wuvvum Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Went and picked up the second replacement ECU for the 75 from the post office at lunchtime. Fitted it to the car, plugged it in and it fired up first time, so that's a relief. Took it for a quick spin - the new ECU has been remapped as well so pulls fairly well, although the throttle response isn't quite as sharp as with the tuning box that was on there before. It was a tad smoky at full throttle too, although I suspect that may be partly because it hasn't been anywhere for a while. Also since I've been fiddling about with the electrics the driver's door window switch pack has decided to stop working again, having previously fixed itself. Still, at least I can use the car again now. RoverFolkUs, Cord Fourteener, BorniteIdentity and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Well, just coming out of hibernation and look at this... No advisories! Woop! chaseracer, BeEP, Supernaut and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Went out for a moorland picnic Broadsword, dome, cort16 and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Fantastic! What do Ms_HMC and the offspring (and step-offspring) make of Huggy? And does it fit outside your house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Van Der Valk on talking pictures. Lots of Daf 33 police cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 I'm trying to source some brighter led brake/tail light bulbs in offset pin flavour, I ordered what I thought was correct and got opposite pins, so I thought other than obvious will it fall out the holder what about filling off one the earth pins?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: Fantastic! What do Ms_HMC and the offspring (and step-offspring) make of Huggy? And does it fit outside your house? Everyone loves it, including the dog. It’s longer than my house is wide, and in need of similar amounts of TLC so fits right in! I alao found the owners handbook hidden within a recess in the glovebox lid. Everyone was belted in our trip but the GM line in 1973 ( reading this book) was to recommend unbelted children to stand up on the floor behind the front seat to offer the most protection in a frontal impact. OK thanks for that tip GM! SiC, Dyslexic Viking, Popsicle and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 A productive evening helping a fellow 75 owner. He had a pair of recently refurbished Xenon headlights he wanted to fit to improve the light output. As I progressed I wasn't sure these would work on car that didn't have them originally. Mine has them from the factory and they are self levelling via 2 ballasts, 1 on each offside suspension arm. There's also no thumbwheel on the dash. However the pins on the plug were exactly the same and my theory was that it would not matter where the signal came from to tell the lights to adjust thumbwheel or ballast resistor. Bumper off, fixings had all been greased in the past so it was quite easy, apart from pulling it out from the wing as it was stuck in its slots due to road dirt. Some persuasion saw it off though. Lights are 4 10mms and 1 plug. Thankfully I was right and they all worked perfectly. We checked their position off the garage door. They also self test their level when switched on, as they should. They really improved the look of the car over the old blotchy faded items. Next I rodded and cleared the scuttle plenum to stop it flooding and killing the ECU, GR9 design. The bonnet struts were also toast as can be seen in one of the pictures so I replaced those with good used ones. Wiper blades were also prehistoric so those went in the bucket and a new pair of Bosch items were fitted. Next I turned to the nearside sill which had some kerb damage. I found it to be minimal, the paint was not broken down to the metal and no rust had formed. Ruminations about how to proceed ended with the decision just to touch it in. I sourced the correct CEV Firefrost for the owner and sent him the link for him to attend to in the future. Levels were checked, important on the K Series. I inspected and tested the coolant with a great Hygrometer that my neighbour gave me, much better than the rubbish ebay one I bought. Pink and translucent, very clean. The head gasket was replaced last year so all looks good on that front. It's going to be the owners wedding car in 2 weeks so it was good to get these things attended to. A few pics of 2 75s on my drive. Popsicle, Steviemillar, dome and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Great work @Split_Pin! Looks great! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 murder on the dancefloor? no - madness on the driveway Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Sorry to be a jobsworth but the owner of that fine Firefrost (?) example may want to bear in mind that headlight washers are compulsory with Xenon headlights. I have a feeling the self levelling needs to be automatic as well. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 38 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Sorry to be a jobsworth but the owner of that fine Firefrost (?) example may want to bear in mind that headlight washers are compulsory with Xenon headlights. I have a feeling the self levelling needs to be automatic as well. So did I but the owner checked the regs and the washers and self levellers apparently only have to work if fitted. I just went with that although I still feel that maintenance of the beam pattern is important hence washers and levellers being required. "Vehicles with high intensity discharge (HID) or LED dipped beam headlamps may be fitted with a suspension or headlamp self-levelling system. If these systems have been fitted, they must work". Anyway, he was insistent and also, NMP 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Hmm. Apparently washers aren't needed if the lights are less than 2000 lumen. Every day's a school day... Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Same here, I always thought you had to have the paraphernalia to accompany the HIDs. What I might have been thinking of is from about 15 years ago when HIDs were all the rage and unscrupulous owners modified their standard headlights to accept HID bulbs, blinding everyone else I do know that's definitely illegal and that you must have ellipsiod projector lenses for them otherwise you're basically illuminating most of the Solar system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Couple of poor buggers have had a bad day out in Derbyshire at the weekend, Vauxhall Victor, Hillman Super Minx and a VW modern had a crash after the Victors brakes failed. Link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-61143786 It must have been less crusty than my old Victor FE. Spurious, Shite Ron, catsinthewelder and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarmonicCheeseburger Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 So this "christ it's a CVT Micra " or "throw 240v through it", yes it's been a pain however a few days of driving it and thinking caused a moment of discovery. Arrow for reference (not my car) on a part of the loom, it clips to the throttle body on a plastic connector and on mine the tape is sticky, gooey and loose and when the idle is at 1,800 rpm with the TPS sensor going beserk I found out tonight that applying physical pressure here triggers immediate return to desired behaviour of 800rpm tickover. .48 showing on TPS sensor. And of course letting go return to bonkers behaviour which I've been plagued with since I got it in 2017. Each time I replaced parts I would be moving the loom about and in time it would return to erratic behaviour. Plan is to remove the shitty loom tape on the upper loom, and re-wrap it and check for bare wires and shorts etc. I plan to make my own thread on this if anyone is interested, but I do feel now the issue has been found, so long as it keeps running and me mobile I can save up, plan is atm for a W203 Mercedes as the next vehicle of choice, in the meantime if I can keep this bucket working it can be either sold on or part exchanged once the time is right. Vantman, mercedade, AnnoyingPentium and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 28 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said: So this "christ it's a CVT Micra " or "throw 240v through it", yes it's been a pain however a few days of driving it and thinking caused a moment of discovery. Arrow for reference (not my car) on a part of the loom, it clips to the throttle body on a plastic connector and on mine the tape is sticky, gooey and loose and when the idle is at 1,800 rpm with the TPS sensor going beserk I found out tonight that applying physical pressure here triggers immediate return to desired behaviour of 800rpm tickover. .48 showing on TPS sensor. And of course letting go return to bonkers behaviour which I've been plagued with since I got it in 2017. Each time I replaced parts I would be moving the loom about and in time it would return to erratic behaviour. Plan is to remove the shitty loom tape on the upper loom, and re-wrap it and check for bare wires and shorts etc. I plan to make my own thread on this if anyone is interested, but I do feel now the issue has been found, so long as it keeps running and me mobile I can save up, plan is atm for a W203 Mercedes as the next vehicle of choice, in the meantime if I can keep this bucket working it can be either sold on or part exchanged. Great news ....... major step forward. Can that part not be replaced to where it plugs in / attaches to the main loom? May be easier than chasing a broken wire - especially if it's only internal damage from flexing. Good luck either way OM646 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 28 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said: So this "christ it's a CVT Micra " or "throw 240v through it", yes it's been a pain however a few days of driving it and thinking caused a moment of discovery. Arrow for reference (not my car) on a part of the loom, it clips to the throttle body on a plastic connector and on mine the tape is sticky, gooey and loose and when the idle is at 1,800 rpm with the TPS sensor going beserk I found out tonight that applying physical pressure here triggers immediate return to desired behaviour of 800rpm tickover. .48 showing on TPS sensor. And of course letting go return to bonkers behaviour which I've been plagued with since I got it in 2017. Each time I replaced parts I would be moving the loom about and in time it would return to erratic behaviour. Plan is to remove the shitty loom tape on the upper loom, and re-wrap it and check for bare wires and shorts etc. I plan to make my own thread on this if anyone is interested, but I do feel now the issue has been found, so long as it keeps running and me mobile I can save up, plan is atm for a W203 Mercedes as the next vehicle of choice, in the meantime if I can keep this bucket working it can be either sold on or part exchanged once the time is right. I can't quite imagine how tape could be causing an issue here. Might it be moisture has somehow got trapped and caused corrosion so when you flex the connector it is intermittently changing between a good/poor connection? OM646 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarmonicCheeseburger Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 53 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: I can't quite imagine how tape could be causing an issue here. Might it be moisture has somehow got trapped and caused corrosion so when you flex the connector it is intermittently changing between a good/poor connection? It's peeled away from much of the wiring it was wrapped around, I'm hoping one of the wires has chaffed on the hot vibrating engine and is shorting somewhere causing resistance on the TPS sensor (it's just a potentiometer) and thus high idle. Will be ordering some loom tape first thing in the morning, and having a better look in day light. Replacing it would mean sourcing another loom from another pre-facelift K11 N-CVT which could get expensive, I right now am hoping checking for shorts and re-wrapping will help, if not I shall go about replacing the connectors with fresh new ones and see how I go from there. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 7 hours ago, Popsicle said: Couple of poor buggers have had a bad day out in Derbyshire at the weekend, Vauxhall Victor, Hillman Super Minx and a VW modern had a crash after the Victors brakes failed. Link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-61143786 It must have been less crusty than my old Victor FE. A steep 1 1/2 lane road with a double hairpin. Not where you want to loose brakes... Popsicle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 So, my W203 Mercedes radio decided to quit working. Only hangs in the Mercedes logo and doesn't do anything. Everyone says "it's a break in the fiber optic ring, check your accessories fitted" My car doesn't have any. Fuck. grogee, Split_Pin and AnnoyingPentium 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Trip to Think Tank in Birmingham today with Master Grogee. I'm not quite sure what the place is trying to achieve, but it would likely be more successful if all the exhibits worked and were accessible. Anyway there were various bits of BL effluent about the place, so not all bad. Vantman, dome, Austat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 This is that solar charger I got. Does anyone know what the buttons do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 23 hours ago, HMC said: Went out for a moorland picnic Bloody hell…I presume I’ve missed one hell of a collection thread whilst being busy having a coronary!? 😂😂 Dan29 and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdisk Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 10 hours ago, OM646 said: So, my W203 Mercedes radio decided to quit working. Only hangs in the Mercedes logo and doesn't do anything. Everyone says "it's a break in the fiber optic ring, check your accessories fitted" My car doesn't have any. Fuck. Try disconnecting the battery for 1 or 2 minutes. That might reset it. OM646 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vicar Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 On 4/7/2022 at 9:04 AM, The Vicar said: I've made my first purchase of 2022: Unseen, and its 1500 miles away.. Two weeks later and finally this has finally arrived: Popsicle, 320touring, cort16 and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 13 hours ago, captain_70s said: A steep 1 1/2 lane road with a double hairpin. Not where you want to loose brakes... That's about half a mile from my mums house. Pretty treacherous bit of road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Considered doing a deal to change MX-5 for this: But the seller seems utterly disinterested in me actually viewing it (after I said I was interested in buying outright and they asked about the MX-5 for a deal) and I've had enough time to think about it that an unappealing colour of cheapest-possible M62 V8 BMW seems like a terrible idea... grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotb Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Retest success! Took it out for a quick drive in my test route and there’s a few niggles- suspension refresh and a thermostat are top of the list as well as a timing belt- No idea how old it is. Also a good clean up underneath to stop it dissolving. 320touring, RichardK, Yoss and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntiemaryscanary Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) 3 hours ago, grogee said: This is that solar charger I got. Does anyone know what the buttons do? I've got one brand of these and basically they are all the same. The 3 buttons let you set the float charging voltage of your battery, what voltage it will disconnect and reconnect charging and also to show that any base/overload is working (for base/overload I've got 9 x T5 bulbs in holders wired in series & parallel). There is some sort of timer function which I've ignored. Anyway these are the instructions, it takes a bit of fiddling to understand if you want to change settings but these solar charge controllers should work fine without changing any of the settings. If the download doesn't work here is a direct link https://www.solorder.se/image/data/uploads/KLD1210.pdf KLD1210.pdf Edited April 20 by auntiemaryscanary Direct link added Dan29 and grogee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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