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Nice work there mate

mach1rob wrote:That looks cock on Great job done there Terry.

It certainly does and yes, great work.

chap foose wrote:Nice work there mate

Wow, these words must be the car restorer's equivalent of having one's feet washed by the Pope in person. If it's good enough for the Chap, it's good enough!


That interior looks like a very pleasant place to be. It reminds me of a LHD LWB one (Stables Diesel conversion on a Belgian import RR) that a friend owned some years ago. I'll never forget his turning the aircon to full chill mode and getting all excited about frost appearing at the vents. I'm sure he would have taken the entire system apart and scrubbed it with neat bleach if he'd known why that was happening!

Thanks gents
My (newly re-sealed and re-gassed) a/c is pretty damn cold but doesn't make frost appear anywhere.
The seats are lovely and comfy, they look pretty good after I spent a couple of hours conditioning them back in the summer. Plus after a major shampooing session on the replacement front carpet and factory rear it looks quite nice . I do want to get the seats dyed next year as there are some cracks in the leather and I think with re-colouring they would look much nicer.

JPB wrote:

mach1rob wrote:That looks cock on Great job done there Terry.

It certainly does and yes, great work.

chap foose wrote:Nice work there mate

Wow, these words must be the car restorer's equivalent of having one's feet washed by the Pope in person. If it's good enough for the Chap, it's good enough!


LOL

No more bodywork (or much at all due to financial constraints)
Recent works include:
Replacing the distributor
Fitting a new sump gasket
Fitting new diff gaskets (making some out of gasket paper then sealing with hylomar)
Replacing one rear ABS sensor
Failing the MOT on a brake pipe (I have ordered a new one and more new flexi hoses as I am not happy with the quality of the set I fitted at some point in the last couple of years)

Today's job was to see why my drivers side electric seat has stopped working.
I found this: I think I should have removed this ECU before doing any welding.

I have also had to replace 2 very melted relays. I assumed that with the battery removed my electronics would have been safe :S

Fortunately I can still read the value from the burned resistor (470 ohms) which is confirmed with it's 466 ohm resistance. Not sure what the diode is as it says TFK 140 (possibly TFK 148) on it and that doesn't find anything useful on the net. The ICs are available from RSWWW at a whopping 34p each so I have ordered a couple. All the burnt lines still conduct and the caps test OK. I think the diode did it's job even if it died doing it.

I have a "spare" ecu which doesn't move the seat back / forward but operates everything else so I could pilfer components from if I can't find what the diode is. But as they are impossible to find and sell on ebay for £250-£350 I really want to fix that too. It has slightly different wording on it's diodes saying T448.
I am taking it in to work with me tomorrow to see if one of the electrical engineers can tell me.

Other jobs to do: fit a new viscous fan, more welding, more rust treatment, painting, etc, etc.

1N4448

That is part of the reason I post on here. Ask a question about more or less anything and someone will know!
Cheers John.

Nae bovva chief. Would you like a free one sent to you? I have a huge roll of the things and even if I live another twenty years won't manage to use them all. Silicon diodes are basically very dependable things.


Actually, saying that, Farnell are listing these at 2p each which might be why I have so many!

Coo.. The power of a forum. In't it a good feeling to fix something rather than throw it away and fit another Todays throwaway society sucks

Thanks for the offer John, rswww list them for 1.7p so I have ordered a roll (of 100) along with the ICs (minimum order of 20 at 34p each) and another multi-pack of resistors (hundreds of the damn things) as in the 10 years or so since I bought mine 470 ohms must be a common one to use as I only have 2 left.

I have seen people offering to replace these components on various forums for £25 so I could be on to a "nice little earner"

All the bits and pieces should be here today so I'll get soldering tonight and fingers crossed, that is all the damage fixed and I will be able to adjust my seat / mirrors again!

The battery survived still reading 3.7v so that is one less thing to do. I am amazed that they are listed on ebay for up to £10 or rs for a third of it.