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Post by kiwicanfly on Apr 19, 2016 8:00:23 GMT
If you have not got one yet, get yourself a multimeter. Makes testing and checking circuits a breeze. 99% of the time that's all I use mine for.
Get one with an alarm as well so that it sounds when you check a circuit, means you can check without having to look at the screen.
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Post by superdrag67 on Apr 26, 2016 15:25:12 GMT
Where about in Phx? I'm in Mesa, although staying in Laveen temporarily. I was hoping to order a kit at the end of last year but circumstances changed in my personal life and that didn't happen. Still hoping to order one sometime this year. Good luck with the build! I'll be watching this thread. It'd be fun to get a couple together and go for a drive.
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Post by aravahan on Apr 26, 2016 20:11:58 GMT
I'm over near Benson (East of Tucson) and as I said in your introduction posts I'll be watching your thread as well. I won't be buying a kit just yet as I don't have the budget for it all at once. I did, however, start a savings account earmarked specifically for a Exocet so it will happen eventually.
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Post by JP on Apr 27, 2016 10:27:13 GMT
Hey guys, so its been slow going as always but I wanted to share a few pointers that Ill prob add to my first post. Before you start this project make sure you have an empty gas take. If its not empty the best way to go about it is to disconnect the fuel supply line in the engine bay and just let the fuel pump do the work. That is the smart thing to do. The unsmart thing to do is to drain the gas tank from underneath(fuel spilling everywhere). Also the other unsmart thing to do is think "oh ill just siphon off the fuel tank ( 10 full gallons) and get sprayed with eau d'gasoline. Of course youll need your handy fuel line disconnect tools which make thing quite easy but they dont help with the fuel on hand. Any who I was pleased with how clean inside the fuel tank looked. If you are going to   dont bother going this route: notice the cut vent line because I thought I could get down there.  If you have not got one yet, get yourself a multimeter. Makes testing and checking circuits a breeze. 99% of the time that's all I use mine for. Get one with an alarm as well so that it sounds when you check a circuit, means you can check without having to look at the screen. I do have a multimeter but not one with an alarm function thanks Ill look into that. |
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Post by JP on Apr 27, 2016 10:44:43 GMT
Where about in Phx? I'm in Mesa, although staying in Laveen temporarily. I was hoping to order a kit at the end of last year but circumstances changed in my personal life and that didn't happen. Still hoping to order one sometime this year. Good luck with the build! I'll be watching this thread. It'd be fun to get a couple together and go for a drive. Im actually down in maricopa but im up in chandler regularly. Would be nice to, once I have the it drive-able again |
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Post by kiwicanfly on Apr 27, 2016 19:29:04 GMT
If you already have multimeter I wouldn't bother changing it for the alarm type, it's a nice function but only worth it when you are buying due to lack of any meter or replacing the one you already have because you dropped it from height onto concrete  |
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Post by JP on Jul 17, 2016 18:55:02 GMT
Hey everyone, So its been a while since I posted as I took a few months off from the car for personal reasons. I posted yesterday to facebook that I got the tub off and im going to update this blog with the same and more photos. But I have a question of what to salvage from the tub. I'm wanting to go with a fuel cell and redo fuel lines and brake lines. Is there anything that im not seeing that I should save? Is there down side to running my own lines(is it rather difficult), it is just using a pipe bender and ferule-ing the ends right? advice and opinions welcomed!
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Post by JP on Jul 18, 2016 5:26:50 GMT
So with lifting the car off I wish there was a better way to hook up. I searched the forums but didnt find much better than this. I tried to take advantage of the seat belt and seat mounts using the bolts that fit in there   but discovered that flimsy washer didnt hold up at all. go figure. [img src=" ![]() i.imgur.com/nBqYZmT.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:100%;" src="http://imgur.com/nBqYZmT"] ended up lifting from this point, but that was looking like it was about to tear through the hole after I was done. [img src=" ![]() i.imgur.com/awB6xav.jpg" style="max-width:100%;" alt="" src="http://imgur.com/awB6xav"] keep in mind the ass end is going to be heavy. It would have been useful to have some more hand on deck to level this out or counter weight, or maybe I should have arranged the lifting points differently. This is with the gas tank drained but still attached. [img src=" ![]() i.imgur.com/PjpDqn0.jpg" alt="" style="max-width:100%;" src="http://imgur.com/PjpDqn0"] all in all its off and im happy. the 8" boards could have been 9" but still had trouble getting the rear two in there securely.  |
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