Europa TCST

[Bainford]

Turbo, that's lovely work on the engine. Beautiful.

[TurboFource]

Wideband O2 sensor/gauge on order. 123 ignition wired in and static timing set (show me the light).
Amp gauge eliminated with fabricobbled copper piece. Turned the key to on to set distributor and heard something rumbling … fuel pump and no gas … so I used my trickle charger to power ignition to set it …
no smoke escaped so far ….

Anyone have a dash in worse condition than mine?

[TurboFource]

Valvoline VR1 high zinc oil also purchased and working on setup to prime oil system prior to cranking it over.

[BDA]

 

[TurboFource]

Nothing major .... was out of town and had to clean up storm debris in the yard .....downloaded ignition app ..... pretty cool ! Wrote conservative baseline advance and boost retard curves so I can at least start and move TCST.

Has GPS speedo, tach, boost, voltage etc. May need a mount and keep iPad in the the car

[BDA]

Pretty cool! How do you read the volt/amp gauge?

[TurboFource]

Good question BDA, not sure yet.

[TurboFource]

Primed oil system with garden sprayer (discovered line going into oil pressure gauge was leaking … better now than when it’s running!), poured oil over cams etc. Actually installed valve cover,  carburetor, fuel line  to carb etc. Needed one end of vacuum hose going to distributor to be 3/16 and the other 1/4 so I modified/simplified it with a 1/4” carbide burr …



Getting closer …..

[jbcollier]

I still can't get over the fact it is feeding through one (1) 1.75" Stromberg carb.

[dakazman]

  Turbo,
 Amazing work.
Dave

[TurboFource]

JB….

They are in Australia.

[TurboFource]

A couple of Australian Ford cross flow six pics and a Holden six parts diagram using a Stromberg CD-175 …
I think it will flow enough

[jbcollier]

Oh, no worries, it will work.  Just blows my mind, that's all.

[TurboFource]

Today:
-Since everyone  seems to have trouble priming the oil system on a TC, I packed the oil pump with Vaseline, primed the system with a pump up garden sprayer, while doing this I noticed the oil pressure gauge didn’t       move but I just figured it was because it took quite awhile for the sprayer to push the 20W50 …
- So I decided to test the oil pressure gauge since it hasn’t been used in 50 years, I disconnected the line at the engine and used air pressure (30 psi), at first the gauge didn’t move, then it did and the more times I did it the easier it seemed to move …. maybe people aren’t having trouble getting oil pressure but the darn gauge is sticking from being dormant for years 
- Installed wide band O2 sensor which involved removing exhaust as I drilled the hole for a normal O2 sensor not realizing a wideband sensor is larger O.D. … carbide burr to the rescue ….  ran the cable which involved unpinning the connector and snaking it through the hole in the body and then repinned it.
- Installed crankcase breather system.
- Removed and reclocked rotor one tooth as I didn’t like the position I ended up at.
- Made a plate to cover a squarish/random hole in the front bulkhead and used it to mount my remote MC reservoir.
- Bypassed heater core because it is probably gonna leak, I don’t want to fool with it now and it’s still summer!

[BDA]

 

I sat and wondered if air pressure was as valid a test as oil pressure for your gauge since air is compressible and oil is not - it being a mechanical gauge and all... I finally realized that 30 psi of air exerts the same force as 30 psi of oil on the same area and it didn't make any difference.... Duh!! A mind is a terrible thing to waste...