my 1991 EE9 i-VT!!

Post by **Tahir** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:32 pm

did it sort your idle problem out dan?

danxs · Post by **danxs** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:04 pm

no it didnt

its a bit more stable but it still goes up and down while cold and then once on temp it steadies out a little at 1200 then it goes up and down still between 900 and 1200

its annoying me now, what else could it be?

ball2uall · Post by **ball2uall** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:20 pm

even thought you cleaned it, it may still not be sending the correct voltage to the ecu i would recomend
try cleaning the valve under the trottle body not the one behind the inlet mani.

danxs · Post by **danxs** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:44 pm

ive cleaned that one aswell just, took both ends off and thoroughly cleaned with carb and intake cleaner and rebuilt, topped the water up and bled system, reset the ecu and started it up, its settled down a little more but its still really annoting me, up and down, up and down... what else can i try??

SteveRowe · Post by **SteveRowe** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:39 pm

My honda did that , i didnt loose any sleep over it like you are

as long as it starts ,gos and stops dont worry about it , nice colour for the rocker cover i think the oil cap wreaks it tho

danxs · Post by **danxs** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:48 pm

yeah i know im after a ek9 one or something similar.

well im not loosing sleep its just crap when you pull up to meet people and your car is up and down and up and down, makes it look rubbish lol

i think il check the tps next, not off work till tue though

SteveRowe · Post by **SteveRowe** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:02 pm

danxs wrote:
well im not loosing sleep its just crap when you pull up to meet people and your car is up and down and up and down, makes it look rubbish lol

Just tell them its got fancy cams and its ment for going not siting talking about it

Post by **Gizmo** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:05 pm

thats exactly what i used to tell my mates, when i pulled into the carpark with the choke on when it was old/

"er, yea mate, its got stage 4 cam init, sposed to go up and down and S*!t"

danxs · Post by **danxs** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:39 pm

what a day!!!

yesterday i borrowed a welder off mamj and got some fresh wire and co2 for it and set to work on the driver side of the car, repairing the sills and inspecting the rear arch.

the sills went ok, 4 patches and its a sgood as new ready for the skirt to go back on.... but the arch was shafted and the inner arch was completley rotten away and i could stick my hand in

so today i got my repair panels out and i have cut the drivers sire rear arch off at the front (the top was ok, rear was suspect but didnt have time today) and fitted my repair pannel, re attached to jacking point and sill, and repaired the rear of the sill aswell as rebuilt the inner arch at the front of the rear wheel

i have finished the inside of the arch and everything is welded and secure so i set about grinding the welds down ready for fillering to hide the repair.

ive done one layer of filler, flatted down and left for today as its been a long day!!!!

i will add the pics shortly

and more detail!!!!

next day off i will be finishing it and then starting on the rear section and then onoto the passenger sill and rear arch

so fingers crossed in a month or so it will be completley rust free and ready for a spray with my new panels and folding mirrors on etc

just to add ive never welded before in my life

danxs · Post by **danxs** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:56 pm

heres some pics

this is how the end of my sill looked when i jacked car up and removed wheel and a bit of mud lol

i ground some of the rust back on the arch, it was right through and it was the inner arch that was really rusty

so i cut my repair panel out and ground sill back to suit and welded it on (not the best of welders as it was only my second attempt lol)

then ground the welds back a touch

then got on with grinding the crap metal back inside the arch so i could repair the inner arch and sill.

at this point i had to patch the inside of the sill (by the rta bush) but never took a pic

i then made a template from cardboard so i could fill in the end of the sill and inner arch join where it had rotted worst

i transferred to metal and trimmed it slowly till it fitted nice and started to weld it in

once dry i added loads of underseal lol

i then set about fillering the joint so that the weld wasnt on display

flatted back a touch

and some more

then as it had started to go damp i dried the panel off and dusted over with some white primer and left to dry while i tidied up

its nowhere near finished as i need to re filler and get it nice and smooth so im happy with it

not that bad for my first attempt lol

sheraz · Post by **sheraz** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:12 am

NOT BAD NOT BAD THAT A FAT JOB FOR A FIRST TIME keep it up

browndk04 · Post by **browndk04** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:41 am

Thats are some top welds for a 1st attempt! You should have seen mine when i first welded...mess

I need to do this to mines too. The arches have been repaired by the previous owner but not to the best standard. Did you get the panels from beevers?

Richy · Post by **Richy** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:27 am

makes me wanna do mine myself now but i havent got a clue about my welder. has brass wire on it? any ideas lol

danxs · Post by **danxs** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:18 am

i got the panels with the car when i brought it off tahir but i think there from somewhere like beevers. i just cut off the bit i needed and welded it on. ive got to finish the rear of my arch and then this side is rust free, will just need to get my new wing on and the skirt can go back on and its onto the next side

didnt think i could do it my self but i just had a go lol

as for the mig welding stuff i went and picked up some new co2 and some .8 wire and it cost me 12quid so if your not sure on the wire just get some new mild steel welding wire.

Post by **Tahir** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:48 am

Top stuff Dan.

Glad to hear you are getting on with it. Its much more important than buying fancy wheels

4GUK

my 1991 EE9 i-VT!!

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