Ian's B6T Festiva build

[fastivaca]

Wow, thats long! Does it need to be that long? And why such a big sender? I installed a tee for my sender and pressure gauge last night, it was half that length and i was worried about it...

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Needs to be that long to clear the oil cooler thing on the B6T. As I mentioned it will be well braced both up and down. The large sender is for the VDO electric gauge that I picked up a long time ago.

I'll post a pic tomorrow with it installed on the engine.

On another note...

The dash is in along with the heater controls, stereo and instrument cluster. Carpet is back in along with all the rear panels. Front and rear seats are in as well. I upgraded the back seat to the split one out of an LX and used the Toyota MR2 front seats I had in the red car. I changed out all the bulbs in the instrument cluster and I think I may have broken one of the needle stops for the gas gauge so that will have to come out again.

I'm going to work on the wiring for the added instruments while I'm at it as well. This dash was in my red car so the wiring for the clock is already there.

More photos will come tomorrow sometime if all goes well otherwise it will be early next week.

Cheers

Ian

[ryanprins13]

Wow, thats long! Does it need to be that long? And why such a big sender? I installed a tee for my sender and pressure gauge last night, it was half that length and i was worried about it...


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[fastivaca]

I agree but make sure it is a good brace!

I'll probably run one brace up and another down.

[Dragonhealer]

I agree but make sure it is a good brace!

[fastivaca]

I wanted to keep the stock oil light and put in an oil pressure gauge. Here's a mock up of the little manifold I made up so I can use both senders. The stock one is the smaller one on the end. There will be a brace down to an existing bolt hole in the block.

[Advancedynamix]

Very nice!

[fastivaca]

It's starting to look like a car again! Dashboard is back in!!!



Thanks to Bravekozak for the really nice Ford emblem... hardly a blemish on it.



I was hoping to get the carpet in but had to pull the dash because I forgot to plug the dash harness into the main one. Oops! I'm getting pretty quick at dash removal now 😊

[fastivaca]

More goodies arrived today....



This will wrap the coolant crossover pipe as recommended by Charlie.

Shout out to JB'S Power Center in Edmonton, AB. Order placed late on Friday and arrived around noon today and that is with free shipping (in Canada anyway)!

[David88]

Ian, this project has great momentum. I admire your ability to stay on task. It sounds like you've got some loving moral support helping you out too.

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[fastivaca]

Quick update:

- wiring completed
- heater and A/C boxes back in
- dash vents all hooked up.

I believe I'm at the "tipping point" where I've gone from "will I ever get this running" to "OK, February 15 looks very doable".

I will get the interior back in tomorrow night. The new transmission mounts I ordered should be here tomorrow as well so the engine and transmission can go back in very soon.

One of my grand-daughters asked me today if the seats were in the car yet in anticipation of a promised ride!

[Advancedynamix]

I think it shuts all that off during cranking for faster start ups, but I could be wrong.

[fastivaca]

The wiring diagram shows one of the seven wires as coming from the knock box. The others are coming from the ECU, combination switch and rear defrost and going to ground, cooling fan relay and blower control. I'm wondering if all this does is kick the fan on when there's added load. If that's the case then I think it would ve safe to run without it as the fan is still controlled by the Festiva harness.

[Advancedynamix]

Yeah, I saw that. I'm not sure if you need it. I never ran one in either of my cars, but they are all running on custom harnesses and I ditched a lot of that sort of stuff. I may have one in my box of extra wiring and crap.

[fastivaca]

The stuff I used is a sleeve for protecting hose. They gotta have it in Canada too. You guys have hosers up there to aye.

Just ordered some along with some stainless zip ties from a local speed shop. New transmission mounts should be here on Monday, right side engine mount is already fabbed. Things are getting close. Charlie, did you see my question regarding the plug next to the 323GT fuel pump relay?

[Advancedynamix]

The stuff I used is a sleeve for protecting hose. They gotta have it in Canada too. You guys have hosers up there to aye.

It's DEI 010419 Heat Sheath if you want to look it up. It's around 10 bucks a foot down here.