LukeZero

The d-jet re-install was a giant waste of time. I got it running pretty well, but I have no idea why it started working or why it suddenly stopped working. I cleaned the breakers for the injectors. Got them to work very well. When it quit I had...

Rite of Passage Part 2-The Crucible It wasn’t long after I demonstrated that I could produce a piece of jewelry to my father that my grandfather decided it was HIS turn to school me in old-school jewelry-making. He had my father melt a lump of...

I was interviewed yesterday by Dan Simpson from the FJ40 forum for a podcast which he has now posted. I know nothing of podcasts, but I can see that my iPad will open the link by default in Spotify. I shared some interesting stories about my...

In the meantime, I have been very busy juggling three different construction projects simultaneously. In yet another amazing piece of karma, the time and energy that remain for running Mark’s Off Road now seems to be perfectly matched to the...

Runs. I kept running into things with the speeduino that were not going to be resolved in time for warm weather. The plan morphed to puttinig the D-jet on the 73 motor in the 78 chassis and work on the stand alone in parallel. Details took some...

You’re a gigantic nerd! But I guess I am too for knowing exactly what you’re talking about. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I was messing with the CKP again this evening, listening to the Discworld series again on audio book. I listened to them all on cassette tape checked out of the library the first time. I learned why Project Binky is named that and had to be...

Kaleidoscopes One of my favorite sayings is that we are all broken, beautifully broken, like the bits of broken glass in a kaleidoscope. All of the experiences we have had that 'broke' us, and the time we spent, and the way in which we put...

If you decide to go with the Terminator, a friend of mine here in town is a master Holley tech and gets excellent pricing on their stuff. He’s done some of their prototype testing and has purchased factory refurbed pieces for projects for like...

Only thing of real significance that got done this past weekend was truing the teeth on the crank trigger wheel. We cut the center hole with a cnc plasma. Thought it was pretty close checking it with a feeler guage, but I didn't trust it. So I...

Gonna have to see if I can live with the shiny primer. It shows a lot of metalworking sins, but I need to be blocking down a different car while I drive this one. So I put it back together. Swapped over the early 14s. 73 bumpers on both ends took...

1st coat of primer. Ran out of product so I need to get stuff and apply that later in the week. Needs to be moving along. At least it's all one color. Edit: updated with 2nd coat pics

Mostly clean and red-free. No new surprises.

I pulled the fuel tank cover on the 73 and found there was access to the inner quarter, so I pulled the cover on the 78. I did the Fitzee cut and butt and the Carter Auto weld and grind method. I haven't spent much time with the hammer and dolly...

Started working on the speeduino. Gave up on the IDC40 plug kit after I saw a video where a guy was complaining how terrible his experience was mostly centered around that plug. My components were testing good to that plug. One of the comments...

Well, I can partly see why they repaired it the way they did. I still don't know what the repair was for. I cleaned the channel and started a phosphoric acid treatment. This one happened to be POR-15 pre-treat. Once I was done making a mess I...

Looks like you’re right

I'm gonna say, based on very early evidence, the car port fell on the car. Maybe before the color change to bright red. The left quarter has a lap seam running down the top from the corner of the trunk opening to the door seam. The right corner...

Had a couple hours this afternoon to do something so I masked off the car for paint removal. That snowballed a bit. The dark red spot is where the PO tested the Nissan red to match. Paint was pretty rough. Cracking everywhere like the deck lid...

They’re much more attractive, IMHO

Red deck lid was really terrible. Paint was just destroyed. Metal underneath was fine. Re-done in epoxy primer. Swapped out the top cover with the 73. The 78 PO cut some trim off and gouged the heck out of that cover. Fixable, but I have a good...