The Noise From My Head: December 2013

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

My first lady has another man

On my very first post, i posted an entry stating on my intention to give away my first lady to a new owner.

Yes she is old but not rusty! Yes she has aged but very young at heart and will definitely get your blood rushing when you hit the right pedal.

After a long time of hiding her behind the covers finally 1 guy stood up among the crowd to house her.

After a few rounds of interview and negotiation of the "dowry", we came to an agreement and with a hand shake the deal was on!

It was not an easy process but i managed to get it done.

My last photos of her....

As a going away present i dressed her up with a set of 4 new shoes from a well know designer Bridgestone and a nice bubble bath.

Definitely a lot of nice memories but you got to let go to make way for the new lady..pocket does not allow me to have them both, plus an additional REAL lady coming into my life soon.

bye bye..you will always be my first.

Tragic Accident !!!

As i mourn and write this post, a few days ago i over judge my cornering capability of my s40 and ended up with a tragic accident.

It was at night time and i was not under any influence but the influence of a hungry stomach as i was going to the local "Mamak" shop to pack some food.

As i took the corner i was confident that i could make it, but in less than a second my heart just stop beating. I was so shocked to have feel the impact. I knew this days will come but did not think it will be that night.

My first reaction was to immediately jump out the door to see the damage. It was bad, really bad. I just could not believe i scared her due to my missed judgement.

Well a damage is a damage...

Lesson learnt: Dont be hungry and think of food while driving.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

S40 Wheel Bearings

During the purchase of this S40, i noticed that there is a slight noise coming from the rear wheels when entering corners, to the left only. After much digging under the car, we thought i could be some aged bushing.

Since that was the case, i never really gave much thought to it, just told myself that i will change all of them when im doing the suspensions.

During my last maintenance, (post about it is here) i had to do a full wheel re-alignment which made the same noise now permanent. This drove me mad, and after much of searching, its was the wheel bearing. In a way i was a bit please because it was not a major issue.

Called up the local volvo spareparts shop and to my shocking 1 wheel bearing cost freaking RM500..arghh plus labor its at least going to be RM550-600.

After a few rounds of my fingers dancing on the keyboard, research found that the Mitsubishi Evo 3/Waja also uses the same bearing... :)

This is thanks to the fact that they share the same chasis construction. Big smiles on my face, as this only means cheaper parts!

Fingers continued to dance to later find out that the ABS tooth thinggy that sits at the back of the bearings are different compared to the Volvo and Mitsu. Their gaps are different, and the way its assembly is not the same as well.

Volvo's one are bolted to the hub while the other is just slotted in. hmm...

So after some thoughts, i do not want to disturb the way the ABS works on the Volvo and decided to send the New Japan Bearing, which is bolted on to a new hub to the local machine shop to make 2 holes so that the ABS tooth thinggy can be bolted on. After an hour its done.