The First Little Car: April 2016

Breakdown! Little Car is Dead.

On my way with my 2 friends after many days struggling, battling, competing to be the best among the rest, it's time to come home, suddenly my car is not acting like it used to. The sad part is it occurs on the happiest road trip ever from every other road trip in the entire world.

The temperature hitting the H point. Actually way above that point. So, I stop the car on the side of the road. Open the hood and smoke comes out from the engine bay like a vaping/vape up event going on in there.

I visually inspect the engine, nothing is fallen off. No strange holes at the engine block or any other parts.

I waited several minutes and put a towel on the radiator cap to open it because its really hot. It was empty, of course. If not, it will not overheated like mad.

Lucky I have 3 bottles of water at the back. I fill the radiator and try to start the car. But it wont start. It crank but not starting. Usually this is because the head gasket is blown. The engine is full of water and that is why i cant start it. The other way to know if your gasket is blown is open your radiator cap, fill water in the radiator and start your car. Water should comes out splashing like mad from the radiator.

So Im screwed. On the side of the road. Know no one there accept my 2 friends. Just like you're in the middle of a desert. No food. No water. No nothing.

I tell my family and my girlfriend about this. My father and mother said that they will come to pick me and my friends. That's a relief. But I can't just leave this car here. Someone will steal it probably.

Out of nowhere, a police officer stop behind us. He ask us why and we explain everything. He give us the number for Peronda Lebuhraya and he left. You can see the numbers here: http://www.llm.gov.my/nombor_panggil_kecemasan.aspx. We contact the number, explain again, give the kilometer thing (not sure what is it but it the number that we always see on the side of the road) and they said in couple of minutes they will come to help us tow my car to the nearest Plaza Tol. And it is free.

We wait for my father and mother to come. Family is the most important to me. Never take them for granted.

I safely arrived home. Really tried. Sometimes I feel regret and sometimes I dont. But most of the time I feel like a burden. Maybe someday I return the favor from all the good things I received in life.

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkHazBlJGGM

Applying RTV Gasket Maker to Head/Valve Cover

Sejak beli lagi minyak hitam keluar dari head cover. Gasket dah tukar tapi keluar jugak. Jadi try cara ni.

RTV gasket maker

bersihkan keliling head cover dan head

tunggu 15 minit pastu boleh pasang balik.

Daihatsu Mira L5 Absorber + Review

Mine's Adjustable keras sikit dan kurang selesa. Boleh tengok post ni utk Mine's Adjustable Absorber:- http://kancilturbol2.blogspot.my/2015/05/tukar-tayar-dan-absorber-baru.html

Proses tukar absorber:-

Kereta nampak tinggi dari sebelum ni:-

Absorber ni memang sesuai utk speed dan power engine kereta ni. Tak lembut sangat dan tak keras sangat. Tak lembut sangat tu maksudnya tak lembut macam standard kancil punya la. Bila corner laju sikit pun steady takde takut macam absorber standard kancil.

L2s Rear Bumper Sportlight (How To Restore Foggy/Hazy Plastic Lense)

Bumper belakang kereta ni bumper L2s. Tapi tak tahu sebab apa dia spray lampu. Satu hari cuba jugak nak tahu. Kikis balik cat rupa-rupanya lampu sebelah kanan pecah.

Tapi masih bernasib baik lampu kiri elok cuma ada bahagian yg patah dan dapat jumpa orang yg nak jual lampu kanan.

Masa dapat lampu kanan tu memang pudar. Ni cara-cara utk hilangkan pudar pada lense lampu kereta:-

mula-mula dapat

1. Bersihkan macam biasa.

2. Gosok slow-slow guna kertas pasir 500 grit. Gosok dalam putaran kemudian melintang.

3. Gosok guna kertas pasir 1000 grit pula. Cara sama. Pastikan permukaan clear macam ni bila kena air selepas siap gosok:-

4. Bersihkan dan keringkan. Lepas kering memang nampak bertambah teruk pudar dia.

5. Spray Clear. Saya buat 3 lapisan. Biar 5 minit utk setiap lapisan.

6. Siap!

Nak buat kat lampu depan pun boleh. Pastikan plastik.

Apexi Power Intake POD Air Filter + HKS SSQV BOV + Apexi Boost Meter + Samco Hoses

Lama tak update. Hampir Setahun sebenarnya dan banyak benda yg dah berubah. Sebab utama lama tak update ialah sambung belajar. So with have a lot of catching up to do. First lets start from where we left off.

1. Apexi Power Intake POD Air Filter + Intake Pipe Kit