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I stripped mine down as wasn't working and thought at first was seized but the wiring was somewhat iffy ' engine bay access was quite easy with airbox removed and 10mm socket for pump

Haha well I found out why the engine stalls when radiator fan kicks in but first ill give you a bit of info first and see if you can guess what the problem was :lol: Done at lot of wiring for horns etc and replaced some corroded wiring for flywheel sensor ' airbox removed and left out for the time b...

Haha yes very high ' I have another alternator about somewhere so will swap over at weekend if I have time and post results ' and thanks for your input

Ok so I had car running last night for about 20mins checking various wires to no avail ' battery was disconnected last night and just done a voltage check ' 14.9 v battery check not running 16.6 v car running 14.9 v under load ' heater fans on full ' hazards and heated seats 15.7 v after stopped eng...

Will try disconnecting fan tomorrow and also noticed volts meter in car drop from 3/4 to just under half when blowers on full so not sure whether alternator is not coping with the load ? Car starts fine when fan is running just quite rough until fan stops when fine again

Hi ' engine stalls once coolant rad kicks in ' thought may have been battery as very week but no difference with new one ' fan turns fine by hand ' car starts fine afterwards ' noticed fan kicks in around 62 c and drops from there if engine doesn't stall or when engine stalls fan kicks in at 62 c an...

Aww poor u, feel all guilty now

Yes I have made you wait for the speed sensor Quality takes time 'the engine is nearly on the floor so waiting for friend to come over so can lift car out of way as very tight space at the mo

Thought doingitsideways you where converting yours to manual? Or am I getting confused with someone else?

I'm from Hartlepool and car also in bits

That seems a lot and maybe I'm just lucky 'strange it ran then stopped a few times with no indications of a problem 'just need to build everything up and go from there and thanks Ps 'havent forgot about speed sensor Mr sideways 'waiting for friend to lift shell out the way of engine as no room at th...

An update on fitting new timing belt and idler etc 'was a little optimistic about whether the timing was out by more than a tooth and not starting when rechecked timing with old belt, Seems belt was rubbing badly on the Idler strangely ' anyhow refitted belt and started first turn of the key ?? Mayb...

Very interesting robou ' would I have lost power with a tooth out ' looking at cam mark it needs to be one tooth to the left haha If that makes sense drive Honda jazz so driving Volvo to my home less than a mile away felt very powerful as haven't had the pleasure of driving on a regular basis

Thanks for the help, ordered a timing belt kit today so hopefully get that fitted by weekend and start the process of elimination 'ruled out the obvious things but need a check list and results etc

Tested flywheel sensor and resistance is fine as is temp sensor Something ive not connected properly maybe ' even swapped ecu's over with same result Doesn't even attempt to start

Thinking maybe been a tooth out a while and just a coincidence that not starting' only just realised how to set tdc up with bolt in block near flywheel and always used belt marking to align ' was slighty misfiring at idle with a few revs ' never drove car for a few years so don't really notice if no...

Checking timing as wont start at all not even a cough ' lined the cam pulley up with the cover marking ' removed bolt in block and inserted bolt to line tdc but had to jiggle to get it in and now cam pulley says a notch out ' belt mark still line up with cam pulley but crank marking on belt is off s...

Ive got loose bulkhead heat shield that sounds noisy inside car but nothing outside' Vibrates on revs inside car through steering rack

Removed gearbox and flywheel yesterday to access oil seal and found out the seal was to far into crankcase hopefully causing the leak 'about a cm too far Seal on order so hopefully after replacing to correct depth it will stop leaking oh and change the oil to something a little less thinner

Thanks for reply ' yes flywheel side and I'm hoping it has flipped on the crank so easy fix and the semi synthetic wont have helped with the leak either and hopefully lesson learnt 'had a similar problem with camshaft seal a few years ago