Project: Cheerio..Yum Yum by joezeeuw

5 minute(s) of a 35 minute read

Been making steady progress on the car. The engine is mechanically ready to go, just needs fluids. Yesterday Ed and I worked a solid 10 hours on it and we got quite a bit done.

First off all let me say thanks to Ed Mealoy for all his help lately. If this car makes it to Motorstadt it will be because of his hard work and enthusiasm.

On with the pics!

One of the main projects for me yesterday was finishing up the plug wires. It's been something I've been working on since the start of the project and they are finally done. They are actually modified blue ignitors with a custom sleeve.

While I was putting the finishing touches on the engine Ed went to work sorting out some wiring.

This man loves a good current track wiring diagram

Battery in the trunk mounted in a cheap POS battery box that I wish I never bought

At the end of the day we had wire harnesses made for the entire front half of the car. Now we just need to run them, put ends on them, then pull them out, wrap them, and final install. 

So barring any catastrophic screwups there is a good chance I might be able to debut this thing at Motorstadt. Which makes me happy.

Hopefully the next update will include video of it running. 

5/14

Yes it was another sucessful Saturday for Ed and I. Here's a little pictoral of where we are at so far.

Here's the exhaust, same setup as last year only I added the flex pipe and bends to mate up to the new header.

We wrapped all the harnesses in OEM Mercedes wire loom tape.

Ran two harnesses up along the fender here

And one off the rear of the motor

Pics of the completed wiring....

Ed's "office"

Coil wire goes into the firewall... (note: dist wires seen are temporary)

And over to the "Ignition command center" as I've dubbed it. I made the bracket so the controls on the ignition module will be easily accessible through the back of the glove box

After sorting out a couple silly and totally expected mistakes we got it running around 11:00 last night. It's loud as funk but runs quite well even with the carbs just baseline setup.

Still allot to do before Motorstadt but it's nice to know it will at least run.

Thanks again to Ed for his help and to Stephanie for allowing me to spend my Saturday working on it.