Monthly Archive for December, 2004

More on being stuck

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on December 26, 2004
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A few years ago, on my way to Detroit in the Amigo, I had an alternator die. I swear I only made it 20 miles or so on ‘battery only’. But perhaps that’s because I wasn’t sure what was going on and still had the cell-phone charger plugged in, radio and A/C on, etc. But just a while ago, I read a post that said the average car battery can run 15-20 hours on battery alone.

At that point, I ripped off the serpentine belt and went to the grocery. No more "fan clank"!
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Still stuck

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Last night I popped onto the Planet Isuzoo Forums to research my problems. I’m not sure how I didn’t notice, but the bracket that broke holds the pulley that drives the radiator fan. The sounds I was hearing were both the loose metal bracket hitting the engine and the fan (which is now out of place) striking the shroud that surrounds it.

This morning I tried to see if there was a way to temporarily rig it to run… at least long enough to get to the grocery store and to the shop on Monday. Nope.
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Snow storms

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on December 25, 2004
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Last Tuesday night we had a pretty bad snowstorm. Wednesday morning, I had an early conference call that I attended from home and lasted about 90 min. I didn’t even leave the house until 9:30a. Then the drive into town was no fun. The road crews weren’t coming out because the 2nd wave of the storm was due to hit any time.

So I slowly made my way to the auto shop to have a new ignitor coil installed on the Amigo, fixing a cylinder misfire. The mechanics also found that there is a vacuum leak somewhere causing most of my performance problems. But that would have to wait until next week while parts were ordered.
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Gooey

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on December 23, 2004
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So I’ve spent considerable time plotting, scheming and planning to take over the world. No, not really. Actually, I’ve been working on the CarPuter.
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Bugger

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on December 12, 2004
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Ever since I stopped allowing anonymous comments… well… no one commented.

So… it’s open again. You all suck.

The MX-5.1

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on December 12, 2004
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I’ll eventually create a seperate "topic" just for this… my CarPuter project. But for now… as I haven’t posted in awhile, you’re probably wondering what’s keeping me so busy.

Aside from travel and work, I’ve become obsessed with replacing the factory BOSE (stands for "Better Off with Something Else) stereo with my own creation. I had no idea how much thought and research would go into this when I started. But, as with all things, the more I learn, the more excited I become. Turns out there are about a million things to consider.
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