Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 07:36 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Andrew McKellar wrote on Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 02:42 pm:
There's always things to tinker with without spending too...
Aint that the truth. Had a good day today. Finally got the factory tacho working. It would seem some drongo cut the wire leading from the igniter to the instrument cluster. Soldered in a new wire (it, um, might be the exact same wire that was cut out)and now it is all good. After studying those damn wiring schematics, it finally jumped out at me today. It is even labelled “tacho.” Sometimes you just have to be in the right mood.
Picked up the rims and tyres. They look the business. Seem much wider than the 235 that came off the rim, even though they have the same size/profile etc.
I then decided it was time to share the love and do some work on the road Soarer. It has had an AC leak for years. The same Natrad guy who fixed the track car radiator gave the AC system a thorough going over. He found a leak in the “suction modulator" or the flux capacitor or something and was able to fix it. The compressor has locked up, and cant be freed. Therefore I spent today replacing the AC compressor. Buggered if I know how you guys got that 4 inch stud out. I couldn’t. You need a special reverse torx socket or something. I just dropped the bottom engine mount bolts and lifted the motor up again. Done now. Just need to take it back to Natrad for a check and gas.
)and now it is all good. After studying those damn wiring schematics, it finally jumped out at me today. It is even labelled “tacho.” Sometimes you just have to be in the right mood. 
