Saturday went to junkyard w/ ungarsfragile & friend M. Was hoping to find a transmission inspection plate (success, on 3rd dentside checked), Ford antenna (to make into a shorty), and Taurus engine-bay fusebox for the engine bay rewiring. Found the first two, lot was full of Tauruses and their fuseboxes but someone(s) had removed all of the fuses & relays. I ( Read more... )

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Happy Buckminster Fuller's birthday!

You know, I'm not exactly obsessive about making/fixing things, it's more just a sort of itch. Like the world makes more sense when you're taking it apart and putting it back together better. Maybe it's a pathology, some sort of weird subconscious literal take on tikkun olamWhatever the reason, I choose to live in a workshop and spend more time ( Read more... )

haven't been posting b/c i haven't been making or fixing; just studying. and more studying. and working. and studying.

tangentially tying things together, a bag full of Bar exam prep books on the passenger seat weighs enough that the new car decides to disable the airbag.

in other news, was able to use Big Orange to help dreamingjuliet move some furniture ( Read more... )

been working a lot and building/fixing only a little. mostly websites, nothing exciting.

did get some good press for the scanner, though. it's described in the local paper as "the brilliant electronic publishing podium that automatically posts pages of a book onto the Internet." it doesn't actually do that (but was using Firefox for image ( Read more... )

so i got the brand new carb from Holley. i'm trying to sell it online. best offer so far is $100 less than what Holley charges for the thing. and i get that, i mean, i wouldn't have paid full price for the Truck Avenger if i didn't have to be somewhere the next morning... but i'm trying to offset that expense to the best of my ability, and once ( Read more... )

today i helped ungarsfragile install HID ("high intensity discharge") lights in his civic. a combination of poor documentation, second-guessing, numerous misplaced tools and my gross incompetence resulted in the project taking several hours to complete... but damn, they look good. super-bright but not blinding, and very, very clean white ( Read more... )

Current stereo plan. My concern is that if I go this way, there's no independent control over the 8" level. Am I better off sending that signal from the HU rear out & putting inline filters to control the frequency?


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so far this week i've gotten discounts/special treatment without asking for them at the DMV, brake tag inspection station, welding supply shop, auto parts store and car stereo place just because everyone loves a modern american classic. or maybe my enthusiasm for the car is infectious ( Read more... )