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It has been a week for me of having to do a lot of little things, nothing difficult, just time consuming.
I finally got an hour to do some fun stuff, work on my Freewheeler.
I cleaned/re-organized the trunk. I have a small LED flashlight in my tool bag. I have a magnetic LED light I stick on the trunk bolts if needed & I have an LED headlamp, which is great if your working on something, i.e. light where you look.
Yes, I am a flashlight junkie. They are all working .I have added to my HD Cruze tool kit, some electrical tape, bailing wire & electrical cable ties. I took the battery out of my spare key FOB, added the extra gas cap key & 2 spare batteries, bagged it up and taped/hid it in a super secret secure location.
I also checked my shock air pressure, which never changes.
Then the fun stuff. I installed the Custom Dynamics Brake Light Strobe Module. & what a piece of cake that is.
I set the switches & strobe pattern to what I wanted, They have changed/upgraded the design of these units & the 2 switches/pattern selector dial are now under a rubber membrane. It makes it a little hard to see which of the 10 strobe/flash patterns your selecting, but in sunlight you can see the arrow.
1. Remove the seat & left side cover.
2. I pulled the main fuse.
3. You rear lighting plug is light gray, back by the frame under the passenger seat. The plug on the strobe module is the same color. It's simple & sailor proof, you can't screw it up. I used a nylon cable tie to hold it to the frame, positioning it where I could get to the adjustment dial, if desired.
4. Tested it/played a while & it's awesome.
I picked pattern #3, which, when brakes are applied, flashes 7 times, goes solid for 3 seconds & repeats.
Using the turn signal interrupts the pattern & things operate as normal. I like it & now when I add an LED light to the trunk, it will tie right into that system. I was leaning toward the light that mounts to the luggage rack, but am back to a nice long LED where the reflector is under the trunk latch.
I have to get the torque wrench out and check a few things, like rear lug nuts & motor mounts, but I am pretty much ready to go. I will check tire pressure the night before & add my monthly fuel cleaner additive to the tank.
I have been extremely lucky with my 17 FW, the only thing that's come loose in over 2 years is 1 screw on the trunk latch, but I pulled them 1 at a time, cleaned & applied blue Loctite, tightened them up & no issues since.
I forgot to mention, if you want to see the CD brake light modulator in action, just use your Google machine, there are dozens of videos on its installation & operation.
UPDATE:
I checked torque on the lug nuts & a few other items and found no problems.
Originally Posted by 2ndheart
I'm gonna try a bottle of S100 Cleaner I have had for awhile.
