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 vwpete
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| posted on December 13th, 2006 at 10:42 AM |
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Ej22 Buggy running and taken to lancelin
Oh yeah, Wiring issue sorted, I spent a good 3 days going through the wiring and managed to sort our nothing, But then spent time more wisely begging
and bribing with beer a Top bloke who actually knows about wiring. He fixed it in about 1 hour.
Spent about another day or so tidying up the wiring and then went off to Lancelin.
Engine ran real well with no drips or problems.
The buggy suffered eventually breaking both front shocks and a tie rod. But that was to be expected as the shocks where street quality, 10 years old
and rusted to buggery plus the stock shock mounts have not been strengthen so where probably bending and causing bind, as for the tie rod, I made them
too short plus they are beetle tie rod ends.
So the to do list is going to be beef up beam shock mounts, lengthen tie rods and change to Holden tie rod ends.
So the vid on utube is pretty boring, as to be honest I spent my time doing the offroading rather than filming it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNJJHFIwMAk
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pete wood
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| posted on December 13th, 2006 at 09:24 PM |
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how did the radiator setup work? did it stay cool ok?
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vwpete
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| posted on December 14th, 2006 at 09:37 AM |
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The cooling system seemed to keep up just fine. You could see the temp gauge rise and fall as the fans kicked in and out. I thought the fans would
always be on but even when the engine was under a fair bit of stress the fans would still manage to cool the system down enough to turn off.
Mind you maybe doing a 110km\hr in a 1200kg vehicle on road is more stress than thumping it up and down sand dunes in a 700kg buggy.
Just like to say at this point, thanx to this site and the people on it, who without, this engine conversation would im sure not have been possible.
Well done people on a great forum, the community, information and help available is outstanding.
Big hand to you alls
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| posted on December 14th, 2006 at 11:00 AM |
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Told you those shocks were cactus..... the shafts were sooo rusted...
Glad to hear the cooling worked ok. I thought the hot air form the engine may be an issue. I actually find my ej powered jbus works harder playin in
the sand than cruising on the highway.
The fan never comes on when doing 110k+, but when playing in the sand, you don't seem to get the airflow and the fan kicks in.
Admittedly, pushing a bus through the sand would be much harder than your buggy...
What did you do with the temp gauge?
Good stuff Peter.
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| posted on December 14th, 2006 at 12:26 PM |
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The VDO temp gauge is wired using the original ej22 sender which means the reading is all wrong, it reads 105deg when the fans kick in. It’s not
ideal but it will do, I am more keen to get the oil pressure gauge sorted, I made a slack attempt by going into repco with the EJ oil pressure switch,
but they weren’t much help (I will check out the VDO catalogue at some point).
We should state here just in case people get the wrong idea, I have mounted my original subi rad at the rear of my buggy so I am totally reliant on
my fans, unlike your bus which has the rad mounted at the front.
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| posted on December 14th, 2006 at 02:46 PM |
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105 deg is very warm for an EJ. they don't like temps above 100 deg celcius.
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| posted on December 14th, 2006 at 05:00 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pete wood
105 deg is very warm for an EJ. they don't like temps above 100 deg celcius.
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yer thats true hey,
on a hot 35°c - 40°c day the V8 is about 90°c on freeways and never climbs from there...
good to hear it wend well tho, Lanos' is a GREAT place for moto's n buggies, i love it there
76 baywindow kombi - V8 & Weddle racing diff and gearbox
Daily driven beach cruiser
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| posted on December 14th, 2006 at 05:24 PM |
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Guys, you have mis-interpreted what we are discussing here.
Peter has connected the SUBARU temp sender to his old VDO gauge, consequently it is reading wrong. The fan is being controlled by the suby ECU which
kicks the fan in at 90ish degrees, so if he is saying the fan is kicking in and out and not running flat strap, chances are it is hovering at around
90 degrees.
I do think tha running 'blind' is a risky business Peter, so get your guage sorted before your next trip. let me know if you need help.
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| posted on December 14th, 2006 at 11:01 PM |
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with my temp guage it reads the same as yours (about 15 deg out) because it is a 150 deg guage vdo.
try using a 120 deg guage and it will read more acurate .
i tryed brads 120 guage in mine and the fans kick in at low 90,s where they are supposed to
terry
ps i have sent you an u2u
anyone who says it's bad to put subaru motors in vw's.....
hasnt got a clue about smoooooooooth
terry
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you know who i am
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