BHPian heavyfoot recently shared this with other enthusiasts: Had to make a short trip to my mech to fit a few parts I had stored in my house taking up space(made my mom mad everytime she saw my corner of the house, messy with unused parts. Is this a universal phenomenon?). The first on the list was the brake booster. I intended to reuse the long quarter piece behind the booster to connect to the pedal but found out with the new double booster the rod fell short by an inch and the thread was finer on the new rod compared to the old one, so had to go to my dad’s friends lathe to make a new one Note the difference in the thread type, the newer one uses a finer thread with more frequent turns whereas the older one has a dumber larger thread New quarter piece with the added length. Was made with 16mm square tubing drilled with the new rods thread and the old rods length + 1 inch. This turned out to be a perfect fit Fitted the double booster with the scorpio vacuum box and required vacuum lines. Was a very simple and straightforward got with absolutely no modification required (except for the one hole we drilled to fit the expansion tank) Wanted to fit and oil gauge in my dash but didn’t want the possibility of leaking hot oil into the dash so searched for an electric oil gauge and found a very cool TAFE unit The connector was a 4 pin connector with following connectionsOne for the gauge illumination (top wire)One for 12v +ve line(B wire)One for ground (bottom wireAnd one for the signal from the oil pressure sensor that would be In the block (T wire)Will add more pictures after making a new dash or cutting up the existing one to accomodate more gauges All was well and good but the braking still wasn’t satisfactory as the pedal feel was still flimsy, attributed this to a weak vacuum pump as all other components were good and brakes were bled properly I feel the need to pump the brakes a couple times for better stopping power even with the new booster and sometimes the pedal goes rock hard unexpectedly with no braking performance resulting in me having to practically stand up on the brake pedal with my heart beating up my throat. you never know when it may be unresponsive and feels like Russian roulette with these brakes. So will be saving up for a new alternator+vacuum pump combo as I’m planning on switching from the mico bosch unit to lucas tvs unit because apparently it has better vacuum suction that will result in better braking performance. Thought all was done and completed, picked vehicle up from my mechanic and came back home, dad took the jeep out for his morning coffee run, raced a new gen thar signal to signal beat it in traffic, came back home all was great. I started the jeep out and went on a small excursion with my friend and on the way back home I tried to start my Jeep and all I heard was a loud “chakk” and I knew what that meant. Pushed her to a start and drive to my mechanic who laughed at me for coming back so soon. Opened up the starter motor and found out the coil was busted and the armature was chipped in places and had worn out in a ring shape. Fixing the existing starter motor would cost 3000 while a new one was bound to cost 9225. Went for a new one as its a personal use vehicle and didn’t want to be stranded anywhere. Went to jaiswal auto corporation in G.P road who gave me a 20% discount along with a gst bill which turned out to be 7400rs for a new bosch starter motor of the same part number I found off boodmo That’s the summary of the past couple days Meanwhile, on a side note my friend made his own sexy looking DIY projector setup for his duster using projectors from other cars and here are the results He is also a very good childhood friend of mine who has his own garage and built my sleeper honda unicorn (seperate thread on it later After the build is completed) Expecting any replies and questions y’all have in mind Thank you Read BHPian comments for more insights and information.
