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Well, the instructions say to do it that way anyway, so that was the plan to begin with.

dlb wrote:thanks again for all the compliments, gang. i'll try to post pics of camping with this thing when we get back. if it doesn't flip us at highway speeds and kill us, of course.

At least it will be pretty when it ends your life, if it flips you.

I've been planning to wire up the electric fuel pump so that a relay switches it on when the key is in the ON position, then later do the low-oil-pressure killswitch. Currently waiting on a fuel regulator before I embark on that.

4age swap? (kidding, kidding) :( I wish. I think if I went that big, I'd rather have a transmission that can handle it without hearing it cry out to its creator for mercy, so it would probably have to be a transverse mount. Not sure if the '85's bay can do that. I still need to replace the steering...

Mark wrote:I assumed the points-type distributor might have been an issue, but I replaced it with an electronic one with no difference. I'm hoping the switch to timing advance at idle might make a difference.

How is the electric one different from the points-type?

dlb, that is a pretty awesome trailer.

Your fabrication is, as usual, so awesome I'm disgusted with envy.

Are you going to see Roadkill on the 21st? I am planning to.
http://www.roadkill.com/roadkill-takes- ... -schedule/

I talked Zach into getting locking hood pins since the release is so easy to remove with the hood shut. I don't think most people would know that, but in my area it's not unusual for someone to steal old batteries and it is really inconvenient if they cut the cables to take it as well.

Big surprise coming up.

Got it. *writes to self: "wow, distributors are some weird stuff."*

Sometimes the guy I go to for exhaust mods does work free of charge, so last time I have him two exhaust tips in retalia-I mean...return.

Mark wrote:centrifugal weights

What are these? All I can think of is "crank throws."

It will have to wait for a bit. I just remembered it the other day when I went to do some diagnostics on the Tercel. If I can land me a job soon...

:oops: Well, I was having issues with the release cable not actuating the hood latch. I checked the motion of the lever that the cable pulls on to release the hood, and nothing is wrong there. I'm not sure what was wrong with it before I made part of it rip, but anywho, the cable seems to be ruined....

ARCHINSTL wrote:Perhaps those long "dishwashing" gloves? They don't give much of a feel for things, but...
Tom M.

If you need to feel the distributor to turn it, you're in real trouble!