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Pulled out of the parking lot at work and noticed smoke in the engine bay. The alternator belt had started losing teeth. This is my 3rd broken belt of the year, I hope they didn't damage my pulley while doing the crankshaft seal. Anyways thankfully engine wasn't even warm yet so I didn't shoot coolant out.
So I've pulled my speedometer to take some measurements for a GPS upgrade project that I've wanted to do for some time now. I'm not sure if it will ever get done, but I'm going to try. In the meantime I got tired of looking at the blank space in the dash while driving, so I threw the old HUD unit in that location. It fits pretty snug. It can be 'reversed', or should I say 'righted' so that it reads face on.
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Part of this project also included upgrading all the dash lights (except battery) to LED. Love the difference!!
Speaking of GPS headsup displays ... Years ago I got this one and love it: https://www.amazon.com/Head-Up-Displ...s=gps+heads+up
It is the best upgrade to the car I've made. My speedo is wacko regardless of the components replaced. None-the-less the oem speedometer is awkward to see and the referenced GPS puts a nice display off to the left of the windshield. BTW... there are also the $35'ish heads-up displays available and I have one and never use it. Very dim image and not usable in the daylight. I suppose it could be used in direct view mode positioned on the dash.
Another oil change, now at 66,100 miles.
Front suspension and brake upgrades ade all complete. Now time fo install the new machined faced wheels and adjust ride height https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e828905739.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1d42df18b4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...dfd645cf7f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e3eed28ea4.jpg
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Amazing set up!
Are those new disc plug and play with the new caliper?
What about the break booster, still the same?
Did you upgrade the rear too?
Booster is still the same and the rotors came mounted on a spindle with the new hub along with the Wilwood calipers. Bolts directly up the car with no mods at all. The whole set up is from DPI along with the control arms and support bars which are adjustable also. I refurbed the upper control arms myself and bolted in new ball joints. The rear are new, custom and stock. Factory rebuilt calipers with stainless pistons, adjustable upper links and stainless trailing arms. 4 QA1 adjustable coil over with 16 postion dampeners https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d55e413d41.jpgQuote:
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Also new rear rotors. Will get vented disc's eventually. Thank you for the kind words [emoji3] bedore and after front and rearhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1f93491397.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bcde0d72e8.jpgQuote:
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Thank you for your answer :)
Sure no problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Domi
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Replaced both A/C idler pulley bearings (and o-ring on the cover that comes off as well). Went pretty smooth, glad I did it, one of them was really bad.
Finally finished up all the suspension and Brakes and pulled it out of the garage for the first time in 2 months and I will admit that she looks good sitting on the ground like that. Still need to tweak the coils a little bit and adjust the dampeners a little bit the firm up the ride but so far the handling is spot-onhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...45ed6c49de.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6da7190f89.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0289713685.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0908661b03.jpg
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When to "show and shine" car show in Evergreen MT and won Special
Interest trophy. After I got it I noticed instead of a "car" on the trophy
there was a Tractor! on top....
I tested the fuel inertia switch. Pulled the red thingy and the engine kept going. YAY!
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Me too! I performed the recall this weekend after failing that test.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peripatetic
Haha yep, same here. 11035 kept running!Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick C
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Which red thingy are you talking about? The plunger on the inertia switch?
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan
Got it. I missed the sarcasm when "YAY!" was used at the end of the first post. I thought that was meant to say "yay, I passed the test because the engine stayed running" and not that this was the initial test and he just realized it failed the test and needed the mod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick C
No, yeah, sorry. It was a sarcastic "yay".Quote:
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My switch failed the test. I was gonna fix it on the spot, based on the instructions, but I don't have wire clippers or electrical tape. I barely have a screwdriver.
Wait, crap, I borrowed that screwdriver. I should return it.
Just turned 40K miles today.
Tonight I pulled the console out (once again) and performed the mode switch fix and replaced the light switch bulb with a blue LED (no diffuser), the hazard switch bulb with a red LED (no diffuser), and the cigar lighter bulb with a green LED. The cigar lighter is surprisingly dim, even with a very bright LED.
My rubber maze wasn't cracked, but the nubs on the back had sheared off and the maze was completely out of alignment. The plastic pin that holds the spring mounted pets together was also broken. The kit from Houston included this part. I guess they know what's up. :) I'm looking forward to this weekend to see how strong the AC blows. I've been dying in the car this summer and have been considering Crystaline tint.
I had the blue led bulb in my headlight switch with the new headlight kit that came from DMC but I changed it out and put a green bulb in there to better go with the low beam indicator in the cluster. The blue definitely looks really good and goes along well with the red hazard light switch. You can see the green on the switch in this picturehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9fd1f0518b.jpgQuote:
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I've been mudding this week
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Playing in the mud on slippery road? :race:
+1 here too!Quote:
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I was really hoping it wouldn't keep running but it did......sigh....guess I know what I'll be doing tomorrow.
My D would periodically die out of the clear blue. It would go silent and I'd coast to the shoulder. Got many a ride home on the flatbed. Mysteriously, it would start later. It is hard to diagnose something that fixes itself. Turned out that it was the inertia switch.
I replaced it with a later model inertia switch from a Mustang. Used the old inertia switch (gutted) to make a connector to the original harness so that I could go back to the OEM (Lucas?) inertia switch should I want to...but not sure why I would. No more flatbed rides.
I replaced my AC evaporator today. It was awful! I never want to do that again!!
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Originally Posted by RamblinDMC
I put my dash pad in and speakers (pain in the butt)
Installed my newly recovered dash binnacle and installed new LED's in the dash and console area.
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Looks great!
Very nicely done. Would love to have the skill to be able to do that myself, would save me the $400 to get mine recovered.
Any issues fitting the Black trim piece?Quote:
Originally Posted by bfloyd
Looks awsome! I did mine in blue 3 years ago. For the 4, 194 bulbs, i used a slightly large 194 that holds 19 led per bulb for a total of 76 LEDs that shine down. the bad part is I actually had to modify my cluster to get them to fit carefully using a Dremel tool. I was afraid the conventional 5 LED per bulb 194's weren't going to be bright enough. I'm glad with all the lighting it's not glaring at all to drive at night. You will not be disappointed driving at night with the blue lighting if you haven't done it already.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a35fb60ea6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e3b8b4176f.jpgQuote:
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Yes, just a little. He ended up cutting it and shaving it down just a bit then glued it all back in. The clamps you see on the binnacle in the photos is where the glue was drying on the black plastic trim piece.Quote:
Any issues fitting the Black trim piece?
I put on my new license plate...
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Hehe..a bit of a nerd plate.. 8)
@bfloyd So cool! @o@
@JAS037 took me 20% longer than it should have but that's a great plate!
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@JAS037 took me 20% longer than it should have but that's a great plate!
Thanks! I originally wanted "SAE 304", but the state rejected it for some reason... :confused0: