The Automotive Thread

[Capt Worley PE]

^Huh, never realized that. They certainly didn't LOOK like copper.

 

[Master slacker]

Are we talking 70's here? I can't think of how often non-copper electrodes were used back then. Nowadays platinum is commonplace and those last for-freakin'-ever. Hell, my Tracer had two original plugs in it until recently. Except for the obscene gaps, the plugs themselves looked pretty darn good despite being copper (fuel injection, btw).

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Yeah, seventies. Electrodes were silver colored, so I never figured they'd be copper.

 

[MA_PE]

Yeah, seventies. Electrodes were silver colored, so I never figured they'd be copper.

didn't you ever use sandpapaer to clean them up? The sand paper would expose the copper.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Yeah, seventies. Electrodes were silver colored, so I never figured they'd be copper.

didn't you ever use sandpapaer to clean them up? The sand paper would expose the copper.

Nah, we just gapped them before we put em in and threw them away after we pulled them out.

 

[MA_PE]

I was (still am) cheap. I'd try to clean them and put them back in for a bit.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I was (still am) cheap. I'd try to clean them and put them back in for a bit.

I don't even eff with them anymore. Not worth the hassle.

 

[Master slacker]

Platinums in the Impala (changed <10k miles ago), Iridium in the wife's Rav (checked at 105k and still look brand new), new coppers in the Tracer (changed <1k miles ago). I'm good for a bit.

 

[Flyer_PE]

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^I like the von Dutch flying eyeball.

 

[Supe]

Finally got my ECU calibration finished for the RX7. Need to try to flash the firmware, do the TPS cal, and fire it back up tonight since making the move to fool injection.

 

[Supe]

Fool injection was right. Turns out my hella-sweet ECU is DOA. Won't sync with the software via USB. Doh.

 

[Master slacker]

Megasquirt... VEAL... done.

 

[Supe]

Never could have had Megasquirt installed and operational in the time frame I had to work with. The Holley software is getting a shit ton of support, and it was a package deal with their hardware. Prefab wiring harness, most of the sensors built right into the throttle body, and one of the better closed loop learning algorithms.

 

[blybrook PE]

Was working on the plow truck the other night and had been noticing an increasing sag on the passenger side.

Jacked up the outer body panel under the A pillar, opened the door and found this:

Expains why I'd been seeing things that had been on the floor behind me when plowing. I knew I had a small hole closer to the transmission tunnel; didn't realize it had grown exponentially... Time for some major cancer repair.

A side note, the black & white lines you see are the fuel lines.

 

[Lumber Jim]

YIKES!!!!

 

[envirotex]

A little WD40 and some duct tape. You'll be good.

 

[blybrook PE]

Was considering a good helping of bailing twine too!

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Was working on the plow truck the other night and had been noticing an increasing sag on the passenger side.

Jacked up the outer body panel under the A pillar, opened the door and found this:

Expains why I'd been seeing things that had been on the floor behind me when plowing. I knew I had a small hole closer to the transmission tunnel; didn't realize it had grown exponentially... Time for some major cancer repair.

A side note, the black & white lines you see are the fuel lines.

If that was a first gen Bronco, many would consider it rust free.

 

[blybrook PE]

It's better than a Bronco. It's a IH Scout II