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Curse you, bathroom fan vent

by admin, posted in Uncategorized

Curse you.  And curse your impossible to get to fan location.  And curse your roofing nail proximity to the skin on my back – good thing my Tetanus shots are up to date.  And curse your impossibly hot Okanagan attic heat.  And curse the vent ducting that couldn’t stay in one piece. And curse the vent duct insulation that cannot be installed over the duct by mortals.  And curse they fact that I didn’t notice you could buy the two already assembled.  Darn it all to heck.  And curse losing tools in the blown insulation. And curse the itchy insulation. And curse the surgical gloves that kept ripping.  And curse the mask that refused to seal against my face. And curse the hose clamp that I forgot to attach to the roof truss before attaching the vent. And curse the duct tape that stuck to everything but where it needed to go.  Curse you, bathroom fan vent, curse you.  You make me sad.

De-Chroming with Muriatic Acid

by admin, posted in My Projects

I needed some flat steel to transition from the 1″ wheel archs on the Lotus 7 chassis to the 3/4″ tubes behind the seat back bulkhead.  I thought “washers would work great” only, you really shouldn’t weld chrome.

An hour immersed in Muriatic Acid, and now they are de-chromed.

I wonder if the acid might be a bad thing when welding….

The Terrible Trailer

by admin, posted in My Projects

I know, it’s not a “Project Car” per se.

But it was finally completed, and performed flawlessley on its maiden voyage to the dump today.

Backing it up the driveway, however, that’s a different story….

Read more: The Terrible Trailer

Flowmaster Super 50 Delta Flow

by admin, posted in My Projects

Muffler #1 – Stock – rotted off.
Muffler #2 – Magnaflow 2-1/2″ – Wicked Awesome at full throttle, but drone drone drone drone drone
Muffler #3 – Walker SoundFX – “unusual sound” from get-go, now (new issue) suspect blown baffle inside
Muffler #4 – Flowmaster – we’ll see. Some of the drone is back…

Read More: Hideous Exhaust

Lotus Chassis Setbacks & Progress

by admin, posted in My Projects

I had to give my head a shake on what I was doing with the chassis. Offset the drivetrain 1″?  What was I thinking?  I cut out the entire transmission tunnel and seat back bulkhead, centered it, and got it mostly all back together this evening.  Stupid me – I’ll just get the driver’s axle shortened 2″ and all will be well.

At least now, the seats will fit, like, humans.

Read More: The Lotus Seven