how all the "engine - mechanical" posts stop when the weather gets chilly?
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how all the "engine - mechanical" posts stop when the weather gets chilly?
My Westy runs best West of the 5 fwy any further East and things start acting funny!
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They definately do NOT stop at my house. In November:
1. Fixed the heat in the 81 911
2. Replaced door and velvet weatherstripping in the 81
3. Steve fixed the blower motor in his 80 cabby and now gets to
track down a wiring issue.
4. Project 72 Blazer
5. Dad's SS Monte Carlo Project
Winter is when we do most of our car project work. That way we get to play with them during the summer. The down side is that the shop is cold in the winter. Yuck.
angela
1. Fixed the heat in the 81 911
2. Replaced door and velvet weatherstripping in the 81
3. Steve fixed the blower motor in his 80 cabby and now gets to
track down a wiring issue.
4. Project 72 Blazer
5. Dad's SS Monte Carlo Project
Winter is when we do most of our car project work. That way we get to play with them during the summer. The down side is that the shop is cold in the winter. Yuck.
angela
Dang Angela, sounds like you need a bun warmer! If you know any HVAC people, ask then to keep an eye out for a used forced hot air oil furnace. I got one for a hundred bucks, set up a 30 gal. poly barrel, plugged her into 110v and it goes from 0-70 in 10 minutes. The local classifieds might render a lead also.
~WB
~WB
Angela, I feel your pain. Once again I am kicking myself for again NOT finishing my garage heat. I have a propane boiler, wall mounted and ready, but I have to run baseboard and fill it with some water and antifreeze before it is operational. Might have to get after it this weekend.
I have lots to do this year, including putting together my 2.7 RS 911 motor, but at least that is in the dry basment, semi-heated(about 50 F). The projects don't stop for me here either.
I have lots to do this year, including putting together my 2.7 RS 911 motor, but at least that is in the dry basment, semi-heated(about 50 F). The projects don't stop for me here either.
When we had Chris' house, I did what Wild Bill did - got an old, 120,000 btu hot air furnace (for the gas to haul it away) and just set it in a corner of the garage with a 90 degree duct on top to blow the air across the garage. 0 to 70 in ten minutes, plus thermostat controlled. Ran on fuel oil. Had a "Power Vent" out through the wall so I didn't need any insulated chimney stuff.
Chris is still running it. The thing is big enough to heat a whole house.
Down HERE, I need A/C a lot more.....
Chris is still running it. The thing is big enough to heat a whole house.
Down HERE, I need A/C a lot more.....
Winter is when stuff gets done out in the garage.
The work bench is finally built, the unit heater is hanging, and the thermostat wire run. I need to run the gas, and primary wiring, and stick the flue out the roof- but the car's already on jackstands, waiting for the new engine to go in.
The work bench is finally built, the unit heater is hanging, and the thermostat wire run. I need to run the gas, and primary wiring, and stick the flue out the roof- but the car's already on jackstands, waiting for the new engine to go in.
Yup, this is project season. I've started working on my side windows, need to fix my brake squeal, and a week from today we pull the engine to fix the oil leak. I'm sure I can find a couple of other things to keep me busy.
Hell, no! Keep 'em on the roads in the winter!
Thattaway, your seals, gasoline and other stuff don't go bad! ;)
Just don't drive 'em right after it snows until the salt gets washed away and the roads are dry, but still ... Drive 'em!
Thattaway, your seals, gasoline and other stuff don't go bad! ;)
Just don't drive 'em right after it snows until the salt gets washed away and the roads are dry, but still ... Drive 'em!
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What is snow?
God, how I wish I could ask that! :(
~WB
~WB
Don't worry, Cory, I intend to drive it all through the winter as well - just not quite as often with the top down. Yeah, I know I'm a wimp. ;-)
Snow:
The stuff I have to put up with when I visit the fam' up in New England at Christmas (and the ice, the achy joints, the dry sinus' and road salt dust - ya gotta love all that stuff....
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Although, those visits are getting shorter every year....
Too bad they don't see how nice it would be to go SOUTH for Christmas!!!!
The stuff I have to put up with when I visit the fam' up in New England at Christmas (and the ice, the achy joints, the dry sinus' and road salt dust - ya gotta love all that stuff....
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Although, those visits are getting shorter every year....
Too bad they don't see how nice it would be to go SOUTH for Christmas!!!!
Gordon, please explain the emoticon: |>(
Is that a uni-brow? Is the nose upside down?
X-( Brain dead me!
Is that a uni-brow? Is the nose upside down?
X-( Brain dead me!
Gordon, you're still the patriarch! Put your foot down and tell 'em to hightail it down here for Christmas.