Oil change, changed pressure switch--broke it lol, fixed exhaust, and checked out what all I hit on some rocks

 

Guys, stop. OD, you know better.

 

cleaned my interior. re-rainxd the front and back glass.

I'm gonna have to repaint my trim. using paint this time instead of undercoating. the undercoating faded bad. I'm thinking some semi-enamel. my grill and headlight bezels are matte and they look good still.

 

Consider the ultra-flat camouflage blacks from Rustoleum or Krylon. I've heard good things. I've used Rustoleum satin black, and I like that, too.

 

X2 on the satin black. I used that about 6-7 months ago and it's still good. Just make sure to do quite a few coats.

 

Installed the Police package high idle switch to work with my 6 speed manual. (used to be auto in there)

Simple. put a ground in parallel with the park/neutral switch and a ground to the and PCM cavity A12 (gray wire)

PS: you have to use a DPDT switch to ensure it doesn't go to fast idle everytime you are in park (or have the clutch in) if you have auto PCM

For Manual PCM, the park/neutral switch is always grounded. I am not sure if it would work but I would definitely try looking for that A12 wire and short it to ground using a paper clip in the socket hole and listen if the engine steps up to 1000rpm

Here's the factory manual if you are curious about it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0cztwywshk..._1997-1999.pdf

the diagram above also include my clutch overide switch. The LED lights up whenever clutch or switch or high idle is on/in.




I use the switch when stuck in traffic and its hot. keeps the oil pressure up and AC cold. its also great for crawling over obstacle when idle is a little to low and foot keep jumping on the gas pedal. Oh yes.. good when winching to. Did I mention warming up the engine to?.. It should be a standard option.

 

Lmao. Do they even sell recycled diff fluid anyways? I know they have the motor oil but have yet to see it for diff fluid.

 

They don't.

 

I don't care. I hate that reknob.

 

I imagine recycled engine oil isn't too hard to collect based on how service centers operate. Used diff oil is going to be like 20% brake cleaner by volume though. lol

 

Washed the ol' gal finally

 

Yesterday I swapped speed sensors in my 231, so that plugs up. Found a hose clamp for the breather tube. Pulled the other stud out of the frame rail that the stock crossmember uses. The two nut method didn't work, I just jammed one nut down until it tightened the stud then it losened up and backed out.

Then I chased down my metric tap and die set. The RC crossmember uses that extra nut in the frame. I can't even see the threads on mine. The others could use a cleaning as well.

That's where I called it a day and went and took a shower before going to celebrate my Dad's 50th with him.

 

Quit

 

Learned I'm going to be doing a little more trimming with the new-ish tires

 

Well the second time I just typed asterisks :X doesn't censor everything.