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Apr 16, 2013 12:31:12 GMT
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I had a mk3 transit, that had some crazy wiring issues, resulting in not being able to turn the engine off with the key whilst the lights were on! many forced stalls later, I sussed out it was the lights being the issue, and promplty never changed it! was the same when it got sold on a couple of years later, but I told the new owner! I also had a triumph 2000 that someone had made a lovely mw/lw radio holder out of balsa wood and glue(which couldnt have been more ill fitting if it was fitted badly on purpose), I slept well at night knowing at least if the car ever got crashed in2 a lake, the radio would float of on its own to saftey. Had a Mk4 escort diesel the same and a couple of Mk3 tranny recoverys, twas the relay for the headlamps, when they were on it kept the ign live going and so to the stop valve, not a DIY addon just a fooked relay ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Last Edit: Apr 16, 2013 12:31:50 GMT by bortaf
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VIP
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Apr 16, 2013 12:42:36 GMT
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VIp I believe Mr Pop is making the point that people will disable the brake lights so you have no warning they are in fact braking meaning you will ![](http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2009/11/fox_60.jpg) end them... I'm quite aware of the point Mr Pop is making, however you don't have to be braking for someone to rear end you. So even if the sly curse word jumps on the brakes without showing any lights and you drive into the back of him, it is irrelevant in the eyes of the law whether the car in front is braking or not. They could just claim that they were driving along and you went up their ![](http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2009/11/fox_60.jpg) .
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Apr 16, 2013 13:03:38 GMT
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rear light trick was used for years in road rallying. You'd be surprised how easy it can be to off competition close behind by losing your rear lights just as you enter a tight bend. Brain just has a spazz as the lights your following becomes as much a focus as anything else, I've been both sides!!
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Its not broken, its resting! Max signature image height: 80px
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LowStandards
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Apr 16, 2013 13:26:16 GMT
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Yes Mr Vip i'm aware of what you were saying, but then if you knew there was no lights then you could ask for them to be tes.....
Oh I give up, i'll never win against the power of the Pedant
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Apr 16, 2013 14:20:06 GMT
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If they have fitted a switch to turn the lights off to get you to hit them and are claiming they had the lights on when they were not then it will be very relevant. I doubt they would go to the trouble of fitting a switch and then do it in the daylight or claim they were just sitting still would they? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ? Brakelights still work in the daylight. They don't need to have their lights on to claim you drove into the back of them in the daytime. Why would you go to the trouble of disabling ALL the rear lights rather than just the brake light switch then?
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Apr 16, 2013 15:19:02 GMT
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when I bought my landy it had speaker wire running from the kenlowe fan, into the cabin, into a 30 amp inline fuse, into an auxillary fuse panel with a 20amp fuse, out the other side to a switch on the dash, then spliced into a switched live on the ignition barrel.
the auxillary fuse board was fed by speaker wire from the main fuse board, then more speaker wire daisy chained to make all one side of the fuse board live. then the fuses supplied a dubious row of rocker switches on the dash, none of the switches were connected to anything, all they did was light up when in the "on" position and you switched the head lights on.
the aux fuse board was also supplying the head unit, the standard cigarette lighter, a 3 row cigarette lighter extension, a pair of ring spot lamps, a home made flashing LED to make it look like its got an alarm, a working lamp on the rear of the landy
I have no idea how this vehicle made it to 29 years old
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Last Edit: Apr 16, 2013 15:20:09 GMT by darrenh
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Apr 16, 2013 20:09:29 GMT
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A mate's IROC Camaro came with a Nitrous setup, scarily empty. Why scarily? The previous owner's idea of a good nitrous trigger wasn't wiring in a proper progressive feed or even a full-throttle switch... nope, the nitrous was activated by a length of wire (thin wire at that) fed through the scuttle, in through the doorshut and the trigger was a normal household doorbell self-tappered to the A-pillar trim ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) Jesus, it was like some kind of bravery test... how long can you keep your thumb on the doorbell before bottling it or blowing yourself to the moon! Rather disappointingly, the electronics genius who wired it up had missed the opportunity to have it play Greensleeves. Or even Dixie ;D
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Last Edit: Apr 16, 2013 20:10:00 GMT by luckyseven
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Apr 16, 2013 20:19:03 GMT
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A mate's IROC Camaro came with a Nitrous setup, scarily empty. Why scarily? The previous owner's idea of a good nitrous trigger wasn't wiring in a proper progressive feed or even a full-throttle switch... nope, the nitrous was activated by a length of wire (thin wire at that) fed through the scuttle, in through the doorshut and the trigger was a normal household doorbell self-tappered to the A-pillar trim ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) Jesus, it was like some kind of bravery test... how long can you keep your thumb on the doorbell before bottling it or blowing yourself to the moon! Rather disappointingly, the electronics genius who wired it up had missed the opportunity to have it play Greensleeves. Or even Dixie ;D That's traveller engineering at it's best!
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Free Focus - soon to be roadworthy Corsa B 1.4 Sport - x16'd Cable tie edition - Dead Ford Ka - Sold BMW 318is - sump scraper - Sold ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) Citroen Relay lwb - gone like the rest
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Apr 16, 2013 20:20:40 GMT
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A mate of mine had a mk1 fiesta which had a huge square spotlight with toggle switch bolted inside the engine bay . It was usefull if you had to do anything and needed the light but seemed to be a odd thing to go to the trouble to do . not a bad idea..youd be glad of it when you need it one night , guess weve all had a random spot light laying around
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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Apr 16, 2013 20:29:13 GMT
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A mate of mine had a mk1 fiesta which had a huge square spotlight with toggle switch bolted inside the engine bay . It was usefull if you had to do anything and needed the light but seemed to be a odd thing to go to the trouble to do . not a bad idea..youd be glad of it when you need it one night , guess weve all had a random spot light laying around The original Jeep healights were hinged to they could be used as engine worklights. www.flickr.com/photos/blazer8696/2897108842/Paul H
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Apr 16, 2013 20:33:14 GMT
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Me and my mate dragged this out of a guys garden a few years back. ![](http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/joemortiboy/042.jpg) He'd been in a nasty bike accident years ago and his right leg was a bit knackered, so the van featured an aditional throttle pedal on the left. The set up was Throttle - Brake - Throttle My mate nearly killed himself driving it home when he pulled up at the main road junction and instinctively went to dip the clutch.... Joe
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Apr 16, 2013 21:10:15 GMT
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A mate's IROC Camaro came with a Nitrous setup, scarily empty. Why scarily? The previous owner's idea of a good nitrous trigger wasn't wiring in a proper progressive feed or even a full-throttle switch... nope, the nitrous was activated by a length of wire (thin wire at that) fed through the scuttle, in through the doorshut and the trigger was a normal household doorbell self-tappered to the A-pillar trim ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) Jesus, it was like some kind of bravery test... how long can you keep your thumb on the doorbell before bottling it or blowing yourself to the moon! Rather disappointingly, the electronics genius who wired it up had missed the opportunity to have it play Greensleeves. Or even Dixie ;D I had a £3500 ECU to activate my nitrous at a particular RPM / throttle position. However.... if I were doing this again I would ditch the logic and fit a push-switch on the steering wheel which could be pressed with your thumb. I still have the ECU which is being used for something else. I'm just saying a push switch is probably the best way to do it. Ideally with 'go-baby-go' written on it.
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Apr 16, 2013 21:34:59 GMT
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or use a kickdown sensor ! full throttle = go baby go ;D
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if sparks don't fly you're ridin too high !
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Apr 16, 2013 21:55:04 GMT
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Me and my mate dragged this out of a guys garden a few years back. ![](http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/joemortiboy/042.jpg) He'd been in a nasty bike accident years ago and his right leg was a bit knackered, so the van featured an aditional throttle pedal on the left. The set up was Throttle - Brake - Throttle My mate nearly killed himself driving it home when he pulled up at the main road junction and instinctively went to dip the clutch.... Joe I remember seeing that for sale in the back of street machine years ago.
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R.S. Autotech. Servicing/Repairs/Diagnostics.
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My FD Victor had a somewhat spartan dash with few places available to mount extra switches for things the car never came with.
There was an odd momentary-push, pull-out-and-lock button that did the most pointless combination of things. Pull out, it would lock on and spray the window washers. Push it in, it ran the air horn...
Somebody had also emptied a box of scotch-loks onto the main ignition loom, and instead of undoing the things and removing them, just cut the wires so there were lots of random, un-fused bits of bare wire hanging about close to the metal bodywork under the dash..
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When I was a kid, parked up near Lewisham Station there was always a 40s early 50s pre R type Bentley, from the running board, in a most delightful home made stanchion of 2"dia galvanised water barrel off the running board and scuttle was mounted one of these, at windscreen level, must have been a wonderful blind spot, and a hazard to anybody caught in the beam, 11" marine spotlight,!!!! ![](http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u197/ianianstewart/35157_1_zps0969c7ee.jpg)
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Last Edit: Apr 17, 2013 8:19:11 GMT by v8ian
Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style. Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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stealthstylz
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Apr 17, 2013 10:03:57 GMT
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Me and my mate dragged this out of a guys garden a few years back. ![](http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/joemortiboy/042.jpg) He'd been in a nasty bike accident years ago and his right leg was a bit knackered, so the van featured an aditional throttle pedal on the left. The set up was Throttle - Brake - Throttle My mate nearly killed himself driving it home when he pulled up at the main road junction and instinctively went to dip the clutch.... Joe I remember that from when I was a kid. What happened to it?
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Apr 17, 2013 12:28:24 GMT
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a few years ago I used to have an old electric wheelchair hoist in my polo, so I could move the odd engine or two. as it was temporaily fixed when required, I never got round to wiring it in properly. I just connected the operating wires to the car battery (via a fuse). the wire wire wasn't long enough to run round the outside of the car, so I ran though the passenger compartment, through the window in the door and then to the battery with bonnet open. ![](http://www.optima21.org.uk/images/enginelift.jpg) . I also used to have my polo looking like this at car shows ![](http://www.optima21.org.uk/camper/fittings.jpg) but times have moved on, I'm just using a normal seat and a gas powered 3 way gas powered fridge (using electrics while on the move) ![](http://www.optima21.org.uk/mk2/fridge_3.jpg) and I don't even have any beer to keep cool in it.
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Apr 17, 2013 17:52:57 GMT
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A previous owner added about eight extra switches to a mini. All of them were wired into the main loom, but after hours of tracing them back, I couldn't figure out what any of them did. I ended up just tucking them up behind the dashboard to get hem out the way. The same car had some horrible, sick coloured 70's house carpet put in replacing the original carpet. That came straight out on purchase. Sounds like my uncle bobs old car. He wired everything up to toggle switches in his mini. Never understood why.
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sweaty palms slip off joystick
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Apr 17, 2013 20:10:25 GMT
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[/quote] I remember that from when I was a kid. What happened to it?[/quote] It was a bit of a show queen in its day, by all account, it even had a 'Best Paint' trophy from some point in the early 90s! It had been in the guy's garden for best part of ten years, untouched, a few doors up from a pub me and my mate used to call into on our way home from work. One such evening, post pub, we saw him doing something with it so we stopped for a chat. The scrapman was coming in the morning, so we said if we could start it we would give him the cash that night. We went back with jump leads, fresh petrol, fuel hose and tranny fluid and after about an hour we had it out on the road under its own steam. It was in a bad way. I serviced it, welded it forever, stripped out the mouse eaten velour interior and bar, threw some tyres on and spent forever mopping off the knackered laquer, to leave it looking and driving considerably better. I even spoke to the guys who painted it - they were chuffed to hear it was still around! ![](http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/joemortiboy/072.jpg) I was getting it in the neck a bit, so I chucked it on eBay, where it promptly sold for over a grand! ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) The lad who bought it said he was going to make an A-Team replica, but I got the feeling that wasn't ever going to happen! Seemed a bit crazy to me, as the paint was the best (and arguably the worst) thing about it. Joe
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