Daffy's SE

ManiacLachy · Postby **ManiacLachy** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:59 am

Looks very clean. So, is it back in your garage? Will the Problem Child be at the dodgy day (that I won't be at :cry:

)?

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 5:51 pm

It was at the dodgy day, in fact it was used to do some welding!

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:19 pm

Haha welding indeed. I think Daffy can fill the details. Thanks for taking me for a spin Daffy. I had an underwhelming drive home in my NA6.

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Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:15 pm

Gladiator wrote:Haha welding indeed. I think Daffy can fill the details. Thanks for taking me for a spin Daffy. I had an underwhelming drive home in my NA6.

Anytime mate

Welding details eh! 1st up, any doubt about just how powerful an odyssey pc925 Battery is, Its powerful enough that when the battery comes loose and the positive terminal gets pressed up against the metal battery mounting brace, it melts said brace in a pretty hail of sparks- I had a dodgy drive halfway to Magpies, and for about 40 minutes, thinking that an earthing wire was loose causing a few electrical spaz attacks, was in fact a sparking light show happening under carpet, in the boot of the problem child..... while I was driving..... WITH 2x 5LTR PLASTIC JERRY CANS OF E85 sitting right next to it :shock:

!!!!
Now that is as dodgy as it comes......... :lol:

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:20 pm

Easily could have been the end of Daffy and his car. Shouldn't the battery be facing the other direction in case it wiggles loose and grounds out again?
Who puts a Mod Plate in the boot to be hidden by carpet?

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:32 pm

Wow that could have turned out so bad!! As it is I reckon I'd be packing some rubber between those terminals and the bodywork!

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Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:51 pm

That is what we did. Trimmed the bracket between the pos/neg terminals, packed around the battery and some heavy foam rubber on the battery.

Was a decent dodgy day fix... a toothbrush, body saw, jig saw, bench grinder, pine stud and gym rubber matting

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:07 pm

Don’t forget lots of sarcastic banter

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greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:33 am

Is that battery standing up? My Odyssey is standing up in something like this which bolts to the bottom of the car. I still need a 'U' section at the top to eliminate the risk of sideways movement, but regardless, insulating that red terminal is the priority.

Lucky escape, buy yourself a lottery ticket on the strength of that one :shock:

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:56 am

Daffy wrote:sparking light show happening under carpet, in the boot of the problem child..... while I was driving..... WITH 2x 5LTR PLASTIC JERRY CANS OF E85 sitting right next to it

Yikes! So glad to hear that experience ended well.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:01 pm

We could have had crispy skin duck for lunch on dodgy day instead of chicken and lamb...

SKYHI · Postby **SKYHI** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:17 pm

Definitely dodged a bullet there mate.

Good to catch up again, and get a good look at the car. I have been lucky enough to drive quite a few "supercars" and race cars, but yours is right up in terms of straight line performance

Daffy · Postby **Daffy** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:29 pm

ManiacLachy wrote:Looks very clean. So, is it back in your garage?

Thanks mate, at the end of the coils install, I was actually surprised at how easy and tidy it all fit in.

StanTheMan wrote:what about your cold idle....mot hat its cold atm.

The cold idle is sorted now, the old coils breaking down did contribute a bit, but at the end of it all Daz found that there was a line loose on the throttle body fast idle thermo valve! :roll: