A mad, bad Mini project

[Megaflow]

Getragdogleg said:

Penelope Stopit said:

Surely this is a water trap, the heat-shrink needed to be of the adhesive type to prevent water running down the cables into the sensor termination point

Depends how its mounted, if the plug points down then its not a problem so much.

Yep, even with adhesive type heat shrink it is still possible for water to seep down. Good engineering practice is to point all wiring downwards.

[ajprice]

Megaflow said:

Getragdogleg said:

Penelope Stopit said:

Surely this is a water trap, the heat-shrink needed to be of the adhesive type to prevent water running down the cables into the sensor termination point

Depends how its mounted, if the plug points down then its not a problem so much.

Yep, even with adhesive type heat shrink it is still possible for water to seep down. Good engineering practice is to point all wiring downwards.

Is that picture of it in the car? Looks like it's in a vice or something.

[Penelope Stopit]

Megaflow said:

Getragdogleg said:

Penelope Stopit said:

Surely this is a water trap, the heat-shrink needed to be of the adhesive type to prevent water running down the cables into the sensor termination point

Depends how its mounted, if the plug points down then its not a problem so much.

Yep, even with adhesive type heat shrink it is still possible for water to seep down. Good engineering practice is to point all wiring downwards.

Agreed, cables with a loop going up to plugs, perhaps it can't be mounted in any other position

[Penelope Stopit]

ajprice said:

Is that picture of it in the car? Looks like it's in a vice or something.

Yes it is, here's another

[Getragdogleg]

To be fair if there is water in that part of the engine bay enough to seep into the wires they are having other problems too that just might be bigger.

[Legmaster]

An update today:

BOM on YouTube said:

December 2020 Update:

Everything sucks. We might have been able to finish episode 33 before Christmas if we'd have been happy to end the video in a haphazard and frankly slapdash way and we decided we weren't prepared to do that. Being screwed over by a supplier, and the government with their ever changing restrictions and Nik's pursuit of his ultimate goal has meant progress hasn't been as swift as we'd hoped.

There is a Howie Did It video coming up later next week which will detail one of the jobs we weren't looking forward to but has ended up being pretty damn cool. We'll be back in the new year with the paint reveal. It is painted. The paint job isn't finished as you'll see in the video, but if the effort being put into it pays off, it should be pretty special.

Cheers

[LHRFlightman]

Check the date.

[ajprice]

Still not episode 33. 3D printing the wide arches.

[Caddyshack]

It looked like red paint at the very end of video...is that a colour teaser or "red" herring?

[Smitters]

Caddyshack said:

It looked like red paint at the very end of video...is that a colour teaser or "red" herring?

Pink I think, harking back about a decade to Richard's girls choosing the colour.

[thetapeworm]

My Pistonheads Secret Santa kindly sent me this...



You'd have been laughted out of town for suggesting such a thing might exist when all of this started

[Smitters]

For a horrific, horrific moment, I thought that was skimpy stringy knickers...

[Alex@POD]

Smitters said:

For a horrific, horrific moment, I thought that was skimpy stringy knickers...

Thought? Or wished?

[thetapeworm]

I'm sure it's a possibility if they get enough interest.

I won't be trying to adapt this though

[colin_p]

ajprice said:

Still not episode 33. 3D printing the wide arches.

Bad Obsession said:

It needs finishing off by hand, like we all do from time to time

[annodomini2]

Ep33, 29th Jan for patrons, 30th for the plebs

Teasing again:

[colin_p]

Baby poo yellow or Colonel Mustard ?

Hopefully just a guide coat!

[robemcdonald]

Mr bean?

[ajprice]

I wouldn't put it past them for that to have the colour photoshopped to hide the real colour

[Alex@POD]

That has to be the most disappointing thing so far this year...


When I saw this on Facebook yesterday I thought is was going to be available today