Re: Missing updates -- now what?

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx>]

I would not worry about the throttle shield - it's really only 
important if you drive the car in sub-freezing weather. For a 
southern climate or summer-only car, consider it an appearance item.

All the parts are easily obtained from any DMC place, and are for the 
most part relatively easy do-it-yourself projects. The only one that 
even requires "power tools" is the ball-joint nut, just to drill the 
hole for the cotter pin. 

And I'd re-check that fan-fail update, lots of them, although done, 
were not done very well and the wires will pull out of the lugs. At 
least make sure that the crimps are secure, better yet there are good 
aftermarket solutions with actual fuses and relays to beef up that 
circuit.

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Scott McMullan" <mcmullan@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
>.. but discovered my car doesn't have some of the
> recommended updates including: throttle cable shield (already knew 
that
> one), front-end suspension, and ball-joint nut. At least the fan-
fail
> update was done!