What have you done to your car today......
Discussion
aide said:
Surely, if you reverse the wires on the cree bulb you can use the original relays?
It doesn't work like that I'm afraid. Pin 49a goes to the Indicator/Hazard switching box and then out to the indicators, if you wished you could swap the wires around at this point.
Without swapping the +ve and -ve over before the Indicator/Hazard switching box the relay does nothing, it's being fed with the polarity reversed.
My solution was to 'gut' an old relay.
Basically remove all the internal bits and solder the '+ve' to the negative and the '-ve' to the positive.
For less than £1 you could make up some jumper leads using automotive male/female crimp connectors.
steviejasp said:
Dropped a garage door on it.
Actually it was last week. It's in the bodyshop as we speak.....
Very impressed - I thought I did well hitting mine with a sledgehammer...Actually it was last week. It's in the bodyshop as we speak.....
(I should add that it was some time ago and accidental, not out of frustration, despite circumstances)
Took it for a 5am test drive.
Freshly rebuilt gearbox is working beautifully. I was a little concerned when I fitted it that the change was rather stiff, but after a few miles it has freed up nicely and is extremely positive. I also thought there might be a little noise until it had been run in, but I can't hear anything at all.
Looks like the car might make it to the DN event next week as planned - very pleased indeed.
Freshly rebuilt gearbox is working beautifully. I was a little concerned when I fitted it that the change was rather stiff, but after a few miles it has freed up nicely and is extremely positive. I also thought there might be a little noise until it had been run in, but I can't hear anything at all.
Looks like the car might make it to the DN event next week as planned - very pleased indeed.
Had another new starter motor fitted. Last one lasted 5 years, which was only swapped out because the car was in bits and it was easily accessible. Didn't expect to have to change that so soon.
Fitted the new number plates last night, the old ones made the car look really tatty against the new paintwork. Refitted the reversing camera into the number plate.
Fitted the new number plates last night, the old ones made the car look really tatty against the new paintwork. Refitted the reversing camera into the number plate.
ukkid35 said:
Took it for a 5am test drive.
Freshly rebuilt gearbox is working beautifully. I was a little concerned when I fitted it that the change was rather stiff, but after a few miles it has freed up nicely and is extremely positive. I also thought there might be a little noise until it had been run in, but I can't hear anything at all.
Looks like the car might make it to the DN event next week as planned - very pleased indeed.
Nice one Paul, now you have just enough time to change that diff bush afore ye go! Freshly rebuilt gearbox is working beautifully. I was a little concerned when I fitted it that the change was rather stiff, but after a few miles it has freed up nicely and is extremely positive. I also thought there might be a little noise until it had been run in, but I can't hear anything at all.
Looks like the car might make it to the DN event next week as planned - very pleased indeed.
TwinKam said:
Nice one Paul, now you have just enough time to change that diff bush afore ye go!
Not quite...But I did have time this morning to spend 80 minutes at PitStart using one of their lifts.
I had got the drivetrain alignment wrong when refitting the gearbox, which meant the exhaust manifold was vibrating against one of the chassis rails. Fortunately it wasn't too difficult realigning it when on the lift, and the total cost was just £27. If I'd needed it for a full 12hr day it would have cost £100, which is obviously better value.
So the car has finally been painted, only been wanting to do it for the last 5 years after a former boss drove his shogan into it and denied all knowledge. Back to the original rosso pearl paint (which is expensive...)
A few things to do when I got it back, interior had to be cleaned again and the driver seat resprayed as I guess the furniture clinic finish got hot and sticky in the oven, then got damaged/dirty when someone sat in it. Number plates fitted, engine bay cleaned, shiny new wheel nuts fitted, all those things that looked ok before but now look terrible against the new paint.
Off to a local car show today, so photos will follow.
A few things to do when I got it back, interior had to be cleaned again and the driver seat resprayed as I guess the furniture clinic finish got hot and sticky in the oven, then got damaged/dirty when someone sat in it. Number plates fitted, engine bay cleaned, shiny new wheel nuts fitted, all those things that looked ok before but now look terrible against the new paint.
Off to a local car show today, so photos will follow.
Rufus Roughcut said:
aide said:
Surely, if you reverse the wires on the cree bulb you can use the original relays?
It doesn't work like that I'm afraid. Pin 49a goes to the Indicator/Hazard switching box and then out to the indicators, if you wished you could swap the wires around at this point.
Without swapping the +ve and -ve over before the Indicator/Hazard switching box the relay does nothing, it's being fed with the polarity reversed.
My solution was to 'gut' an old relay.
Basically remove all the internal bits and solder the '+ve' to the negative and the '-ve' to the positive.
For less than £1 you could make up some jumper leads using automotive male/female crimp connectors.
Had been getting a little rattle/slight scraping from the rear end. Very gentle braking saw it go so thought
a wee nosey in order. Took the wheels off for the first time since buying the car (membership
card chopped up and being returned...
The rear discs had barely any wear and I knew from Richard at HHC that the pads are roughly half
worn. Found that due to not having any retainer screw, or indeed a place for one the disc can move
around a little giving what I believe is the noise I was chasing. Have replaced the wheels after cleaning them inside
and correctly torquing them up, thinking that would hold the disc more securely, then on came the rain
which is still going so haven't tested it yet.
Have folk come across this before at all, anything else worth considering? i.e Thought new pads being thicker
may help or just live with it? Handbrake works OK and application doesn't really reduce the noise.
Cheers
Sticky
a wee nosey in order. Took the wheels off for the first time since buying the car (membership
card chopped up and being returned...
The rear discs had barely any wear and I knew from Richard at HHC that the pads are roughly half
worn. Found that due to not having any retainer screw, or indeed a place for one the disc can move
around a little giving what I believe is the noise I was chasing. Have replaced the wheels after cleaning them inside
and correctly torquing them up, thinking that would hold the disc more securely, then on came the rain
which is still going so haven't tested it yet.
Have folk come across this before at all, anything else worth considering? i.e Thought new pads being thicker
may help or just live with it? Handbrake works OK and application doesn't really reduce the noise.
Cheers
Sticky
On the way home after we enjoyed a great weekend with my parents, the car suffered a broken throttle cable close to Aldsworth towards Burford.
I warned my GF that I wasn't sure we'd be driving home, and then spent the next 30 mins upside-down with my head in the footwell. As if by some miracle I'd cleaned the footwell mat earlier in the day, something I do perhaps once a year.
More importantly I managed to tie a knot in the broken cable, and then work out how to deal with the cable sheath in the engine bay to work with the significantly shorter cable. Thankfully I never drive anywhere without almost all my tools and spares, and on this occasion a handful of cable ties saved the day. Photos to follow.
I warned my GF that I wasn't sure we'd be driving home, and then spent the next 30 mins upside-down with my head in the footwell. As if by some miracle I'd cleaned the footwell mat earlier in the day, something I do perhaps once a year.
More importantly I managed to tie a knot in the broken cable, and then work out how to deal with the cable sheath in the engine bay to work with the significantly shorter cable. Thankfully I never drive anywhere without almost all my tools and spares, and on this occasion a handful of cable ties saved the day. Photos to follow.
Penelope Stopit said:
Thanks for that, I couldn't find any when I searched.At least folk are aware there are two types
Rufus Roughcut said:
Penelope Stopit said:
Thanks for that, I couldn't find any when I searched.At least folk are aware there are two types
You made a cracking job of that work-around, clever very clever and it does show others what can be done when there are problems with relay termination configuration
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