We'll give it another go soon then.

 

Carl finished off the catch can bracket today by smoothing the sharp corners and powder coating it black. Connected the clear hoses up and thats done and looking good.

He also made a bracket to attach the oil filter remote mount onto the front of the engine block - were stuck for space so that will have to do unless we see the heat melting it during testing. We'll put a heat sheild between the header and oil filter as well.

Tested the electrics before, it all seems to work.

Engine testing will now be next week soon as my parts arrive and are fitted.

 

Funny, all that hard work and the most response you get is from the BADGE!

LOL, I want one too!

 

where did you get the mudflaps/splashgaurds at?

 

Today we did some more work on the oil cooling system, and got a difficult eye bolt into the p/s pump that had been annoying us.

I tested the electrics some more, and a few other little jobs.

We're really close now, and it will be done by next week for sure.

 

Im due to get the RRM front camber correction bolts tomorrow, does anyone know where they install?

 

There's two big bolts that hold the knuckle on the strut. Pull those out and replace them with the RRM bolts.

Bolt #3, there's two of them.
Link to pic


EDIT: Linked the pic because I hate side scrolling.

 

Excellent, I'll be able to get those done tomorrow morning. I'm impressed with how quickly my RRM hi-flow cat and camber bolts arrived - only 4 days from CA. The mivec switch and other stuff was posted the same day from Portland and the tracking says it hasnt even gone on a plane yet!

I'm a little concerned about bleeding the power steering and dealing with coolant air bubbles. We will follow the shop manual, but I'm anticipating some difficulty!

 

Bleeding power steering is easy. Fill the reservoir, turn the steering to full lock on one side, then the other. Repeat a few times, top up reservoir, start the engine, repeat a few more times. Top up reservoir again, and you should be done. Any other little bubbles in the system will work themselves out as you drive.

Bleeding the coolant is even easier. Once you've poured in as much as it'll take, put the cap back on and fill the overflow tank to between full hot and full cold. Start the engine and let it get up to normal temp. Shut it off and let it cool down fully. Top up coolant reservoir. Repeat.


EDIT: Did you get the clutch bled yet?

 

We've got the clutch bled, seems ok now. We've put in the PS fluid and engine oil now as well.

We got concerned yesterday however when I tried to test the windshield wipers. They dont work!

When I try to use them, I hear the clicking sound of the relay but the wipes do nothing.

The wipers are on the new control harness through the new ECM - so that worries me. However if they relay is clicking and working, then maybe the problem is the wiper motor connector, perhaps it is damaged.


Here are some photos of what we did yesterday anyhow:

 

man its getting close, i cant wait for the grand conclusion of this project!! Keep up the good work!!

 

Gotta figure out the wiper problem before we continue. The Front ECU clicks when the wipers are turned on, which I assume is normal, but nothing happens. Gonna try a multimeter tomorrow to measure resistance.

What I'd hate to find is that even though the 2.4 control harness and the 1.6 instrument harness and other harnesses plug together easily, that the wiring does not cross over those plugs. I wouldnt have thought there would be a problem because the electrical isnt really different between es/oz and RA. They should all have standard interior harnesses.

I guess I also dont know if the front ECU differs between ES/OZ and RA. if it does then this may be why the wipers dont work.

 

The front ecu is the same between the ES OZ and RA,
I'm running at 03 ES front ecu on my 05 RA, everything works including fog lights

 

Im betting its a grounding issue - that would explain it... I'll go check it out now.

 

It seems mitsubishi has decided to make it very difficult to change engines.

Basically some of the wires that are supposed to connect through combination plugs between the control harness and the instrument harness dont connect. Infact, some of the plugs that connect across the 2.4 engine harness to 1.6 instrument harness are wired differently.

We are quite confused now, and there have been thoughts that this is the end, and it cant be done...

Our only hope now is to attempt to match the mis-matching connections.

The interior wiring is turning very messy very quickly, just as the engine is ready to start.