Captain Obvious

Love the pic of the NOS nozzle.

Well with nothing similar to compare it to, 40mA (.040A) sounds completely reasonable to me. I've lost the details. Was there a tach installed before? Or are you putting one in where there previously was none? Point is... Do you have a second tach that you could compare against the one from the Goon? Or (being of the same inductive pickup concept and from same manufacturer and close to the same age....) Is there an early 240 tach that you could run the same test on for comparison?

My pleasure. Glad to help. And thanks for the great pictures of how your mirrors work in traffic!

Hi Kats, I'll try my hand at a translation. "Downfalls" means "drawbacks" or "undesirable properties" or "weaknesses". The questioner was trying to determine if there were any problems with mounting the mirrors on the fenders when compared to mounting them on the doors.

I thought the two-part isocyanate activated paints were "urethanes" and different than "epoxy". My (admittedly shallow) understanding is that epoxy paints (while they are also two-part mixes) were different and not nearly as dangerous because they didn't contain isocyanates like the urethanes did. I mean, you don't want to breathe a bunch of any of them but I thought the isocyanates are the real nasty shite that can cause the allergic reaction (asthma).

You're talking about the fuel nozzles: I would not take those out unless there is an indicated reason to do so. Inspect in place... Make sure they are in good shape (not worn or corroded). Make sure they are at the proper depth setting and haven't been messed with in the past. If they are in good shape and are at the proper mixture setting, then I would leave them installed. I wouldn't pull them just to pull them. (However.... If you do decide you need to remove them, let me know as I've got some special tools that makes it easy-peasy. )

Nice work on the flat tops. I'm sure you already know this, but just in case... Make sure whatever cleaning method you employ on the carb bodies does not destroy the original epoxy alignment cone nubbins for the suction piston cover (the "flat" in flat-top). And make sure you keep each carb body, suction piston, and piston cover (the "flat" in flat-top) together as a matched set. They are aligned together using those formed in place epoxy cones and need to be kept together as a trio. And hopefully they haven't been mixed and matched in the past!

Love it!!

Or maybe frying a robot bee! Point is... It shouldn't start and stop as the wire burns back so far that it breaks the arc until it contacts again and starts. It should be a nice steady sizzle. Like frying that bee. This is making me both hungry and wanting to weld something. Is that wrong?

Carnegie Hall is just around the corner. I'm no welder, but one anecdotal piece of advice to me that helped me.... While you're laying down a bead with a MIG, it should sound like frying bacon.

That's right... You guys got hammered in this last storm, didn't you? We got nothing other than a couple clouds. One of those rare storms that goes south of PA and is still cold enough to snow. How does that Bimmer handle in the snow? My basic curiosity question about the seam work your guy is intending to do is... "Is he welding, or is he brazing?" If he whips out a torch (either an O-A rig or a TIG setup) then he's brazing. But if he loads a spool of that silicon bronze wire onto a MIG machine, then I'm not sure what he's doing. He'll know though. In any event, pics or it didn't happen.

That first short run out on the road is a blast isn't it? I remember the first time I took the 260 around the big country block after it had been sitting for so many years. Half ecstatic, and half terrified. Good work on the project so far and hope it continues to come together!

Well don't get me wrong. I'm not questioning any of the decisions about the planned process and it sounds very interesting. I just don't understand it completely. Pics of the process would be cool. (Not that you like to take pics of the work in process or anything! )

What he said. The higher the gauge number, the thinner the metal. If you're having troubles with 16-18 ga, then 20 gauge is going to be even more difficult. Love the practice sheet. I think everyone who ever messed with a welder has one just like that! Out of curiosity... Is that MIG, or flux core?

Thanks for the additional input guys. I will definitely update on experiences when I pull the trigger.

Haha!!

LOL! Yeah, that wire is to run through a MIG. I've never used it, but that's what it's designed for. What isn't clear to me though is exactly the application. I was aware of the process of using silicon bronze being used as a brazing filler, but I never knew it was also used in a welding operation... Especially MIG. (My rudimentary understanding being the basic difference being in brazing, you do not melt the parent materials, but in welding you do melt the parent material.) So in the few cycles of web searching that I did, I saw that silicon bronze MIG wire being used as welding filler when welding copper alloys together. I did not, however, see it being used to "weld" two steel pieces together. So in the end I really don't know what the guy doing the work on five&dime's car is really intending to do on the car, but that's not important as long as he knows. If forced to guess, I was thinking he was going to whip out the torch and braze some silicon bronze into the previously spot welded seams on the chassis and then grind them smoother. The tight seams should encourage a good wick of the brazing material to be sucked into the gap and provide the strength needed to allow reduce the thickness of the materials with the grinder. But that's all speculation on my part. For all I know, he's going to hit it with the MIG with a spool of that bronze wire in it. I'm way beyond my area of expertise.

Just a public service announcement to make sure we're all talking about the same stuff... This is silicon bronze: But THIS is silicone bronze: I'm Captain Obvious, and I approve this message.

Yeah, I couldn't tell if they were on a cell phone or not, but whatever the deal was, I was happy they drifted backwards just a little bit when the light turned green and they let off the brake. Just enough to get them to realize they were in reverse. I wanted to hit my horn to try to get their attention, but was afraid that it would make them think the light turned green and make them stab the gas harder and quicker. So there I sat... Looking in my rear view mirror thinking that I had a couple feet I could use to back up closer to the car behind me if necessary. Anyway, it turned out to be a non-event, but just that this shite is happening day after day after day. As for the cell phone stuff, I don't think they can legislate it out of use. It's already illegal most everywhere and not much has changed. I know people who won't text while their car is actually moving, but at every red light they're checking their phone while stopped. They say "I wasn't driving, I was sitting". I think if the car is on a public road in traffic and you're sitting in the driver's seat, then you're "driving". And to support that argument... It would be illegal for a twelve year old kid with no driver's license to do that. Regardless if the car is moving at that instant or not. Why? Because he doesn't have a driver's license. Enough ranting... So nobody can pull me out of my abyss trying to come up with that movie scene? I just spent another half hour looking for it. One car is sitting still and another car comes up next to them in the other lane. There are teasing words exchanged, the light turns green, and one of the cars goes forward while the other goes backwards and slams into the car behind them? And I think you were supposed to think it was funny that the other guy did that? Like he was the "bad guy" in the movie? Is that the antagonist? Protagonist? Where's @siteunseen when you need him... He's seen all the same stupid movies I have.

Tenacious D would call it a Tribute.

So I have some errands to run today and take the Z out. I take my still camera along with me because I figure that since this might be the last time I drive the Z this season, I might take a nice pic of the car at a park or something. They are going to be salting the roads again soon and figure it would be nice to post a pic on maybe my last drive of the season. Anyway, I'm still running yesterday's near-miss over and over again in my head, and I pull up to a traffic light behind this car. Yes... They're sitting at a red light. In reverse. Waiting for the light to turn green so they can stab the throttle and fly backwards into the front of my Z because they forgot they were in reverse : Thankfully, when the light turned green and they let off the brake, they noticed their error before tragedy happened, but I'm really starting to wonder. I don't know if everyone is just crazy due to the holiday season or what, but I'm wondering if I should just park the Z now. ** Fifty bonus points for the name of the movie in which a similar scene occurred. I spent about a half hour searching for it, but just can't put my finger on it. Driver had backed up for some reason and subsequently forgot the car was in reverse... Another car pulled up next to them and taunted them into a race? Light turned green and they slammed into the car behind them. What was the movie???? Not American Graffiti. Not Hollywood Knights. Not Porky's. Not Animal House. Just can't come up with it and it's bugging me!

Thanks for the input guys. And yes, the smart phone features are lost on me, at least until or unless... well you know. So how about some input on features and failures? What is some of the stuff that makes one a great choice over another? I've heard the cheap-o cameras are useless because they aren't wide angle enough. wheee! , What's a snapshot button? Just the ability to take a still pic from your phone? SteveJ, And the shock sensor thingie... If it's running constantly in a loop, then what's the shock sensor for? Is that for when unattended like in a parking lot or something?

If I have to pay more to get my antique car bumpers chromed in exchange for my kids having cleaner water to drink, I guess I'll take that tradeoff.

So I almost lost the Z this afternoon. I probably would not have been hurt, at least not seriously, but the car would have suffered significantly. With that in mind, does anyone have a recommendation for a dashcam that they like?

Well my sample size is definitely too small to be reliable. I'm comparing two 77's to one 74 and one 73. I've got one of those cheap digital angle gauges... Should be good enough to check for castor differences between my car and my buddy's 260. Maybe I'll do that next time the two cars are together. Thanks for the input guys.