Who would have thought a national holiday is more important than talking about cars? Winter just started a few weeks ago here and I am already itching for a Spring. I need my car fix.
Who would have thought a national holiday is more important than talking about cars? Winter just started a few weeks ago here and I am already itching for a Spring. I need my car fix.
well I guess everyone is getting fat on turduckens
I'm pulling the engine out of the MG so I can start measuring things for the LS1. The national holiday is so I can work on cars, isn't it?
i drove the V8 944 around the neighborhood today. we were out of town for a few days, and it was cold enough to freeze the water in the hoses, so i knew i had to thaw it out before it got any worse. got it fired up, but the water in the water pump was frozen so it wouldn't spin, and the belt was screaming loud. so i shut it down and removed the belt, then fired it up again. let it run until the intake felt good and hot, then shut it down and waited for the heat to soak through the cooling system. one of the threaded plugs in the block was leaking, and the hose from the rad to the water pump was leaking and looked like it had been pushed apart by the expansion of the water freezing. so i put the hose back together, then dumped a bottle of "K-Seal" into the expansion tank, and chased it with 1.5 gallons of prestone. started up the engine again and let it run for about 10 minutes. just like it said on the label, the leak stopped within three minutes.
is that car talk enough for a holiday?
I can't reach the laptop after eating so much turduckens, I think my lap has gone for good
AngryCorvair wrote: i drove the V8 944 around the neighborhood today. we were out of town for a few days, and it was cold enough to freeze the water in the hoses, so i knew i had to thaw it out before it got any worse. got it fired up, but the water in the water pump was frozen so it wouldn't spin, and the belt was screaming loud. so i shut it down and removed the belt, then fired it up again. let it run until the intake felt good and hot, then shut it down and waited for the heat to soak through the cooling system. one of the threaded plugs in the block was leaking, and the hose from the rad to the water pump was leaking and looked like it had been pushed apart by the expansion of the water freezing. so i put the hose back together, then dumped a bottle of "K-Seal" into the expansion tank, and chased it with 1.5 gallons of prestone. started up the engine again and let it run for about 10 minutes. just like it said on the label, the leak stopped within three minutes. is that car talk enough for a holiday?
Sweet. I am feeling better now thanks.
AngryCorvair wrote: i drove the V8 944 around the neighborhood today. we were out of town for a few days, and it was cold enough to freeze the water in the hoses, so i knew i had to thaw it out before it got any worse. got it fired up, but the water in the water pump was frozen so it wouldn't spin, and the belt was screaming loud. so i shut it down and removed the belt, then fired it up again. let it run until the intake felt good and hot, then shut it down and waited for the heat to soak through the cooling system. one of the threaded plugs in the block was leaking, and the hose from the rad to the water pump was leaking and looked like it had been pushed apart by the expansion of the water freezing. so i put the hose back together, then dumped a bottle of "K-Seal" into the expansion tank, and chased it with 1.5 gallons of prestone. started up the engine again and let it run for about 10 minutes. just like it said on the label, the leak stopped within three minutes. is that car talk enough for a holiday?
You know - they make this tasty green liquid that fixes that problem.
pulled the trans pan on the Corrado to see whats up with the transmission, I think there is a short in the grounds. I'll have it checked out this week.
DILYSI Dave wrote:AngryCorvair wrote: and chased it with 1.5 gallons of prestone. started up the engine again and let it run for about 10 minutes. just like it said on the label, the leak stopped within three minutes.You know - they make this tasty green liquid that fixes that problem.
bolded for DILYSI Dave's reading comprehension. i had the cooling system filled with water in case i dumped on the track at the challenge, then kinda forgot about it. no more worries, as the 1.5 gallons of prestone should give me arctic protection.
i was looking at an accord I will probly get, as my neon has passed the point of Daily drivability
AngryCorvair wrote:DILYSI Dave wrote:bolded for DILYSI Dave's reading comprehension. i had the cooling system filled with water in case i dumped on the track at the challenge, then kinda forgot about it. no more worries, as the 1.5 gallons of prestone should give me arctic protection.AngryCorvair wrote: and chased it with 1.5 gallons of prestone. started up the engine again and let it run for about 10 minutes. just like it said on the label, the leak stopped within three minutes.You know - they make this tasty green liquid that fixes that problem.
I read it. It just seems like adding prestone to an already frozen motor is like putting a condom on after she's pregnant.
tryptophan effect kicking in strong :D
It's always quiet Thanksgiving and the day after. That's why we rolled out the new stuff this morning!
noticed quite a few things.
preview of recent threads
the facebook/digg/yahoo buttons.
I'm sure there's more
Yeah I think activity has hit an all-time low over the last few hours.
We were at the Turkey Rod Run yesterday (big car show at Daytona speedway).
Tanner and I played with Play-Dough and the baby made a poo that was the EXACT same color... inspiration!
DILYSI Dave wrote:AngryCorvair wrote:I read it. It just seems like adding prestone to an already frozen motor is like putting a condom on after she's pregnant.DILYSI Dave wrote:bolded for DILYSI Dave's reading comprehension. i had the cooling system filled with water in case i dumped on the track at the challenge, then kinda forgot about it. no more worries, as the 1.5 gallons of prestone should give me arctic protection.AngryCorvair wrote: and chased it with 1.5 gallons of prestone. started up the engine again and let it run for about 10 minutes. just like it said on the label, the leak stopped within three minutes.You know - they make this tasty green liquid that fixes that problem.
true. i was lucky that temps weren't consistently below freezing while i was ignoring the car. no damage done.
FWIW, i think the new 3-dimensional smilies are ghey.
I know why there's no activity, no one is at work 
Basically, yeah. On holidays, and holiday weekends, traffic is usually about what it is on a weekend. Yesterday, for example, had almost the exact same traffic as a typical Saturday.
ummmmmmm Pie is good.. . .
O Wait this is not the food site.. ..
I have been messing with my megajolt cam triggered edis 924s project. I am pondering if I should try to use the WB02 0-5volt output to the aux port adn use it to retard timing if is goes to lean say something over 14 or so and it would drop timing by 3 deg. Then there is the period it is effect. I am wondering what it would do to throttle response as you would be lean on deceleration causing the timing to retard but getting on it would then delete it and put you back to the proper bin no the timing table.
Now back to pie.. . . . We have apple and pumpkin (not squash) and a cherry pie. I also made 3 turkey pot pies with the left overs. two standard and one with the Frenches onions as the top crust (think been casserole) The whole house is smelling better then yesterday.
My doc said be good on thanksgiving but he did not say a thing about the day after.
Seems to have picked up!!! :)
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