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im not happy voltage drops on this thing. best would be new fuse box re-route wiper and lights. i might try easy re-pin cause common, dome and lights uses same source. if that fuse box connector is some how the issue. on dome light i have not much draw, swap dome and light pins on end of connector

beautiful car, nice rims and nice ride height

so, i failed MOT. there was no brake lights. fixed that it was loose connector on brake light switch but i found that parking light fuse was burning hot, measured current draw it was 5.6amps, seems to be common problem to melt fuse box. i did my math thought aging pressed pins heat cycles might have added resistance between those two connection so i soldered every connection. as i said earlier every load has dropped voltage slightly, no load its 13.8volts, press brake and it drops 13.3V. lights on wipers on fan at full blast i remember seen under 12volts on lighter socket. lets see how it goes after this work, if that park light fuse still gets hot first aid is led bulbs

looks like i have to open my steering column next winter, i think i have play on lower splines, upper bearing might have also something going on. anyone has good link for that kind of operation on fresh memory?

just finished +6000km euro trip, whew it was hot down there. Would have been sweaty in datsun. found this type of momo steering wheels on sale in germany but they didnt ship to finland. ordered leather and suede versions to my friend in berlin and pick them up later.

Heat wave going on here +27 in the shade, had to test how hot this can go on normal driving. that small 10" fan goes on 87celsius and it can keep it cool in the city, second large CFM fan goes 92celsius. oil coolant pump goes on 85celsius and highest i saw was 92celsius, 96celsius goes coolant fan

i have some incoming gravel road driving so i put audi 3.0tdi filter. holset flange is 100mm and audi filter is 102mm. if anyone needs one part number is below. in EU that filter was 6.5€ i mean k&n filter takes gadfly but mosquito goes thru 8k0133843d

so here is my cooler setup, previously 19row core was bypass oil cooler, now it is circulating coolant on citroen diesel sandwich heat exchanger, stack oil temp meter controls coolant pump and fan. lets see how it performs

my acc belt runs like this, that blue part gets very hard flappery sound, diesel runs like it runs, my alternator is pretty light but it doesnt have clutch wheel. i could add another pulley to oil pump mount

im happy how it went so far, i got 5-10mm more room flattening stock radiator wall, without doing that mandrel wound not slide in. i tried to check how tooth belt runs, it seems to walk engine direction, hard to say how strong it pulls there and how long belt lasts. if i plan to do euro tour again this car i would need lots of tools. intake manifold has to come off. stock oil filter was top of engine it drained in couple days and oil pressure took always couple of seconds, now oil filter is down low close to oil pan level and hoses comes up i think that is best thing gained here. weight savings around 10kg now but goes down when i know if oil gets too hot

cleaned radiator cores and straightened all the fins. when installing drive mandrel with thin protecting cardboard theres 0mm space to slide it to its place

oil lines and where to put massive porsche 928 oil filter next on the list

fist size autoverdi oil pump arrived, now have to do some cad work to make mount for this. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VnomMJ9-ioXTYF7x5GYkUSpzR3QTxJ3aBM2Mu73rSIw/edit?gid=0#gid=0 opened spreadsheet, lets see whats gonna happen to weight

here is my charge air cooler, made from three valtra tractor cell

yesterday i got fourth stack gauge, i have plans for oil-water heat exchanger with own cooling circulation, this can control relay for fan and waterpump, lets see if system im planning is enough to keep it cool