Small wins and fire prevented

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 08/20/2019 at 14:36 • Filed to: None

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Finally did a few minor things I’ve been putting off on the Cruiser last night. First is I replaced the long dead bulbs in the climate controls. So nice to be able to ready my controls at night now...though its not like you couldn’t stab at them in the dark and get what you wanted before. I also noticed something interesting - the back of the climate control has a switch that allows me to turn off the ambient air temp sensor making it fully manual. Not sure why, but its nice to know if that sensor even bugs out I can still use my climate control.

Next thing was replacing a usb cable that goes through my dash to power a phone I have permanently mounted for the sole use of Torque pro

Which turned out to be a major safety win as it meant pulling that phone off its cradle for the first time in a long time.

yikes! Well...that phone done.

Lastly I went full conspiracy theory and did this.

Now the government can’t transmit fuel economy robbing waves into my engine.

Also heat.

Stage 1 - clean and degrease. Man that’s a clean looking 23 year old part!

Stage 2 - wrap with high temp pipe insulation

Stage 3 - wrap with high temp foil tape

Will it curb my 160+ intake temps on hot summer days? Probably not, but now its more flash, so...um...yeah.

TysMagic > HammerheadFistpunch 08/20/2019 at 14:52

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+10 style points for the flash 

Chariotoflove > HammerheadFistpunch 08/20/2019 at 14:55

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I thought all cars with climate control have the full manual option. Is that not a thing in some?

I see what you mean about fire avoided.  That’s a little scary.

HammerheadFistpunch > Chariotoflove 08/20/2019 at 15:00

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I guess what I mean is that I can disable the auto function for whatever reason.  Not sure why you would...but there you go.

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 08/20/2019 at 15:43

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Looks good..

(tin foils intake but leaves cell phone plugged in 24/7)

benjrblant > HammerheadFistpunch 08/20/2019 at 16:02

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Giving that engine bay a good degreasing and a mediumish pressure washing might help you too. Cutting all that grease and built up dust will help let things dissipate heat.

HammerheadFistpunch > vicali 08/20/2019 at 16:05

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thats why it nearly blew up?

HammerheadFistpunch > benjrblant 08/20/2019 at 16:07

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pffft

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 08/20/2019 at 16:16

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Y es, but also you get tracked by your cell provider.

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 08/20/2019 at 16:17

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HammerheadFistpunch > vicali 08/20/2019 at 16:20

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no sim card in that phone, but the overcharge theory is less likely than straight heat I’d bet.

MM54 > HammerheadFistpunch 08/20/2019 at 20:08

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My droid razr got a little puffy on the dashboard in the sun on a hot day as well, nowhere near that bad, though - that’s properly scary. Should be able to remove the battery though if I remember correctly.

takeiteasy > HammerheadFistpunch 08/21/2019 at 08:34

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Are the climate control lights plug and play or do they need to be soldered? Have a link to which ones you bought? I did my dash lights about a month ago and they provide a lot more light now. Climate control lights are on the to do list too. 

HammerheadFistpunch > takeiteasy 08/21/2019 at 11:10

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Plug and play. You’ll need a pair of thin pliers and a thin flat- head screwdriver but its pretty simple otherwise. These are the ones I bought

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/560-DNW1-DW33?r=560-DNW1-DW33