When I got mine it had some sort of slime in the foam under the car. I put old towels under the carpet to get the worst out, and then graduated to blue centre-pull paper (screwfix etc) which wicks the rest out.
Miss : o(
On the actual HU?
All 3 of these have a bar code below them, on one sticker:
Job no 0140839
Serial no 0017787
Product code PU9836A
Mine says it is a remanufactured unit, but it does use the pin which appears on the security card which (surprisingly) looks original. PM me and I'll tell you if you got it right : o)
yep, looks beautiful. Cd be worth powder-coating rather than spraying the black parts though?
PS Headers look a bit rusty : o)
Not sure how random all these codes were.. My EKA, for example, is v similar to the bog std US generic code. I've PMd you the code for the old HU I have in my garage, cd be worth a shot. Dealer shd be able to give it though, if the HU is original? Lastly, my radio code has been written by someone on the inside of the case in marker pen.... maybe yours too?
This is turning into a very entertaining thread.
There was also the time 20+ years ago in my Series 3 when I was towing my dad's double axle trailer along with cattle crush... Started snaking about 50 mph...of course you shouldn't slow down so I didn't. Started getting worse and with a ditch to the left of the road, and a ditch to the right, I decided enough was enough and it might be better to stop. I ended up 90 degrees across the road, and the LR did a big heave to one side, before settling back on its' springs. Drove away from that, rear 1/4 of the LR took a beating, but was a DIY fix. Luckily it was fairly straight road so oncoming cars had seen what was happening and not piled into me. My Dad's comment was - didn't I mention that the over-run brakes aren't working?
The difference between you and me is that you're thinking Hawaii/ Oz :-)
It has a regulator too, 15w wd be fine if it was achievable
Now's your perfect time to complete Dave. I got a Maplin's one for my Dad a few years ago, but it didn't seem terribly sophisticated.
I was thinking this one, for example:
The biggest cock-ups will have been committed by those have not contributed to this thread... Come on, 'fess up
Anyone got good recommendations for a solar panel to sit in the car? Don't worry about wiring I'll deal with that. My car uses about 25ma quiescent, and 600ma when the becm is awake. All I want is to trickle it when stood still, I have a smart charger as and when I want to charge it properly, and a volt meter on the cigarette socket. I suppose 15W will give good coverage,
and diode protection to stop overnight discharge. Not sure if I need to care about a charge regulator, but they're not so expensive. SunPower monocrystalline seems to come up as good tech....blah blah, but does anyone have any specific ones to recommend?
Ah - that makes even more sense, thanks Marty. i castrated the crotch vent on this particular excursion behind the dash - but the flap must have fallen out prior to surgery. That vent is worse than useless in the English climate, and sealing up the bottom of the side vent (duct tape being used for what it was designed for) is one less point of leakage.
Morat, I figured it would be quicker to apply tape than go in and edit the photo :o)
Nice to see people's cars, although I'm not sure that description stretches to Leo's shell :-) I can see why you'd give up and go and buy a completely different one lol. You're a brave man, Leo
I ended up having to remove a large star washer to dismantle it, but trust me, you don't want to have to do that - it's under load, and a pig to get back on. I'd just mask the black bit
In a bid to stop this thread turning into an exclusive gallery of a certain Monte Carlo blue RR, here are my two:
romanrob wrote:
After 2 years my sun shade got re-covered in cream faux leather, a vast improvement on the sticky black piece of Abs there previously. I'll post a daylight photo tomorrow
Factory shd have covered this with leather in the first place - it's more durable, and a piece of p*** to spray mount
hoho.... I managed to order the wrong brake drums for the Defender. I had the first one fully torqued up before I worked out why the wheel wasn't turning properly. Took me six months to sell a pair of mint Brembo drums on ebay... However, I'm sure I'll think of something else - which I've suppressed the memory of. Well - there was the time like a complete idiot when I was working on the electrics of the wife's Audi I got +ve and -ve the wrong way round to a remote battery (mitigation: it was dark)... two melted croc clips later and all that needed fixing on the audi was the master fuse (thank God).
I now feel blessed that I only suffer from bits of broken trim where the POs left their trail
Tnx Brian, not impossible, it just appeared in the footwell, and so cd easily have been lurking loose in the dash for some time
that's hilarious. who said yanks don't understand irony