Clarion owners guide / manual - DAC 3716 / Model PU-9037C

I purchased this manual recently. I have scanned it and it's now available in my download folder - both in Word and PDF format. The PDF file is somehow less sharp hence I included the Word file too.

Build up - the final stage.

I can't believe it, the ordered airco wiring harness is shipped back to the USA! I'm unsure why but I'm guessing the address or zipcode might have been wrong. Let's see how this will work out.

In any case today I finished the build up of the car. Starting with placing back the bonnett and struts:

Next the side bumpers and the bumper cover plate:

Putting back the front upper grille:

And the bumper and the lower grille:

And making a very short test drive. The weather was crap so I only drove 1 kilometer or so. All looks promising and the engine runs so smooth. Love it.

So I guess the next thing to arrange is the MOT and filling up the airco. Due to work and holiday leave this likely will be done by the end of this month.

Build up - more waterhoses, reservoir tank, wiring, dryer, cover bar, coolant and starting up

I can't believe it, I still haven't received the airco wiring harness (we are almost 4 weeks further). I got a message last week stating it now has passed the Dutch customs but it's still stuck in transit and not further shipped to my house, sigh!

Nevertheless I completed the build up further today. I had this specific AC pressure switch ordered as I want to be sure it's new and functioning ok (as I have no idea how to measure this item).

Mounted, only the wiring to be connected up:

I had also 3 screws orderd and now I was able to mount the new reservoir tank. I had also new caps included with the order. All looks nice and shiny now:

Refitted the fan so the wiring is now on top. And furthermore I mounted all the remaining waterhoses.

But I got 3 left which I was unable to identify, turend out these are waterhoses for the heaters, so maybe a job for another time.

Mounted the coverbar, the overflow piping and the dryer. The dryer barely fitted since it has slightly different sizing.

Mounting the condensor to the top coverbar did not work out 100% but it fits Ok except for one small screw.

All looks good and fine now.

And time to start! YES! it started in one go like it was yesterday. It ran very good, no noises or whastsoever. So time to fill it up with coolant:

Running again and unfortunately it started leaking:

NO! luckily it was at the banjo bolt. I had a new copper spacer used but likely I didn't  screw it tight enough.

On the 2nd run it ran leak free, phew! It's running very smooth, really pleased with it. It's still running a bit high on idle (1000 rpm) but am sure on a longer run and warmed up properly it will run a lower rpm..

So next time I can do the remaining pieces; the grill, bumpers and bonnet. And then do a real test drive.

Build up - temperature sensor, waterhoses, fanshroud, radiator and condensor

Yes! Finally the parts arrived earlier this week; the new reservoir tank, the reinforced hosekit and the temperature sensor. So additionally I bought 25 liter coolant. I looked it up and apparently the sytem has 21 liters of coolant:

I also had to buy seperately the new hose clamps:

I figured to buy a new sensor as well as it's a cheap item but also to avoid future replacement as that will cause a huge spill of the coolant.

It's also a very easy and rewarding task to replace:

Then onto the new hoses:

Then I found out it was impossible to mount the first waterpipe since the belt was preventing it. So I had to undo that and free up the tensioner again.

It was still a fiddling job but in the end all was placed accordingly. Looks so much nicer now with the repainted waterpipe and the new hoses and clamps:

Then placing the fan shroud. Again I'm very happy with the proper paint job of this item:

Next item, placing the radiator.

And consequently all the hoses:

One problem though. One hose clamp was not large enough. Exactly the one on the toughest location, the bottom hose at the engine location. So I need to source another one, sigh! 

And then placing the condensor. This required a little bending of the pipe to the hose but luckily this went fine.

So this looks quite nice now. But as Always another small problem popped up. The new reservoir tank could not be mounted due to missing screws (inch format - grrr!). I'm pretty sure they were still on the old one which went to the painter. And I suspect he had taken them off and likely they are gone now. So I now need to source them. Hopefully SNG Barrat has these as I think I will order 2 new caps for the radiator system.

Next I need to order one large hose clamp and more annoying, I'm still awaiting the airco harness which I ordered on the 5th of Feb. When checking I find out this item already arrived on the 9th in the Netherlands and has since been stuck in transit! (www.usps.com - LZ491983245US). Sigh! And I also need to refit the fan in order to get the wiring correctly on the top side (sigh!).

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cooling housing frame preperation

Well, I'm still awaiting my backorder for the waterhose kit. But I have also managed to order a used airco wiring harness from the USA which is now on it's way.

The only items I received last week are the rubber grommets which were available at SNG Barratt. So that means I could prepare the cooling housing frame.

First I had the rubber air vents cleaned and mounted using pop rivets:

And then the grommets:

Nasty job since they are new and stiff but with some force and a screw driver I got them in:

And then mounting the fan, again some force was needed to push down the stiff rubber else the screw did not fit.

And presto:

So next time it's going to be a quick install. Pleased on how tidy this item has become. That's certainly going to make a difference.

stalling build up ...

Today I picked up the sanded and painted parts. A bit pricy but it's now done nicely. 

The reservoir tank apparantly had some small holes. I'm not going to repair it and buy a new one instead. So that was money wasted on sanding/primer. Thinking about it; likely it explains why underneath there was a layer of surface rust on the chassis:

For the sanding and spraying the rubbers of the fan were removed. I only realized that when I was back in the garage and wanted to mount the fan:

So I got in contact with him to see if he still had them. He claimed they were dried out and would check on monday if he still had them. Else I need to find new ones … sigh.

Besides that I could not continue in any case. Earlier this week I checked with SNG Barrat regarding the reinforced hose kit that was suppose to arrive mid January. Turns out they will not arrive untill mid March. Sigh!  So I cancelled the order and searched for alternatives. On Ebay I found them but these were located in Hongkong and about the same price. But also with potential very long lead times. Then I found one kit in the USA. But when checking they charged 75 US dollar shipping costs. No way. Eventually I found one in the UK and despite being on stock it turned out the next day this was not the case. They would however arrive within 10 days. Sigh! Let's see.

And one more thing I need to look into is this aircopump sensor connector. Which is brittle and partly disintegrated

So I need to search for that as well. In fact when fiddling around the other end of the cable snapped at the other connector. Hopefully something is available.