See the Rose Parade on TV to see our weather. You have to be willing to live under constant tax increases in order to enjoy our weather. The party in power is so intrenched that wont change in my lifetime.
Jeffery thanks for your complete reply to my question on posting. I am not good with computers but will try later after I wash my car.
They caught the Hollywood arsonist. Police say no doubt the right guy. He used small BBQ starter cubes, completely randomly drop these cubes in cars. The fire may not get going for several minutes so he was long gone. 55 fires and may have tried many more that never got going. He is a German imigrant mad because his mother who was here illegally was up for deportation. A federal immigration agent recognised his picture from survalence vidios and the police had his description and description of his van.
Gee, was that supposed to make them consider his mother’s case differently? They should deport his ass while they’re at it! Kinda like stomping on the judges toes with golf shoes before asking him to waive your traffic fine.
Another exciting day collecting photons. Another holiday for the university, so normal people get the day off, which also means all the issues which have cropped up over the last week get pushed off for another day. Sigh…
Don - Electronic Idle module? Now keep in mind I’ve had training in electronic engine controls, but sometimes I wonder whether we are “overtaking the plumbing” as Mr. Scott would say. Sure things have gone way beyond the adjustment of a single screw, but do we really need a whole module to control the idle? What happened to throttle position sensors? Alas…, but sounds like you learned some geology there Don. Send Chris out to AZ and I can give him the geologist’s perspective of the Grand Canyon State. Geologist by training, constructionman in the Navy, mechanic by experience, and some how ended up in astronomy…
Been tinkering w/ a Hallicrafters S-38C radio circa 1953. This is an entry level ham radio receiver. Half the battle is remembering where I was when I ran out of parts 6 months ago. Mostly involves the replacement of the old paper capacitors, but since I like to use my radios I make a few updates, such as polarized power cord, in line fuse, etc. This can add to the fun of interpreting an old schematic.
6th day on the hill. One more and home. How does that old trucker song go? “Six days on the hill and I’m gonna make it home…er…Wednesday night”
I wouldn’t put it past some auto parts manufacturer to make something to control a tiny function like that. Back in the 80’s I had a '83 Ford Escort with an electronic carburetor. It had two cylindrical modules on it about an inch long. One controlled the idle setting, the other (so I was told) controlled the fuel mix setting. Other than that the carburetor was a garden variety Carter carburetor. Those modules gave me no end of trouble and I just stuck a non-electronic Carter carburetor on it. The car ran a LOT better after that. The only carburetor that gave me more headaches was an electronic Holley carburetor on an '87 Dodge Omni I bought in 1990.
Ah…the feeback carburators of the '80s. Had a good friend w/ a Ford Ranger w/ the same darn one. Part of Ford’s EEC-IV electronic engine control system as I recall. Like you, we resorted to putting on a non-electronic controlled carb. Very few people could rebuild those feedback carbs. I saw so many coming back at the auto parts store it’s a wonder we didn’t stop selling them. The best I heard of was a guy w/ an 80’s Mitsubishi truck w/ a feedback carb. Apparently it was impossible to find a good rebuild and the only way to get it rebuilt w/ any quality was to ship it to some guy in CA. Cost: $1500, which was probably what the truck was worth at that point. Scary part was, the guy went for it anyway.
Of course many will say that the complexity is the cost of better mileage and emissions. However I had a '79 Chevy LUV (read Isuzu) w/ a rebuilt engine and standard carb w/ a smog pump, EGR, and catalytic converter that put out pretty much just carbon dioxide and water. Would barely register on the emissions machine. Oh and it was 4WD w/ only a 4-spd and got close to 30 mpg on the highway.
Kind of a rough day for me. I pulled the GL in this morning to get a better look at the whole picture. I’ve got a decision to make that I don’t want to make.[:'(]
Here is the bottom of the LH rear quarter:
LH frame rail:
Lines to MIA evap canister and filler neck:
Metal that splash shield mounts to, which crumbled when I let go:
I really hate to sell or junk, but this thing isn’t worth someone’s life Really upset about this whole thing.
V8, glad to hear they caught the fire bug. Too bad they published his method of operation. Hope that doesn’t give some other nut ideas.
Jeffrey, being the computer illiterate that I am, my eyes glaze over when you explain all that stuff. The only way I could learn it would be through repetition. I have to do the same thing over and over until it becomes automatic. I’m in the same boat with V8 about posting pics. My friend, D.Baker here on the forum came over and taught me how to do it once but I didn’t do enough repeats on it to retain the knowledge. I did write some stuff down but lost it somewhere. My filing system on my desk is non existant.
Had ham, eggs and waffles for breakfast. Went down real good with coffee.
It’s a great day for the Rose Parade and the Rosebowl football game. One of those Chamber of Commerce days that usually produce a whole bunch of new people from Snohio and other cold places when it’s like this. If they only knew it’s not like this all the time I wonder if they would still come. The smog is not as bad as it was when I came here in1958. That year I could stand on Hollywood Blvd. and not see the hills just a few blocks away where the Griffith Observatory is located I was there for about three days and when it cleared up I was wondering where all these mountains came from.
Bob: Thanks! That’s what I was trying to think of. The feedback (headache inducing) carburetor. One of the things my van needed when my nephew was getting it into running condition was a standard Carter 2 barrel non-EGR downdraft carburetor. Went to Autozone to get one and they kept handing him the feedback model. That won’t work on my van as it doesn’t have the electronic thing to read it. The van has an ECM module but it isn’t connected to anything. The distributor is a non-electronic type (read points). He went to a local place and found the standard model he was looking for, brand new in the original box.
Jim: You’re right to give up on that one. OUCH! Looks like the salt and the elements had a field day with it. It needs to go to the shredder.
I feel your pain. Hopefully you haven’t got much more into the GL than purchase price at this point. In selling the MGB I’m walking away from a lot of money in parts. As it is it’s not worth much more than I paid for it. I could probably make more money in just selling off all the new parts, but would really like to see the car put together (just not by me). However, that said, after 4 people came to look at it and still no offers. It may be mine for a bit longer so maybe I’ll just have to find the time to put it together. After I finish the Corvair, I promised myself I’ll never get another old car. Compared to my other hobbies, they can just take too much money way too fast.
Jeff - yup, feedback carbs, so called probably ‘cause all they bring is negative feedback[(-D] Having been a parts guy, sometimes you do have to tell them just what they need to hear, not what you actually are working on. You shoulda’ seen it when I was working on my 1964 Clark Cortez motorhome w/ a Dodge slant 6. I converted it to electronic ignition, and it went something like this:
Me: “I need a distributor for a Dodge Slant six”
Them: “OK, what year”
Me: “Let’s see…1976 should work”
Them: “Model?”
Me: “pickup”
Them: "1/2 ton?
Me: “Sure, why not”
Them: “2 or 4 wheel drive?”
Me: “2 wheel drive should work” (the motorhome was actually front wheel drive)
I got some funny looks, but I got the part I wanted.
I think we/I found the big problem we’ve been chasing around the telescope for the last couple months. We have some play in the bearings on the secondary. After listening to hours of discussions w/ my boss, the engineers, and the director, I started taking a closer look today. Bingo. Now to fix it. That will involve taking a big piece of the telescope off, but we gotta do what we gotta do.
Yuck that looks like a death trap to me. Better take the hit and move on. Just sell it to the next guy and don’t pump anymore money into it. Reminds me of my 1967 GTO when I got it back in 1982 but that was a GTO. Anyway two rear floor pans and a trunk floor later I had something to work with. Huge money pit but I did keep it and beat it for 21 years. I got rid of it when the rust fairy started to show his face and I told the wife no more restore. I did it twice as it was.
Good and cold today. Nice nip in the air. Never got over 24 degrees today and they say 10 tonight. So it may kill off some of those Johnny Reb germs the Chief sent up here. I am still fighting the sinus thingy but better.
Nice thing is I could drive the Gator to the woodshed to restock the porch woodpile without sinking into the yard. [Y]
Maybe tomorrow I will get down the Henry 22 cal and go out back and do some squirrel hunting. Nothing like hunting in the woods when it is crisp and fresh outside. Wife don’t like it but the neighbor could use some coyote bate.
Chief. You need to hook up with RT and check out the NS set he has on FleaBay. Wife won’t let me get it. [:(]
Buckeye what a great picture! Nothing better than that look on his face. [:D]
Good and cold today. Nice nip in the air. Never got over 24 degrees today and they say 10 tonight. So it may kill off some of those Johnny Reb germs the Chief sent up here. I am still fighting the sinus thingy but better.
Too strong. [}:)]
Nice thing is I could drive the Gator to the woodshed to restock the porch woodpile without sinking into the yard.
Maybe tomorrow I will get down the Henry 22 cal and go out back and do some squirrel hunting. Nothing like hunting in the woods when it is crisp and fresh outside. Wife don’t like it but the neighbor could use some coyote bate.
Mine is .22 Mag as seen in my gun safe. Fired only 5 times to make sure sights were right. Smoothest lever action ever made is a Henry.
Chief. You need to hook up with RT and check out the NS set he has on FleaBay. Wife won’t let me get it.
I buy only command control MTH, Atlas and Lionel. Don’t need anymore [got one on order for over a year] as I have 23 modern NS.
I got a nap and still saw most of 2 games. Ohio State lost. Mich. State won in the third OT. That was my day…Banilla is waiting if anyone takes the thingy out tonight…S.J.
