Need advice

Hey Mo!

WOOHOO!!!  Bill got us to 15!!! 

Lane, I am happy you have actually found something. I hope (sure it is) it's the fix needed to get your beautiful car back on the road soon...

Aloha!

If not, there's always lots of Tullemore Dew (or Jamesons, or Midleton, or Teeling, or Kilbeggan (if you're adventurous), or Greenspot, or Powers) but, PLEASE!  

 

No "Danny Boy"!

At least in time for Carlisle...

Parts are in the mail as of lunchtime today. You should get them Friday, Lane.

What do you mean no Danny Boy?
I just tapped my latest home brew, and boy is it good!

I'll be in Asheville until sometime Sunday, but may get home in time at least to get the car running, if still in need of a carb tune.

 

Thanks, a bunch, son.

No, not YOU, Danny Boy.....

 

I'm talking about "Danny Boy" Irish Whiskey.  Kinda rugged stuff, no where near as smooth as Jamesons or Tullemore.

 

We're all waiting' by the mailbox with ya, Lane! 

FYI The Irish Coffee was introduced to America at the Cafe Buena Vista in San Francisco in November 10th 1952, The house pour for that marvelous beverage is Tullemore Dew.

And not a word about Bushmill's 21 y/o single malt? I add it to the Speedster's tank makes it run better!

Mmmmmmmmm........

 

Tullemore Dew.....

 

Mmmmmmmmm..............

 

I know what I'll have when I get home this evening.

Back when I drank..and was realllly good at it.,....The best drinker I knew, I would simply go with a 15 dollar bottle of clan mcgregor.  Two drinks imatter don't matter.  Man I mdrain an adult beverage...

My first one or two is Balvenie, after that, I'm just drinking for effect.

I agree with GWPage, I usually start with an Oban or Abalour (sp) then move on to Dewars....

So where are the parts and what is happening ????  

 The parts are soaking in Tullemore Dew and will be installed as soon as they dry out.

 Happy Thanksgiving to All.

Probably won't get here until Friday.  We didn't make it to Asheville as Pam had another pretty severe migraine come on.  We can't go tomorrow either as the kennel is closed so we can't drop the pups off.  We may go up there on Friday, but at this point I'd just as soon stay home.  Obviously if we stay here I hope to have the car running for the weekend.

My favorite Scotch!!! Glad someone else has such good taste...lol

Just looked in the cabinet, I have a Balvenie aged in Sherry Oak. I'll try it at noon while listening to Alice's Restaurant !

Another thing to be thankful for today 

And a Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!! 

UPDATE: The part from Danny arrived today and was quickly installed. The main problem is resolved , but it needs a good carb tuning. I am getting some backfires in the exhaust (have I sprouted an exhaust leak? ) and the idle seems to go up to 1500 on occasion, even if the throttle linkage is disconnected . It idles kind of roughly as well . Still, it drives fine once over 2000 and really isn't too awful bad below that. If the idle was more stable it would be easier to tune the carbs. I have it good enough to take to Cars and Coffee tomorrow, so there's that . Maybe in the afternoon I can dial it in better than I could today. I will also recheck timing.

Horrayyy!!!

Congrats, you deserve to celebrate big time! Have you stopped grinning yet?!

Gary

Time for a plate of hummus.

 

See. Piece of cake, Lane. I always knew it was some chumwuzzi inside your carb. 

Aw crap....now we'll never see 20 pages.

Take heart Ron, it's not at 100% just yet.  Never underestimate my ability to f**k something up.  You know it's true. 

 

Ron, Lane knows whereof he speaks.

 

When this problem is finally receding comfortably in his rear-view mirror, he will start to notice a funny squeak he's fairly sure wasn't there before. There will be uncertainty, then doubt, then quiet determination to find the cause.

 

And that will be followed by an oil leak. And then some pulling to the left in the steering. And then the headlights will start flickering - but only when the turn signal is on.

 

But that all serves a purpose. It makes truly rare and memorable those perfect days on a deserted country road, when the sun is shining and the birds are singing, and when the temperature gauge never drifts above half-way.

 

It's conquering the demons that lets us better savor the good times. It's part of what these cranky old cars are all about. They must be driven well just to stay on the road. And they must be made to run right or they won't. It's what driving a sports car was all about 60 years ago.

 

Call it madness if you like, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

 

 

 

Just when I think I'm the only one, I find somebody else who gets it. You sir, are the man.

I'm paraphrasing here, but Stan, you said something some time ago about modern cars not capturing the essence of driving or being connected with the road, and that's what these cars are all about; if this makes us dinosaurs, then it looks like I'm in good company...

 

And don't worry Ron, if we keep the philosophical babble up we'll hit 20 pages EASY!

 

Oh; and what Mitch said too...

Nicely said, Mitch...Philosophical poetry!!!

 

I'm tempted to print your comment out, and paste it to the inside of the cabinet door where I keep my supply of prescription Xanax.

 

 

I'll post my copy on the liquor cabinet, Carl.

Hey Lane.  Continued success getting up and running again.  Mike is dropping off a car in the Detroit area tomorrow and picking up Natalie for the return ride.  I'll pick her up again on Good Friday.

 

I tried some Tulamare Dew the other day.  Good stuff!

Wow....

 

Mitch, That says it all.

 

THAT's why we drive these little cars!

 

Thanks  gn

Well said Sacto! It is that special place that we all go to when we are out driving. Nirvana of sorts. 

Well said, Satco.  Of the 4 best drives, in my 47 years of driving, 3 have been in my IM.

The other one was in my V8 powered Miata.

Got it dialed in a bit better, but I need a warmer afternoon to do a real tune.  It idles steadily now and backfires much less.  Good enough for the rest of the weekend.

 

Thanks all, for the 'likes' and replies.

 

And good news, Lane. Soon you will have forgotten all about this problem and will have happily moved on to the next.

 

This thread reminds me of other stories but I can't remember where I found them.

 

A long, narrative tale of many numbered chapters, written by many hands. It tells of plague and pestilence, of tortured, seemingly pointless wandering for forty days and forty nights, of a man being tested to his limits.

 

In the end, the protagonist is almost to the promised land, but still may not get to drive due to bad weather. It's a tale that teaches the rest of us lessons about whatsoever doth matter in life.

 

Maybe it was a Woody Allen movie.

 

 

 

Reminds me of Vanishing Point, but in the end the guy does get to the promised land, with the help of a huge bulldozer.