3.5 V8 Rebuild

fett · Apr 25, 2013

btw this should be on my thread not marks, sorry dude lol

discomark10 · May 16, 2013

Any idea where this goes chap's?

Thor1950 · May 16, 2013

looks like a starter ground strap or a grounding strap of some sort

Thor1950 · May 16, 2013

fett said:
btw this should be on my thread not marks, sorry dude lol

:hijacked::lol:

discomark10 · May 16, 2013

Thor1950 said:
looks like a starter ground strap or a grounding strap of some sort

I know that much lol

but from what ti where?

Thor1950 · May 16, 2013

discomark10 said:
I know that much lol but from what ti where?

Point a to point b

Beginning to end

If it is a starter grounding strap starter to chassis

discomark10 · May 16, 2013

Ahh had a thought it may be that... couldn't see where it goes

discomark10 · May 17, 2013

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

fett · May 17, 2013

vid vid vid vid

I am still waiting for parts for mine

discomark10 · May 17, 2013

Finally figured out where all the wires go!
Got the dizy in the right place, checked to see if I was on the right part of the cycle and started her up! got about 25psi oil pressure on 1k revs, and about 50 when giving it a few more revs.
Rover v8 1st start. - YouTube

Also got my gauge pod in, had to make a stand for it to make it at the right angle to see from the drivers seat.

fett · May 17, 2013

sounds good bud, but how did you do the cam break in procedure with no rad?

discomark10 · May 17, 2013

haven't done it yet, just wanted to check it was ok lol. once its all plumbed in ill do it.

fett · May 17, 2013

ahh , I thought once it was running it was bad to stop it again/drop revs etc etc

Mr Noisy · May 18, 2013

^^^ agreed

Once you fire it up you want to be straight up to 2-2500k area for 20 minutes

Was awkward with mine cos it didn't want to run so smooth for the first 30 seconds or so.

Don't think it will have ####ed your cam or anything but its not ideal, high loads on the cam at low rpms so that's why you want to avoid it until cam is surfaced/hardened

discomark10 · May 18, 2013

Yea I'll do it today. To be honest I thought it would have trouble starting and running lol

Mr Noisy · May 18, 2013

I was ****ting it at first key turn stage!

fett · May 18, 2013

at least you lot can let the ecu set up the fueling, I am gonna be tryna balance carb and timing while keeping it at the break in revs- thats if it starts lol

Mr Noisy · May 18, 2013

Yeah now that's impossible, carb guys really do need to know their ****.

I guess "plenty rich" is the key to firing up and getting that cam broke in good.

Have you got a known good set of carbs to run it up on?

Mr Noisy · May 18, 2013

Come to think of it, don't even remember how I went about the dizzy timing after that rebuild in August, must have just gone for TDC and a nudge, cos I think I got the timing light out after the cam was broke in...

discomark10 · May 18, 2013

I set mine to -4deg tdc on the crank indicator then set the no.1 ht point (done a quick turn over test with the gun to make sure it was about right.. seemed ok (couldn't see that well tbh) and BOOM it fired right up.

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