KIMI 3 - Series 3 FB

[Casey]

New thermostat elbow and home made 1mil gasket:

[Casey]

Prep of metalwork, full POR-15 pre-treatment and 2 coats of POR-15 chassis paint. Not a perfect finish, but good enough for the job.

[Casey]

New silicone custom-made hoses (a great fit!) plus some beefy Mikalor S/Steel clamps:

[Casey]

A chance to clean up the front end of the engine bay:

[Casey]

All back in and only the tiniest of leaks of coolant (literally a couple of drops!) from the top hose to rad connection. Now nipped up a tad more, so hopefully sorted. Now the rest of the engine bay is being shown up as needing some TLC, it never ends 

[Casey]

Oh, forgot to say I even cleaned up the rad fan in the process 

[Eccentric shaft]

Excellent job! Back in the 90s "rad" was US slang for "cool". Very fitting!

[Mr Spiller]

All back in and only the tiniest of leaks of coolant (literally a couple of drops!) from the top hose to rad connection. Now nipped up a tad more, so hopefully sorted. Now the rest of the engine bay is being shown up as needing some TLC, it never ends 

Bit of elbow grease Malcolm
Looks like
It's had quite. Bit already


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[clive]

Looking really good Malcolm, you have put a lot of work into this to make it look like this   

[re japi]

Looks absolutely amazing

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[boosted]

Yay looking good.

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[lennycarloff]

That's great work, amazing attention to detail.

[Richnzj]

Looking great

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[Casey]

The common issue of the electric window failing has happened on my driver's side.

See photo below for the condition of the switch when taken apart. I could have just cleaned it up and it would probably have worked again for a while, but the contacts are showing signs of pitting due to the stress of making/breaking a 15amp (ish) inductive load intermittently for 37+ years!

I know several owners have added relays to the circuit to take the direct load off the switches. Electrically very simple, the issue being where to site the relays for neatness. I decided on a location I've not seen anyone else use before, in the space occupied by the rear ashtray. Who sits in the back anyway and, even if they did, I wouldn't let them smoke in my car anyway 

Outline procedure:

1. Disconnect the battery.
2. Unclip the switch panel in the centre console.
3. Disconnect the two off 4 pole connectors that feed the window switches.
4. Disconnect the 2 pole connector feeding the rear window washer/wiper.
5. Pulled off 2 spade connectors on the rear electric aerial switch.
6. The centre switch panel can not be removed completely.
7. Remove 2 screws under the switch panel area and another two at the rear of the cubby hole, under the armrest.
8. The centre console can now be lifted out.

Due to photo attachment limitations, I'll post up how I proceeded to fit the relays in separate posts...

[Casey]

The ashtray is removed by taking out two screws: