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Checked the torque of the new suspension bolts etc per the fitting instructions - all good.
Found the rear brake compensator spring has snapped at one end. Fashioned a temp fix with a connector block and a piece of wire coathanger to recreate the missing end of the spring. Not ideal but better than nothing until I locate a replacement. Also popped a new cable tie around the rubber boot on the compensator.
The light bar is great, it is like turning the sun on. Really useful the other day when I was still on a lane whilst it was getting dark.
However, the previous owner had it wired into the main beam with no isolator switch. On a clear night that is fine. In the wind and driving rain we had last night having the light bar on with the main beam was not such a good idea. Very distracting and hard on the eyes.
So I set about tidying up the wiring and still have a few things left to sort but it is getting dark and colder. I now have an illuminated isolator on the dash right of the rear fog switch. When I pulled the blanking switch to the right and found a wiring socket sat in there. Not sure what that would be for. Took me a while to hack out the innards of the plate to fit the switch.
I also removed several feet of wiring from the engine bay - the light bar was originally triggered off a scotchlock (hateful things) on the main beam wire on the nearside, and a relay hanging down next to the radiator. Perhaps not the best idea. The bar is now triggered off the offside main beam wire and is soldered and heat shrunk. The relay is with the other relays above the redundant 4wd vacuum manifold.
Engine bay looks better, and I like having the ability to use the light bar as and when required. Much better.
Ley us know how you get on with it. Especially the speed, I'm interested in how the ecu calculates it. As in does it cross reference the gearbox output sensor with the abs sensors to account for tyre size and wear to keep the odometer accurate etc etc.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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