Bert
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That's going to make a lot of difference. Gotta love LED's
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Who is doing what maintenance today?
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Except the LEDs on my 80's dash illuminations. For some reason many of them are flashing, intermittently and with no obvious cause. Both with illuminated switches and with the heater panel illumination.
The speedo/rev counter illuminating lights are steady...
It's an odd one, for sure.
Are they flashing off and on or just flickering, I fitted an LED panel in the desk lamp I have by my PC and I've had to change the panel twice now because some of the LED's flickered, I think it's an age thing, my brain does the same now and again.Except the LEDs on my 80's dash illuminations. For some reason many of them are flashing, intermittently and with no obvious cause. Both with illuminated switches and with the heater panel illumination.
The speedo/rev counter illuminating lights are steady...
It's an odd one, for sure.
Nice one Chas!
The dash lights, well the originals all stopped working one by one so I got my trusty helper to replace all the blown bulbs.
He did them all and "upgraded" to LED while he was at it.
Now they dance, flicker, go on and off, flash, just about any description you choose, all independently and without any apparent link to anything else. I thought it might be the radio/player but they flash even with that off.
Strangely, the speedo/rev counter illumination is steady, and those are blue LEDs.
Bert
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Well, mine arrived today. Just fitted them. Much better, I can almost see where I'm reversing
A nice personal touch from Roy at 4X4OBSESSION too.
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Update. Hoping to get the tires fitted this Saturday...more excitement
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Recently had a vibration on the car from the front end & been curious to what was causing this. Upon my measuring up of an intercooler top mount had to make room by removing the 2ltr oil catch can near the filter housing.
Boy was it pretty full around 1ltr in there. Emptied out for the first time in 4 years since the install & notices the vibration lessened while putting it back to stock.
Got me thinking how is that so?
Will know more in the next few drives.
Boy was it pretty full around 1ltr in there. Emptied out for the first time in 4 years since the install & notices the vibration lessened while putting it back to stock.
Got me thinking how is that so?
Will know more in the next few drives.
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So i spent yesterday afternoon after work sticking in the usb sockets i bought last week, I'm not saying it's the tidiest install ever but i didn't feel comfortable chopping up the plastics. This way its removable.
Chopped and drilled some wood, don't have the correct tools so just drilled lots of holes for the sockets.
"face plate"
Got the carpet out from making the drawers and wrapped it, bit fiddly with the small bits and i didn't have the stapler this time.
you can see where i missed while squirting the glue, can't see it from the drivers side but a little messy from the passenger side.
test fitting.
The new reverse lights came in handy.
@StarCruiser figured out what those wires were for on the passenger side battery. There were extra ciggy sockets. One was in the nsr cubby hole and the other tucked behind the centre console. I reused the earth from that one.
Stuck in place with double sided sticky stuff
close up of the messy bit of glue.
I discovered i'm really crap at soldering, really really crap but it's all together and working. Wired it into that power supply thing next to the drivers side battery so that its only got power when the ignition is on.
Q. How are you supposed to actually connect stuff to that? i took the top off and connected it, but with the wire there its not exactly flush when closing, and are those contacts already fused? If not i need to stick one in line.
Chopped and drilled some wood, don't have the correct tools so just drilled lots of holes for the sockets.
"face plate"
Got the carpet out from making the drawers and wrapped it, bit fiddly with the small bits and i didn't have the stapler this time.
you can see where i missed while squirting the glue, can't see it from the drivers side but a little messy from the passenger side.
test fitting.
The new reverse lights came in handy.
@StarCruiser figured out what those wires were for on the passenger side battery. There were extra ciggy sockets. One was in the nsr cubby hole and the other tucked behind the centre console. I reused the earth from that one.
Stuck in place with double sided sticky stuff
close up of the messy bit of glue.
I discovered i'm really crap at soldering, really really crap but it's all together and working. Wired it into that power supply thing next to the drivers side battery so that its only got power when the ignition is on.
Q. How are you supposed to actually connect stuff to that? i took the top off and connected it, but with the wire there its not exactly flush when closing, and are those contacts already fused? If not i need to stick one in line.
If in doubt treat them as if they aren't fused Nick. I've not got one but if it's got big wires and big terminals it's likely to be fused at a higher rating or not fused at all. It never hurts to put too many fuses in but can end in tears if you don't.
Did I!?
Was that at Lincomb?
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no, you saw them and told me to sort them out, i didn't know what they were for. Only taken 6 months...Did I!?
Ahh, yes. I remember. Err, good. Well done. Carry on…
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I thought about going all the way across but remembered I like to drink coffee and smoke while driving.
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Good job still have mine to do been more than 6 months.....thanks Nick for reminding me 
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No probs. I almost drilled holes in the bulkhead to finally attach my catch can but didn't want to put @Ben to shame with my productivity.Good job still have mine to do been more than 6 months.....thanks Nick for reminding me
