Dose's Sometimes DIY and Pay Someone Home & Boat Improvement Thread

[GTSBoy]

4 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Sparks...

Would need a substantial current draw in the car to make a bunch of sparks. Obvs to now test resistance to ground of the car's B+ lead. If there's a short there, you'll see it. Only likely place for that, as you suspect is alternator. But there is also the possibility that rats have had a chew on some insulation. Shitbox has the battery in the boot, yeah? Plenty of cable to attack.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

19 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

Shitbox has the battery in the boot, yeah? Plenty of cable to attack.

Sigh... yeah OEM mount rear battery, very R33, very demure, very mindful.

[MBS206]

As shitbox has shit the bed, again, I'll give you $50 for it. 😛

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Farken, it's because all the disrespect from me, it's decided to die.

[MBS206]

2 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Farken, it's because all the disrespect from me, it's decided to die.

So you reckon a few sweety something's whispered in her window and she'll behave for me? 😛

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

14 minutes ago, MBS206 said:

So you reckon a few sweety something's whispered in her window and she'll behave for me? 😛

Lolololol maybe, man I hate this car.

Lapsed judgement a respray and a new motor, when I should have just scrapped the lot when I had the chance.

Farken.

[Kinkstaah]

11 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

Actually, I'd argue that that is exactly when having the wastegate/scroll isolation correct would show the most benefit.

Of course it would be - But you shouldn't be here.

[Kinkstaah]

3 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Lolololol maybe, man I hate this car.

Lapsed judgement a respray and a new motor, when I should have just scrapped the lot when I had the chance.

Farken.

Hey, it's me!

Though honestly, if I had 20M in my bank account tomorrow, I would not want to be rid of my car all of the sudden - Which makes me think this is money stuff, not "I actually hate car" stuff. I'd probably double down and buy even more trinkets and fun things for it.

If this is not you, then sell it cheaper. It will sell at a certain price after all.

[MBS206]

6 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

Hey, it's me!

Though honestly, if I had 20M in my bank account tomorrow, I would not want to be rid of my car all of the sudden - Which makes me think this is money stuff, not "I actually hate car" stuff. I'd probably double down and buy even more trinkets and fun things for it.

If this is not you, then sell it cheaper. It will sell at a certain price after all.

Like a big hood scoop, and massive whiney boy supercharger?

Think he'll sell it to me at my offer above? I could probably get it to $75 if he needs a little more convincing 😛

[No Crust Racing]

I can sense cheap cars for sale so I came as quickly as I could...

 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

New charger, who dis?

Apparently the boating guys prefer this charger over the CTEK ones.

 

Plugged up the flat battery and got some data

 

 

[No Crust Racing]

15a? Crikey

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

5 minutes ago, No Crust Racing said:

15a? Crikey

It was $7 more than the 10A - as an Asian, I see value. Dollar per A lol

5A - $113 - $22.60 per A
10A - $189 - $18.90 per A
15A - $196 - $13.06 per A

Sure the maths stacks up, however does the use case? maybe not - however I wish to purchase a boat in the future.

[No Crust Racing]

Just shortens the charge time and allows more serious "rejuvenation" if you ever use that. 

10/10 good buying. 

 

[GTSBoy]

Uses the same plugs as Ctek too, so easy swaps (when you've got the ring terminal thingo perma-wired to the battery, like I have.)

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

So.... here's one for @GTSBoy .....

I plugged up the battery in the boot, to my surprise no sparks, no shorts, alarm went off, dome light on, etc. tried to crank the car, motor rotated a few times. Battery is pretty flat so will need more juice before I try to start it.

With the battery plugged up at the back, when you pop a volt meter across the chassis and the jump point, you get a nice 12V, no issue.

 

However, when you disconnect the battery at the rear, you straight up get a short.

 

My broscience is thinking there's some issue with the rectifier, dead diodes perhaps? 

[GTSBoy]

Yes, well.... get the main wire off the back of the alternator and try again?

[MBS206]

Or the terminal in the boot when disconnected from battery is flopped against the metal body work shorting positive to negative...

[MBS206]

Also your meter is showing not a dead short, but a 40ohm resistance if I'm reading that right.

On a 12V load you would be seeing a 300mA constant draw. Enough to kill a battery in a couple of days easily, not enough to cause sparks and things to glow red hot.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

2 hours ago, MBS206 said:

Also your meter is showing not a dead short, but a 40ohm resistance if I'm reading that right.

It beeped, confirming continuity. If it didn't, no issues.