Good morning one and all,
Just finnished putting Towing frame onto the New toad namely TOYOTA YARIS VERSO. Not quite as straight forward as I first thought.
Plan was to remove radiator and associated gubbins and bolt a 5mm plate across the crossmember. Drained radiator,dissconnected hoses and electrics to fan and a funny looking aluminium pipe out the top end of the rad was temporairly disconnected for approx 5 secs, where by I got covered in a high pressure liquid which I later discover is
Air-conditionning fluid/gas.
Oopsoh:
Never had this on a vehicle before so decided to go to Plan B, namely connect everything up again and refill radiator etc.
Bolted plate to underside of cross-member with supporting sections verticaly up the channels, also a strap to behind the engine to the chassis sub-frame, Motor-Bike brake cable from Foot pedal to bracket on towing Pull Bar ( 25mm sloid steel bar with two collars welded on either end 50mm in; ALL welded to a 5mm piece of angel iron which is bolted to the underneath Plate).So already to go, :thumbr am I.
Question is do I need to do anything about my lapse of knowledge regarding the Air-conditioning fluid loss or can I drive off and put it down to experience.
Regards
Brian
Just finnished putting Towing frame onto the New toad namely TOYOTA YARIS VERSO. Not quite as straight forward as I first thought.
Plan was to remove radiator and associated gubbins and bolt a 5mm plate across the crossmember. Drained radiator,dissconnected hoses and electrics to fan and a funny looking aluminium pipe out the top end of the rad was temporairly disconnected for approx 5 secs, where by I got covered in a high pressure liquid which I later discover is
Air-conditionning fluid/gas.
Oopsoh:
Never had this on a vehicle before so decided to go to Plan B, namely connect everything up again and refill radiator etc.
Bolted plate to underside of cross-member with supporting sections verticaly up the channels, also a strap to behind the engine to the chassis sub-frame, Motor-Bike brake cable from Foot pedal to bracket on towing Pull Bar ( 25mm sloid steel bar with two collars welded on either end 50mm in; ALL welded to a 5mm piece of angel iron which is bolted to the underneath Plate).So already to go, :thumbr am I.
Question is do I need to do anything about my lapse of knowledge regarding the Air-conditioning fluid loss or can I drive off and put it down to experience.
Regards
Brian