battery wont charge. could be the alternator. then water leaks and bloody turbo civic :)

Another night out 

been extremely busy and been travelling... so havent really use my car for 2 weeks... then last wednesday i bring it out to meet my friends' sleeper civic who just recently got turboed... well... not so sleeper coz he havent paint the cooler black... 

      

sorry for the bad picture. didnt bring camera, so i used my shitty camera phone... 


when the car gone mental :S 

anyway, the next night, i saw my battery light on... so i thought the battery maybe low... so i drove around hoping that it will get charged... 
but in fact, the light become dimmer and dimmer... until at one stage my car just stall... so i think that wont be the battery... 

when i try starting the car again it would start... but then after a while i will ran out of puff again... so i think its running straight from the battery o_O 
i dont think the alternator is working... 

i confirmed by turning the car on once more, and pull the negative terminal. the car shut off... i read it in bimmer forum somewhere... which mean the alternator is not charging... i could be wrong here... but i ended up pushing my car with my bro for about 2km... LOL... lucky we almost home... 


removing the alternator 

i decided to pull the alternator out today. also my excuse to buy 2 jack stands and mini trolley jack that small enough to be a die cast model... lol... see green/grey box...  
 

i started with removing the battery terminal and replacing the broken fuse... only found one broke fuse... 
 

and my humble servant, aka my little brother is being my cheap asian labour today... lol... thx bro 
 

first i had to loosen the belt tensioner. its the big 19mm bolt at the front... 
 

i can actually see the volt stabilizer, which is common fault on old E30. i will remove this after i remove the whole alternator just to be safe... i need to check them both anyway 
 

im surprised only 2 bolts holding the alternator. but this 2nd bolt is a bitch to reach.... also the AC compressor belt blocking it makes it harder to use ratchet... 
 

now the alternator is loose, but the pod filter and AFM is in the way... so im removing them both too... 
 

and 2 wire connector bolts behind the alternator 
 

now pulling the bitch out! >_< 
 

hmmm after careful inspections... i conclude that the alternator looks like... an alternator!?!  jk i have to get it checked coz i dont know how to check its conditions. 
 

spotting the voltage stabiliser. yes my eyes shoots red arrow... 
 

2 screw holding it in place being removed... 
 

hmmm the wear for both metal contact looks fine too me... i guess i have to get this and the alternator checked... 
 

inside the alternator, i checked the contact patch.... it seems the rear contact has showed some misalignment... see the lip has worn abit.... but this could be nothing... 
 

will continue this write up once i got the alternator back from the workshop. 
 


flooded  
after recent rainy days, i might've left my car outside abit too long. i found some... ok... ALOT of water deposit in the left corner of the boot. 
 

(T__T) oh my... i can wash my car with that much water... 
 

soak it all with cloth... 
 

put it in little nice pink bucket  what a manly decision... 
 

will have to drill a hole there for the water drain LOL... but when jakarta is flooded again, i think water will enter from there...  i might still drill and put rubber grommet to close it...

video of my first attempt... :)

its far from perfect... but its something... :) will do better next time...

the fun bits :) benefit of the constant rain...

the good thing was... i went out to play 'air soft gun' with my friends to area81... its kinda like paint ball but with BB gun... its very realistic and made out of metal... and it hurts even if you wear the vest... and on the way back... it started raining again... so i drove out from my complex and slide around the big round about near my house...

the bimmer is harder to slide compare to my dad's merc... first maybe coz its auto... i dunno what to do... second, the tyre psi was 32 all around, plus i think the viscous doesnt really work anymore coz i was one wheel spinner all the time... gave up after few round.

the next night, its raining again... so around 2am i went to this 'new area' :P where the road are wide and new.... i accidently met group of people who slide around too on the wet! which is very rare in indo... on the street too.... most of them are 35-45 with their old school datto, rolla, and some old bimmer... i dont have camera that night but i have their numbers and next time i'm meeting up with them again when its rainning.... and i will bring my cam...

Flood and massive explosion

jakarta has rained non stop and we got flood everywhere... its not that bad... at least it didn't went inside the house... but still hassle... :(

this is my friends area.... its flooded too...

reminded me of venice lol...

buy some snack along the way :P

then last night, i heard massive explosion... my front doors and windows were shaken up... and we all went outside.... i thought it was another bomb attack... it turn out to be the port where they have this mega petrol silo which hold enough petrol for the whole jakarta for 1 week has exploded... its a very big tank... i saw black smoke rising up and the sky turn amber... then soon the smoke got thicker and thicker... that port is just next to my residential area... maybe around 3-5km away... less if its a straight line... i hope there is no casualty...

then it started to rain nonstop again... which is good to help fight the fire from the explosion... but that means i have to move my car again... now i just came back from moving my cars to the local school again... *sigh* i hate rainy season... its flooded again!!! T__T

The Bitch Wardrobe... room cleaning almost finish...

the wardrobe finally here... assemble time!

i assembled it halfway in the common room just outside my bedroom... then moved it to my room. finish!! :)

 

next step is buying new bedsheets!!! lol... i am using that ultra gay pink bedsheet atm... here is the pics of the room after it being cleaned... still some wires here and there... i need more power point, but will figure that out later... 

notice that folded projector screen?

i found that and this old projector in my room... dad used to use that for presentations... will use that for watching movie in my room :P just need a decent speaker...