Zero Life

 So finally got round to investigating the starter circuit problems; dashboard off, multimeter out and 0V to the aux panel, hence why my USB...

 So I decided to try sort out my temperature gauge - it hasn't been working for months. I'd checked the wiring and sensor and I knew...

 A lovely sunny and chilly day meant a run out with my son in his latest fire-breathing monster; a 300bhp Hyundai i30N. The damn thing is st...

 So more work on the starter button - I spent some quality time in the toilet (true) to sort out the wiring and decided to keep it as simple...

 So time to improve the earth points. Turns out my alternator DOES need my engine earth - a short drive with earth disconnected showed my ba...

 Electricity hey? Can't live with it, can't throw it in the bin... So I felt my starting problems were electrical but I couldn't...

 So I took the injector loom off - the injectors themselves checked out fine. I took the plastic injector plug case off: and after unwrappin...

 So my starter motor not kicking in is definitely an electrical problem and it seems to be the wiring from my ignition switch, which I thoug...

 Lockdown boredom finally overcame cold and drove me into the garage, although with a little electric heater going, it was fine. The plan wa...

 Well, wonders will never cease...re-wire finished and everything STILL works. Miraculous... I did have to change from one 12-pin DT plug to...

 Taking a while this project - most people will probably do this in a day. But I am trying, for a change, to do a decent job. I've drawn...

 The camera I bought has a front and rear camera but, unlike my bike version, the 2 cameras look the same and the wonderful Chinese-English ...

 So time to do something reasonably major; sort out the damn wiring behind the aux panel! After my quickshift was repaired, which required t...

 So, today was MOT day... The main beam problem was, as always, wiring. As soon as I took the dash off and wiggled the wire on the main beam...

 So, 2 weeks after my mega-trip, I went on a family holiday - to the French Alps! A very different holiday of rafting, cycling, walking - an...

So took some time today to, hopefully, fix my TPS wiring. As I thought, I had used crimped spade terminals originally and as soon as I took ...

Ah well, I was almost right... Went out for a long, 300 mile day trip to Cheddar Gorge with SKCC. The weather was supposed to be good and ...

Unbelievably, replacing the TPS sensor has worked! OK, just a quick 5 mile drive but no sign of my misfire - I am a bona-fide mechanical gen...

So Zedster has started stuttering again - time for therapy... Last time this happened, I improved the security of the coil pack plug and t...

IN - Great run out today. OUT - My misfire is back!!! Had another 6am start for a run with the SKCC club and it was a doozer...about 20 c...