Makes you like your eggs on the Jersey sideMakes you like your eggs on the Jersey side - LiveJournal.comThe Day's Tweets- April 30, 2008 10:36 Got my replacement shifter bushing yesterday and attached it w J-B Weld. 10:36 Tonight when I get home I will be reattaching the shift cable and trying it out. Wish me luck! 10:37 EdRoberts: Where do you go for Taco Tuesday 19:52 Arcadia has broken down at the corner of 66th & Ward and I can't get her started again. Anybody with a truck want to help me haul her h ... 20:07 ramseym: I'm totally jealous. Automatically shipped by LoudTwitterhttp://popefelix.livejournal.com/535152.html Vehicle update- April 30, 2008 Yes, I know I just posted one. But now it's time for another, damn it all to Xenu.In our last thrilling episode, the shifter on Stu had broken (specifically, the cheap plastic bushing that connects the shift cable to the shift lever broke. This problem is apparently endemic to Saturns from '91 - '02). Yesterday I got the stainless steel replacement part in the mail, and decided to attach it. I followed the seller's instructions, removing the remaining bits of the old bushing, swabbing the...http://popefelix.livejournal.com/534889.html Arcadia has broken down- April 30, 2008 I think the RR has finally died the final death. Anybody local want to make some dough and help me haul her back home She's parked on 66th, just off of Ward.Call me: 843-819-9065http://popefelix.livejournal.com/534749.html The Day's Tweets- April 29, 2008 09:33 My bike is running again! Not running exactly perfectly, but still running. Automatically shipped by LoudTwitterhttp://popefelix.livejournal.com/534434.html Arcadia is back together- April 28, 2008 I spent tonight putting Arcadia back together, including her old RR. With Stu out of commission, I need a working vehicle to get me back and forth to work. I have removed the inline fuel filter that I thought might be causing problems. I hooked her battery up to Stu and she started and ran, so hopefully she'll get me to and from work tomorrow. :)I also went to the motocycle swap meet today where I bought, among other things, a new horn for Arcadia. It's got a trumpet on. Mwahahahahahaaha!.http://popefelix.livejournal.com/534223.html An open letter to Rockstar Games- April 27, 2008 Dear folks at R,You know what would be really cool in a Grand Theft Auto title Icy roads. Think about it. Icy roads suck in real life, because they're generally hard to drive on and the lack of traction (and to be fair, drivers' lack of experience driving on icy roads) leads to collisions with people, cars, trees, and inanimate objects. And collisions like those suck in real life.However, collisions with people, cars, trees, and inanimate objects in a Grand Theft Auto title are fun as all...http://popefelix.livejournal.com/533916.html Yay solar sails!- April 27, 2008 http:space.newscientist.comarticledn13776-space-spiderwebs-could-propel-future-probes.htmlSo basically what you've got is this gossamer-thin web of wire, miles and miles across. You put a positive charge on the wire and as the solar wind blows across it, the positive ions in the wind repel the positively-charged wire and the spacecraft starts to move. Only a tiny little bit, but over a year or two it adds up - seeing as how there is very little friction in interplanetary space - and the...http://popefelix.livejournal.com/533685.html Vehicle update- April 27, 2008 As I said Wednesday, the shifter on Stu has gone out, so I had him towed to Hank's Auto Repair.Today ruisseau helped me get Stu out of the parking lot at Hank's Auto Repair so I could take him home. Hank's wanted $370 to fix the shifter, of which nearly $200 was the replacement shifter cable. At first I was going to bite the bullet and have them do it, but then I did some research. Seems that Saturns like Stu are prone to having the bushing that attaches the shifter cable to the shift lever..http://popefelix.livejournal.com/533180.html |