Week 5 The progress on the 1998 International project "Its Alive"

Over the last week we have made great progress on the International project. We were able to test the engine and determine that it was indeed turning over. We then set out on a mission to hook up the fuel lines and loop our coolant lines by bypassing what would be the heater core and start working on the electrical. The coolant lines and fuel lines were easy enough, however the electrical wasn't so smooth.

 The first problem I ran into was finding all the wiring connections we would need to get the key switch to work, power up the computer so the engine would stay running assuming we could get it running and hooking up the throttle pedal. After spending most of my day in the shop and some time with my instructor we were able to find everything we needed left over from the scrap of the truck

With a lot of learning and researching of schematics we were able to get power to the computer, the throttle pedal working and the key switch barely working. We were able to get the engine running and to stay running, the only problem being the engine would only stay running with the key in the start position. As soon as you released the key the engine would die. We were fairly quick to determine that we had a mix up in some wires at the key switch. We were then able to go back fix the problem and had the engine running at a good idle for several minutes. There was a lot learned this last week, for me it was all about the electrical side. With a bit of help and instruction I broke down the electrical schematic and was able find and put power to everything on this engine that it needs to run.

Week 5
Shop Hours 19
Total Running Hours 110-115