Rolling with Pebbles

[hiho]

After replacing the brake booster/master cylinder, the brake warning light stays on. Any suggestions on how to fix this gremlin?

[Jarred]

if it's the light that's near [above i tihnk?] the handbrake light, take the cables off the battery, [both] for 20-30 seconds, this discharges a capacitor that's behind there.

Thank Andrew Robinson for that gem.

I had the same issue a while back, i don't know what actually causes it to go off though. not a re-occouring issue for me, so i didn't worry about it.

[hiho]

Thanks Jarred I'll give it a go.

Tomorrow me and Leah are heading down to Wilsons Prom for a couple of days. I think the car is ready........ Going to take a tool kit just in case.

[hiho]

Nice one Jarred, your tip fixed it! Thanks. I also read Petes thread on boosters, im going to do that mod.

[hiho]

We just returned from a three day tour of Wilsons Prom. The car drove very nicely and only had a couple of minor issues. The car seems to want to run hot. I have a manual switch for the thermo fan, and basically have it on all the time. Temp goes up if theres a hill. Should the cooling system be this sensitive? I have considered the following possible issues:

Thermostat
Uneven valve clearances
blocked radiator

Any words of advice?

Also, the battery/alternator light is glowing dimly, like theres some demonic breakdown looming. I have checked the brushes and they seem fine. Also, i have charged the battery and the light goes out for a while (its a new battery). Could running the thermo fan all the time be flogging the battery/alternator?

Fuel consumption was good, 33L in somewhere between 600 and 700kms. I dont know exactly as the odo stopped at 450kms but thats pretty good anyway. I have mastered the fuel efficient driving style, like a nanna in a straight line, like a maniac in the bends! So much fun!!

Anyway, like any 30yo car, its got some problems, but we are fixing them slowly.

[Jarred]

i had some almost similar problems when i went up to sydney. she got warm going up some of the big hills, and still kept at about 1/2 on the temp gauge for most of the trip up.

on the way back, temp was cooler, and seemed more powerful. i put this down to a sticky thermostat. unconfirmed if that was the issue or not.

[WABIT]

i had some almost similar problems when i went up to sydney. she got warm going up some of the big hills, and still kept at about 1/2 on the temp gauge for most of the trip up.

on the way back, temp was cooler, and seemed more powerful. i put this down to a sticky thermostat. unconfirmed if that was the issue or not.

it was because on the way to sydney you are actually going uphill, going back to melbourne is all downhill, hence more power and cooler temps, not as much pressure on the motor, there was times where on the way home to melb, id actually let it roll for over 5klm in N!!

dom

[Jarred]

dom, i'm talking about the hills specifically, not the whole journy. there were big hills going either way. but the difference was massive.

i went from struggling up hills foot flat, too actually accelerating up similarily large hills. Although there was about 2 hills in a row coming back that i struggled with, infact, i struggled accelerating on the flat bit after the 1st hill, and after the second, power was back and it was fine. another reason why i though sticky thermo.

[Water Boy]

I do agree Jarred had more power on the way home

[hiho]

Today we replaced the alternator, no more demonic glow in the battery/alternator warning light!

We also found some hidden ponies when we adjusted the valve clearance on no.2 inlet valve. Revs like a champ!

Still no luck in the cooling/thermo fan department. We're on our third thermo switch now. I suspect that my configuration of the relay and thermo switch may not provide enough current draw through the switch to close the contacts. Any thoughts???