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Just a quick post on my experience with fitting this product, together with my valved boxes. Sorry no photos.
You do literally get everything you need in the kit:
Remote box
2x Remotes
Solenoid valve
Cable ties
Connectors
Rocker switch
Vacuum hose
cable
t-pieces
Some more hose and cable ties would have been nice, and some of the connectors are just about 'OK', but I'm being picky.
Instructions were pretty clear, although I couldn't read the picture of the add a circuit fuse tap.
So install:
We started at the back.
One piece of hose from the NS valve along the ARB to a t-piece on the OS where it joins the hose from the OS valve. Then through the heatshield, along the brake lines and up in front of the OS exhaust manifold and secured to the dipstick tube currently.
Definitely easier with a ramp! Josh helped with this while he was fitting the exhaust.
For the rest:
Remove the front and back right engine covers.
Loosen the coolant header tank with with a 10mm spanner on the bolt in the middle. Move to one side.
Remove the coolant header mounting plate with two 10mm nuts
Wiggle the cool air hose out of the way and you can just about see the vacuum bottle.
I cut a few inches of hose and attached a t-piece then disconnected the OS vacuum bottle connector. Connect your new piece of hose to the bottle. Connect the original hose to your t-piece and (the way I did it) just connect your hose from the valves to the t-piece.
I then fed the hose up to where I wanted to mount the solenoid valve. I used one of the chassis struts OS where it will sit comfortably underneath. For testing I simply put the hose in place, cut it with snip and connected the two cut ends to the valve.
On to the electrics:
I need to tidy this up, but there is one of these in the kit:
http://www.halfords.com/technology/car-audio/stereo-fitting-accessories/autoleads-blade-add-a-fuse
Great idea. I used fuse 66 which is the side markers. Figured if something goes wrong, I'm not going to lose much. Problem is it sits a bit too high to let the fuse box cover sit back so I need to re-consider this.
There's plenty of space in the box to install the electronics, which is nice. Connect the control box to your 12v from the add a circuit connector (I did mention to disconnect the battery, didn't I?) Connect the two ground wires together and feed them, plus the solenoid output out of the fuse box.
I connected the two grounds, plus a flying lead for the solenoid into an eye terminal and used the relay block mounting nut as a convenient earth point.
Extend the solenoid output lead and the ground (could have used a point nearer the valve of course. I ran them along the existing wiring loom with cable ties, to the valve location. Connect to the valve connector.
Reconnect battery
Reset car
Ignition on
Test (you can measure for 12v across the solenoid connections, but you can hear the relay going anyway)
Tidy everything up. Replace covers. Enjoy.
All in all an excellent kit. Very good quality, does everything you want and needs no extras. Way easier then making one up yourself, and in that light, very good value.
I can thoroughly recommend this!
C
You do literally get everything you need in the kit:
Remote box
2x Remotes
Solenoid valve
Cable ties
Connectors
Rocker switch
Vacuum hose
cable
t-pieces
Some more hose and cable ties would have been nice, and some of the connectors are just about 'OK', but I'm being picky.
Instructions were pretty clear, although I couldn't read the picture of the add a circuit fuse tap.
So install:
We started at the back.
One piece of hose from the NS valve along the ARB to a t-piece on the OS where it joins the hose from the OS valve. Then through the heatshield, along the brake lines and up in front of the OS exhaust manifold and secured to the dipstick tube currently.
Definitely easier with a ramp! Josh helped with this while he was fitting the exhaust.
For the rest:
Remove the front and back right engine covers.
Loosen the coolant header tank with with a 10mm spanner on the bolt in the middle. Move to one side.
Remove the coolant header mounting plate with two 10mm nuts
Wiggle the cool air hose out of the way and you can just about see the vacuum bottle.
I cut a few inches of hose and attached a t-piece then disconnected the OS vacuum bottle connector. Connect your new piece of hose to the bottle. Connect the original hose to your t-piece and (the way I did it) just connect your hose from the valves to the t-piece.
I then fed the hose up to where I wanted to mount the solenoid valve. I used one of the chassis struts OS where it will sit comfortably underneath. For testing I simply put the hose in place, cut it with snip and connected the two cut ends to the valve.
On to the electrics:
I need to tidy this up, but there is one of these in the kit:
http://www.halfords.com/technology/car-audio/stereo-fitting-accessories/autoleads-blade-add-a-fuse
Great idea. I used fuse 66 which is the side markers. Figured if something goes wrong, I'm not going to lose much. Problem is it sits a bit too high to let the fuse box cover sit back so I need to re-consider this.
There's plenty of space in the box to install the electronics, which is nice. Connect the control box to your 12v from the add a circuit connector (I did mention to disconnect the battery, didn't I?) Connect the two ground wires together and feed them, plus the solenoid output out of the fuse box.
I connected the two grounds, plus a flying lead for the solenoid into an eye terminal and used the relay block mounting nut as a convenient earth point.
Extend the solenoid output lead and the ground (could have used a point nearer the valve of course. I ran them along the existing wiring loom with cable ties, to the valve location. Connect to the valve connector.
Reconnect battery
Reset car
Ignition on
Test (you can measure for 12v across the solenoid connections, but you can hear the relay going anyway)
Tidy everything up. Replace covers. Enjoy.
All in all an excellent kit. Very good quality, does everything you want and needs no extras. Way easier then making one up yourself, and in that light, very good value.
I can thoroughly recommend this!
C
