did he find it just like the picture shows? If so, I would that one should have been glaringly obvious to anyone opening the hood?
That is a bad situation
Honestly to some degree saw some of the difficulties and minor frustrations, but took my time to not damage anything. You would have to clamp down pretty hard with the bracket in a wrong position to bend them up and need new ones. Sorry to hear of your troubles.
Is this insert screw in or is it just loose inside the post? Looks like it might have been twisted and snapped? If its screw in it needs to reverse direction so maybe a Tap-out extractor?
Never mind... I saw later posts ... sounds like it just sits inside. I would try the super...
Looking forward to seeing more testing and results and hope they are everything you are shooting for - you've put a lot of effort into it.
Cheers and Happy New Year
@ FluiX - have you had a chance to install in any other cars?
It would be great to review a test plan ahead of time with initial temps from stock cover. Then repeat test with new cover and report back data.
Agree that some ambient and track temps would be good info as well as multiple...
Being similar to a thin sheet of glass isn't really going to do anything in regard to UV light protection ... it doesn't work that way - UV light will pass right through thick glass.
There are compounds that can be put into paints, clears, coatings, etc. such as UV absorbers that converts it...
The PH of dawn dishwashing detergent is in the neutral range of 7-8 and won't hurt a clear coat. It's also not abrasive and won't scratch your clear coat. You're likely to scratch things more through normal washing from rubbing in dirt and contaminants. I don't think that anyone is talking...
Hope things are ok and no longer term damage was done to any of the bearings with only 2.5q of oil left.
I can tell you don't need anyone dog piling on the rear view comments so I won't say that the last step in the process is always start it up and check for leaks! Oops ... sorry
If you want a camera in the front and a wired monitor in the cabin, you'll have to run the camera wire through the firewall and engine bay. The only other way would be something wireless.
The link to the auto zone fuse you sent is already included in the $10 kit I showed you (there are...