JaiKai

Think its the same size, I think the problem i've got is the pipes are now too thick and the bend needed breaks the seal. I've tightened the jubilee clip as much as possable but still getting a leak.

As prommised heres a wee video ! You can clearly hear the vacuum leak due to the incorrect pipes at the back of the plennum. [YOUTUBE]crBDfQ5SOX8[/YOUTUBE]

Was up early this morning and took a shot of the engine as is now ! Still need to get some new pipes so the pipe you see at the back and right side is tempory ! So heres a before shot : and heres the new look shot : Also made a wee video which i'll put up shortly ! Need to change those red pipes too as there causing a vacuum leak Which you can hear in the video which i'll post.

Was out working on the zed for a few hours this morning and I managed to get everything back together properly (i hope) and start her up for the first time in over a month. Done a precheck for everthing on the plennum then at 6pm i reconnected the battery and gave the key a turn. Took three attempts to start her - most likely due to no fuel in the pipes but after the third turn she started ! Quickly followed by disaster !! One of the clips on the fuel line on the plennum wasn't tight enough and a 4ft jet of fuel sprayed upwards all over the car. I turned the ignition off grabbed a towl to soak up the visable fuel leak and tightened the jubilee clip. Giving 15 minutes to get rid of the fuel vapour surrounding the car i tried on the ignition once again - this time with a hissing noice that a traced to a damaged pipe at the back of the plennum. So engine rebuild is 90% succesfull and all I need to do is buy some new pipes. No pics this time as it was like pitch black but i'll take some in the morning.

After your recomendation i stuck with the standard clips rather than the jubilee type ! Makes sense !

Done the wire tuck today and chopped up the loom in order to hide the cables under the plennum also fitted the new water pipes too. Heres a few pics :

Not the best pic as its fairly dark outside but after I tidied up the loom and all the connectors I refitted the plennum with its new gasket. Apart from the cable loom at the far right i've managed to tuck and hide most of the connectors that were in there oem positions. First thing in the morning weather dependant i'll drain the coolant and fit the hard pipes i got a few weeks ago.

After confirmination that I can safely and carefully split the loom i did exactly that today, with the help of a fresh stanley blade I scored the outer sheeth of the loom and peeled all the black sticky tape off. Also marked each cable to ensure i didn't put things back in the wrong place. Before making and taping up the new shape loom i first done a test fit of the plenum to make sure all the cables are not obscured in someway. Heres a pic of the new wired loom in shiny yellow tape :

New water hose finally arrived on friday, managed to order the wrong one last week so i'm now a week behind where i want to be with getting the zed back on the road. After doing a plennum water bypass I believe theres only two water pipes that i need to connect together to complete the circuit. These are pictures below, now if anybody thinks this is wrong please PM me.

Wife is T total {as much as poss}, and i drink bottles of miller ! I'll drive down in the wifes vw bug (herbie) - long as you don't take the piss outta me when i get there ! Coffee n biscuits will be good while doing the job.

I'll see if I can hitch a ride down on sunday then, we can dismantle this week and rebuild next week when you get the part ! I just have to ask the boss (wife) if i'm free !

do you have another matrix to put in our just taking this one out and doing a bypass ?

Yeh, Theres only two bolts holding the steering column up, three bolts at each side of the main bar and then i think theres two brackets in the middle that come off too. Not much work, sure would come out lots faster with two people on it.

Heres a pic of when i stripped down the black zed !

If your going for the dash removal then I've done two in the last two months, I can strip down a dash in less than an hour now I believe !

Both my zeds have been off the road for a month now, Starting to feel that I'm going backwards now! Need to do a cable tuck then refit the plenum, Then new water pipes, vacuum hoses and some other Stuff to fit. Ordered a chrome fuel pipe but it's not been delivered Yet so likely not be road worthy untill next week now!

I would but working on mine first thing, I could come for a meet later if I get mine all done !

And now he thinks your gay ! lol

Nope

Always wondered what a lady would do in an empty room all alone ?

So what did you chat about then ? do tell !!

Consult is the best way to do it, I'd did exactly that with mine! I popped off the needle on mine revved it to 1k then pushed it back on.

Happy birthday buddy !

Just about to finnish off my engine refurb and going to do an oil change at the weekend ! Whats the best to put in a TT and how much should i expect it to take ?

lol, i wouldn't !!