What did you do to your 2002 today !

['76mintgrün'02]

19 minutes ago, Lorin said:

Tom, can I politely encourage you to step up your wiring terminal game to OE quality? 

 

Thanks for the encouragement.  

 

I shared my Beefy alternator ground in another thread recently (before I realized that it'd broken).  Here's that post --

 

The original wire on my alternator was a bit crunchy, so I replaced it with an even bigger one.  Ideally it would have been brown, but at least it's beefy.  It is connected to a bolt on the timing chain cover.  I like the original terminal ends that have two crimps, one for the wire and one to grab the insulation; but I settled for the simple kind, since that's all I had (have).

 

 

18 hours ago, Zeke said:

Lorin-

 

mind sharing your source for wiring needs, and type of crimper you recommend?

 

I'm guessing Lorin was referring to this style. 

 

S & G Tool Aid 18980 Master Ratcheting Terminal Crimper Set Brand New!

WWW.EBAY.COM

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Arctic Tools can not make any exceptions. Arctic Tools A cool place for tools.

 

Larry shared the link in this thread, along with some photos of what it can do.

 

 

I'll be making do with the crimpers I have, unless a fancier one shows up at the Habitat store.  The crimper on the left is the most recent pair I bought there.  I think they were fifty cents.  The pair on the right came from there too and that one's got two settings to choose from, if you flip the little lever side to side.

 

           

 

           

 

That ground wire failed due to the stiffness of the wire I chose and how I bent the end.  I think there was also a twist that put strain on the terminal.  Live and learn.  I think the new one will outlive me.

 

I want to take another road trip.  I have not gone through the gas receipts for the trip home, but the on the way out I spent $300 on gas and got around 25 mpg.  I'm back in the land of $5/gallon (e-free) gasoline, but saw prices as low as $3.50 back east.  Having a co-pilot would cut that cost in half, but it'd be tough to sleep two people inside the car.

 

I pulled off to make a second pot of coffee at a rest stop in Bozeman and a guy pulled up next to me came over to say "nice car, I like the color."  I thanked him and pointed out that it matched the shirt he was wearing and he asked if I wanted it.  "Your shirt?"  He said, "Yes, I got it at the Goodwill, you can have it.  I bought two shirts.  Here!" and he took it off and handed it to me.  Then he put on a yellow one and asked if it made him look jaundiced.  Funny guy.  I like my new green lantern shirt.   

 

                            

 

To keep this post on topic, today I rubbed another coat of this wax into the hood.  I'd used it after feeding the paint a some #7 while still in S.D. and again after getting home.  

 

                                          

 

          

 

Tom

[Dug Nichols]

Over the weekend we stopped in a thrift / collectibles store in a small town in MN and I found not one, but two vintage Minnesota license plates that are correct for my two cars' years. MN has a rule that if you are registered as a Collector car, you can use a correct year plate for your car, as long as the number isn't in use.

 

It took me about an hour and a half at the DMV of course, and required I patiently show them the rules as posted on the state website ;). It took several escalations, as originally I was told it wasn't allowed. All very friendly actually. And now, both my cars have vintage plates! 

 

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[Doug Riparetti]

I got a lot of “to do” stuff off my checklist over the last week.

 

I replace the brake master cylinder, ended up introducing a bunch of air into the lines that I wasn’t able to get out through conventional brake bleeding methods.

 

I ended up purchasing a “Motive Product“ power bleeding assistant. Sure wish I would have bought one of these along time ago, it makes it very simple bleeding the brakes by yourself. 
 

After doing a brake booster delete, modifying the bell crank for proper pedal ratio, an installing a generation two Corvette master cylinder, this is the best brake pedal that I’ve had since doing the swap back in 2017. I highly recommend purchasing a “Motive Product“ power bleeder. 

 

I got my tac working again, the damn thing came unplugged at the Electromotive coil pack. I didn’t figure that out until after removing the gauge cluster two different times. I was about ready to install a spare tac that I had, thought to check the engine bay first, found the wire was disconnected.

 

While the gauge cluster was out, I cleaned all the glass, tighten up the set rings that pin the glass to the cluster housing, (got rid of that vibration noise that was driving me nuts).

 

The last thing on my checklist was to put new tires all the way around.

 

Time to hit them back road twisties. 

 

 

[Leucadian]

Got a set of BBR filters.  No more open stacks, but the fit and finish is great, and I don't have to worry about sucking random foreign objects into my engine.    

 

 

[chargin]

7 hours ago, Doug Riparetti said:

I ended up purchasing a “Motive Product“ power bleeding assistant. Sure wish I would have bought one of these along time ago, it makes it very simple bleeding the brakes by yourself. 

I bought mine in 2004 and have run Gallons and gallons of fluid through it, love it as well 

 

used for:

IE Volvo BBK 

 

IE Golf Rear Disc kit

bleeding the clutch slave

 

and that time I got really carried away with a set of Rally brakes to install on my daily 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 27, 2022 by chargin

[chargin]

Four years after purchasing a pedal set at SoCal vintage I finally put the Metal to the Pedal

 

unfortunately the gas pedal cover is about 6mm narrower than my IE billet pedal so it didn’t work

 

 

as it looked with rubber pads 

 

as an FYI I installed the billet gas pedal about 4 years ago and was shocked by how much it improved the pedal feel over my old Nubby OEM pedal 

[johnny02]

Somehow passed Massachusetts inspection.  With a zip-tied front plate for now.  We’re finally legal!  

[Doug Riparetti]

After the initial test drive a couple days ago, I was pretty happy, but very little play in the peddle.

 

Went for a drive yesterday and discovered that the brakes were dragging, (I actually had to pull over and back the nuts off the master cylinder to relieve some of the pressure).

 

Woke up early this morning, I needed to shorten the adjusting rod, which means taking off the master cylinder to get access to it. (I’ve had the master cylinder on an off sooooo many times, it takes me less than 30-minutes to take it apart, adjust the rod and get it back on the road).
 

Out for a test drive only to discovered that I shortened it too much, I was barely able to get it to stop.

 

Back in the garage to lengthen the rod, test drove, still a little tight.

 

Back in the garage again to shorten just a little bit, now it’s PERFECT. 
 

Time to rest my back. 😊

 

 

 

 

[flagoworld]

Ages ago a friend cut out some vinyl stickers for me and I finally got around to putting them on my wheel caps. Poured some epoxy on top. Came out pretty nice!

 

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[chargin]

On 9/27/2022 at 8:17 AM, johnny02 said:

With a zip-tied front plate for now.  We’re finally legal!  

 

I actually glued some "Rare Earth" magnets behind my Kamei Airdam and onto the back of the license plate for a Quik Release solution 

[Ratty76]

Anyone get snazzy digital art done of their car before? This only cost me $30!

[slowbert]

31 minutes ago, Ratty76 said:

Anyone get snazzy digital art done of their car before? This only cost me $30!

 

Excellent graphics.  But I thought all the cool kids had round taillights...

[jimk]

Computed the round trip mileage Denver to Durango and back, 800 mi at 30.1 mpg.  S14, 5spd, Haltech Elite.

[BLUNT]

Just now, jimk said:

Computed the round trip mileage Denver to Durango and back, 800 mi at 30.1 mpg.  S14, 5spd, Haltech Elite.

I loved my s14. 31mpg at 4k at 80

[SydneyTii]

1 hour ago, slowbert said:

 

Excellent graphics.  But I thought all the cool kids had round taillights...

 Nah it’s hip to be square😜