Friday, February 26, 2016
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
Today I thought about weather stripping.
Today I browsed the local vendor of rubber weather stripping for the doors.
It's a good idea to do these things when painting and refurbishing a car.
Your paint guy is probably not going to do this for you.
The problem I have, is the last time I painted a car, the replacement stripping wasn't as good as the original.
And this new green car is ok, as long as I roll the glass up from the passenger side.
Doing that tune up is an all-day thing...
and Saturday morning I have an art show.
Maybe Monday won't be too hot? The weather man says it's going to warm up.
Mom says about the green car "Ese carro no tiene madre."
Either means "motherless" or "shameless excuse of a car"
Come to think of it, I don't think anyone has offered to ride in it...
My brother says it "Smells just like the old GTA" but I think it smells worse.
It's a good idea to do these things when painting and refurbishing a car.
Your paint guy is probably not going to do this for you.
The problem I have, is the last time I painted a car, the replacement stripping wasn't as good as the original.
And this new green car is ok, as long as I roll the glass up from the passenger side.
Doing that tune up is an all-day thing...
and Saturday morning I have an art show.
Maybe Monday won't be too hot? The weather man says it's going to warm up.
Mom says about the green car "Ese carro no tiene madre."
Either means "motherless" or "shameless excuse of a car"
Come to think of it, I don't think anyone has offered to ride in it...
My brother says it "Smells just like the old GTA" but I think it smells worse.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Today it rained.
Today it rained. Maybe it would have been a good day to work on the green car. I hate the sun.
But I woke up at noon and have to be at work by 3.
Doing a thorough tune-up requires removing (at least) the plenum and the fuel rails, and it will take several hours.
I also have to clean up and go to my job afterward, so bear with me.
Once I get it done I will try to document it and split it up into parts.
Next will be a headlight motor repair on the red car, as the driver side quit working on Monday.
The more I postpone, the more stuff I have lined up to blog about...
Luckily, I now have the blog as another motivation to get working on things!
But I woke up at noon and have to be at work by 3.
Doing a thorough tune-up requires removing (at least) the plenum and the fuel rails, and it will take several hours.
I also have to clean up and go to my job afterward, so bear with me.
Once I get it done I will try to document it and split it up into parts.
Next will be a headlight motor repair on the red car, as the driver side quit working on Monday.
The more I postpone, the more stuff I have lined up to blog about...
Luckily, I now have the blog as another motivation to get working on things!
Monday, February 15, 2016
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Green car has a miss
It has been running rich lately, (which means it smelled like gas,) and a little bit rough.
I thought it might have a miss, but the reason is a mystery.
I took it to Don today and he is super busy.
All week he has been working on this car, changing it from a 305 to a 350:
The first thing we checked for were any obvious wires loose on my own car, but there wasn't.
Kevin ran his laptop and it was showing high levels of unburnt fuel running by the oxygen sensor.
This gave them a clue that one injector or cylinder isn't firing.
Apparently the O2 sensor tests one side (which is 4 cylinders) and it might be on that side.
I hope it is just an injector. They are used, but not often known to go bad. Stock injectors go bad all the time.
It could also be the coil (part of the distributor)
I wanted to blog about something, so on Monday I'm going to document what it takes to test the injectors.
Don is super busy and not excited to do this, so I'm going to try to do as much, myself.
I didn't have time to visit the paint shop before work, but a friend of his said he is super busy.
Tax refund time is coming up soon... I wonder how long it will be before I get in?
I thought it might have a miss, but the reason is a mystery.
I took it to Don today and he is super busy.
All week he has been working on this car, changing it from a 305 to a 350:
The first thing we checked for were any obvious wires loose on my own car, but there wasn't.
Kevin ran his laptop and it was showing high levels of unburnt fuel running by the oxygen sensor.
This gave them a clue that one injector or cylinder isn't firing.
Apparently the O2 sensor tests one side (which is 4 cylinders) and it might be on that side.
I hope it is just an injector. They are used, but not often known to go bad. Stock injectors go bad all the time.
It could also be the coil (part of the distributor)
I wanted to blog about something, so on Monday I'm going to document what it takes to test the injectors.
Don is super busy and not excited to do this, so I'm going to try to do as much, myself.
I didn't have time to visit the paint shop before work, but a friend of his said he is super busy.
Tax refund time is coming up soon... I wonder how long it will be before I get in?
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Gas Problems
When I bought the red car, the gas tank (and the place where you stick the nozzle in) was slightly off.
The last person who worked on the car didn't put the gas tank in the right place.
You have to remove the gas tank to work on the rear end gears for instance.
It never really acted normal when I would put in gas.
After bringing it home from the painter, the problem became worse.
Lately, I can only put one gallon of gas in, and then it will start coming back out!
I can put in 3 gallons tops, before the leaking gets really bad.
Also, the little flap that covers the hole is now in a weird position.
Compare Green car with Red car.
Don says it's possible that there was something stuck in the tank, down by the baffle.
Maybe somebody tried to steal gas out of the tank while it was parked at the painter's for 10 days.
Don's prescription is to take out the gas tank and replace it.
Luckily I still have the gas tank from the green V6.
(The dead GTA's gas tank is in the green car now.)
Unfortunately Don has several jobs lined up for the next few weeks.
I think it will be OK as long as I don't have to go for a long trip.
Also the green car has started acting like it needs a tune-up, but it hasn't been running long enough to need a tune up... It smells like gas and worse.
I will take it to Don in the next few days. I didn't want to overwhelm him with bad news.
The last person who worked on the car didn't put the gas tank in the right place.
You have to remove the gas tank to work on the rear end gears for instance.
It never really acted normal when I would put in gas.
After bringing it home from the painter, the problem became worse.
Lately, I can only put one gallon of gas in, and then it will start coming back out!
I can put in 3 gallons tops, before the leaking gets really bad.
Also, the little flap that covers the hole is now in a weird position.
Compare Green car with Red car.
Don says it's possible that there was something stuck in the tank, down by the baffle.
Maybe somebody tried to steal gas out of the tank while it was parked at the painter's for 10 days.
Don's prescription is to take out the gas tank and replace it.
Luckily I still have the gas tank from the green V6.
(The dead GTA's gas tank is in the green car now.)
Unfortunately Don has several jobs lined up for the next few weeks.
I think it will be OK as long as I don't have to go for a long trip.
Also the green car has started acting like it needs a tune-up, but it hasn't been running long enough to need a tune up... It smells like gas and worse.
I will take it to Don in the next few days. I didn't want to overwhelm him with bad news.
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