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Got the headlights corrected (PPF guy had swapped them from side to side) and camber equalized.  So far the thrust angle appears to be due to to much toe-in on the right side.  I'll equalize them and then see where I am., but that can wait until tomorrow.  I need a shower and a beer.

While giving a couple of buddies rides today I found out it was waaay too easy to hit the rev limiter in first and second well before you expect it.  This thing is a rocket.

@chines1, what is the rev limiter set at, 6500 or 7000?

factory kill switch is at 6300

We arrived back in Morton last night after the 2021 Tour de Smo', Extended Edition. We left Savannah on Sunday morning, took I26 up to I385, then got into Brevard through Greenville, SC on US276. We arrived at got Carlos and Leah's about 2:00 PM, loaded up the Speedster on the limo/trailer and continued on to Careyville, TN for the night. There was finally no rain on Sunday, and the drive was great from Clinton, SC onward, with one last taste of the twisties crossing from SC to NC over the top of the ridge.

We left Careyville in the morning, and drove the 9 hours back to flyover country yesterday. We encountered a huge thunderstorm cell about 2 hours from home.

The wipers on a 2005 DeVille on "high" are a thing to behold - there's a lot of windshield, and it's easy to forget exactly how much is happening... until the wiper blades get tangled up in each other and destroy the linkage, which is exactly what happened right in the thick of everything outside Danville, IL.

So, there we were, slicing through driving rain and wind, cruising along in the right lane, when all of the sudden I was inside an opaque aquarium hurtling down the road at about 60 mph. I could see nothing, and got off the road to the shoulder by the feel of the rumble strips. I rolled down the window to confirm that I was indeed on the shoulder. We sat there with the flashers on until the angry green part of the cell passed, and the rain let up enough that I could sorta' see through the windshield. I proceeded down the road on the shoulder until we got to the next exit.

I located a gas station with a canopy, and assessed the situation. The driver's side wiper was trash, but the passenger side was still operable (as long as the driver's side wasn't interrupting it). I pulled the wiper blade off the driver's side, which allowed the passenger's side to swing through it's arc. I tied a rag around the driver's side arm so it wouldn't scratch anything. I drove onward, leaning on the center console, looking out the right 2/3 of the windshield.

We made it home and unloaded. The speedster is tucked into the garage, ready for the engine transplant (remember that?). The limo will go in the shop to get the wipers rebuilt.

Just another Tour de Smo', in the books.

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“…until the wiper blades get tangled up in each other and destroy the linkage, which is exactly what happened right in the thick of everything outside Danville, IL…”



Have you ever thought much about just which world those things were the standard of?

Looking back a little, in 50 years of driving, including some cars I’ve kept 20 years, I’ve never had wipers fail ever.

OK, I’ve never owned an MG, Fiat, or Lada, but still.

My wife used to get ticked off with me for applying Rain-X and then almost refusing to use the wipers at all.  The stuff is a little clearer at night - the oncoming glare is reduced a lot - and really clear at at highway speeds but she always thought, "OK, it's raining, so use the damn wipers!"

I think not using them must be a "guy thang" but Rain-X really works over 20mph.

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