Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:07:11 -0000 From: MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: My luck just gets better and better.
The luck isn't getting any better. After changing the servo, I managed to snap the small connection of the header tank last week. Then when I had replaced that, found the boost guage and heater flaps would slowly cease working. Figured a trapped hose under the dash. Dropped the lower dash again today. Couldn't see anything wrong down there, but decided to replace any old hoses I could find. Couldn't get to the heater ones so left them, but did all the boost related ones. One last piece to do was the one that goes up through the bulk head behind the servo, and connects to Y piece that runs behind the Header tank. That was when I noticed that the header tank was trapping it. And of course, as the coolant system gets hot, the heater fills more, and also expands slightly, with the heat and expansion squashing the trapped pipe even further, so I freed that up. So maybe I didn't need to drop the dash after all. Bastard. Got everything back together. Took it out for a long run. Worked perfectly, no more hoots after the intitial start up, needle flies arround on the boost gauge, settles back to begative boost on idle/over-run. So I start to re-assemble the car computer. Fire it up, works fine, but no sound. Check and find the sound cable has come out. Attempt to plug it back in (very tight fit), and in the process manage to do something to the motherboard that has blown the VGA output. Screen just flashes with white pulses. Don't even get post or bios screen. That is the real pisser. Now the Car PC idea is dead, because I can't afford to replae the motherboard, and I've now got a 10.4" TFT installed in the lower console that is useless. I can't believe how bad my luck is at the moment. If I fix one thing, I break another. No ifs, or buts. If one gets fixed, something else will be trashed. And guess what, the new shocks arrived today, but I'm really not sure if I dare tempt fate attempting to fit them, I can't afford anyone else to do it, and I can't afford to break anything else on the car. -- Carl Robson (The poster formerly known as Skodapilot) http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
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