My First Car: Maruti 800 AC 93 Model

[Varun560061]

Wow nice DIY ! You could have illuminated the blower controls too.

Do post a pic taken at the night so that we can see the illumination. Is the led white or blue ?

I can find 6 warning lamps, does is have the warning for door open and radiator fan ?

 

[Shantanu.lko]

Wow nice DIY ! You could have illuminated the blower controls too.

Do post a pic taken at the night so that we can see the illumination. Is the led white or blue ?

I can find 6 warning lamps, does is have the warning for door open and radiator fan ?

Thanks,
I will illuminate the the blower controls soon. The LED's are white. There are 6 warning lights. The new 3 are for Door, Radiator fan and parking brake. I'll click few pics tonight.

 

[Varun560061]

Thanks,
I will illuminate the the blower controls soon. The LED's are white. There are 6 warning lights. The new 3 are for Door, Radiator fan and parking brake. I'll click few pics tonight.

Cool.. In the pic's I can see that you broke the hazard lamp switch ?

So how have you wired these ? And what about those warning lamp shades (fan, doors etc) did you do it ..

 

[Shantanu.lko]

Few pics of the illuminated dashboard.









@ Varun, yes the hazard switch was broken earlier when I removed the meter glass for installing the LEDs. Soon I'll do some jugaad for it.


The LEDs for Oil,Battery and Brake Lamp are soldered to the back plate of the meter console.
A single LED is connected to the central lock circuit for the door warning light.
For the radiator fan warning light, the LED strip -ve is connected to body earth and +ve to the radiator fan +ve.
The Hand brake parking LED +ve is connected to ACC point and -ve of LED strip is connected to the hand brake switch.


For the warning lamp shades, I have removed the original back face plate and made a faceplate using white paper and red pen. The lights are properly visible in day and night time.

 

[sethumurugan]

@shantanu, Fantastic DIY. You really understand every part of your car man. Good.


One clarification buddy. Wont that LEDs will be too bright which might irritate your eyes when driving. Very frankly when am seeing in the pics itself it looks very bright for me.

 

[Robin79in]

Hi Shantanu

what type of glue you apply for fixing wood paper. is that heat resistant or not. if not in that case it may release griping with plastic in hot days.

 

[Shantanu.lko]

@ Sethu Sir,
Thanks for liking the DIY. The LED's are not at all irritating the eyes while driving. Only the fuel/temp and speedo lights are lit up. Not the warning lights. The pic was taken from straight level and our eyes are above, so no glare

@ Robin,
I am using Hexon 800 rubber solution. Its heat resistant and is used to stick roof cloth on M 800 type 1 and also for furniture etc.

 

[bhimireddys]

hii is there any rating or model for fog lamps for m 800. What are your fog lamp specifications

 

[Shantanu.lko]

hii is there any rating or model for fog lamps for m 800. What are your fog lamp specifications

Hi,
There is no specific model no. for maruti 800 fog lamps. You can install any design fog lamp in your car. Just take care that the bulbs used are 55W only. If you use 100w bulbs the battery will drain very fast.

 

[Shantanu.lko]

Today, I went to my friend's garage for some work. An OMNI owner was there to get the brakes serviced and I was sent to the market to bring brake oil etc. So I decided to service my brakes also. There are no pics, as my hands were too dirty to use the mobile phone. I removed the rear wheel and hub and cleaned the brake shoes and drum. The front disc & pads were also cleaned and the caliper was thoroughly cleaned using thinner. There was lots of muddy substance in the front caliper pistons and the packing was not in a good condition. The rear brake-bleeding nipples were jammed so I replaced them. And the biggest surprise . . . . There was water in the brake lines and the brake fluid was dark black in colour. I flushed the brake lines twice and bleeded the brakes using 500ml KBX dot 3 brake fluid. The result is great and braking power has increased more than twice. Total Expense Rs 380 {Rs 150 for brake oil Rs 200 for packing kit and Rs 30 for bleeding nipple}

 

[bhimireddys]

Hi,
There is no specific model no. for maruti 800 fog lamps. You can install any design fog lamp in your car. Just take care that the bulbs used are 55W only. If you use 100w bulbs the battery will drain very fast.

Got it thanks mr shantanu and one where to fit the fog lamps is it easy. Is there any drilling needed

 

[bhimireddys]

Today, I went to my friend's garage for some work. An OMNI owner was there to get the brakes serviced and I was sent to the market to bring brake oil etc. So I decided to service my brakes also. There are no pics, as my hands were too dirty to use the mobile phone. I removed the rear wheel and hub and cleaned the brake shoes and drum. The front disc & pads were also cleaned and the caliper was thoroughly cleaned using thinner. There was lots of muddy substance in the front caliper pistons and the packing was not in a good condition. The rear brake-bleeding nipples were jammed so I replaced them. And the biggest surprise . . . . There was water in the brake lines and the brake fluid was dark black in colour. I flushed the brake lines twice and bleeded the brakes using 500ml KBX dot 3 brake fluid. The result is great and braking power has increased more than twice. Total Expense Rs 380 {Rs 150 for brake oil Rs 200 for packing kit and Rs 30 for bleeding nipple}

ohh your are also a DIY expert like varun

 

[Shantanu.lko]

Got it thanks mr shantanu and one where to fit the fog lamps is it easy. Is there any drilling needed

Yes, Its an easy DIY job to fit fog lamps. Drilling is needed to fit the fog lamps.

 

[Shantanu.lko]

SUNDAY DIY

Today I was getting bored at home so decided to inspect the high tension coils, clean the air filter and re-paint the air filter housing.

The tip of HT cables before cleaning


Cleaned the tips by rubbing slowly with sand paper


One of the spark plug cap is broken


But there is no misfiring etc

The second plug cap is not in good condition and is taped



The third one is in perfect shape



There is a little cut in the wire but no copper conductor is seen.



Also cleaned the air filter




Re-painted the air filter housing

 

[jarpickle]

It would be a good thing to change the cables.