And Another Delightful, Soggy Sunday...
And today I knew had quite a few tasks to complete on the Admiral. So left out the customary engine wash.
Focussed on checking all the fluids/oils including the clutch and PS oil besides the engine oil/coolant. Everything seems fine.
Hey - why not brake oil ? That is because, as mentioned earlier, there is a nifty arrangement that the Toyota boffins have designed. Not sure whether others also have the same method where the brake system and clutch system feed off the same common reservoir - the brake oil reservoir sitting above the brake master cylinder and feeding the clutch master cylinder - both teenie weenie things compared to the MCs of yore. Like on my Scorp CRDe.
Yes right, snaps can explain it better !
The master reservoir sitting on the Brake Master Cylinder:
Feeding the brakes/ABS:
Tube feeding the clutch MC - just below the brake booster tube:
The small clutch MC:
And the inspection also included the checks whether all the tubes, hoses and fastened joints/points were in place. And slowly I am begining to appreciate the paint pen mark lines left by the Toyota factory personnel which helps spot if anything has moved at all. Not sure whether it was intended for that - but is helping me immensely.
Yes, snaps indeed.
The intercooler outlet hose to the turbo. From the lines appears it has shifted a wee bit from the factory days. The Worm/Jubilee Clip there would require a wee bitta torquing. Will do that next Sunday. But feels to be firmly in place. Could also be that the hose has settled down:
The clutch MC feed tube firmly in place:
The Mass Air Flow Sensor (MAFS) sitting atop the air filter outlet hose in place:
Booster tube - theek hai:
Coolant/water pump head tubes in place:
Coolant bypass (?) tube in place: (Dash ! That '?' means that I need the Workshop/Service Manual real fast to bone up on my understanding of the engine !)
And so on. Everything seems to be in place. Despite all the bone jarring rides these days on Mumbai's smooth as silk pot holes with random bits of road thrown in between for effect.
Advice to TFort friends (OK,OK - other friends too !) - do keep a regular lookout in your engine bays for the tubes, hoses and wires/ joints and points. Anything amiss - see what best you can do or rush to the ASC.
And had couple of other tasks to be completed.
Had this issue of drumming rear seats last week which signalled that the SteelGrip jugaad used earlier to silence the rock band was wearing off.
So this time the Duct Tape ( as also indicated by Manuuj) was deployed on active duty. Let's see how long this lasts.
You want what ? Coming up...
This:
Needs to firmly anchor on this:
By this:
And this was the condition of the earlier jugaad. All in tatters:
So the troops were called in:
Easy way to do it ? Slide the cut strip under the anchor point sticky side up and wrap around easily and cut again and do the same with the remaining piece:
And looks like this:
Trials later indicated that there was peace in the cabin and the situation was under control. Or as Doordarshan would famously state in the good old days - "Sthiti tanavpoorna magar niyantran mein hain !"
And glory be ! I had shaken off my lethargy and brought down the sucker. Something I was intending to do for months. But the rains and the ingress of particulate matter forced me to now - for despite his best efforts or the lack of it, on part of the GDW showed that the amount of tiny stuff was gathering at the nooks and crannies of the floor at an alarming rate.
And so out came the sucker...oh...the carvac.
A five year old B&D. Works marvellously to this day - touchwood !
Got it from UK then. But I guess the very same stuff is easily available here as well.
Very powerful. Just to check, ever so often, I lift a floor mat with the suction.
Gobbled up all muck and debris from everywhere possible and used the soft brush attachment for the AC vents and dash cracks as well as the switches etc. The amount of dust collected was enough to give allergy to a Hay fever enthusiast for a lifetime.
Disassembly for cleaning the filter.
The disassembly for the photo op left muck on the mat. Immediately beamed up. "Beam me up Scotty - I have someone from the Air Force coming to see me !"
Ahh Admiral ! All set:
But a lazy Sunday without a sortie it was not to be. The LoH was for quite sometime keen to visit a temple on the outskirts of Thane, deep inside a village. And so it was to be.
Believe me for the first time in Admiral's career I took him deep inside a village, we missed the way and went on to a village trail which was so narrow that even a cyclist's elbows would touch the abutting houses. Was quite apprehensive was slowly making my way when a Tavera was spotted coming down with a gaggle of village folks. Squeeze, maneuvre, squeeze, maneuver...almost went into the Patil's house...with the ladies within giggling. Finally the Tav escaped.
Once again realised the fact that the TFort is indeed truly maneuverable. Size be damned !
Finally located the Temple and it was worth the sweat and amusement of folks gawking.
Ahhh - bliss:
While Admiral waits:
On the way back spotted:
Checked wasn't ACM !
The T- A looks neat and smart from the rear is the thought that came to my mind.
The average kind of roads that the Admiral faces these days:
And does magnificiently well.
Appears rains and Admiral are made for each other !
Of course post the trip - the Sunday effort was all washed away.
But on a second thought - Admiral looks real warrior-like when mud splattered upto the windows and windshield all covered in it but for the space cleared by the wiper swipes.
And with the GDW on his weekly 'chutti' tomorrow - the appearance of a mud splattered, macho Admiral at the office should get me some raving/roving eye balls especially from the PYTs and some warm questions about the weekend.
Now then, I am looking forward to it !