All wrapped up

After testing the starter a few different ways i decided to leave it as it was and get the headers all wrapped up. After much swearing and twisting of parts they eventually came out and once they did i noticed a burnt wire going to the starter. i would never have seen it with the headers in because it looks like it may well have touched the pipes and melted, i'll change the wire and see if that makes it work, i hope so.

anyway i ordered some new gaskets to put the headers back on and got a pair of rocker cover gaskets too because the old ones were leaking, i thought they had but in removing the plugs and old header gasket i could see for sure that it was. rocker cover gaskets were nice and easy to install only problem was the old ones were put in with some kind of silicone and i had to get it all off, took me ages.

a couple of nights and the headers were wrapped. lots of fibers off that stuff and as i was doing it in a small room i ended up wearing old aprons, gloves and face mask. i tell you what a little water makes the whole process much easier. a few clips and a little clever wraps and it was all done, heres a pic of the stuff i used

and before and after ones of the headers

All goes well, then....

ordered my heat wrap for my headers and a shield for the starter and that all arrived fine. So i thought to my self before i go about pulling the headers of may as well do an oil change and put them spark plugs in that i got about 2 months ago.

The oil change all went well changed the filter and plugged an oil leak that was there when i got the car. started it up and left it running for 10 mins or so see if anything come out and nothing did so WOOT! i ran out of time that day so i left the plugs for the next day.

7 plugs came out and went in all hunky dory but there's always one that's a pain. i so need to remove whats left of the old air con unit it's just in the way. 15 mins and about 6 cuts to my hands later it was done all ready for the start up. in goes the key, turn and 'click' nothing. i don't drive the car atm got the brakes to finish so the battery is dead again i thought. whipped out the battery and on charge over night.

the next day i put the battery in and try to start it up once again 'click' nothing, again. after a bit of messing around and frantic forum posts i tried to sort out the earths see if that works, well long story short it didn't, i only did the kill switch one but i'll try to find the others. it seems it's probably a bad connection somewhere, either that or the starter is broken. tomorrow i'll see if i can just get the starter to turn but putting an earth to the case, if it spins i'll know it's a bad conection, if not it's another starter.

oh well it's keeping me busy which was the point.