CurtisRider Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Does anybody know much about electric water pumps? My friend has a canal boat and the 2 cylinder 20hp engine has limited parts availability, this includes the water pump which is proving hard to find. Is it a viable solution to fit an electric pump? It's got a pretty punchy alternator, and its a closed system not river cooled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) A decent handful of VW's (and a few fords I think, plus probably a fair few other cars) use a simple external waterpump that could be adapted to fit most things quite easily with just a V-belt to drive it. Otherwise I've never really looked into electric water-pumps but there's no reason one couldn't be used from what I know of them. It's something I keep meaning to look at as I want to run an external one on the Mini really because of the long coolant route to the rad at the front. Edited November 2, 2012 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Are you using the Honda dash Danny? Nah want it to look like an a series until you open the bonnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Love this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Can clearly see the rear screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Half... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Half... I didn't want to say anything, everybody already thinks I'm a fanny anyway. - Instagram and cars = win, lets post some pictures of cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Not sure what instagram is so excuse the possible fail, but here are two car pics: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDoom Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Your some kind of electrical engineer aint you? I'm not looking forward to doing my honda>mini wiring but i guess it should be simpler than the audi. Danny - Its possible to leave the original mini loom intact, I know its pricey, but minitec offer a b or d series loom, straight from engine to ecu... On that comes all the wiring for using a minitec dash (they do 'a-series style' dashes which actually work off the honda senders. All you need to do is provide an earth, a switched live, a permanant live and the fuel pump from the honda main relay. Sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Danny - Its possible to leave the original mini loom intact, I know its pricey, but minitec offer a b or d series loom, straight from engine to ecu... On that comes all the wiring for using a minitec dash (they do 'a-series style' dashes which actually work off the honda senders. All you need to do is provide an earth, a switched live, a permanant live and the fuel pump from the honda main relay. Sorted! Yea I've seen that loom but for $495 I'm sure I could spend a few hours/days/weeks in the garage working it out myself. The plan is to strip the Honda loom down in the Honda to bare minimum, replace the fuse box and power box with standard boxes. Then integrate the lot into the mini. The mini is a 73 so only has half a dozen wires in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Dull Audi post nobody will care about. Look the other way if you don't care. - I've had an alright day. Used Iron-X properly for the first time...It's amazing. Pierre and I (Frenchman) decided to clean the cars properly before the weather gets too bad. Difficult to see the change on a black car, but to the eye it literally looked like the car was bleeding. Was incredible. We basically cleaned the cars to death, which was good! A couple I have edited - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Is that a brush painted c pillar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 No it's the Iron X doing it's work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Can anyone help me with rolling arches ? Been purchasing a few things for the s2000 pics and info to follow soon Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Perkins Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Right I'm after a new car, it's got to be diesel, german and either a saloon, estate or large coupe (a5 etc...). I've been looking at a6's and passat cc's, ideally I'd like a high spec interior with leather, nav, cruise control and all that jazz. Looking to spend around 10-12k, but the cheaper the better. I don't want anything with a colossal amount of miles on the clock either (less than 75-80k ideally) Any suggestions? Edited November 4, 2012 by Tom Perkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Can anyone help me with rolling arches ? Been purchasing a few things for the s2000 pics and info to follow soon Paul Two options really, a jack handle wrapped in black tape and a heat gun or I have a proper arch roller you can borrow for £20+ postage. Or just beg steal or borrow one from somewhere. It's super easy, I did my first one on a friends BMW with no prior research just common sense and it turned out great. Best advice I can give is to just go slow, and to make sure the paint is hot enough to flex but doesn't burn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Good post about the cleaning J-rod, that Iron-X still looks fantastic, can see the brake dust bleeding off pierres wheels. Two very smart motors there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoozie Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Took a few pictures of my friends VW Polo GTI over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I r happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I r happy. gay. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Short back and sides please. X 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Eurgh, those tow straps are probably the gayest thing to come from this years "fads". On a track/racing car, fair enough (I even had one on my Audi before they came the latest trend, but I actually needed mine due to having to cut the original tow eye off for the FMIC install), but on an otherwise standard road car, they are SO gay its untrue. At least that polo is a bit modified, but it still sticks out like a sore thumb! Don't even get me started on the "tow" stickers on road cars either...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 ^^^agreed, lovely polo. lose the tow strap, it already has a towing eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) I cannot like that enough GS. They look like a downs kid that has been eating sherbert and can't keep their tongue in. *flol that the tow strap is wrapped around the clearly visible tow eye...#fail. Edited November 5, 2012 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 #fail. Stop it. Stop it now, before it becomes a 'thing' you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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