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By WhiskeyTango

7 years ago


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#31 7 years ago

Enjoy working on this one!

Some things I learned that may help you save time:

• Don't loose the damn nylon washer/bushing that goes on the end pin of the visor motor's armature - Eventually you'll probably take this apart to clean it. When you do, make sure you don't forget to put it back on the end & inside the bank or else you'll wonder why your visor is broken and wanna blame something else (like the motor itself).

• Be careful working around the visor target bank under the PF. The target wires are prone to breaking off easily. Just looking at them funny will do it. You might wanna reflow solder on them just for insurance.

• Settle with close enough with the visor set screws. You simply can't get it 100% level when closed, and it isn't even always consistent with the close position anyway. Occasionally the ball will get stuck in the gaps too.

• Test the damn bulbs under the vortex ramp BEFORE putting the ramp back in place.

• The Flash Bulbs inside the visor ARE NOT #89's. You need to replace them with #1251s. All 4 of them inside the visor area. You can get away with #89's everywhere else though (since all the others are never locked on). I think the manual calls for 1251's in other area though. They'll be brighter, so personal preference there.

• You can install LED flashers in the topper and never have to open it again, but you'll need to clip the cement resistors out of the PCB inside the top of the backbox to do it. You can just clip one side of these in case you change your mind later.

• You may want to put a very small amount of oil/grease/lube on some of the metal on metal hinges to keep them moving better, like on the visor and ramp. That helped mine with consistency a good deal. Sometimes my ramp would stay up, or the visor would suddenly pop up near the end of the bank coming up.

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