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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 7:34:55 GMT
I imagine it still nips a bit
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Post by Peter on Dec 19, 2014 8:44:20 GMT
Just a bit, only hurts when I turn to the right to much. same as when I had a throat opp, first two days didn't even know it had been done, then.... day three, ouch.
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Post by Peter on Jan 16, 2015 12:24:34 GMT
Bit of a blog; Stitches out and all clear on biopsy, phew!. Not a lot done as family seems to be ganging up on me to work on their crap heaps as well as keeping mine on the road. Since Christmas I have replaced the front struts in bother in laws BMW E36 and still have to change right tie rod, roll bar drop links and brake pads. Wife's Corsa new header tank and top hose. Mother in laws old Honda Civic has a split in the top of the radiator and being a 1988 1.4 auto with air con radiators are impossible to find (Toyo 92907) so may have to drive 50 miles up coast to get it plastic welded. Step sons BMW 525 TDs, fitted turbo boost gauge, rewired volt meter. Stripped off bodywork and disconnected Suzuki An400 engine ready to be pulled and a new crank fitted, when I have time/space to work on it. Managed to do a bit more of the wiring, clean and check left actuator as it was noisy-er than the other one. changed misalignment washers on mounts. Spent half an hour trying to see why the lower part of the steering column cowl will not fit, then I realised the ignition switch along with it's alloy mounting has gone and the cowl fitted to that, so I now need to make an 1/4" alloy spacer to replace it. Life in the day of; 07:30 wife off to work, I roll over, then Dogs jump on me as someone has left the door open. 08;15 Up and at 'em, dogs out, open apartment for fresh air and place dog's beds out to air 08:30 Breakfast, check mail, posts and message. 09:00 Water plants, sweep patios, (so gardener can cover with crap later, Grrr.) 09;30 Make bed 09;45 Empty dishwasher 10:00 Collect new header tank for wife's car from post office. 10:20 Dogs to vets for new years wash and haircut and nail trim 10:25 Clean dog poo from back seat, thanks Dolly. 10:30 Bank to sort them out, again, IDIOTS. 10:50 Local weekly market to buy wife a new pair of short boots, bit like shooting a bean in the dark getting that right! 11:20, Coffee and hot dog 2€ bargain! 11:30 Factors to collect new top hose for wife's car 11:40 Locksmiths to get a couple of spare keys cut for my BMW E30 12:00 Supermarket for a couple of things (so I could use their free underground parking whilst at locksmiths next door really) 13:00 Collect dogs from vets. 13:30 Back home, dogs beds in. 13:45 Lunch, Cheese and ham sandwich, Love my new tassimo coffee maker. 14:30 Change top hose and header tank on Corsa, top up and test, seems to have cured the lose of coolant. 15:00 Check out mother in laws Honda and find split in header, sealed with two part epoxy glue for time being 15:30 on-line trying to find radiator, no luck so far. 16:15 Clean apartment and clear up after gardeners have been pruning the trees and bougainvillaea on the pergola. 17:00 fix battery problem on Pentax K200D camera. 18:00 Prep for cooking dinner, Baked potatoes with baked beans and cheese, spicy chicken wings, mixed salad, yum. 18:30 Get dogs dinner 18:50 Wife home and asked, "What have you been doing all day?" (She only had an 11 1/2 hour day today bless her), pour glass of chilled white wine for her, try boots, high insteps screwed that so need to change for full side zips. Tip, Telling an angry woman to be calm down works about as well as as baptizing a cat. 19:45 Dinner, chill. watch three episodes of NCIS back to back Do I get time to work on the Eagle? Nope. Better luck next week. Er, didn't I say that last week Stoneleigh may be just the right side of my right knee replacement opp which I just had the OK for this week, waiting time is five months which makes it June, I hope. Going to be flying visit with arriving late Friday and leaving Monday afternoon. Show day will only be one day, not sure if Saturday or Sunday, depends on what everyone else is doing as I would like to meet as many of you as are going.
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Post by Peter on Jan 27, 2015 11:10:37 GMT
Anyone know where I can get these grommets for the side windows? need 4x 6mm internal and 2x 8mm internal for 4mm glass/plastic. plenty for 2mm steel but way too thin.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2015 21:46:57 GMT
fraid not. I've not got to that stage yet
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Post by Peter on Feb 21, 2015 13:20:34 GMT
Just done a little on the SS but too many other cars getting in the way plus people keep insisting I work for them on the buggies, but at €100 a 6 hour day I can't really turn it down.
Checked the continuity of the 19 pin connection and that seems OK so I installed it into the centre console as well as the hard wired door remote module and switches and the radio input including the camera (reverse) and video (handbrake) inputs. I need to figure how to switch in the second forward view camera option as I have a second camera that came with the radio. the current rear-view camera is plain but the one that came with the radio has the parking grids on so I may well swap those unless I can figure out how to loose the grids.
The Astra GT digital speedo wiring has been rewired to Triumph colours to match the loom from GM colours and the two extra warning light bulb holders have their polarity reversed (as the locations were positive for negative input), for the front and rear fog lights to meet regulations and the correct symbols inserted into the speedo fascia and ready to wire into the central board also.
On the actuators fittings I have changed the chamfered 8mm allen bolts, which stuck out a bit too far, with 8mm SS countersunk allen screws so I don't need the misalignment washers on the outer side of the rose joints, just top inboard. On the lower mountings I found some large washers with a cone center so that spreads the load at the bottom as well acting as misalignment washers. still working on a neat QR fitting for the tops though.
Also simply chopped off the relay housing and stripped out all the wires as I have worked out a much simpler and cleaner wiring solution for the four 40A relays and it was easier to start from scratch.
One 4 pin NO relay for headlights on/off, so I don't need a heavy duty switch, just a 'lights on' trigger. inputs to; One 5 pin relay for dip/main, so again I don't need heavy wires to and from the dip switch and only one from that to switch the relay from NC (dip) to NO (main). Linked to; The 'lights on trigger' also switches the third, a 5 pin relay, to lift the headlights (NO) and close when off (NC). Linked to; Next is a 5 pin relay for the DRLs LEDs which come on with the ignition (NC) and cuts off with the 'lights on trigger' input as well, so the DRLs are off when the headlights are on, as per regs, (here).
All the purple and green wires which were +15 accessory and switched +30 have been replace and all switched are now white and all +30 are red and black for earth, simple.
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Post by Peter on Feb 22, 2015 15:53:00 GMT
Just 'aving a fink. Cost of Scat welded and balanced fan is about $85 (plus shipping) so....
Anyone replaced the stock VW type 1 fan with an electric one? Like remove the fan from the alternator and bolt a 10" high speed fan across the hole, possible linked to a RPM related controller or alternator output so it slows down with the RPM and doesn't over cool the engine on idle. Reduced dag and power lose and no danger of coming apart at high RPM.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 7:56:22 GMT
sounds like a good idea
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Post by Peter on Feb 25, 2015 9:06:14 GMT
Tinkering in the 'shed' yesterday morning and a policia national car pulls up in the underground area where the 'shed' is and out pops a policeman, "Just checking the commercial building basements for stolen or illegal cars,,,, and WTF is that?", in Spanish of course. So he waves his mate to come and have a look, so I connect the battery and do the doors up and down, LED light show, headlights up/down etc and the grand tour of the bits and bobs, well impressed they turn to leave and FREEZE, as they stare at a wall with a H&K MP5, FN P90TR and a Beretta P93R 9mm. I had to very quickly assure them they were not 'real' and that led to a 15 minuet conversation about 9mm x 19mm parabelum versus 5.7mm x 28 Kevlar vest piercing rounds. Up to that point they were quite happy with the new body armour they were both wearing but as the FN 5.7mm x 28 round was designed to overcome just such armour up to 400 meters they are both considering swapping their Walther 9mm pistols for FN five-sevens and a P90 in the vehicle, (already in use by Spain's GOE of the police). On the SS front I have managed to get a LITTLE done as there has been so much work lately but the added income is VERY welcome as I need to save up for Stoneliegh as it is a £600 plus weekend. Handbrake cover brackets, center console wiring, relay wiring. not much else.
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Post by Peter on Mar 31, 2015 8:05:17 GMT
Whole day in the shed, well, just outside the door. Mother in laws Honda civic had a new radiator last month and thanked me by blowing the water pump. Nice new one and a timing belt from the nice man at Mr auto and a good 4 hours to change it, only 4" to work in down the left side of the engine only to have the dam thing howl like a banshee when I started it as the tension pulley was off track and the belt rubbed on the case, so another hour and a half to sort that out. I am so stiff in every muscle and my knees today it really hurts so I'm having a day off. Did have a look at the SS and realised why there was a small hole in the rear of the drivers door opening, I was going to fit a push button to pop the engine cover there but I then realised I had run the wire for i t up to the dash board switch, do I re run the wire, meaning I will have to remove the loom etc or fill in the hole in the carpet? Hmmm, where's that glue?
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Post by Peter on Apr 8, 2015 9:36:53 GMT
Managed a couple of hours and stripped out the relays and wiring, needs a whole re-think as I had added stuff and soldered connections etc over the last 18 years so all new stuff on it's way from Vehicle Wiring Products, again. I'm going to use three single bus posts next to the fuse/relay blocks to avoid a lot of linking and joining, one, +30 from the battery master fuse, one +15 from the ignition relay master fuse and one earth to the chassis. For instance, realised I had a 5 pin relay for the main headlight switch that was fed from +15 ignition (so the headlights go out with the ignition) and on to the 5 pin dip switch relay and I also had an ignition fed 5 pin relay for the DRLs on NC, so I had an eureka moment and decided I could wire the DRLs to the spare NC pin of the headlight relay instead, so when the headlights go on (NO pin) the DRLs (NC)go off as required, result one less relay and a bunch of wires. I also addressed the issue of fascia switches and warning lights for them (Side/Head lights, front/front+rear fogs, fan 1/Fan2, trunk popper), I didn't want 12mm warning lights above and below or even 3mm LEDs in holders stuffed in holes in the fascia so I came up with the back light solution using a LED in a perspex block between the switch and the fascia panel, the sides need to be covered so they don't illuminate the one next to it and I could add a third white or coloured LED in the side to come on with the side lights as night time illumination, the symbols on film simply stick between the fascia and the covering trim or if a solid (painted) fascia then between the perspex and the fascia. Something like this.
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Post by Peter on Apr 12, 2015 15:01:25 GMT
Got to the 'shed' yesterday and pulled the new fascia from the former and it is still a bit tacky but solid, which is quite good for me, it usually ends up a gooey mess. I trimmed the rough shape and marked out the final shape to fit just inside the red leather sides. Next job is carefully cut the correct shape and then to smooth off the surface where there are marks from the tape I used to cover the holes in the former and then cut out for the gearshift, button, switches, screen and speedo holes. Once done I can cover it in the black CF wrap and fit everything, at last. Rough shape cut out Marked ready for the Dremal and exact shape to be cut.
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Post by Peter on May 6, 2015 15:24:59 GMT
I have come to the conclusion that I hate 'Light in the box' as a company, bloody useless! I bought a 6.25" radio, DVD, Bluetooth, GPS-SAT NAV head unit for Fidel, my A170, from what I thought was a Polish company (being as they are in Poland), turns out it is the Hong Kong company drop shipping via Poland to avoid import charges as it's cheaper in Poland than other EU countries. Anyway, when it came, NO GPS, no connector on the back, no TF slot for GPS and no GPS button or function. so I wrote to them and they said "Yes it HAD GPS but I needed a TF card with the maps". Bollocks said I, the stuff just isn't built into the unit , it cannot have GPS! "Yes it has", they said "but we will give you a free TF card with the maps". Bloody well doesn't have GPS slot next to the audio TF slot to put the card in, it's empty and anyway I already have a card from Tiny Deals at a quarter of the price. "Yes it does have GPS, please accept the maps as compensation". OK, at this point I reached for my phone and photographed the back and front and empty connection and card positions and sent those as well. "See, no bloody GPS, no GPS button on the front, no GPS function in the radio, no SMA connection for the antenna, IT DOESN'T HAVE GPS"- Auto reply email - Gone home,. aaaaaagh!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 12:58:30 GMT
I havent tried that company but I have been eyeing up double din units on ebay for my "normal" Rover 75. some very interesting units as you say with sat nav and in some cases digital tv facilities too. on researching some of the companies though theres a lot of bad feedback so dont think I'll take the chance, can do without the hassle of to-ing and fro-ing getting stuff sorted out.
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Post by Peter on May 7, 2015 15:24:32 GMT
Got it sorted. kinda, got 20 quid back in a refund so I can offer free shipping in the EU, Bought another one from eshopping-best, WITH GPS (and analog TV, who the hell wants ANALOG TV, it's dead?), we will see if it's another 'light in the box' cover. I could have got a 7" one cheaper but I don't like the way they sick out and of course the dreaded ribbon cable breakage problems.
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Post by Peter on May 8, 2015 10:26:48 GMT
GPS radio etc finally on it's way by courier, should be here Thursday for the Merc. After the Stoneleigh show where I was in horrible pain from my ACL and knee problems I came back with a bargain 10 pack of 4 1/2" cutting discs, some HD Dremal cutting discs and 3 yards of green wire for the sidelight feed (and a Kangol watch), could have spent a fortune on tools, etc but I was traveling cabin bag only and no pressurized containers. Could not find the three things I was looking for; 4mm Grommets (6mm & 8mm internal) for fiber glass and windows, now one would think as most kit cars are made from fiber glass and that is about 4mm thick one could be able to buy grommets for that at a kit car show, can you hell! (or anywhere else for that matter, 3D printer anyone?) Likewise, micro switches, (limit switches) none! Third brake light boxed type for rear window/parcel shelf, nope, just those LED bar types that melt in the sun. Saw a HUGE number of things I would love to do and buy but I have tried not to diversify again and just get on with plan 'J' (or is it 'k' now?) . Did see a nice 'ground effect' job on a car that may well end up on mine, just a 'slab' along the side with a 'Cunard' in front of the rear wheel arch and the same at the front with a full width under tray/splitter and flipped at the ends. Did see a rear wing just like the one Brett on the Stirling forum used going for 7 quid but I couldn't get it home, but when I looked at the car again the engine lid lifts up at the rear and would hit the front of the wing! So any wing will have to be fixed to the trunk lid. Shed scheduled for Tuesday, lets hope I get there. Day as spanner monkey tomorrow to help pay for it all.
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Post by Peter on May 8, 2015 12:24:08 GMT
It may have seemed I was just strolling (limping) around the show but i did pick up a few ideas. I have always wanted to hide the exhaust header as it looks like a tow bar with the ball missing and I really do not have the time or inclination to make the ideal hidden two box system i really want. I also liked a certain cars ground effect skirts and splitter so thinking on I figured I could use the chassis to body mounting points, so easy and it closes the sides in too as does the front where there is a huge empty space crying out for crap to settle. so here it is.
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Post by Peter on Jun 9, 2015 6:36:08 GMT
I am not getting very much done at the moment, waiting for parts, again, needed for a couple of cars, like new front brakes for wife's Corsa ('LOST' by DHL last week, they say I 'signed for them on 25th May but they can't produce a signature). Solar charger for BMW E30 as it stands out 80% of the time and battery keeps going flat as I don't drive it all that much at the moment., stuff like that, which means I can't leave home until posties been about 10:30o 12:00. New batteries for my Bosch drill as my brother in law borrowed it and left the batteries dead for two weeks . New larger glass fuel filter for the SS and AN6 fittings so the filter, pump and regulator become one continues unit. Wireless camera link for the A170 and still not sure of location but built into the tailgate looks promising, just need to run a single wire from the reversing light into the tail gate but so does just below the tail gate in the bumper, and it's easier. Yesterday was spent trying out different locations for the tiny side cameras, so small, just a 20mm hole needed. Of course the three wires virtually 'fell off' the tiny PCB when I opened the cases, thankfully screwed together not glued, so solder back on and hot glue back in their cases. I found they didn't rotate and fitting the housings just behind the doors was the best place but I need to rotate them in the cases to be horizontal as that is about 50 degrees. Just need two small monitors now for the dash ends, these will supplement the side mirrors as I'm still not sure what the legal position is regarding side camera/monitors is HERE. I know certain hi-end cars are now coming with cameras, my mates new Nissan has eight of them but they are 'type approved' already. Wiring is all but finished with just the front loom to tie in. Splash of fuel and fire it up time again, I do it about every two months or so, just to keep it ready to run.
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Post by Peter on Jun 11, 2015 8:09:30 GMT
Well they didn't work out very well, just too fiddly to get the rotation and angle right as it meant stripping them down and then getting them right without loosing the view as they have a fixed angle, so I have assigned those to other cars like the wife's Corsa. I have ordered two 'turret' types that rotate and turn so I should be able to get those working OK.
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Post by trialsdave on Jun 12, 2015 10:12:37 GMT
Hi where did you get these cameras from?
Thanks
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Post by Peter on Jun 12, 2015 16:36:38 GMT
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Post by Peter on Jul 16, 2015 14:37:48 GMT
In the shed for a couple of hours and a bit more done. Replaced the original 1/2" metal fuel outlet for a alloy 1/2" x AN5 and a AN6 elbow, new steel braided pipe, AN-6 straight onto a AN-6 to 1/8" into a new filter, 1/8" to 1/8" to the fuel pump and the same to the regulator, I have the AN-6 straight to go from the regulator to the pipe on the way as I forgot it. Sounds a lot but not a lot of money on Ebay (Torque) That rigid line to the clutch slave cylinder is being replaced from the alloy bracket by steel braided AN-4 next. The now in-line assembly Outlet connection to be replaced by 'real AN-6 parts. Also removed the shroud so I could better get at the redundant throttle cylinder bracket and linkage tower that was on the front allen bolt and fit the new HT lead tube what I made. New HT cable tube, I now need to use my 'Lumiweld' and fill in the holes I made. dough!
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Post by Peter on Jul 20, 2015 9:38:04 GMT
Looking at the limitations of the OEM VW T1 fan which bogs down and causes belt slip over 4,000 to 4,500engine RPM I was thinking electric. After removing the EOM fan completely and fitting a multi curved blade 80W 10" fan bolted directly the the front of the 'A' shroud I have should push 1,500CFM down to the cylinders and heads without the limitations, a simple temp control makes sure the fan operates at optimum speed being the maximum CFM would be higher than the OEM one. The problem is, having designed and meticulously built an expensive 1641cc engine with all the go faster bits it seems daft that the alternator/fan belt would slip at above 4,500 engine rpm due to the limitations of air resistance on the fan. The racing guys remove most of the blades to overcome this and duct air from the front, bloody useless in traffic and I expect to hit plenty of that hence the big sump and oil cooler, so what I need is something that would allow the occasional long burst of high revs, high cruising speeds but still cool in traffic. The OEM fan is good for medium cruising, not too good in traffic and useless at high RPM. Argument has been that the bladed pusher fan couldn't provide the pressure needed to get the air past the cylinders, I think, well Porshe seem to manage it with a multi blade fan and that would work whether belt or electric motor driven surely? I know the 'A' center mounted shroud isn't the best, apparently a 36hp without ducts is but that looks crap, even chromed, but I think with a couple of additional internal fins to direct the air as in the OEM shrouds, it will do.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 9:12:42 GMT
in your neck of the woods I imagine you'll need all the cooling you can get
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Post by Peter on Jul 22, 2015 10:33:25 GMT
Currently Spain is having the highest temps since 1975 with up to 47C inland with 80% humidity, dammed hot, we are lucky in the Marbella area as we have our own micro climate due to the mountains to the North and enjoy sea breezes but still up to 38C, when I work out in the countryside it's up to 40C+ and I can't wait to get into the Merc' A170 and bang on the air-con with a large bottle of Aquarius. Technically on the car I have built on a 1.5L sump and a large NASCAR oil cooler and a remote finned oil filter but the cylinders need a lot of (warm) air over them which is why I was thinking electric fan(s) instead of the OEM one, but that has been poo-poo by the VW fraternity (none of whom have tried it by the way) so thinking of sticking with the VW fan but welded and balanced with a electric ducted fan forcing the air in so the air flow is increased at slow speed, at least that's the theory.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 13:58:58 GMT
think I would have gone down the electric fan route too. wonder why "the fraternity" dont like it ? its only one more modification and I'm sure a lot of them have done loads to their cars already
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Post by Peter on Jul 23, 2015 7:16:53 GMT
I don't know what their problem is but I cannot see the difference between a Porsche style fan driven by a belt from the crank and the same fan driven by an electric motor, there has to be at least as much if not more air blown over the Porsche cylinders as a VW T1, I know the shroud is different and I hope to address the problem of internal flow but even so it should work. The CFM of a VW fan MkII is about 1450CFM and I can buy that 10" curved bladed fan with a CFM of 1500, can't see the problem apart from too much air at low engine speeds.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 5:44:03 GMT
is too much air a bad thing ? I suppose the engine does have to get up to operating temerature. a variable speed fan ? if its possible to have a temperature sensor on water cooled engines it cant be that difficult to have a sensor in the area where the air flows over the engine. says me who's never done it lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 10:30:59 GMT
When I worked on light aircraft we had motor gliders with VW engines. They had a sensor fitted to keep an eye on cylinder head temp. If I remember right the sender was like a washer fitted between the plug and cylinder head. I think no3 becase it was the hottest cylinder. Would have to check to be sure.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 12:46:13 GMT
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