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Updated to-do list. Stuff that needs at the top, doesn't need so much at the bottom
*Rear brake cylinders
*Handbrake cables
*Master cylinder
*Rebuild front caliper hydraulics
*Bleed brakes
*Driver's side outer CV boot
*Hose clamp, lower heater hose (Need 2)
*Speedo cable clip
*New wiper blades
*Fix interior and refit seatbelts and rear seat
Repair driver's side window mechanism and fit door card
Steering arms and balljoints
Gearshift linkage bush
Interior lights (mk2 Clio)
(*) Need to do this before taking in for inspection
The list has grown again, but these are a lot of itty bitty things to do. I'm just trying to keep track of what I need and what I don't.
--Phil
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May 20, 2012 17:16:40 GMT
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Apparently next Friday needs to roll around before I can purchase things. The house bills got out of sync according to SWMBO.
It can wait. I have patience.
--Phil
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Got a little mojo back. Bought some electronic goodies from Radio Shack. Built another circuit. Wrote some junk code.  The blue plastic bit is pretending to be the car... the Arduino is pretending to be the Arduino. Importantly? The light is on the blue plastic bit, the light is on the breadboard and the light is on the Arduino. If this works in production, then it can be assembled cheaply from off-the-shelf bits (those silver transistors are getting hard to find now). --Phil |
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Last Edit: May 25, 2012 2:19:52 GMT by PhilA
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Today didn't go as planned, and the "can buy bits" got pushed back to the end of next week at the very least.
Hopefully tomorrow I can get down to the car. I want to at least spray penetrating oil on the brake unions, and possibly try to liberate some data off the ECU.
--Phil
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May 27, 2012 21:06:20 GMT
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Not really sure I understand what you are doing here with the circuitry Phil?
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Last Edit: May 27, 2012 21:08:33 GMT by sonofsilas
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Not really sure I understand what you are doing here with the circuitry Phil? Trying to build something reliable, built from easily available parts. Those little silver transistors are vintage stock.. they were what I had to hand at the time and nothing of similar specification has been made since the seventies. A few people have expressed interest in this board, and therefore I need to build something that can be made from modern components. Think of it this way. Back to the Future part 2 had the DeLorean with a pile of vacuum tubes etc on the hood. This is the equivalent. I want to build it with today's stuff. That's why  -Phil |
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May 28, 2012 18:26:01 GMT
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Update from yesterday. It was just too hot out. 110F / 43C in the shade, with no breeze.  Because the car's at the mother in law's, I get to contend with this each time I go down to the car:  Tidied up some, now a little better. At least I have access to the vehicle...  Had $20 available to spend that I'd earned doing someone a favor. Bought some bits and bobs that I need. Two jubilee clips for the heater hoses, some PB Blaster penetrating oil and some primer and a bit of Chrysler Bright White.  Set the fan up and got the computer running to try out the electronics.  The Serial port adapter will talk to it but the Arduino won't. Back to the drawing board with that. I'm by now running out of time as I had to be somewhere.. plus it's too hot and I'm sweating buckets- which isn't good for electronics. Did the main thing of the trip- took a look at the brake unions. They mostly look like this:  Squirted those, the ones at the back and the handbrake cables with PB Blaster to let it sit:  checked my lights on the offchance, as I'm keeping an eye on things to see what's randomly stopped working. Oddly today the front foglight has started to work again.  Packed up and headed out. Have more electronics to work on but I think I know what I'm going to do there. --Phil |
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Spent some time tonight after gathering enthusiasm, to rebuild things on the breadboard.  That small mess on the board makes it run (9 discrete components in all: 1 transistor, 1 optoisolator chip, 5 resistors, 1 diode and an LED), the other few bits are to make the RS232 port on the desk "pretend" to be the car.  Welp, that's the code running on the Arduino, reading in data recorded about 8 years ago from a Jeep. I'd say it works on the bench alright.. ..which means it SHOULD work in the car. --Phil |
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Last Edit: May 29, 2012 4:27:55 GMT by PhilA
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...friggin' cars...
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I've spent the best part of 8 hours reading this over 2 days and I gotta take my hat off to you sir! Loving the archaic electronics bodgery!!! Anyway, I had a thought with regards to your CV boots... When mine split on my R32 GTR replacements are around 60 pounds each... and worse are an absoloute curse word to change on the front. In the end I spotted a universal boot on ebay which I had very little faith in being that you can fit it without removing the drive shaft. Anyway it worked a treat! So if it stood up to being on a 6cl 4wd 300bhp barge on london pot holes and speed bumps then I'm sure it would be good for you. This: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-UNIVERSAL-SPLIT-CV-BOOT-KIT-DRIVE-SHAFT-BRAND-NEW-/320743133042#ht_693wt_905Good luck dude! Also in a weird coincidence the evening before I stumbled on this thread I met a guy from vancouver (in a bar in hanoi, vietnam) who actually posted in this thread. Albert with a GTA in canada. Small world sometimes  |
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I've spent the best part of 8 hours reading this over 2 days and I gotta take my hat off to you sir! Loving the archaic electronics bodgery!!! Anyway, I had a thought with regards to your CV boots... When mine split on my R32 GTR replacements are around 60 pounds each... and worse are an absoloute curse word to change on the front. In the end I spotted a universal boot on ebay which I had very little faith in being that you can fit it without removing the drive shaft. Anyway it worked a treat! So if it stood up to being on a 6cl 4wd 300bhp barge on london pot holes and speed bumps then I'm sure it would be good for you. This: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-UNIVERSAL-SPLIT-CV-BOOT-KIT-DRIVE-SHAFT-BRAND-NEW-/320743133042#ht_693wt_905Good luck dude! Also in a weird coincidence the evening before I stumbled on this thread I met a guy from vancouver (in a bar in hanoi, vietnam) who actually posted in this thread. Albert with a GTA in canada. Small world sometimes Glad I gave you something to read! I'll take a look at that link later, luckily I found a spare cv boot that I can fit. Indeed it is a small world. I bumped into someone who knows one of my old neighbors down here heh. The electronics are fighting me right now. I really need to get the thing on the road so I can bring the car up to the house. -Phil |
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May 31, 2012 10:39:06 GMT
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Wow, that must be the world's most dried out hose running alongside your master cylinder! If that goes to your booster I can't imagine that helping the mixture one bit.
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May 31, 2012 10:58:15 GMT
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Wow, that must be the world's most dried out hose running alongside your master cylinder! If that goes to your booster I can't imagine that helping the mixture one bit. That looks like padding on an AC line to me - the pipe inside looks to be in good order further down |
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May 31, 2012 12:09:22 GMT
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Wow, that must be the world's most dried out hose running alongside your master cylinder! If that goes to your booster I can't imagine that helping the mixture one bit. That looks like padding on an AC line to me - the pipe inside looks to be in good order further down Yep, that's exactly what it is. the heat in the engine bay has made the material break down. You can see the rest of the hose in this image:  I'm still not too sure what type of foam it is- I don't want to use regular household pipe foam because I have a feeling it's not rated to engine bay spec... --Phil |
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May 31, 2012 12:52:06 GMT
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I think it's better to cut some old radiator hoses and replace that household pipe or making a secure clip to secure the hose a bit higher...
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May 31, 2012 12:53:49 GMT
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LLLoooLLL I thought it was the other pipe...
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May 31, 2012 13:07:05 GMT
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Heh, no. The one with the corrugated plastic pipe attached to it is the power steering pressure hose- it almost but not quite touches the fan motor casing, so that is ziptied in place where it chatters.
The air-con hose covering has disintegrated quite a lot since I got the car, mostly from the engine removal.
--Phil
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 =  Win. Now I just have to get the brake spares ordered, and blitz the brakes. --Phil |
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--Phil If that were delivered here like that it would be stollen just a minute later... I thought there were worst but I guess I'm mistaken... A part closer to the end ... keep them coming... |
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If that were delivered here like that it would be stollen just a minute later... I thought there were worst but I guess I'm mistaken... A part closer to the end ... keep them coming... Front steps are dirty, that's the worst thing about around here. This entire area is like this. I can leave the house unlocked, the car unlocked... stuff outside. There's very low crime rate here thankfully.  IMAG0228 by renault9gta, on Flickr Typical small town America --Phil |
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Jun 10, 2012 20:53:52 GMT
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Still not much happened lately. Got a note from the postal service that our mailbox was no longer up to spec (pole had suffered some British Leyland grade rust), so had to plant a new one at the price of brakes.  Now our mail is no longer on suspension. That's a start. Found a few bucks today (not enough for brakes, so decided to spend it instead of save it for brakes) and bought a few transistors and a prototyping board that sits, piggyback, on top of the Arduino.  It's not specific to anything, but if I can build this up and faithfully recreate it over and over again from parts available today at Radio Shack, then in theory anyone can go out and build one if they feel the urge. Back to prototyping --Phil |
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