I will try to get back to working on the cars sometime in early May. I’ve got my COVID vaccines out of the way, and that has gotten me over some of the depression I’ve been carrying since March 2020. Hopefully, I’ll be back to the gym for a bit in the mornings and then…
Category: General
Went ahead and renewed my plates.
Not knowing if I’ll have either Murbella or Żuczek fully running again this year, I had thought about letting their registration slip in 2021. While not overly expensive, the yearly fee they charge for personalized plates in Ohio is really an annoyance. I mean, I can understand the first year, but it isn’t exactly like…
Now looking into Fitech EFI
I’ve now started down the path of looking into Fitech’s EFI solution, specially the system configured and sold by Lowbugget.com. I’ve emailed some questions to the vendor and hopefully will hear back soon. While I prefer the general engine bay look of a dual throttle body setup for FI, I’ve decided to give considerations to…
Murbella work in limbo for the winter
So I have not been able to do any work since September 19, and even on that day’s blog post I mention hip pain. Let’s just say the hip problems that started doing that work continued throughout September and all of October, culminating in me actually finally realizing it was not hip-related, but likely something…
A Murbella littermate with an EV conversion!
I follow some of the work that goes on with EV conversions for air-cooleds. Just now I was shocked to look at my YouTube feeds and see a 79 Mars Red littermate of Murbella’s being converted over at the EV4U Custom Conversions channel. The ROI on such a thing, given the actually costs of conversion…
Murbella – Day 25 – Some other cleaning done.
It was truly a full day of multi-tasking in the garage. With all of the major stuff I got done, I also did quite a bit of small stuff. I needed to deal with the residual oil in the push rod tubs into one of my new shallow metal soaking pans they went followed by…
Transaxle Dilemma
I’m still not having much luck in finding someone in Ohio (or at least sane driving distance from central Ohio) who can repair or perform an entire rebuild of Murbella’s transaxle. Now her 2nd gear synchro has been bad since I bought her and she occasionally pops out of gear or generally is difficult to…
Biding my time while the Jetta GLI gets rebuilt
So while I am not confined to work-at-home due to the COVID19 virus quarantine in our state, and even though all of the parts I ordered finally arrived to allow me to being the work on Murbella, my son changed his mind on his blown up Jetta GLI and has decided to rebuild that engine….
Plymouth In Violet / Dodge Plum Crazy
So I’m watching last night’s episode of Graveyard Carz (Season 11, Episode 10, Just The Way You Are) in which they are restoring a 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda Convertible and the car’s color really stood out to me. Now they’ve had a lot of Mopar cars on there done in the Plum Crazy color and I’ve…
AS41 Build – New Stock Muffler and Tail Pipes
So in addition to the new engine not really starting, I’m having severe issues with leaks from the pre-heat tubes and risers. The gaskets are just not dealing with it and unfortunately, the manifold’s pre-heater pipes really need some metal work due to how aged they are. Buying a new intake at this stage is…