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The single most important gauge on this old car is the water temperature gauge, which didn't work, so got a cheapo gauge to get it running. Finally pulled the gauge. The capillary tube was broken right at the gauge.  Had to build an adapter to go from the remains of the original tube to the smaller tube on the sacrificial water temp gauge.  With the sensor bulb in a salt water and ice bath to keep the ether in the bulb, cut and soldered the new tube into the gauge, and ... test.  Totally jazzed that it works. May try to adjust it to a bit more accurate tomorrow. e: or just rotate the face to the correct position. 
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joat mon posted:The single most important gauge on this old car is the water temperature gauge, which didn't work, so got a cheapo gauge to get it running. That's really cool, i had no idea you could fix those! did you have to add any new ether, or did it just work? If you rotate the face, you'll lose the oil pressure calibration, if you can even rotate it due to having two needles.
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Aug 19, 2022 13:42
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chrisgt posted:That's really cool, i had no idea you could fix those! did you have to add any new ether, or did it just work? The ether in the old one was long gone. A new generic gauge donated its capillary tube, bulb and ether to the cause. The saltwater/ice bath kept the ether in the bulb while I cut/cleaned/soldered the new tube into the back of the gauge. I could smell that some ether was lost when I cut it (just the vapor left in the tube), but no need to top it off - the precise amount of liquid ether in the system has no effect on accuracy. Motronic posted:It could be a thimbleful, it could be a tanker truck full. That's just how physics works. No matter how much or how little of a liquid you have its vapor pressure is constant at a given temperature. chrisgt posted:If you rotate the face, you'll lose the oil pressure calibration, if you can even rotate it due to having two needles.
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Aug 19, 2022 16:50
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joat mon posted:Motronic posted: this is true, however, if you are low on ether it might be liquid at lower temps and then all turn to gas before the engine is up to temperature, which would harm the calibration. Makes sense, though. I've never thought about repairing these, now i almost hope I get to some day, lol.
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Aug 19, 2022 22:21
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hello, ai.  
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Aug 20, 2022 19:08
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Welcome to hell, enjoy your stay E:If you got those of without anything breaking, you are a wizard.
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Aug 20, 2022 20:25
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they came out easy once i welded a nut on and followed it up with a shot of pb blast. cutting everything else away with the sawzall to get to that point was the bigger pain the the rear end
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Aug 20, 2022 20:53
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which WWII aircraft that crashed in the Pacific are you working on?
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Aug 20, 2022 20:54
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'07 lincoln town car
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Aug 20, 2022 21:21
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Shortened the stock BRZ driveshaft since the aluminum one vibrates at 70mph+. Probably should have left another 1/2", but it should be fine. No more vibration though!   Also almost got hosed by the fuel gauge still not working correctly, just under half a tank indicated with 145mi odo and it took 11.5gal. That is more than I get into my other BRZ when the fuel light is on.
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Aug 20, 2022 21:56
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BlackMK4 posted:Also almost got hosed by the fuel gauge still not working correctly, just under half a tank indicated with 145mi odo and it took 11.5gal. That is more than I get into my other BRZ when the fuel light is on. i put almost exactly 16 gallons into my 15 gallon tank yesterday with the gauge showing about 1/8 tank left, so samesies
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Aug 21, 2022 05:43
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Raluek posted:i put almost exactly 16 gallons into my 15 gallon tank yesterday with the gauge showing about 1/8 tank left, so samesies My Fit is the opposite. It will show zero fuel blips and zero range, and I’ll put like 8.5 gallons in the 10.5 gallon tank. I’ve gone 60 miles past zero indicated range and only put 10 in.
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Aug 21, 2022 12:34
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Fuel gauge in the C10 used to work then one day stopped after it had some work done. Of course when I swapped to EFI I found someone had crushed the sender wire so it always read empty due to the resistance. Been too lazy to fix that.
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Aug 21, 2022 13:31
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I put $50 in my superduty the other day and it didn't even shut the fuel light off 
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The front tank on my hooptie sank its float sometime in 2020. I found out in 2021 the retaining ring is rusted to the tank which makes removal and repair/replacement of the sender a thing that is not happening. I recently had to time it so that I could drop the tank and also not have to drop 20 gallons of diesel with it. Pretty much drive till the engine sputters or doesn't quite pull like it should then flip to the second tank before it sucks a bunch of air into the system. (it autobleeds but is a pissy bastard about it the next morning if there's *any* air left in the filter head) It still had 5-6 gallons of fuel in it. Also looks like the tank itself might be compromised but I couldn't tell from all the oil the dead engine sprayed everywhere. Costs. I generally don't run it lower than 3/8 tank averaged over the two tanks with a capacity of 40 gallons. Couple fills in the 140-150 dollar range this year. 2022's average is $123.48, 2021's is $76.66. Relevant to this thread. Its not what I did today, but the last eh six weeks. I've figured out why the frame broke in NoDak last year. Its been solved. Mostly. The bed bolts on the driver's side frame rail keep backing out due to the creative fabrication done by a pro fab shop. More of their creative work resulted in part of the bed's deck pulling away from the bed's subframe. I thought the whole thing only sat under compression till a few outings ago and saw that the two parts had pulled away which is where I discovered its also under tension under the right circumstances. The camper works as a giant hammer on the bed. Which then acts on the bed's subframe that's loosely bolted to the chassis like a chisel. A fine point to direct a large load which is overloading the flange. I should mention I really dislike pulling fuel tanks. Even if I can hang ratchet straps from the bed and lower the tank to the ground sort of gracefully. It still sucks. The lengthwise beam is a piece of C channel(This is the bed's subframe). The horizontal beam is flanged(this is the deck). The fabricator cut the top piece of the C off and welded the horizontal section to it. Cue it also rusting out.   Mobile welder guy has a pretty sweet setup. 454 powered too.   This is also when I figured out my offroad shenanigans from July prior to this work cracked the upper flange.  And because there's 20 loving gallons of fuel in the front tank, this is its temp patch so I could jet to rural rear end NV in a few days.  I didn't break it. I did almost roll the truck though. And last week.  one piece of strap below the flange, overlapping with one above. Net effect is the '96-97 f-superduty riveted on reinforcements. All of the work here is symmetrical so its not just the one corner and frame rail. This time, it shouldn't break. Guy says if I can break it he'll fix it for free. He clearly doesn't know me. And this week: Replacing the grade-5 bed to chassis bolts with grade-8. That should be it for the bed. New adjustable panhard rode to compensate for the F53 motorhome springs and get the front end's geometry sorted. Converting the airbox from bolts to studs to prevent pulling the threads out. New airflow restriction gauge and throwing in all new fender liner hardware. Should also get its tires rotated. cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Aug 25, 2022 |
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Powershift posted:I put $50 in my superduty the other day and it didn't even shut the fuel light off $86 gave me half a tank, but if the gauge is even half way close to accurate I'm rocking 10MPG.
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Aug 21, 2022 18:29
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the spyder posted:$86 gave me half a tank, but if the gauge is even half way close to accurate I'm rocking 10MPG. nice, you got to double digits!
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Aug 21, 2022 18:34
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I drove around all day on $1.50 worth of electrons that I pumped into my car at my house.
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I'm just sitting here wondering how I can make an 80s toyota truck run in the 35mpg range (engine size, gear box, right diff gear ratio, right tire size, diesel or gas engine) or if I should just give up the idea of even starting up such a project. Because I don't think I could accept a car that does worse than that. I'm used to 55mpg and paying 7.60$/gal here for diesel, gas is 8.20$. Locally produced biogas is equivalent to 3.8$/gal though, which is why I am interested in doing a conversion. His Divine Shadow fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Aug 22, 2022 |
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i remember when i was a kid, i was telling my uncle that when i grow up and get a jeep, i thought it was a good idea to downsize to a V6 because it would be a little more economical to fuel. his response was "you know... that's why we make money for a living." and that stuck with me since. money exists to be spent on fun stuff, so saving a few bucks to go from 12MPG to 18MPG or whatever is peanuts compared to the joy of V8 power. get the thing you want, even if it costs a little bit more. and by god, he's right. gas is gonna have to get a lot more expensive before it becomes prohibitive to have a little fun on the way home from work. car poo poo is a hobby we probably all share here, and it's ok for hobbies to cost money. i dont have a jeep yet, but when i do get one i know it won't have a V6, lol
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I'm the opposite personality. To me money is a scarce resource, I am not well paid and I have a family to consider. I can't spend shitloads of money on fun stuff for myself without justification and I don't think I could enjoy a gas guzzler even if I had the money. I mean the enivronmental consequences for one, and the inefficiency, that bothers me. The appeal to me of such a project is the idea of learning more indepth about cars, engines, transmissions, etc... The idea of ending up a car that's reliable, efficent and able to be serviced by myself in the smallest detail, and I like the idea of the simpler 1980s tech where it's possible for me to do almost everything... Self reliance in a way is what's always motivated my hobbies, to be able to make and fix as much stuff as possible and buy as little as possible. And on top of that the idea of converting to biogas means I could run on a carbon neutral, locally produced fuel that's half the price of gas. That would be wonderful. I am not sure this is a hobby for me, as much as a series of long term lifestyle choices.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I can't spend shitloads of money on fun stuff for myself without justification Considering the things you post this sounds like a story you are telling yourself. You may even believe it. Or maybe "justification" is the load bearing part of that sentence. In any case, the answer is simple: EV drivetrain swap. Nothing else is really worth pursuing because of the simple fact that reliable EV drivetrains exist.
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 REDACTED lol Imperador do Brasil fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Aug 23, 2022 |
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Aug 23, 2022 01:11
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Thanks for your key biting! Someone will be by to get the Civic shortly (Kidding, hopefully).
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Thanks for your key biting! Someone will be by to get the Civic shortly (Kidding, hopefully). They’ll pry it from my cold dead Honds. Honda hands. I tried. I have a lot of similar-looking key fobs, so they’ve got to have some distinct feature to differentiate them.
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Oh sorry, I should be more clear. That picture of your key is more than enough info for a moderately skilled miscreant to cut their own copy from code. https://youtu.be/AayXf5aRFTI Not that you have to worry too much here but you’ll notice (as an example) Doug Demuro holds keys he’s showing with the blade hidden.
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TIL the generation 1 Leaf has polystyrene panels underneath the footwell carpets which are just perfect for trapping large amounts of water. Trying to chase down the leak is giving me flashbacks to my old 1990 Integra which I could never get to stay dry in rainy weather.
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dissss posted:TIL the generation 1 Leaf has polystyrene panels underneath the footwell carpets which are just perfect for trapping large amounts of water. Trying to chase down the leak is giving me flashbacks to my old 1990 Integra which I could never get to stay dry in rainy weather. I love my third gen but holy hell these cars are some of the least water-tight vehicles on the road. The seals just don't work lol
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Motronic posted:Considering the things you post this sounds like a story you are telling yourself. You may even believe it. Or maybe "justification" is the load bearing part of that sentence. I'm not sure how to take your comment really, but I don't think you know me or my life from my posts on SA well enough to say that with enough certainty. But I am competely willing to admit that justification gets to do some heavy lifting for me. Like I need to justify what I do to myself somehow as being in the end somewhat practical and not just a waste of time and money that will leave in the end no better off, even if it's in the end a very flimsy justfication that won't pan out. But as I see it, at least working and rebuilding a car to this degree will give me usable skills if nothing else about my self-justifications hold true and I will end up a more capable person who can do more things on my own at home. At least I get more out of it than a sore rear end from sitting in a chair gaming my life away. The day I stop learning is the day I'm dead. And you are most likely 100% correct about the EV thing, that's probably what I should do instead.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Oh sorry, I should be more clear. That picture of your key is more than enough info for a moderately skilled miscreant to cut their own copy from code. Yeah I got what you were saying. I REDACTED the pic once you mentioned it.
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cursedshitbox posted:The front tank on my hooptie sank its float sometime in 2020. I found out in 2021 the retaining ring is rusted to the tank which makes removal and repair/replacement of the sender a thing that is not happening. None of your images are working, friend - and I want to see what's going on. Motronic posted:Considering the things you post this sounds like a story you are telling yourself. You may even believe it. Or maybe "justification" is the load bearing part of that sentence. His Divine Shadow posted:I'm not sure how to take your comment really, but I don't think you know me or my life from my posts on SA well enough to say that with enough certainty. The real question, as always, is whether or not the conversion EV, or otherwise, will cost less than the $$ you will save in gas, same with a car payment for a newer more efficient car. Even at the high price earlier in the year, I can buy a poo poo-ton (1.3 metric poo poo-tonnes) of gas for a $400+ car payment, or the $$$ it would cost to refit one of my cars to EV or whatever. I'm not saying don't do it, but if financials are your only motivation, do the math. Personally, I want an EV RX-7 for the fun of it.
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Darchangel posted:None of your images are working, friend - and I want to see what's going on. Fixed it. Imgur hosed itself bigtime early this week and hosed up a couple photo albums. Full album of the work: https://imgur.com/a/ra0RRR1 E: new parts   Before. (The leaf shackles are out of alignment)  After.  Oh no GM parts on a Ford. Yeah whatever.  And a dry filter that I can wash with simplegreen since filters are pretty drat hard to find.  Tires are being rotated now.. Almost caught up. I'll probably spin new filters on when I pick it up from the tire rotation. Then I'll be set to laze it a few months when we launch. 
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cursedshitbox posted:Fixed it. Imgur hosed itself bigtime early this week and hosed up a couple photo albums. Kinda like racing - you find all the weak points, fix them, and then find the next one down the line.
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Darchangel posted:Kinda like racing - you find all the weak points, fix them, and then find the next one down the line. Sooner or later it'll be the frame that it should have had. Post three more batteries and trailer I'm getting a bring along arc welder to do my own work on the fucker.
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cursedshitbox posted:Sooner or later it'll be the frame that it should have had. Ken was absolutely correct in calling it a Whip of Theseus. It think that was Ken, anyway.
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Darchangel posted:Ken was absolutely correct in calling it a Whip of Theseus. It's getting there. The only original moving parts left in this fucker is the steering gearbox, its pump, and the front end's R&P. Granted I've not replaced all of it but in time, I will. E: And I think the trip out to the mine blew up one of the hub lockouts so we can throw that on the list too.
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 So satisfying. Now I can finish swapping valve cover gaskets. (that's a dome cap Torx 30 that's stripped and has been kicking my rear end for a couple tries)
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Darchangel posted:The real question, as always, is whether or not the conversion EV, or otherwise, will cost less than the $$ you will save in gas, same with a car payment for a newer more efficient car. It's difficult math, fuel prices now and in the future will determine a lot of this. The motor I think is the least issue, the biggest issue are the batteries. Also depends on how one goes about acquiring those. For now I am still thinking of getting that pickup, but running the original engine a while first and try and slowly scrounge up parts over time. I still need to talk to the car inspections people, to know if it's legally doable in Finland. I think it is but I don't know for sure. At any rate start of car project minimum 1 year, more likely two years. P.S. And yes for sure, definitely an element of fun in it His Divine Shadow fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Aug 26, 2022 |
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Motronic posted:
Very satisfying. Looks like you ended up having to weld a nut to it?
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Darchangel posted:Very satisfying. I pretty much started with that and failed 3 or 4 times until I came back to it and realized that if I got the die grinder in there and flattened the top of the bolt off I'd have a much better chance of a nut staying welded on. Worked the first time. Now we're here and I've got a few hours of cleaning and "while you're in there" jobs to do, including cleaning out the hoses and kombi valves of this side of the goddamn SAI system: 
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