19/04/2014

Maintenance - Automatic Transmission Fluid




Steady does it

After 2 1/2 years of wifey's daily but close by use, I am handed down the Peugeot 407 so took the liberty to flush out the original gearbox oil then at 20,000km. I am recommended a Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) approved by Peugeot and Citroen. I could not find the Dextron III specification but instead, an ESSO specification. 4 litres were bought at RM80/2litre and the car gulped it all without any complaint because I read the tank is 4.3 litres. One definitely needs the right tool for the job as this involves hard to reach places so best to leave it to a mechanic. Labour charge was RM20. Upon the advice of my BMW mechanic, I cancelled my earlier intention to buy a gearbox oil additive because he said the gearbox requires a certain amount of friction to properly grip the conveyor belt and gear slippage could occur if the modified viscosity became too smooth.

06/04/2014

Testing the mp3 player


Took this photo earlier before I realize my thumbdrive did not have mp3 files . Mmm. Will test it later

Photography 01 - At home with an urban lion









Camera: Canon S100

Testing the trip interface system


This too I have not tested but took the opportunity to snap this photo since it be best to take snapshots off the monitor in the night. I plan to test it out later

05/04/2014

Testing the image viewer


Installing the images into the system is the same as in installing video clips into the system. It works and the image quality is as good as the quality of the image uploaded. What you see are huge tiger prawns taken when I was in Kota Kinabalu that cost RM110 per kilogram.