TeamD Adventures

Electricity may be a fickle mistress but it is crucial in a car. Especially when the car is sporting four auxiliary lights (two PIAA 1400 fog lights and 2 PIAA 80 Pro XT driving lights), a Timewise 798a Rally Computer, a Yaesu FT8800 HAM Radio, a It worked but wasn’t ideal. My ultimate solution was to mount the unit in the trunk and have the head up front. It’s taken me a while to get to this but I am almost there. What have I done, you ask?…

Another bit of tech trivia from the TeamD Garage. There are three bolts of each type and you need them to be identical but 1cm longer. (If I were better organized I would know the lengths!) There is an awesome hardware store in Seattle called Stone Way Hardware that stocks a wide selection of grade 12 metric bolts. Remove the old thin guibo and also the centering plate. Toss those out. Then install the new thicker guibo with your new bolts.

Let’s talk tech for a minute. Some people are surprised about the use of JB Weld since it is a metal-based product and it tends to rearrange itself in weird ways when smeared on a very strong magnet.