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» CMF MemberWow what a productive day - FINALLY:
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[*]Raised suspension to maximum fully legal height.
[*]Successfully completed battery relocation by securely mounting the charged positive wires and associated fuse boxes and electrical garbage in the engine bay. Came up reasonably tidy and very safe / short-circuit proof.
[*]Finalised by non-ABS brake conversion. One of the brakes was still full of air and oil fluid. Found the culpurate and now the pedal feels great and the car actually stops.
[*]Got up under the dash to the brake pedal offset adjuster thing, and adjusted some play out of the pedal movement. My stupid local brake shop never even told me about this adjustment, I found it when changing master cylinders recently. You can get rid of some of the play in pedal movement before the brakes really engage. Pedal feels really good now. Small amount of movement before the brakes engage solidly.
[*]Completed the mounting of the intercooler. It wasn't really inline with where I wanted it and the bonnet wasn't closing properly. All fixed and sorted now, looking good. Now the grille actually fits back on so yay the grille is back on and it looks rad! Like a working car!
[*]Found air/oil separator drain pipe has come lose, so slipped that back on and mega tightened mr hose clamp. This was causing the car to splutter and idle/drive like an absolute pig. Because air was being sucked back up through the separator into the engine, kind of bypassing the turbo and normal path of air. Really confused the ECU or something, anyway idles like a dream now.
[*]Cleaned the rust of all 4 brakes that had appeared from sitting out the back of the exhaust shop in the rain on occasions.
[*]Got up under the back of the car and removed the rear ABS sensor lines. Once you undo enough screws, you will actually eventually get to this beautifully tidy plug and you simply unclip it and both pairs of sensor wires come out in one big tangles octopus. This is up kind of above and next to the fuel tank. Yay for Nissan.
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Gee I think that's about. Anyway, great feeling of the car actually being quite close to driving once again now..
Some of these crazy things, are things that I've been wanting to do for years. This latest downtime has really been a massive block of do absolutely everything, and the car doesn't drive again until its PERFECT. Will be a whole different car when its registered.
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[*]Raised suspension to maximum fully legal height.
[*]Successfully completed battery relocation by securely mounting the charged positive wires and associated fuse boxes and electrical garbage in the engine bay. Came up reasonably tidy and very safe / short-circuit proof.
[*]Finalised by non-ABS brake conversion. One of the brakes was still full of air and oil fluid. Found the culpurate and now the pedal feels great and the car actually stops.
[*]Got up under the dash to the brake pedal offset adjuster thing, and adjusted some play out of the pedal movement. My stupid local brake shop never even told me about this adjustment, I found it when changing master cylinders recently. You can get rid of some of the play in pedal movement before the brakes really engage. Pedal feels really good now. Small amount of movement before the brakes engage solidly.
[*]Completed the mounting of the intercooler. It wasn't really inline with where I wanted it and the bonnet wasn't closing properly. All fixed and sorted now, looking good. Now the grille actually fits back on so yay the grille is back on and it looks rad! Like a working car!
[*]Found air/oil separator drain pipe has come lose, so slipped that back on and mega tightened mr hose clamp. This was causing the car to splutter and idle/drive like an absolute pig. Because air was being sucked back up through the separator into the engine, kind of bypassing the turbo and normal path of air. Really confused the ECU or something, anyway idles like a dream now.
[*]Cleaned the rust of all 4 brakes that had appeared from sitting out the back of the exhaust shop in the rain on occasions.
[*]Got up under the back of the car and removed the rear ABS sensor lines. Once you undo enough screws, you will actually eventually get to this beautifully tidy plug and you simply unclip it and both pairs of sensor wires come out in one big tangles octopus. This is up kind of above and next to the fuel tank. Yay for Nissan.
</ol>
Gee I think that's about. Anyway, great feeling of the car actually being quite close to driving once again now..
Some of these crazy things, are things that I've been wanting to do for years. This latest downtime has really been a massive block of do absolutely everything, and the car doesn't drive again until its PERFECT. Will be a whole different car when its registered.