VIN 17005 New Zealand

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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby Spudmurphy » Wed Aug 02, 2017 11:01 am

Nice one Gary. I can vouch for the "simple method" - it worked a treat.

Hopefully package to you, will be sent out on Thursday :-)
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby gary290 » Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:40 am

thanks Spud,
this is my version of repairing the rear roof box.
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the t panel sits nice and so does the garnish so i'm quite happy with it,
i think this is not just a repair but one of those things you must do as the original design is a bit rubbish.
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby gary290 » Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:57 am

my first attempt at restoring the door cards
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby Spudmurphy » Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:37 am

Love the roof box fix - nice work. I totally agree with you regarding the fixing of the box I think that every D should have it done. It was a no brainer for me as the bond had failed and probably was the contributory factor for the passenger torsion bar failure.
I ditched the Bolts supplied with the roof box kit I bought and used really nice mushroom headed allen bolts. The one thing that makes mine look "not so pretty" was my liberal application of worth bond so the nice "stainless steel goodliness" is all hidden.
One thing I need to fabricate for mine is the roof sealing panel.

Oh, I also fabricated a s steel bracket that holds the wiring loom down in the roof/door channel - - all those little touches that nobody sees .

Loving the leather rework too.

your first attempt reminds me of the first time I put speaker Grill cloth on a Fender Guitar amp - you have to keep the weave straight - uh mine wasn't - 'tis now!
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby gary290 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:31 pm

Thanks to Spudmurphy I have got on to fixing my rad fans and shroud, for whatever reason the po cut the shroud in half and binned it with one of the fans, so when Spud was about to chuck his broken shroud so i thought i could make it work for me
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the po did such a crap job they even cut the warning sticker in half!
all the rad brackets were bent out of shape and missing bolts etc...
i bought 2 new fans and had the shroud fixed and glassed together, it's a bit rough but i'm happy with it and it's under the car anyway
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also the po removed the fan relay and stuffed in a wire with a switch and this is how the fans operate now, so i think the system isn't working properly, any ideas?

thanks again to Spud for helping me get this sorted
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby Spudmurphy » Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:41 pm

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant!!!
When you asked me for the broken shroud (I was pretty new to posting on the forum then) - I really thought you were pulling my leg.
But well done you - I'm sooooooo glad you were able to make use of it - because it would have been in landfill by now.
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby Admin-bloke » Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:51 pm

Well done for the fix.

Reinstall the fan relay and link the wires together that go to the otterstat/ radiator fan switch located in the rear left hand coolant pipe left hand side near the exhaust/ frame chassis when stood behind the car bonnet looking down on the engine bay.

The fans should run. If they now run then buy a new radiator switch and install but use a cable tie instead of the oem clip.

In preparation for if they don't run, take a photo of the wiring area where the relays are, especially where an orange and black stripe wire nearer the centre console corner of that area.
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby gary290 » Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:56 pm

cheers Spud and thanks Admin,
installed the fans last night and they work with the current setup, tonight i will be trying the original system to see if anything happens
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby gary290 » Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:59 am

result!! put the relay back in and joined the wires together then the sound of the fans was music to my ears,
so whats going on here please
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Re: VIN 17005 New Zealand

Postby Admin-bloke » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:44 am

That's a common upgrade as the fan fail relay was intermittent in operation and that add the oem fix.

I've never had chance to have a look inside the oem relay, as it was supposed to be made of 2 coils etc to detect if a fan wasn't working and display this as a warning lamp on the dash
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