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  1. Eng Refresh 11

    by , 27-02-2014 at 01:38 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Spent extra hours cleaning the engine due to red sealant all over the place
    and black blowby mist.






    Considering the weather forecast, applied extra fresh oil mist everywhere including
    behind the
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  2. Eng Refresh 10

    by , 27-02-2014 at 01:30 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Removed TH body as reported earlier, I felt some hesitation.




    This is back side of the TH body.

    Although the TH butterfly edge was not too bad, the body and idle air port
    were covered in thick sticky black gunk.
    Will give it a good wash.

    The idle adjust screw was covered in thick locking
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  3. A/C CCU Board service 04

    by , 27-02-2014 at 11:44 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    The CCU board is already on its way to the owner and will be delivered
    by 1pm today so doing another catch up updating the blog.......




    Using my NSX to go through several different test scenarios including
    the Function & Operation check and Self diagnosis test.



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  4. A/C CCU Board service 03

    by , 24-02-2014 at 12:09 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    As I’m behind the schedule for the Eng Refresh, decided to work over the
    weekend to finish the service on this board as much as possible.

    In the past, I repaired the CCU board that required 25 extra services but
    almost all of the damages were caused by someone without proper
    soldering or electronics training so I don’t refer it as natural failure.

    The worst CCU board that I serviced in the past with natural failure required
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  5. A/C CCU Board service 02

    by , 23-02-2014 at 03:10 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Lots and lots of cleaning carried out.

    DM11 and C25 were removed for inspection.
    Fortunately, they were still fine.




    DM11 checked, cleaned and back in place.
    Required soldering bridge and jumper
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