What Did You Do With Your 120 Today? (5 Viewers)

[Siberia2Desert]

Does anyone have an experience with repairing the damage on these? I'm definitely not looking to replace the whole complete harness. It looks like I may have few strands with some damage. I was able to drive home OK and had no Check Engine lights or any (visible) malfunctions.

 

[efjayatee]

On our 80s the engine harness gets cooked from contact with the cylinder head near the EGR. We would have to splice by soldering a new short wire strand betwern the damaged area of the wire.

 

[Siberia2Desert]

On our 80s the engine harness gets cooked from contact with the cylinder head near the EGR. We would have to splice by soldering a new short wire strand betwern the damaged area of the wire.

I think if I get a bit of a slack out I should be able to do the same on this one. I will be able to see a little better once I clean out melted plastic debris but judging by the lack of issues so far it should not be so bad. I am just afraid that insulation got hot and now it is probably brittle. If I just tape it all up it may break apart from vibration not long after and short out.

 

[efjayatee]

If some of the wires are exposed, just use electrical tape and individually wrap them so it doesn't short

 

[Timujin]

fuel tank level at its natural state: 1/4 or below

Right!

I was driving slow feeling bad for the fuel pump.

 

[Timujin]

Great trip. The streets were so fun in this beast. Discovered the transmission needs some love. When the ATF was drained from the old radiator during the TBWP service it was more brown than red. Had a couple of slow downshifts on

 

[RAWR207]

Started removing brakes/suspension - it warmed up past freezing today!

 

[RAWR207]

Cleaned years of Fluidfilm/Woolwax/Rustcheck off - I’ve got to pressure wash it this summer before I reapply I bet I’m carrying at least 100 pounds of dirt around. But for the most part it looks good underneath and everything but the rear shocks came right out, those took persuasion.

Actually got some new parts installed.

 

[Timujin]

Cleaned years of Fluidfilm/Woolwax/Rustcheck off - I’ve got to pressure wash it this summer before I reapply I bet I’m carrying at least 100 pounds of dirt around. But for the most part it looks good underneath and everything but the rear shocks came right out, those took persuasion.View attachment 3847493 Actually got some new parts installed.View attachment 3847481View attachment 3847486View attachment 3847487View attachment 3847489

That compressor was preserved in carbonite.

 

[Timujin]

Checked a spark plug for wear. Unknown when these were last replaced. Currently @ 180,000 miles.

What do you think? Is it time?

 

[zzyzx85]

Checked a spark plug for wear. Unknown when these were last replaced. Currently @ 180,000 miles.

What do you think? Is it time?

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imho, they don't look bad but it does look like the gap has opened up. The tip of the electrode still looks pretty square too. with a lot of miles, it becomes more of a radius than a corner.

due but not overly due.

 

[diesellord]

Big wash day today, really the first real wash this winter!

There was a TON of sap to take off which took about 1.5 hours. Parked under the wrong tree at in-laws and it rained tree sap. Finally removed with Adams Polishes Tar spray…basically a great solvent.

Other than that, the ceramic coating I put on last spring had held up very well!

 

[xcmountain]

Old & New’ish

 

[Jerry Attric]

Renewing the stale, dried out sound deadening and adding a little extra over here. Using damplifier pro. Possibly the most old man thing in this thread. Put some 3” strips into the roof ridges where there was none. Not much room to cover the entire surface but resonance is greatly reduced. Excited to hear the difference, especially in the rain.

Scrubbing the ivory panels again is overly time consuming so I tried using the plastic polish pictured. Much faster!

 

[DRANGED]

Renewing the stale, dried out sound deadening and adding a little extra over here. Using damplifier pro. Possibly the most old man thing in this thread. Put some 3” strips into the roof ridges where there was none. Not much room to cover the entire surface but resonance is greatly reduced. Excited to hear the difference, especially in the rain.

Scrubbing the ivory panels again is overly time consuming so I tried using the plastic polish pictured. Much faster!

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Nice!

Coincident timing, I've thinking about adding some material in other rigs. Lemme bounce this idea off your opinion.

For cost efficiency and ease, what would you think about that sub 5mm roofing tape material as relatively easy filler or for coverage of larger areas like door skin sheet metal?

Cofair QR625 Quick Roof Pro Aluminum 6" x 25' , YELLOW https://a.co/d/hIof0Gj

 

[Jerry Attric]

I almost used some similar stuff. It felt heavy enough to absorb vibration and sticky enough to stay in place but it reeked of fresh tar. Also, some of the packaging was stained by solvent separating and oozing out. That was in an air conditioned store. I imagine it would get much worse in the heat. So I got on second skin’s email list and when they sent out a Labor Day or whatever holiday special on scraps and seconds, I tried it on another car. It worked very well according to my ear and a decibel measuring app. Not just less road noise but also a nice low thunk when you shut the door. The only downside I found so far is that at speed the wind around the mirrors seems louder because everything else is quieter. I like it so much I stuck some on the firewall under the plastic trim. Also put it in some places it was never intended to go like under a metal kitchen sink, inside the washer & drier and garage doors. Wonderful stuff to help enjoy quiet. After the cargo area is finished the second row doors will probably sound noisier.

It would probably be smart to wear gloves and long sleeves or Kevlar to protect your arms. I’m bleeding a bit from mine right now, lol. I just finished scraping the original stuff off from the driver side quarter panel. Almost gave up halfway through, but it also smelled nasty. It didn’t stink until I started digging into it. So unless you want to go 100% just leave it alone.

 

[Timujin]

I am running this odor free stuff on the from doors: GOSCHE 394 mil 12.92 sqft Sound Deadener for Car, 10mm Thick Sound Deadening Mat Materials Can be Better with Audio Noise Insulation and Vibration Dampening 9.8″x 15.7″(12-Piece)

 

[Jerry Attric]

From what I read the Gosche is a very different thing from damplifier. Insulating noise with foam vs. absorbing resonance with mass. Noise insulation is nice but also minimizing extreme temperatures would be wonderful. There’s just not much room on the GX470 for that. I mean that in a good way. Having a lot of empty space behind interior panels is just lazy design imho. Insulation will fit here and there but not enough to fully encapsulate the interior space.

Your goals might be unlike mine. I’m rolling on quiet Michelin LTD m/s at stock ride height. So tire and wind noise isn’t as much of a thing for me as with some of you guys.

Damplifier and their thicker thus more effective pro stuff is a dense butyl rubber that absorbs resonance in the metal body panels. I haven’t looked for any of this stuff in about 10 years. Maybe there’s something newer or better but back then the Damplifier pro seemed to be the most effective. Better yet it still hasn’t lost adhesion or dried out like the cloth backed factory stuff does. You wanna make sure it is in the right place and panels will fit over it properly because it is no fun to remove.

So as I’m trying to put some as high up inside the D pillar as I can cram it an old memory came back. There was a long thread on some forum in the 90s where guys with outrageous stereos and loud exhaust systems were fighting the droning noise they has created. Some started using spray foam to fill unreachable hollow parts of the body. One guy got some especially potent expanding stuff and basically inflated the roof pillar on his Impala SS or whatever.

There’s not much room on the cabin side of the inner structure pictured here so I applied it on the backside where you can’t see it. Just underneath the vent window. I’m just tapping all around and if a place rings with a high pitch, it gets some deadened slapped on it. It doesn’t do a lot over the wheel wells but the difference on the outside body panels is huge.

The third row seatbelts got evicted. Maybe I can figure out how to mount a fire extinguisher or something on the top one. Gonna try this on the lower hole.

 

[DRANGED]

From what I read the Gosche is a very different thing from damplifier. Insulating noise with foam vs. absorbing resonance with mass. Noise insulation is nice but also minimizing extreme temperatures would be wonderful. There’s just not much room on the GX470 for that. I mean that in a good way. Having a lot of empty space behind interior panels is just lazy design imho. Insulation will fit here and there but not enough to fully encapsulate the interior space.

Your goals might be unlike mine. I’m rolling on quiet Michelin LTD m/s at stock ride height. So tire and wind noise isn’t as much of a thing for me as with some of you guys.

Damplifier and their thicker thus more effective pro stuff is a dense butyl rubber that absorbs resonance in the metal body panels. I haven’t looked for any of this stuff in about 10 years. Maybe there’s something newer or better but back then the Damplifier pro seemed to be the most effective. Better yet it still hasn’t lost adhesion or dried out like the cloth backed factory stuff does. You wanna make sure it is in the right place and panels will fit over it properly because it is no fun to remove.

So as I’m trying to put some as high up inside the D pillar as I can cram it an old memory came back. There was a long thread on some forum in the 90s where guys with outrageous stereos and loud exhaust systems were fighting the droning noise they has created. Some started using spray foam to fill unreachable hollow parts of the body. One guy got some especially potent expanding stuff and basically inflated the roof pillar on his Impala SS or whatever.

There’s not much room on the cabin side of the inner structure pictured here so I applied it on the backside where you can’t see it. Just underneath the vent window. I’m just tapping all around and if a place rings with a high pitch, it gets some deadened slapped on it. It doesn’t do a lot over the wheel wells but the difference on the outside body panels is huge.

The third row seatbelts got evicted. Maybe I can figure out how to mount a fire extinguisher or something on the top one. Gonna try this on the lower hole.

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While you're in there why not power those 3rd row windows‽
I think 100s are powered for 3rd row windows and folks have podged together a unit in GXs.

 

[Jerry Attric]

Oh man I would love that! Just don’t trust myself with the wiring. I keep killing meters. Plus even the old used parts got real expensive. Stupidly thought I could wait around for a good deal.

Also thought about making some smuggling compartments behind the panels but 14 MPG would probably eat all the profit. Still love the GX.