Well it’s call month and I’m busy flying friggin aeroplanes. Don’t people realise I’m trying to finish my car?
Lachie talked me out of dicking with the sump until I have it going and Nick talked me out of a swanky dash.
Typical Glenn tangent averted....back on track.
Finish wiring wiper and dash when I get home tomorrow. Nick and I got the fuel tank removed and drained...went to replace the wires for the sender, pump and earth. They are all 1989 and small compared to the wire the auto electrician supplied for the pump. Found out they are crimped on and not easily changed except the earth. Careful prying and a lot of stuffing about and all three wires now replaced....semi crimped

but also well soldered on then heatshrinked and captured in position so the solder won’t crack. Tank refitted....the car officially has no 1989 wires left in it. Fitted the main you beauty earth to the block and firewall....also have a secondary earth from box to chassis...there is no way (on earth...lol) this thing will suffer earth issues. All chassis points use new bolts and paint sanded away...then covered with sealer once fitted. The only single earth point is the battery to chassis but that is chunky cable into a seatbelt mount with the body filed flat in the area and a big washer above the hefty terminal. Yes...I have chased earth issues in cars before and they SUCK!
Have got LED tail lights to fit.
Wipers. One wiper modded to run most of windscreen...one speed...two relays which allows me to park the wipers...one relay runs the power to the full speed terminal....when switched off by the switch the power is removed from that full speed terminal and because power is supplied to the ignition switched terminal the second relay using terminal 87A turns off too but in doing so connects the two blue wires causing the park position to operate. If I sound excited by this I am because me and electrickery ain’t the best of friends all the time.
Bought a Honeywell oil pressure sender specifically for the ecu to read and I can set up protections from that. Just have to tee it into the oil pressure remote sender block.
Check engine LED light to fit. Will operate for
1. Lower than expected oil pressure at any time within set parameters
2. Water temp higher than 95 degrees
3. In the future with the new sump higher oil temp than expected
4. Miss fires
5. Low ecu voltage
6. Anything else you guys list here
Lachie and I am going to work on the sump on the side...have some great ideas....it will be a custom windage tray, box on a 45 degree angle with 4 trap doors...extended a little front and back plus some anti slosh bars. It will have a fitting for the temp sender too. I know that should be in the sandwich plate but no room....so it will just be a baseline to monitor changes with.
There will be a charge light too...small LED just to let us know if the alternator stops working...without it the battery won’t last long with the EPAS going.