleed all the air out, left it running for about 20 mins (just wrapped exhaust so need wrap to set) and the temps didnt go above 80°, i didnt think the rad would work that way but i did see another person had fitted their rad sideways, cant remember where i saw it though, im gonna have a scout round now

New belt on, pain in the arse to fit, the bottom rad hose runs right through the middle of the belt the more I work on this car the more I'm beginning to find wrong, there's got to be an easier way to get the air out the system lol, I mean the rads fitted sideways and I'm a plumber by trade and the top rad hose elbows above the engine and back down again.