now that the motor was running fine-whats the story about the spark across the gap in the cab, you ask????
upon further inspection it was also sparking between the flexplate and the starter cog.turns out the sparky had run the earths
to the bottom of the starter using one of the starter bolts.should have been fine but it was a chrome starter and chrome is a ratshit conducter
of electricity.it couldn't get from the mtr to the cab and from there back to the battery,soooo we had to run another earth lead.
we're nearly up to date!!!!
motor running fine-check
trans running in all gears-check
wiring all finished-check
all bolts/fittings etc tight -check
last thing to do before bringing it down off the jack stands was a quick rebleed of the brakes to firm up the pedal.
everything was new and i had bled it up awhile ago so planned to bleed most of the fluid thru and top up with new stuff
as i went .but like everything else with this truck this turned into a major headache and i had to take the master cylinder out
cause the pedal went away all together and aerated the front reservoir.stripped it down-couldn't find any problem-bench bled it and
refitted it and it bled up fine so buggared if i know what happened-pretty sure i hadn't let air get in??????
so we are now up todate.
the pickup is back at the panelbeaters/painters having the front and rear windows installed and then its down the road for
a warrant of fitness(our legal check system).
hopefully that will happen tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!