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Aug. 12, 2009 10:44 p.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork

So, I didn't make it to the challenge last year because my car didn't run.

So, this year I decided to buy a running car. I drove it about 300 miles home with no problem and have driven it around the block several times with no problem.

So, tonight I replaced the overflow tube and changed the oil. I rolled it out into the driveway and was going to fire it up and drive it around a little. When I went to start it something shorted out and instantly drained the battery.

So, I pushed the POS back into the garage and called it a night as I don't feel like tracking down an electrical short at the moment.
Aug. 12, 2009 10:48 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

If it was bad enough to drain the battery you should just be able to follow the smoke!
Aug. 12, 2009 10:55 p.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork

Yeah, I'll find it, just not tonight.

Seems I always have this kind of luck on car projects. I know I'm not the only one it's just really irritating sometimes.
Aug. 12, 2009 11:01 p.m. MitchellC HalfDork

Just about everything that has gone wrong with my motorcycle project has been my own fault. Maybe it's because I keep using a standard hammer on a metric bike.
Aug. 13, 2009 1:19 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

I need to ask... is it english?
Aug. 13, 2009 3:31 a.m. wrenchedexcess New Reader

The mind just boggles at the thought of a Lucas electrical system.
Aug. 13, 2009 6:26 a.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork

mad_machine wrote:

I need to ask... is it english?

Nope........German
Aug. 13, 2009 8:14 a.m. Apexcarver SuperDork

what is it about aging german electronics?

the next lucas?
Aug. 13, 2009 9:03 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork

Your car has an engine? Pssshhh. Dude, you're WAY ahead of the game.
Aug. 13, 2009 10:00 a.m. DirtE30 New Reader

poopshovel wrote:

Your car has an engine? Pssshhh. Dude, you're WAY ahead of the game.

Yeah man no need to worry at least you can recall the last time the car ran.
Aug. 13, 2009 11:25 a.m. Nashco SuperDork

THAT is your big set back? I guess it's all relative, but I'd say you don't have it too bad.

Bryce
Aug. 13, 2009 12:01 p.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork

Nashco wrote:

THAT is your big set back? I guess it's all relative, but I'd say you don't have it too bad.

Bryce

Didn't say it was big. My only real goal is to have a car at the challenge this year. I'll be the one driving the biggest POS there.
Aug. 13, 2009 12:39 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

jwdmotorsports wrote:

Nashco wrote:

THAT is your big set back? I guess it's all relative, but I'd say you don't have it too bad.

Bryce

Didn't say it was big. My only real goal is to have a car at the challenge this year. I'll be the one driving the biggest POS there.

Not if we don't finish "plan A."