Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

[HighLUX 30,343]

Fixed the welder with a bit of wiring tracing and looking at stzz.

Took out the circuit board behind the wire speed knob, cleaned years of garage dust/metal filling mix off the board which could of been bridging some circuits and doing something funny then there was a big grey box on the board that I guessed was a relay so gave that a tap with a screw driver and its back to working properly which is great because I didnt wanna have to buy a new welder

[Nominal 48,614]

Nice

 

I got the Commondore engine running after pulling the injector rail out and spraying fuel all around the garage. Swapped a couple of dead ones with working ones from the old engine and it fires up OK now.

Have to finish up the plumbing for the cooling system before test drives.

[RUNAMUCK 24,674]

Because I'm too lazy to look up the glazing rule,

How dark is the rear window of a ute allowed to be tinted?

[datlow 17,580]

matt black

 

/no longer a window maaayte

[AllTorque 37,985]

You can do what ever to the rear window of a Ute 

[Yowzer 29,853]

How dumb is it that MA is restricted to 35% on the rear windows but everything else can be blacked out completely? What is the reasoning behind that?

[Bling 18,152]

Business use type vehicle, well at least more often than MA standard car? Only reason I can think of.

[RUNAMUCK 24,674]

2 hours ago, AllTorque said:

You can do what ever to the rear window of a Ute 

Can I ask what each class means?

[AllTorque 37,985]

Go to tables and images 

https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/introduction/inspection-and-certification-process/identifying-the-vehicle-class

you’ll be sorry you asked.

[RUNAMUCK 24,674]

Would it need to be registered as a goods vehicle though?

User type NA rather than MA?

And perhaps have more expensive rego? (Its over 40 years old anyway, but it's nice to know so I dont get fisted by some.power tripping nazi copper at some.point)

[RUNAMUCK 24,674]

That said, it's not going to have metal mulisha/FOX etc stickers on the rear window either.

[SOHC 8,628]

I found if you cut open a Fram G12 in-line fuel filter you can jam it in your sedanent glass 

[SOHC 8,628]

21 minutes ago, SOHC said:

I found if you cut open a Fram G12 in-line fuel filter you can jam it in your sedanent glass 

Works in reverse tho, shit is going into the inside of the filter 

[kyteler 54,798]

22 minutes ago, SOHC said:

I found if you cut open a Fram G12 in-line fuel filter you can jam it in your sedanent glass 

This is relevant to my interests. 

[AllTorque 37,985]

2 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Would it need to be registered as a goods vehicle though?

User type NA rather than MA?

Having more load space than passenger it would always have been registered NA.

[cletus 33,613]

'Body transfer vehicle'

Could apply to any car haha

 

[TimShadboltfan27 3,991]

my EF civic does this weird intermittent thing where it dies as soon as you disengage the key/starter. only does it sometimes, and you can keep the revs up and sometimes save it or hold the key on and keep the starter winding and it sorts itself out. 

this morning i had much trouble getting it to start and when it did it cut out a few times before i managed to save it with a bit of choke and mashing the throttle. 

I dont think its a usual culprit like a vaccuum leak or carb issue cos the car runs fine once it starts up (eventually). Am i right to suspect it may be the fuel pump? Google has suggested the ignition module as well but im leaning more towards fuel pump being a lemon

anything else to check? anyone had similar issue? D15B motor.

[kyteler 54,798]

Those Honda ign modules are notorious for fucking out but it would be unlikely if it runs fine afterwards.  When the one on my City fucked out it wouldn't go at all, thats not to say that they don't have varying levels of out fuckery however. 

Is it mechanical or electric fuel pump?  

Are you sure it's not just that you're a noob with the choke? 

[TimShadboltfan27 3,991]

2 minutes ago, kyteler said:

Those Honda ign modules are notorious for fucking out but it would be unlikely if it runs fine afterwards.  When the one on my City fucked out it wouldn't go at all, thats not to say that they don't have varying levels of out fuckery however. 

Is it mechanical or electric fuel pump?  

Are you sure it's not just that you're a noob with the choke? 

lel i am proficient in choke operation m9

google says electric. looks like its an in-tank pump and i just filled it up. womp

[igor 11,789]

My wife's Laser was hard to start for some months. Once started it ran fine. The problem was thought by many to be fuel related but eventually turned out to be a faulty ignition module.