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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:11 pm 
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Silicone is most definately your friend when getting the top hose to seal. I have never ever had a thermo switch seal without it!

 

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Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:19 pm 
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Silicone is most definately your friend when getting the top hose to seal. I have never ever had a thermo switch seal without it!
As I found out the hard way....but thanks anyway mate :) I'll get there, was just venting I suppose.

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:23 am 
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can i ask why you didnt use el fans and el ecu, works great

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:45 am 
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can i ask why you didnt use el fans and el ecu, works great
:shock: :?

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:15 am 
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The ugly sister thing... Well, if yours is a hottie (which she is) then the ugly sister ... OKay okay. So the mags weren't as bad as horn rimmed spectacles. But they are kind of like bown baggy corduroy trousers.

Mate - "WTF" should be more reserved for use about parts supplied without fuses and wired back to front! I take it that the bits wired back to front were relays?

All I've managed to do on mine lately is change the headlight H4's to super white (almost blue) 5000K's. The left doors still don't lock (or unlock) but at least by unplugging them the rest of the car doesn't know they havn't locked so the other doors are now locking.

I am beginning to hate all things involving handles, actuators and electricity.

I also found that my thermo fans had forgotten to put their bolt back in and thus could lean back and touch the front of the air con pump with the metal of the left hand fan. This has been creating sparks... Was surprised to note that everything still works 100%.
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:09 pm 
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OK, thermo's are in and working perfectly......finally :roll:
The silicone done wonders with the leak, and I hooked up the second fan to the AC today and took it for a lengthy test run....and happy to report no more problems. Have the fans kicking in at about 1/4 temp and only ever got to about half after giving it a bit of stick around the local industrial park.
a few pic's as usual :roll:
Relay's and thermo switch all wired up
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My lovely silicone job
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no more clutchie or fan shroud
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All back together again :D
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:11 pm 
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Nice work mate, enjoy it, thermos are heaps better.

 

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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:20 pm 
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Next will be the underdrives. Castlegreyskull has kindly offered to machine the water pump pulley to fit and I will be visiting a local mechanic to borrow a rattle gun to get the friggin alternator pulley off as I have tried all other suggestions and the mongrel won't budge.
Underdrives ready to go! Well, sort of :roll:
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The problem child :evil:
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The water pump pulley needs to be machined out to fit
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And I have a new diff to fit in the near future and then it's off to the Dyno I go :D

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:55 pm 
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Underdrives done! Well, sort of.
My water pump pulley has now been machined to fit (thanks to my mate smithy) and I have now got them fitted. Still havn't changed the alternator pulley yet, but they are only about 5mm difference in size and the tensioner soaks that up nicely.
One thing I found is that the tensioner socket hole had been flogged out, so I found a cheap one on e-bay ($10) and fitted that up whilst I was at it.
Amazing what a simple change in pulleys does for throttle responce and acceleration :shock:
Guess which one's mine :roll:
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New water pump pulley ready to be fitted
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All done!
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:57 pm 
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Nice work there mate, it is a very good bang for your bucks mod on a 5.0L.

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:04 pm 
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s**t yeah! But now I have to get my Diff done to feel the advantage hit the ground.....so to speak :lol:

 

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:54 pm 
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lookin good there mick
seems ive done mine in reverse lol
as i just done the 3:45 lsd
now i needa get some underdrives
ur opinion
is there much noticeable increse?
if so mine should go lil better once done having already done the diff

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:57 pm 
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vrblou02 wrote:
lookin good there mick
seems ive done mine in reverse lol
as i just done the 3:45 lsd
now i needa get some underdrives
ur opinion
is there much noticeable increse?
if so mine should go lil better once done having already done the diff

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You got thermo's yet or you still running the clutch fan? If you've done your thermo fan conversion, then I say go for it and fit the underdrives.
If you still got the clutchie, then underdrives would be a waste of time IMO!
But with both done, the throttle response has improved dramatically, very worthwhile mod for the 5.0L :D
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:06 pm 
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yea i still got the clutchie fan:(
i didnt think it woulda made much difference from that to thermos
but i take it there is

im guessin underdrives are no good cus they wont fit or what?
any1 wanna help me out with thermos then?
so i can get underdrives happenin


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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:33 pm 
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Hey NCII,

Just had a read of your thread, and i have to say mate your lane is looking great!

Very tidy

Good job with the thermo fan setup.

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