Thread: Gav's 101.

Well, taken it for its first real drive for a while (I really need a name for my 101 - any suggestions?) - anyway, overdrive works great - as pointed out, easy to engage but a bit trickier to disengage - I will need to practice that. Engaged the OD at just over 85 on the freeway and it pulled up to 110 fairly easily, but it was me that chickened out after that - it was dark and I was going WAY too fast.... People's reports have said it wouldn't accelerate with the OD in, but mine has no problems - I guess the engine is as perky as I was told.. At 95 it is very happy now, and will be my cruising speed I think, so that's nearly 10 KMH more than where it was comfortable before, so a great result I think. I'm sure when I test the OD on some hills I'll soon find its limitations.

I've also got to have a word to the dodgy bastard that wired this thing up. I found I had no dash lights, so when I got back from the run, I fiddled with the dash light switch as it is a bit stuffed. Dash lights came on - great.... Now the headlights don't work.... Not sure what I have done there, it's not a fuse and something made a funny sizzling noise under the dash. I think the infrared switch may have just gone to god... Oops...

Also, grabbed a D1 booster today to check out if it would fit - I'll post more about that in the thread running on that subject...

Originally Posted by bacicat

I've also got to have a word to the dodgy bastard that wired this thing up. I found I had no dash lights, so when I got back from the run, I fiddled with the dash light switch as it is a bit stuffed. Dash lights came on - great.... Now the headlights don't work.... Not sure what I have done there, it's not a fuse and something made a funny sizzling noise under the dash. I think the infrared switch may have just gone to god... Oops...

Thanks for the heads up. I was going to use him for some wiring but.........

The springs in the 6 way switch do have a tendency to corrode.

Originally Posted by bacicat

Engaged the OD at just over 85 on the freeway and it pulled up to 110 fairly easily,

I bet that was on the speedo and not the GPS.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

The springs in the 6 way switch do have a tendency to corrode.

And the tracks burn out I found with mine. Hopefully now its mainly powering relays and park lights it should get a lot more life before a rebuild is required.

Looking forward to seeing at Glenreagh

we will have ours down there towing the 80"

Top weekend to be had

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by garrycol

I bet that was on the speedo and not the GPS.

Speedo reads 8KMH fast due to the larger tyres, so faster than that. I did have it to 115 on the GPS before the OD was fitted, which I think is about red line in top gear. A bit loud at that speed though...

101's are great at speed.... If only for the looks you get when you go howling past someone on the wrong side of the road!!!!

Originally Posted by stuee

And the tracks burn out I found with mine. Hopefully now its mainly powering relays and park lights it should get a lot more life before a rebuild is required.

Mine is only carrying relay current and the odd short circuit....