i'm taking it for small to medium run shortly (SA -NSW -VIC .coming back along ocean coast rd in lower vic then following then coast back to SA) so i thought i give it a treat and flush the engine and radiator with some stuff called liquid intelligence. its a two part treatment, hmm, i got no idea how well or bad it has worked(time will tell perhaps), in the first part after treatment procedure it looks like green slime water, then the second part goes in which turns surfaces white by the looks. its somewhat unavoidable that the rad overflows a bit or splatters around the engine bay, but in my case it ran down the rad fins , say 6 inches wide and has left all this white mess over the bay and the radiator, even stripped the paint off the radiator where i tried to use some soapy water to clean it off
i called the vendor and asked his advice on clean up but he didnt have anything definitive at all to offer, soapy water maybe might work he suggested (we tried that already). he said the second part of treatment has calcium in it among other things so i suggested perhaps vinegar might work to clean up. he thought that was a great idea (i havnt tested it yet, been busy) so i'll give that a go. either way i now have to remove my rad and give it a repaint, not much time to do it but it looks disgusting the way it is.
i finally got around to installing my headlight relay harness (one day i might install complete wiring) , i happen to have a bunch of lights to put in or compare, sealed beam, H4, hid and whats meant to be a good (latest tech) LED set. i forget off the top of my head the max original wattage draw the stock system can take but with old wiring about 35watts is it, jump to 55 and usually the circuit breaker trips and all lights go out (i'd be happy to check my figures and records but from memory thats it. i was going to make my own because 95% of the available ones dont use big enough gauge wire, use cheap relays and or fuses. but i came across this guy in QLD that makes a harness using v/heavy gauge wire, quality relays and water proof/resistant fuse housings- generally his target clients are 4WD folk so he builds them on the extreme side to say the least!
we have lots of space and choices where to fit the relays and fuses, most people seem to opt for the engine bay somewhere which is of course sensible but i went for a strange approach , i took off the front fascia; grill, headlight buckets etc to gain access to the space thats in there behind the rhs passenger light where i fitted the relays, fuses and bulk of harness. from there the rest of the wiring routing is almost invisible ), only the lead to the batt or hot side of solenoid is seen. downside is if the relays or fuses blow it will be a pita to fix. but i'm confident and will take my chances its an extremely rare occurrence.
but man OH man even the old sealed beams are bright now! and the dash lights! fantastic... i used to think how could people actually see the speedo and gauges, they must all have been 21 years old with 20 20 vision, even then its a struggle. i have LED's to replace the incandescent globes, i've had em for yonks but now i am not that bothered when or if i get around to it...cause i can actually see the gauges now..whaHoo
