USed Neova (AD07) To let go reasonable e

I have 4 units of AD07 (195/55/R15) to let go. 2 units have 1~2mm before hit wear warning sign. Another 2 units have 2~3mm before hit wear warning sign. See picture below for straight and side view of each unit. Just SMS (012 5509424) or E-mail (wongchinchiew@gmail.com) for your best offer, it will be sold to the highest bidder.

Picture of tyre:

Unit A:



















Unit B:



















Unit C:



















Unit D:

Project SR4 Update.

It has been a while since there is an update on my ride. Since i have got the car 2 years ago, it has a very annoying "Tick" "Tick" "Tick " sound when the engine reved over certain RPM. Since then I have been doing some online research and found out that the most Possible Culprit is the LMA. The Old design of Honda LMA have a tendency to have a problem with insufficient spring tension to push the VTEC Roker arm resulting in some interference of knocking in the engine.

Finally I took up the courage to go ahead and have it changed as i am very positive that the sound is caused by the LMA. So I bought 8 units of LMA (New Design is acutally a Large Spring).















LMA in pakage and kept submerged in Engine Oil before use.















Last weekend is the limit of my car mileage to change the Timing Belt, Engine Oil and Transmission Oil. So I took the opportunity to have the LMA repalced to solve the problem.















One Unit of OLD LMA removed and the next picture show that the new LMA already assembled into the Engine.














OLD LMA on news paper.















Since the CAM cover have been removed, I decided to Paint it to ensure it is in good condition. The old paint is stripped.

Before:














After: Stripped and Re-Painted.

Buddha Jump Over the Wall

It has been 3 months since the last update. I was rather occupied with workload and family matter that i seldom go online to update this Blog.

May thing have happen during this period of time but i can only share some of it (worth sharing).
One of it is "Buddha Jump Over The Wall". This is a traditional Chinese Meal which is served to the Emperor of China. It rumored to be so good that Buddha (Monks) will jump over the wall to get it. My team mates manage to gather 13 people to enjoy this dish (Minimum is to have 10 ppl because the size of this dish is BIG and filling. This is a full set meal until desert but i wll only share some of the key dishes here.

The Main dish is a Pot of sea treasures cooked with Ginseng. It has 3 layer of different variety of sea food such as Shark Fin and Sea cucumber. It was also served with Abalone dish. This meal is good and given a chance, I will definitely go for 2nd round (But we need to gather 10 people again).

Hood (Bonnet) Latch

Recently my friends Podz and Metropro told me they are getting the D1 Spec Hood pin latch. I was wondering after all these years why suddenly they do it? Tehn finally they let the cat out. Their friend have a mishap recently due to the hood (bonnet) pops open when driving on the highway, it was mentioned that the problem is quite serious. Hood, windscreen, roof all damaged and need to replace, but that is all money issues. He is lucky that the car did not involved in serious accident as the whole view is blocked by the hood when it flipped.
I have never experienced this but we can imagine how scary it is to be going on highway speed and suddenly you can not see anything in front of you. This is the reason for them to install the pins/latch.
I was wondering how this can happened so suddenly. So i did a little research, the conclusion is quite simple it would most probably due to the OEM latch and secondary latch failed. Most of the time is the owner of vehicle was negligent in taking care to lubricate and check the latch until it is too late. Dry latch and spring will prevent the hood and latch from locking properly as it will be stuck (not engaged fully) and disaster waiting to happen.
I don't like the hood/bonnet pins as i prefer my car to look as much original as possible can. So instead of getting the hood pins, i will be looking for alternative to improve the locking system maybe with DIY modification that is not that visible. :P




Article from: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5154728_hood-latch-work.html

Maintenance to the Hood Latch Components

1. After many uses and normal wear and tear, the hood latch mechanism has common areas of deterioration. The pull handle, often made of plastic can simply break. The cable can seize up inside the lining (usually on the end attached to the secondary latch where it's exposed to the elements). The secondary and safety latches can dry up being exposed to the elements and not release properly or may not return to the closing position require to close the hood properly. Although a hood release latch may allow you to open a car hood, if it is not functioning properly, it may prevent you from closing it. White lithium grease and regular maintenance are the two best friends a hood latch system has. A small amount of grease on each end of the cable (the interior side of the cable is protected against the elements of weather and deterioration so usually require little maintenance) to lubricate it and prevent it from seizing up inside the lining usually keeps the cable working well. If you wait until the cable is sticking or is seized altogether, you most likely will be too late for the maintenance of the cable and replacement may be required. White grease on the secondary and safety latches is also strongly recommended to keep the latches swinging on the riveted hinges.
   
   Both the secondary and safety latches also integrate a tension spring. Keeping the springs lubricated helps them restore their tension. Keeping these components lubricated during every oil change will help provide longevity and reliability to the hood latch system.

Looking for a Book

I am currently Looking for this Book:

Tittle: "How to Rebuild Honda B-Series Engines"
Author: Jason Siu

Publisher: Cartech, Inc.
ISBN: 1932494782 (1-932-49478-2)
ISBN-13: 9781932494785 (978-1-932-49478-5)
Format: Softcover, 144 pages. Colour photographs.
Date Published: 2008

Order Code: CT-SA154

20 Liter Rule Bender! (What a joke!)

Credit card way to bend 20-litre fuel cap rule

(Taken form TheStarOnline)

SOME Singaporeans have quickly found ways to circumvent the ruling allowing foreigners to buy only 20 litres of petrol within 50km of the border.

Sin Chew Daily reported that they would use credit cards issued by Malaysian banks to fill up.

Another way was to pay cash for the first 20 litres and use their credit card for the rest.

A third method was to fill up 20 litres from one petrol station and proceed to another for another 20 litres, reported the daily.

Some Singaporeans would fill up at a petrol station and return 15 minutes later to pump petrol again.

A petrol station employee in Tebrau said there was no way to check if the Singaporeans had already gone to a petrol station to fill up before they go to another petrol station.

Ha ha ha ha ha! This is not un-expected. The Petrol Station Owners will sell Petrol to Singaporean no matter what. This is Business so it has nothing to do with Citizenship.

If the Malaysian Gov really want to Curb the out flow of petrol to Singapore, it is actualy not hard. No you don't need to remove the subsidy (unless this is the excuse the Gov is looking for)! What Malaysian Gov and its whole Band of smart Gov people need to figureout is actually:

"HOW TO MAKE SURE SINGAPORE CARS HAVE FULL TANK OF PETROL WHEN THEY CROSSOVER TO MALAYSIA BORDER!"

Is that so hard? IF they have full tank when coming in then they will not be buying it to be used in Singapore! The GOV have a couple hundreds thousands of Degree Holders working for them, why not use these Brains or is "these" Brains Useless?

Ha Ha Ha Ha! (Of course the GOV could be using this as a scape goat to increase the Fuel price again, it that right?)

Perak to have Its Own "International" University.

Published: Sunday December 13, 2009 MYT 12:42:00 PM

(Taken from TheStarOnline, all the credits to them)

Perak to build international medical university

LONDON: An international medical university will be built in Perak next year in collaboration with several leading universities, mainly from India, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said here Saturday.

He said the project, which would involve an investment of RM7bil to RM8bil, has been planned for the past two years through private initiatives and the state government would have equity in it.

Well it seems that BN really putting thier foot on the upgrade works in Perak to win the people again. We can see the roads getting widen, parking lot added(Free), New Stronger and safer Bridges, and now a University near Gua Tempurung. My guess it that real estate property in Ipoh will go up soon (in 2 years time). No more stupid "EXPENSIVE" antique lamp post upgrade here anymore (done by previous BN). Guess they learned the leasson well and if this plan is executed properly, they may on track. Let's see if they can keep thier own words and do it.Thier plan might worked as more and more people inPerak is feeling it (wonder what is PR strategy?).