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Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:34 pm
by DKWW2000
Yes please, I will send tomorrow, it a shame the Battery Terminal covers wont fit over, I might just cut off some bit & see how they fit, if it ever gets warm again :!:
I wish I could hibernate end of Nov & wake up end of march, Bears are not stupid :lol:
Just read all the threads from when you bought it, you have worked hard & it must have satisfying yesterday driving in the Sunshine.
regards Pete

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:49 pm
by Hobbawobba
Been pretty lazy at posting forums lately.. But I'll try and change that :lol: Haven't really done anything major lately. My e-fan and controller holding up well and keeping temps steady so I'm happy as with that upgrade! :D Although I'd still like an aftermarket water temp gauge so I can see exactly what is going on while I'm driving.

I popped into Waitrose in Malvern a while ago and tried to clean my windscreen but nothing came out. I could hear the motor and I knew the bottle wasn't empty - weird. Took off the cowling panel thing when I got home to find this :o
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That Y connector was extremely brittle and must of finally given up and exploded. The tubing was pretty nasty also. An hour out at the car on a sunny afternoon was plenty of time to get it done in between chatting to the neighbours and people walking past :lol: Ended up looking like like this

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I ordered 2 meters of 4mm of PVC tube, 1x 4mm T connector and 1x 4mm one-way valve from this seller http://stores.ebay.co.uk/pvctubeonlineltd/

Saw this while I was in there. Does anyone know what this thing is which the brown wire connects to?
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Also this plug just has a wire looping from one hole to another. Any ideas? This one is at the passenger side firewall :?
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Went out to put something in the car and ended up taking the heater blower motor out. As you do :lol: Ian's heater rebuild thread gave me a bit of inspiration to clean it up. Although I have the dash in which is why I only done the blower motor :D

Caked in dust. Touching that top bit of foam permanently squished it flat :shock:
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All cleaned up. The flap that goes inside was in pretty good condition so I just gave it a wipe with a damp cloth and it was fine.
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I replaced the foam with 1m x 10mm width x 6mm thickness from the following link. Seemed to seal up and fit really nice when I put it all back in. :)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251329506251? ... EBIDX%3AIT
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Could probably do with a new clutch and associated bits and pieces. But it is okay for now.

Oh I also passed my damn driving test last week. Finally! :mrgreen:
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Went and saw GT_James for a bit of a celebration cruise :P We should be able to get some decent pictures soon. Got some nice roads to explore around Worcester/Malvern th:

That's about it though really. Nothing really exciting... Yet! :evil:

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:08 pm
by codge
The little blob thing with the brown wire looks like a supressor to me. (A capacitor designed to remove voltage spikes from the wiper motor in operation - which might sound on the radio).

Can I please take up a bit of Forum time for my personal plea for green 'P' plates. I know you'll think 'Silly old Duffer' or something worse but I for one am very forgiving with a car making mistakes and carrying 'P' plates.

When there's an 'O' plate for 'Oldies", I'll get some.

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:18 pm
by DKWW2000
Congrats on passing test 0-0
The roundy thingy doofer with the brown wire is a suppressor, this stops electrical interference from the wiper motor affecting audio equipment. (I was too slow just seen Dave's post)

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:06 pm
by Lucky
Awesome news, well done Jesse. Freedom at last! 8-)

My Y-piece did exactly what yours has and self-harmed catastrophically. One more Mazda weak spot for the list, lol. I figure I'll do my heater blower when I patch the hole I found when I was changing the Y-piece that had been eaten through the scuttle :roll:


....is that brown thing a supressor? :lol:

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:29 pm
by ian65
top news on the test Jesse, awesome 0-0
I'll send you those wiper arms, They're off the car now.

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:19 pm
by myatt1972
Great news Jesse and top work th:
No need to worry about P plates Dave, he will have done about 20,000 miles by this time next week :lol:

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:55 am
by KiwiDave
Congrats on your test pass. Just in time for summer ... YAY th: I will be inspecting my screen washer tubing this weekend and will put the heater / blower inspection on my to do list. Top work there. 8-)

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 12:08 pm
by Hobbawobba
So I'm assuming that little thing with the brown wire is a suppressor. :lol:

Thanks guys! Done a little over 110 miles over the last few days. Not quite as many as Keith mentioned! :D. Popped up to see Steve-A and he got me to go on the motorway for the first time aye haha. Wasn't so bad but I just sat in the left lane and it wasn't very busy. He reinforced that I get up to speed before getting onto the motorway :P

The blower motor is easy as to remove. 3 nuts, wiring connector and the cable that moves the flap. 2 minutes later and a little wiggling then it should be out. The main heater controls on the other hand :shock: Can wait 'til I have the dash out ha.
codge wrote:Can I please take up a bit of Forum time for my personal plea for green 'P' plates.
I can see pro's and con's of this in my opinion. Pro's would be that people like yourself would understand when I make a bit of a mistake and hopefully not get too angry. Con's could be that people will treat me as a learner still. Which would mean people would constantly be trying to overtake me and cut me up as they don't want to get stuck behind a learner/P plates.


I won't be bringing it down to Goodwood as I don't feel confident enough yet for such a long journey. So I'll be going down with GT_James. If any of you want to meet up for a bit of a chat then just give me a PM and I can send you my number 0-0

Re: A Kiwis Series 3

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 9:19 pm
by Chud
Congrats on passing your test dude.