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Done With School, Progress!!!
Pictures: I painted the engine block “Aluminum”. This is the primitive throttle position sensor, which is basically a three-way switch. Here is the painted valve cover, also painted “Aluminum”. Here...
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Started installing some parts.
Pictures: Here is the front main seal and oil pump installed. The crankshaft installed with new bearings and thrust washers. This was pretty easy. Exhaust manifold and cover with the Rusty Stuff...
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Painted lots of parts.
Pictures: Here is the detail work on the engine. Yes, it’s that small. Painted the crankshaft and water pump pulley. The big one looks rough because the metal has texture. The rear main seal. No one...
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Update on the Geo
Pictures: Painted the engine block. Forgot to get a picture of it clean. This matches my red, silver, and black theme. I got the head and the pistons back from the shop. Don’t know what that green...
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Not much to report.
Well, not much to report here: School is out in a few weeks, then things should heat back up. The clutch started slipping, along with third gear grinding really bad, so that is my first mission when I...
View ArticleSoon to be back in business
Alright, I finally got some work lined up, and some big money coming in, so I will be back on board for working on this project in a couple weeks. I will also get a camera, so I can show you the stuff...
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Replacing the Front Brakes on a 89-94 Geo Metro
This How-To shows complete instructions (with many helpful pictures) for replacing the front disc brakes and caliper pads of a 1989-1994 Geo Metro. You don’t need very many tools for this, but the one...
View ArticleInstalling Debian on the Zipit Z2
This is the first post about installing different OSs on the Zipit Z2. I’ll be posting more as I work on getting a good OS on it, and modifying things to work better. Later on, after I finish some...
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The hydrostat Baja runs
I’ve been helping the Mini Baja team at school with a research project: We want to see if we can get the Baja to run using hydrostat motors instead of a geared transmission. That would save us the...
View ArticleCode Scribbler
The other day I was at school between classes, sitting at a computer waiting for several GB of files to transfer to my thumbdrive over a 1.0 connection (read: I had a half hour to spare) and I started...
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