over winter project...

PMSL @ Tim :smiley:

prepping the engine mounts today…






buggered lights


engine back in very soon :slight_smile:

drilling the drive shafts for splitpins–


plenty of duralac–


going to replace the hydro mount tomorrow night

new one piece engine mount–



engine finally in !!!

hoping to get the driveshafts back in tomorrow so it can at least be rolling again.

Not bad for a carpenter! :smiley:

all the new parts are made from high tensile MDF :smiley:

few more hours put in today–

new windscreen fitted yesterday

new headlights with refurbed brackets–

front clam refitted with refinished lower cill panels, they were fubarred, local bodyshop redid the pair for �70

exhaust refitted–

new powder coated gear linkage fitted–

shiny charge cooler courtesy of Pro alloy–

Marc.

Really nice, totally excellent Marc!

charge cooler–

we had wayne at pro alloy remake the right hand gearbox mount a bit longer for us, top job (y)

clams back on (y)

marc.

Lookin’ great, man! :sunglasses:

Very cool!!

Looking good, wish I had a garage to work on mine :frowning:

I only run one fan and I know of quite a few other people that only run one fan as well.

Not wanting to high jack the thread but i am mainly aiming this at SeanB and AndyD.

I have the front clam off at the moment doing some repairs and while i was at it i have removed the A/C rad and 1 of the fans, the question is which connector do you plug the single fan back in to.
Having looked at the wiring diagrams it would seem that one fan is classed as low speed and both together is high speed.

Confused
Mike

PS mine is an 05 S2

The AC fan wiring is a nightmare.

Basic it works like this.

When the ECU gives a fan demand it does so via the Blue/Yellow wire to the AC fan control module ( in the OS wheel arch area ) this switches a relay that allows 12v to go through both fans connected in series. Meaning each fan runs on 6v … so half speed.

However when the ECU senses it needs more cooling or when AC is switched on the Blue/Slate wire is earthed by the ECU and that triggers another 2 relays that disconnects the series connection and connects 12v direct to each fan.

The fan with the black/green wire is the one I have connected ( if you disconnect both fan connectors its the one with a black wire direct to ground) as that one is just controlled by the half or full speed relay, meaning when the ECU says full speed that one will work no question, the other fan has to see the low speed relay switched as well.

However if you have removed the AC its just easier to junk the fan control module !!

Thanks Andy

I could ditch the control module but i would still need a relay as the signal from the ECU is too small to run the fan.
I’ll try the black / green wired plug, do you know of anyway to make it work without heating the engine up.

Thanks again
Mike

Yeah on the fan control module, find the blue /Slate coloured wire and scotch lock a wire to earth that should set the module to high speed operation and test the fan.

You can easy undo the scotch lock afterwards.

Ok sorted

I have done it a bit different i think to you, plugged the fan in to the socket for fan 1 and then scotched a cable off the neg side of that socket to the earth. So now the fan should run full speed whether its calling for half speed or full, as long as i don’t plug a fan in to the other socket all should be ok.

Mike

Hi Mike,

If “scotched” means you used a scotch lock, I would change that and solder the wire, there is quite a bit of current going through the fan wires and scotch locks are the devils sporn!!!

IMO

Sean…

^^^^^What he said^^^^^ Junk the blue devil sporn :wink:

Agreed I only use the Scotch lock to temporary grab a wire to test … not as a permanant connection …

Will do :crazy: