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I am back!
It has quite a long while since I last posted an entry here. Life does get in the way sometimes. But I am back. Again, I know.
Harness Haywire
I went ahead and flushed the engine with one part kerosene and two parts cheap engine oil, after assembling the overhauled head back on the block. Repeated the process and filled the crankcase with cheap engine oil and equally cheap oil filter. The plan was to discard the oil and filter after a few days … Continue reading
Cylinder Headache
I fitted a new battery and tried to crank up the engine of the wagon. It turned over and came to life for a brief few seconds, then it died and spewed dirty looking oil through the air cleaner box! I tried again after cleaning up all the affected parts and the same thing happened. … Continue reading
New Year, New Project Car
In retrospect, my 240 TIC project did not really roll as it should. There were some repairs and maintenance done but they were not exactly “Stage 0” stuff. You should never pick your only daily driver, your work horse, as the project car unless you are willing to go without a car for the duration. … Continue reading
Lowered Brick
Garnered enough courage to do it finally: Slamming my old brick down in the weeds! After doing lots of reading on the subject, I decided to take the lowered path of cutting my springs on July 1st and managed to finish the project on July 3rd. A younger and fitter enthusiast might be able to … Continue reading
Ball-joints, Bearings and Bumper
Hey, long time no write! I hit a road hump a few weeks back and have been getting some annoying noises from the front end. But I cannot pinpoint exactly from where the noise is coming from. The front suspension parts are shot anyway as I can shake the wheels in every which way, so … Continue reading
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,700 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get … Continue reading
PCV Service
I had a problem with the Brick’s Positive Crankcase Ventilation system for quite a while but was too busy to look into it. When I saw oil patches on my floor, my first thought was the oil drain plug had leaked again. But upon closer inspection I noticed that the oil was coming from the … Continue reading
Push Button Starter
My old brick now sports a push-button starter just like those found in expensive fancy cars. The only difference is the one in my car is simple and cheap; an upgrade done out of necessity than anything else after the starter switch stopped working last weekend. It almost left me stranded at the Gunung Semanggol … Continue reading
Adding A Pair of DRLs
So I bought a pair of LED DRLs online and went about installing them on Tuesday. They came complete with the required bracketry but the circuit diagram printed on the box was crap. The old Brick apparently came with DRL wiring incorporated into the lighting harness even before DRLs became the trend recently but I … Continue reading
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