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Originally Posted by the mole Dear Prithvi
Finally the radio was installed in my car, looks superb i must say. As the speaker cone was damaged i replaced it with a similar Philips speaker. But i am not happy with the sound. Looking for some high end option. I also fixed a discrete antenna without making any holes on the fender. Works great! Now all that remains is to put a suppressor on the dynamo as it is causing interference. Otherwise the experience of driving around Mumbai tuned into the old AIR channels is just out of this world.
DId you check out the BS motoring issue with a picture of my car?
Why no updates??
regards
Amol |
Hi Amol,
Glad your radio has been fitted and working well. I should have bought the speaker and grill unit as well; I need to get that now from someone on the Ponton forum. Does the blue light on the speaker grill come on with the radio?
Of course I saw your car in BS Motoring. Looked dashing! For the past 3 months, I've been getting a subscribed copy of Auto India and get really excited when I see so many Bhpian's cars featured in the issues. What I can't explain is that I am sure that I haven't subscribed to the mag, so I have to assume that a kind, anonymous benefactor has subscribed on my behalf. If that person is on Bhp, many thanks for doing so
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, I'm very grateful.
Actually a few things have been going on with my car. Several important bits of rubber seals, stops, grommets etc., all new, have been trickling in and I list them below:
1) Fuel tank float rubber cover
2) A full set of rubber seals for the door sills (running boards). It was complicated ordering them, had to get them from 2 vendors as each side has 6 seals!
3) Petrol door rubber stops, 2 of the same shape and 1 different.
4) Windshield wiper arm rubber bases
5) Left and right exterior mirror rubber bases
6) A set of brake and clutch pedal rubber stops and dust covers
7) Steering column rubber boot
8) Trunk and petrol door lock rubber bases
9) A tiny funnel shaped metal filter which goes inside the rubber vent tube for the petrol tank. The vent tube itself sticks out inside the petrol door cavity
I went over to the workshop 2 weeks back and handed over some of the rubber bits and the running boards were taken out and the seals were fitted on for trial, in case the sills need to be altered for a good fit. The hole in the trunk for the float was a little small in diameter for the cover so this has been corrected. This week the radiator is being sent out to get all the pipes cleaned and checked since it may be a possible cause for the engine overheating.
In the meantime I'm doing some serious research on repairing the sliding bow hardware of the Webasto roof and some more parts to be ordered in phases.
And oh, almost forgot, that package containing a couple of very rare parts from the US has still not arrived after 2 months of dispatch and the seller keeps hassling me for payment, which I refuse to do until I get it. Atleast on Ebay you get a refund after paying against non arrival but I'm not paying till I get it as this was a private sale. However, a Bhp member, Sandesh, has been very helpful and somehow managed to find out that the parcel is lying in Mumbai customs for some reason or the other and will eventually get to me. That gave me some peace of mind atleast
So there's some slow progress taking place, which should start to gain momentum as we go along. Will upload some pics when I can
Regards
Prithvi