Evolv-ing Thread

[ShamrockPat]

the battery must be like 25 years old now

I had an old 1985 Yamaha Motorbike and that battery (a Yuasa) lasted 18 years. I couldn't believe it. When I googled it, some lasted up to 25 years.
My 2001 Z3 battery was just recently replaced for the 1st time. That battery is in the trunk down in a well and the vent tube goes through a hole in the bottom.

Ever have a vaping dream? I don't recall ever having one. But I probably talked about vaping in a dream.

Nope and nope. The worst part is when I have a dream like SMT and I try to fall back asleep into that dream, but it never works.

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[dwcraig1]

I would probably wake up feeling more refreshed if I would stop doing so much darn automotive work during my dreams.

 

[BillW50]

I know the feeling. You work throughout your dreams and then get up and do it again.

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[dwcraig1]

I ran across one of my old posts where I talk about using my Natural, I had no idea what that was.........at first.
Smoktech The Natural, here it is next to my KKB-TS with it's Ghost Modder's switch. That little switch was $40.

a better pic:

 

[dwcraig1]

I made it work again.

I need to try again, I have it a bit too hot. Made a 2 mm ID coil. I will try a 2.7 mm one next time I get enough ambition. I used NiFe 30, wrong stuff for a mech but wanted it low ohms. Currently 0.13 ohms cold.

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[Alexander Mundy]


Why oh why are there wires dangling? Those kind of things draw an electricians attention away.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Which reminds me when I was young and some guys mounted their car batteries inside the trunk. Can't remember why now.

Supposedly for weight distribution. But in reality it was a fad brought on because drag cars had them there. We had to have a disconnect that the safety crew could quickly pull to isolate the battery from the electrical system in the back, and leaving the battery up front would mean running wire to the disconnect in the back then back up to the front.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Can't get this new forum to work on my mobile correctly.

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[tiburonfirst]

Can't get this new forum to work on my mobile correctly.

you'll get there

btw the camaro still has the battery in the trunk

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[dwcraig1]

This is an odd place (video will play)

 

[BillW50]

This is an odd place (video will play)

What a PIA! I'd never own a car like that.

The engineer(s) should be fired!

 

[BillW50]

That is how companies lose customers that never come back.

I thought it was bad when some manufactures mounted the spare tire right in the middle underneath of the vehicle.

 

[dwcraig1]

All of the transverse mounted Ford 3.5L V6's have the water pump inside the timing chain cover driven by the timing chain. It's about a $3,500+ just to change it. But usually by the time it's caught lots of coolant has gotten into the oil so another motor is needed.