"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
08/16/2020 at 12:49 • Filed to: Disco Inferno
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
08/16/2020 at 12:49 • Filed to: Disco Inferno | 3
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Well after over-indulging on Friday night, waking up late Saturday, and then spending most of the day working on the hashtagopporally, I didn’t actually get started reassembling the Discovery until about 8PM.
Background: Going on a big trip :check calendar: oh shit tomorrow and wanted to bang some stuff out on the Disco. Current project is/was dropping the headliner to repair a leak.
Against all odds I actually got the bars sealed and mounted, the rear AC reassembled, and the head liner back up. After that I even took some time to clean and armorall all the rear plastics and clean any smudges on the headliner.
This brought me right about to 2AM when I finally decided I should go to bed, lest I completely abandon any hope of having a normal sleep schedule.
Basically I’m done. With that job.
Basically.
Turns out there are a couple missing screws that I need to source this afternoon. No, for once I didn’t lose them. They’ve always been missing and now seems as good of a time as any to try and replace them.
Additionally I’ve got to vacuum up all the crap that got in the car as a result of this. Mostly degraded foam from the vents and metal shavings from the pop rivets.
Here is a list of some of the extra stuff I did “while I was in there”.
Put off brand Dynamat under the headliner
Repainted the roof rails
Resealed all four roof rail bolts, not just the one that was leaking
Cleaned and oiled the door seals
Refoamed the rear air vents (old foam disintegrated ) using an old mattress pad
Extended the key fob antenna (maybe?)
Replaced the rear sunroof switch in hopes of fixing its intermittent operation
Overall the job could have been a lot worse, though I am in no hurry to do it again.
I’ve got a lot of non-car stuff to do today: errands, laundry, packing, mow the lawn, dog baths, wire in the fridge, repair the house’s AC ...
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Excuse me... existential dread just overcame me a bit.
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Anyway... I’ve got to do all that and then hopef ully will have time to top off the transfer case oil and maaaaaaaaaaaaybe change the spark plugs.
Wish me luck...
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/16/2020 at 13:01 |
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Where was the leak? I had a moon roof develop a leak once so I disconnected the electrics and sealed it from above with silicone. No more leaks.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/16/2020 at 13:11 |
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The front passenger roof rail seal shrunk with age and was letting a tiny amount of water in. Unnoticeable under normal situations, but in a big storm it would be enough to wet the upper right corner.
Sunroof seals looked perfect, oddly. I think they’ve been done in the past.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/16/2020 at 16:25 |
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Does that have drains? Many cars have internal drains that are crucial to keeping the interior dry.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
08/16/2020 at 19:28 |
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Yup . Two drains per sunroof. Clear and functional. 95% sure the leak is from the roof rails.
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MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/16/2020 at 22:19 |
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Fun story, I couldn’t figure out why the carpet on the passenger side of my Jag was often soaking wet. Was worried it was heater core. Finally got underneath and stuffed a wire up the drains, carpets have been dry ever since, except when the heater core DID go. (Fixed that too)
CivicWagonEngineer
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/17/2020 at 10:02 |
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What oil do you use on the door seals?
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> CivicWagonEngineer
08/17/2020 at 12:13 |
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Silicone spray as per something I read, but it doesn't seem to help much haha