TWiR 1986 S3 TWR

[KiwiDave]

Thanks guys .. noted for future reference

[KiwiDave]

Update time... I'd arranged to borrow an engine crane off a mate and life decided to intervene TWICE to make sure this did not happen. It's such a ballache organising days and people only to find that the whole event becomes a non starter due to events beyond someone elses control
Anyway, I've made a little start, summoning all my mechanical talents to...
Remove the battery (cleaner under here than I'd imagined it to be)

Note battery tray with someone's technical height adjuster lol


And wiring fixes to be going on with


And more


A yellow wire to nowhere bodged into a relay


Does anyone know what this relay controls? (engine bay in front of battery) Headlamps, indicators, horns?
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Removing parts like a boss now! Shroud, fan (extensive cleaning required) and rad hoses.




Bolts from shroud. They were all the same once Grrrr


Radiator removal ... it's only four bolts


FCUK!! TWiR says hell NO That's one of the four (well .. three now) bolts holding the rad onto the brackets.


Plan B then. Remove the brackets with rad attached. Four little bolts come out surprisingly easily


Does anyone have any spare radiator brackets? I'm not convinced that the other three bolts won't snap too.


Radiator in surprisingly rude health




Hopefully, the next pics will involve an engine crane of some description!

[RamoNZ]

Looking good - but I reckon you should douse your engine bay with wd40 and see if that helps?

[TOOL]

That's ignition relay, I think.

Use that freeze spray stuff you got

[KiwiDave]

Just putiing this out there. Are there any dudes available any days Friday 1st thru Thursday 7th Aug to give me a hand getting the lump out?
Will arrange engine crane plus underground location so rain not an issue. Will get as much stuff unbolted as I can.
London TW13.
No pressure and I won't go all Friday The 13th on you if no one turns up ..
(although there are these voices in my head .... )

[Hobbawobba]

Note battery tray with someone's technical height adjuster lol

I have that same height adjuster too!

I'm probably a bit far to come and help out unfortunately aye!

[KiwiDave]

LOL I guess it's cheaper than buying the correctly proportioned battery?

[KiwiDave]

Progress today. Tearing stuff off the engine block like a boss. No broken bolts either!!! Some of the hardest bits were simple thigs ... removing the clutch slave with beehive in place And removing the lead off the water temp sender I wonder how many senders have been broken by people in too much of a hurry?

23mm enforcer for oil banjo. Had to remove that plus the heater to beehive water pipe just to get a spanner onto the clutch slave nut closest to beehive. And no 10mm ring spanner (where the fbuk did that go) meant I couldn't remove the beehive which would have been simpler


Disconnecting electricals. All labelled up just in case




That liitle loom goes from the oil pressure and water temp senders on the left side to carb on the right side. I disconnected the electrical feed to this dashpot but interestingly,there was no vacuum line attached


Look no wires now




Starter motor out.


WTF Bodge City Arizona. Round post goes to solenoid terminal and plastic connector to the loom. What is it's function??


Very carefully unwrapped some tape .... Just hanging by a thread Does anyone have a spare or can I just make one and retain the plastic connector. What guage for wire??


So now it's just the fuel lines, throttle cable (choke was easy, throttle less so) and headers. Lots of WD40 soaking into engine mount bots now.

[codge]

That wonky wire seems to be a fusible link taking power back up to the hot start relay when the starter motor is energised. (That's if Haynes is to be believed).

I'd never realised until this morning that it's a fusible link not just a connecting wire.....Dooooh.
The reason it's fusible is because it's taking battery power direct from the starter main terminal back up into the loom; the volts are going up it so to speak not down it.

So yeah, it looks like you need to try sourcing the correct item Dave. It seems to be marked on the diagram 0.5F
On the plus side, if it is available it should come complete.

[Lucky]

Or use normal wire with an in-line fuse holder? Even a slow-blow fuse would be preferable to bloody fusible links wouldn't it?