1979 Capri 2.0 "Ghia " - Spraying Bumpers / New TCAs

Its alive!!! Cheers ZXRob !!! bought a can of easy start from halfords and it fired right up! I took the bottom pipe off the fuel pump and it poured out! after that took the top of the K&N off and blasted a bit of easy start in there!!

That's why I recommend ensuring the fuel return is reconnected.
Having owned 10(11? 12? - something like that) Capris, I've found that they always start better after standing with it working.

Fitting the EFI from a Sierra or Granada is also worthwhile, if you can find it these days.

I'm turning my attention to the Temp, Fuel & Oil gauges now as the dash is still apart so if i need to pull the clocks this would be a good time i guess.

My dials look like this when the ignition or car is on (Fuel rises from nothing to full, I have been keeping the tank full but when i got the car it wasnt full but still the same)





I don't really know what I'm doing but i pulled the connections off the tank and it didnt rise. I was told to short these two connections together and see what the gauge does, is that right? My assistant is out of town till late tomorrow late so i couldn't try this.

I cleaned up the terminals and put some copper slip on them, connecters back on... no change.
I checked the voltage while they were disconnected, ignition on and it read 4.88v not sure if this tells anything other than its sending some voltage although is this the correct voltage ? 




I wanted to pull off the temp gauge and ground this to see if the gauge moved (i think this is the right test?) but cant get it off at the moment, it just keeps spinning round so i'll try it again tomorrow.




Lastly with the oil... someone has disconnected this in the past. Something seems to be missing between the sender unit and the pipe or, they're the wrong unit to pipe??







Once these are working i'll be happy to take it out and about.

That fitting looks about right; what is in your engine is a low pressure sender for a warning light.

Your fuel gauge sender is probably knackered. Pull it out, and work the float up and down with an ohm meter connected across it. The reading should change, I bet it doesn't

Hi

Love this car its great. I've a 2.0s so used to the joy of the dash gauges being temperamental.

Your right with the temp gauge just ground the end and see if it moves to the top. If it does it's probably the sensor that is knackered.

Before you go pulling out the tank do the above as if it it doesn't rise still and doesn't work it could also be a faulty voltage regulator on the back of the clocks. That will effect both the fuel and temp gauges

Also thinking about the oil pressure fixing maybe someone has converted it to a six pod dash from the more simple dash or the engine could of been swapped in without the pressure sensor being swapped over. That would explain why the oil sensor is different on the engine. I don't know any other reason why the sensor wouldn't match.


Cheers

Josh

That's a great result!

Thinking of going for classic blue when I get round to it .

Decided it was time to be brave, re-tax it and hit the road! Since changing the wheels i noticed the other day when turning it around the clicking has stopped... maybe the old wide wheels were too much for it. Initially all was not well at all as dials, lights and indicators stopped working. Turns out to be a dodgy fuse bit of wiggling around and they all came back to life
I i've got a CD player working so naturally went for a cruise listening to the Eagles haha

Turns out its about twice as long as my girlfriends Aygo.




Need to test this with a multimeter and make sure the wires are the right way around! knowing this car it could be that but the dash lights still don't work and drivers side, sidelights front and back plus the numberplate lights. 



When i returned as was messing about under the bonnet i noticed after a while of standing bubbles appearing in the fuel filter i added. Is this normal? i can see any signs of a leak on the floor and once it was running / immediately stopped it wasn't doing it.


In a week i'll probably book it in with my local garage (used to old fords ) as i want to brakes to be checked over and maybe i'll order some braided hoses. I would do this myself i'm pretty sure i could do it but i don't like the idea of jacking the car up at the rear as i'm concerned with the age of the springs and it becoming unstable on my little halfords 2 ton jack. If it fell i'd be in a world of pain so maybe i'll spend on this. Might sound a bit soft but i should drive it before bad weather kicks in.

Re last comment I definitely want the engine bay to look cleaner and will take this onboard. I'll get some black hamerite for the servo as i want to do some patches underneath too. With the Fan and the Rocker Cover... what paint do people use for hot surfaces?

Normal spray paint will be fine for the cam cover. Just rub it down well, prime it and then spray. A decent clear laquer afterwards will help keep it good. Also, it can't help that your fuse box lid is missing. Can't be helping the electric issues you are having. Ask Martin if he has a spare one?