Rod C's Ohio RCR40

[Rod Chaffee]

I need a bit of a break from working on the body and am going to start prepping my dashboard. I cut the holes for the gauges. This is not for the faint of heart, as getting the holes positioned correctly is a necessity and (if you have ever used a hole saw) the hole saw can grip quickly which pretty much breaks your wrist and destroys whatever you are holesawing simultaneously. Luckily I made it through with minimal damage.

I have ordered a bunch of switches.

off-on-on for lights (off, park, on)​

on-on for low/high beam​

on-off-on for turn signals​

on-off-on for low pressure fuel pumps (right and left)​

off-on for high pressure fuel pump (wired so power only available if a low pressure pump is on)​

off-on-on for ignition (off, acces, run)​

off-on-on for wiper​

off-on DPST for engine bay cooling fans​

Horn button​

Start button​

I have also ordered indicator lights

2 green for turn signals​

2 red for oil pressure and water temperature​

1 blue for high beams​

I will likely only use one turn signal indicator. This will give me 4 indicator lights which I can space around the tach of center three gauges.

 

[Rod Chaffee]

In other news...
My daughter hit her 2nd deer in about 4 weeks, this time with her new-to-her car she had for about 2 weeks. This pretty much sucked all around. Luckily nobody (except the deer) got hurt and the damage was not too bad. Did you know you can buy a pre-painted bumper from Amazon for a Hyundai Elantra that is shipped folded up?!? It simply unfolds and bolts on. Saved me some painting.

I went to Alaska, looked at some mountains, saw a glacier & a totem pole and caught some Salmon

The battery in my NSX blew up. I have never has this happen before. I keep all of my batteries on tenders. NSXs are notorious for draining their battery in about 2 weeks due to the security system. This was a genuine Acura battery (don't ask), well over 10 years old. The car started and ran fine. My daughter took it out for an evening and called from a restaurant because the car was dead. We had a heck of a time getting it to jump start. Eventually it started and I brought her home. If you do not know, the battery on these NSXs is buried up behind the dash in the middle of the car. They say it has something about low center of gravity and weight distribution. I know they are difficult to get to. Once I got to the battery , the problem was clear. Optima redtop to the rescue.