^ Cowboy Job much? Look at the frayed conductors sticking out of the crimped red wire on the relay.... Cheezus.
Looks like Wild Bill Fcukup cut the power feed from the ignition switch to the 14/15/16 rail and fed it straight onto his fuse.
......cut 'em in / tie 'em up - Rawhide!
Major Ledfoot
Oh you think so? So they’ve cut the wrong wires for number 16 and wrecked 14,15?
^ Ayup, which may explain why there's no juice to 14 & 15.
Major Ledfoot
Thanks for your help! I got those issues sorted, just wondering what sort of engine oil to use for an oil swap? The manual wasn’t too clear.
Reubo Glad the electrical issues are sorted.
What oil are you using in the car now? Use that and be consistent.
My personal preference is Penrite oil and a Mann or genuine oil filter.
Major Ledfoot
Hasn’t been driven or changed since I bought it so I’m not sure what type to get. A few places recommended 10w/40 I think?
This stuff. Not cheap, but you can't go wrong.
Thanks. Looking at the online manual it was talking about different temperature and using different oils. Is that something you really need to worry about?
No
The idea of 10w40 which is a multi grade oil means the temperature change has already been factored in ahead of time
The oil acts like a 10 viscosity in winter (cold) and 40 viscosity in summer (hot)
Which is exactly what you want for a petrol powered engine like the redblock
What ramrod said. Here in OZ, we don't need to worry about -12 degrees C like I had to during a Columbus OH winter.
I have One final mystery, which is when I drove it just on my property the other day the car turned off while driving. I was told by a friend this could be an alternator issue but I was thinking it was a battery problem because when I tried turning the car back I was getting nothing at all (no accessories or anything).
I charged the battery overnight and tried again but still got nothing and assumed that meant the battery was dead.
Just out of curiosity I tried it again this morning and it’s turned on again! So now I’m really confused and don’t know if I have a battery or alternator issue or both!?
Be very careful when troubleshooting an issue like that.
Make sure you spend the necessary amount of time carrying out testing on the starting and charging system.
Battery world is in the business of selling batteries but they won't test your alternator first. So you'll buy a new battery because they will test your one and tell you it's discharged, but they won't do their job and find out why, so the next day that brand new battery could be dead again and the reason won't be clear. This has happened thousands of times, don't get caught
