Kiwibirdman Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Just saw the latest update, you are getting near terrorising the North Shore in Rigamortice. Excellent work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 41 minutes ago, Kiwibirdman said: Just saw the latest update, you are getting near terrorising the North Shore in Rigamortice. Excellent work!! Yes; looking forward very much to no wof, no rego, no seatbelts, no doors, "one wheeler peeler" trips around the block in Milford. I've always felt automotive anarchy is much underrated. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibirdman Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 22 hours ago, sr2 said: Yes; looking forward very much to no wof, no rego, no seatbelts, no doors, "one wheeler peeler" trips around the block in Milford. I've always felt automotive anarchy is much underrated. The stuffy people of Chatswood have been given similar delights, brake tests to check that the right end locks up first are very popular. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibirdman Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 For your seat, Grant at Grants Auto Upholstery, 92 Ellice Road is good and doesn't charge like a wounded bull. He has all sorts of cool stuff in his shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Kiwibirdman said: For your seat, Grant at Grants Auto Upholstery, 92 Ellice Road is good and doesn't charge like a wounded bull. He has all sorts of cool stuff in his shop. Cheers mate, will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 "The part arrived in 4 days complete with 2 optional rubber boots. Great bunch of guys to deal with, great value for money, and their level of customer service put the NZ opposition to shame" This is often so bloody true and it pisses me off no end. Its not hard to be courteous on the phone, show a little interest and at least seem like you're trying. But so many places I ring here are fucking useless at these basics and are probably the first to grumble when they hear of folks buying elsewhere. Also- keep a customer happy even on the little sales, be polite and you'll get repeat customers and reccomendations. But this seems to fall on deaf ears too. Your gasket woes. Cant you just pull the old gasket out, clean the surfaces and fit a new one with a split at the top. A tiny dab of sealant on the join and it shouldn't leak? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 3 hours ago, yoeddynz said: "The part arrived in 4 days complete with 2 optional rubber boots. Great bunch of guys to deal with, great value for money, and their level of customer service put the NZ opposition to shame" This is often so bloody true and it pisses me off no end. Its not hard to be courteous on the phone, show a little interest and at least seem like you're trying. But so many places I ring here are fucking useless at these basics and are probably the first to grumble when they hear of folks buying elsewhere. Also- keep a customer happy even on the little sales, be polite and you'll get repeat customers and reccomendations. But this seems to fall on deaf ears too. Your gasket woes. Cant you just pull the old gasket out, clean the surfaces and fit a new one with a split at the top. A tiny dab of sealant on the join and it shouldn't leak? Yes I was tempted to replace the gasket in situ but I could only find a full gasket kit, to make a gasket I need the rear housing removed. Motor and trans is now sitting on the floor, I'll update soon. I couldn't agree with you more in how far being polite and friendly can get a business ahead, just good old fashioned customer service. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 What about scrape the gasket off and use a bit of silicon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 2 hours ago, SOHC said: What about scrape the gasket off and use a bit of silicon? Once again, sorely tempted to do the same. I wasn't confident I could get the surfaces clean enough (i.e. oil everywhere) and I knew I was taking a chance trying to do the job with the box still in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Pleased to see that your revised wiring diagram retains the original twin horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 7 hours ago, sr2 said: If anyone from the Oldschool Brains Trust can spot any mistakes or suggest any improvements please let me know. In order for the fan override switch to be able to force the fan to run, you'd need the thermal switch to be normally open, and the dash/fan light would have to be on whenever the fans were NOT working. I think. I did have some gin a bit earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 51 minutes ago, Thousand Dollar Supercar said: In order for the fan override switch to be able to force the fan to run, you'd need the thermal switch to be normally open, and the dash/fan light would have to be on whenever the fans were NOT working. I think. I did have some gin a bit earlier. Revthe fan Switch side looks good/it'll work as drawn @sr2what do you want the light to do? If you want it to indicate when the fan is running then connect it to the 30 terminal of relay/in parallel with the fan itself If you wire it as drawn the relay/fan will always be on as it'll earth out through the bulb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibirdman Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 10 hours ago, chris r said: Revthe fan Switch side looks good/it'll work as drawn @sr2what do you want the light to do? If you want it to indicate when the fan is running then connect it to the 30 terminal of relay/in parallel with the fan itself If you wire it as drawn the relay/fan will always be on as it'll earth out through the bulb The only gotcha with that is if your fan is in front of the radiator it will act as a generator and the bulb will glow at higher speeds. Not a big issue, the light on the dash board of the Holden is fairly bright at 70 mph. @chris r If the bulb was wired behind the thermo switch and was earthed it should work OK for automatic use, it wouldn't come on when manually activated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Thousand Dollar Supercar said: In order for the fan override switch to be able to force the fan to run, you'd need the thermal switch to be normally open, and the dash/fan light would have to be on whenever the fans were NOT working. I think. I did have some gin a bit earlier. LOL, gin always makes me highly intelligent, nearly as much as 101 Wild Turkey. You're right there's something funny with the fan on light/override switch setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 11 hours ago, chris r said: Revthe fan Switch side looks good/it'll work as drawn @sr2what do you want the light to do? If you want it to indicate when the fan is running then connect it to the 30 terminal of relay/in parallel with the fan itself If you wire it as drawn the relay/fan will always be on as it'll earth out through the bulb You're on to it mate. The fan light is supposed to be on when the fan is running. I should have it connected to pin 30 on the relay, (I've been going bat shit crazy staring at it all for the last few weeks!). Revised version below, the bulb will be a LED so there should be no earth issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 44 minutes ago, Kiwibirdman said: The only gotcha with that is if your fan is in front of the radiator it will act as a generator and the bulb will glow at higher speeds. Not a big issue, the light on the dash board of the Holden is fairly bright at 70 mph. @chris r If the bulb was wired behind the thermo switch and was earthed it should work OK for automatic use, it wouldn't come on when manually activated. Snap! I've just had an auto-sparky mate point out the same re the fan acting as a generator, shame I didn't have the room to mount it as a puller. I might do a suck it and see on this one, if it is an issue I'll put a big diode on the fan supply after the feed to the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 14 hours ago, igor said: Pleased to see that your revised wiring diagram retains the original twin horns. Yes I love the horns, genuine Lucas ("Prince of Darkness") Windtones - they appeal to my passion for totally impractical solutions to problems that never really existed in the first place! Only issue is they currently sound like a pair of cats being slowly strangled, I'll have to do some research on how to set up their contact points and then tune them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Same as those on my '51 Vanguard then. Nice deep tone to them as I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 this hurt my head. Could you do this? Would mean its not affected by anything the fan does and the lamp is switched on by the thermo switch or bypass by giving it ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, flyingbrick said: this hurt my head. Could you do this? Would mean its not affected by anything the fan does and the lamp is switched on by the thermo switch or bypass by giving it ground. That will work too. Depends if you want a 'fan is actually on' light or a 'fan switching circuit okay' light 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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