Jung

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• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 20 hours, 57 minutes

  

  Haha - I know exactly what you mean. List growing...must write down.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 22 hours

  

  Took a good look at the wiring on my old car over the weekend and it's in need of some upgrading. Too many electrical loads a 60yr old car was never intended to handle. The bloody to do list keeps growing. So far, the essentials seem to be:

  Remount the fuel pump behind the tank
  All new fuel lines
  New alternator (got one out of a Toyota truck.)
  Rewire all high current areas forward of the firewall.
  Junk the mechanical fan for a big electric one out of a Ford Taurus.

  After that, I'll have a last crack at unsticking the troublesome lifter and if that doesn't work. It's new solid roller lifters, new pushrods and a new valley plate so I don't have to pop a sodding cylinder head off every time I want to get to them.

  If that isn't enough - I'd still like to swap the current 1 3/4" headers for a 2" set I have, then fit a modern steering box and maybe some stiffer torsion bars, so it's not quite so terrifying to drive.

• Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 days, 16 hours

  

  I wouldn’t stress about your air filter too much dude. As long as it’s not dry and dusty, or you’ve dumped it in a stream it should stay pretty clean. Make sure there is a good seal around the edges when you put it back.

  Did the valves on the XR today, barely budged in a thousand hard miles. Plug was a little sooty which makes sense as it seems rich on the needle. Compression seems fine. Fucked if I know where all the oil is going, could well be it was just blowing it out somewhere at high rpm?

• I want to get a dog but I have to work, how does everyone on broadway market do it ?

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 3 hours

  

  Good luck mate, fingers crossed!

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 21 hours

  

  I can’t think of a bigger lump in a smaller package.
  Classic 80s solution would be a fox body mustang. I’ve seen a few ludicrously fast ones. They’ve got bloody expensive now though.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 23 hours

  

  slk55 amg?

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 days, 13 hours

  

  Quality.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 days, 21 hours

  

  Aside from the looks. I’d much rather have a wedge than a Hemi. Much better street motor.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 days, 22 hours

  

  Mopar or no car indeed.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 2 hours

  

  I’m not sure about ever owning a vintage bike. Even the 60’s stuff, which is pretty standardized for the most part requires a lot of attention to keep going well. Pre-war bikes are unbelievably esoteric. There are no manuals so you basically need to become an expert in whatever bike you get to look after it, or get used to big bills and failures on the regular. It’s all a bit too masochistic if you actually like riding.