toastedpickles Saab 900 lpt build

YbFocus

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Wooooooo the scary wires are gona get youuuu! :pac::pac::pac:

YbFocus

When it comes to wiring i night as well be looking at a bag of chips!
Can't get an earth for a headunit.
In fact i know an earth is something that worrying needs to work and it loves bare metal.
That's the extent of it really. .
Want a hand

toastedpickles

So today was more wiring, routing the loom and reconnecting things

And now I have a shiny pipe on both cars!



So everything is wired back in that can be wired back in the coolant temp sensor decided to call it a day and break today too :mad:
Speedo cable is back in, power steering is rigged up and the belt is back on, tensioned too



I also began fitting things, the tie rods are on,



So tomorrow should hopefully involve a trip to the scrapyard and get trim bits and screws and the like

commited

Good luck at the scrappie, if you see a decent condition rear black bumper on a 9-3SS there, let me know!

toastedpickles

So i went to kilcock today to pillage to 900 there for bits, and i was not disappointed

All this for 2 euro



They've a headlining there too so when i have 50/60 quid, getting that too. In the pile of crap was some important bits



So i got started on my first "wiring job" safe to say it wasn't great, but it done the job
So stripped the wire and wrapped them around each other



A dodgy soldering attempt later....



I also got some underbody seal and an oil filter



I stuck in the o2 sensor also, torqued to 40Nm



Then i stuck the slam panel back on, it's beginning to look like a car again



I need three hose clips and the engine is ready then in goes the rad, fan, oil, and other fluids

wotzgoingon

What did your mechanic do to the engine?

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What did your mechanic do to the engine?

Just minded it for me I done all the work

Hal1

Be better to use some shrink wrap:


Or this type:


Get them cheap on ebay or halfrauds if it's handier. It's come this far why let it all go to ****e with bad wiring.

wotzgoingon

toastedpickles wrote: »

Just minded it for me I done all the work

Really fair play to you. I can do just basic stuff. Change discs, pads, oil, oil filter, spark plugs, coil packs etc... wheel bearings. I wouldn't dream of touching an engine in case I ****ed it up.

toastedpickles

Hal1 wrote: »

Be better to use some shrink wrap:


Or this type:


Get them cheap on ebay or halfrauds if it's handier. It's come this far why let it all go to ****e with bad wiring.

I have some of the second picture, but I've no idea what to do to make a connection yknow? I youtubed it and got a very vague video, looked a bit more and still more vague things, so I'd need to be shown first yknow so i might get my mechanic to show me tomorrow or something

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Really fair play to you. I can do just basic stuff. Change discs, pads, oil, oil filter, spark plugs, coil packs etc... wheel bearings. I wouldn't dream of touching an engine in case I ****ed it up.

the only serious thing i done was the water pump and distributor rotor, but thanks all the same

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

I have some of the second picture, but I've no idea what to do to make a connection yknow? I youtubed it and got a very vague video, looked a bit more and still more vague things, so I'd need to be shown first yknow so i might get my mechanic to show me tomorrow or

1. Put it on the wire before joining
2. Heat the ****er

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

1. Put it on the wire before joining
2. Heat the ****er

Oh no i know that :pac:

The things i have have a metal piece in the middle

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Oh no i know that :pac:

The things i have have a metal piece in the middle

Oh

wotzgoingon

toastedpickles wrote: »

Oh no i know that :pac:

The things i have have a metal piece in the middle

I'd say that is to crimp it on.

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Oh

Aye! :pac: some sort of electrical doowhacky, no idea how to use it, so ill find out soon

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'd say that is to crimp it on.

You might be right!

TheBody

Why didn't you just buy a new spade connection? They only cost a few cent and then you would have a clean connection.

toastedpickles

TheBody wrote: »

Why didn't you just buy a new spade connection? They only cost a few cent and then you would have a clean connection.

Never thought of it to be honest, I might get one tomorrow or something

toastedpickles

So i jumped into the scary world of wiring today so using the old spade (again) because i didn't have enough wire to lob on a new one i began by undoing the tape and cutting the tie where the wire was soldered, and stuck on a connector



Some shrink tubing later, and we have this



Done the alternator connection too, where i could use a new piece, so heres that!



Next in went the driveshafts



Then the headlights, grille and bumper, which leads us to this



Needs one little plug for the rad and an indicator which I'll be getting monday morning

wotzgoingon

Quick question, kinda car related. What age are you?
Would you not wait till you are 25 and get classic insurance.
Two policies at roughly a grand each is pricey.


Also great job on the car, really coming together.

toastedpickles

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Quick question, kinda car related. What age are you?
Would you not wait till you are 25 and get classic insurance.
Two policies at roughly a grand each is pricey.


Also great job on the car, really coming together.

I'm 23, I probably will end up doing that to be honest, because at the minute it is a tad silly like, also thank ya

toyotaavensis

She really looks well.

toastedpickles

One picture today, the hub is finally back in, the right one anyways, safe to say I fcuking hate ball joints even more now :pac: stuck the brake disc on too just to see how it'd look, i like it!

toastedpickles

Been a while since i had a "ahhhh fcuk" moment

And today was the day, the day where i started the car again, I filled it up with oil, connected up the battery, began filling the coolant, checking for leaks.....and there was two, one which was a loose pipe, fair enough, the other was a bit more serious

We all remember this guy?



Well it decided to spring a leak today! So......it had to come out to be resealed, properly, If it happens again well I don't know what to do, gona stick it back on tomorrow and cover the whole surface with sealer

toastedpickles

So today I attacked the port again, armed with

Copper crush washers
A gasket I made out of gasket paper
Copious amounts of dirko sealer

Annnnnnd.....no more leak!

Gona get my exhaust looked at tomorrow in work and then get the other ball joint in and bolted up, brakes on and away we go!

toastedpickles

Touchdowwwn!

Today i got thelast ball joint back in, brakes back on, and set up for bleeding when i get some brake fluid

The new discs/pads



Meaty!



And the muneh shot

YbFocus

toastedpickles

YbFocus wrote: »

Now the real fun can begin!

toastedpickles

Got the exhaust sorted out, so gotta bolt that on and try start it soon!