Continuing Thread: What Are You Fix-It'ing Today?

[aschen]

Originally Posted by greglepore

While you're in there I'd do the output protection relays-they have a tendency to fail with age. Mine don't like the cold (its in a garage) but are ok once it warms.

Cool thanks I'll look into that. Honestly I havent even used it very much at all. Last I plugged it in a few years ago there was a mild powersupply hum that went away about 20 seconds into warm up. I "think" that is power supply cap related but not sure.

Not really sure what Im trying to fix at this point bt seemed like a fun project.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by aschen

I ordered a kit of caps from this company in germany,

That looks like a great kit - not that I know LOL, it's just when I see that Panasonic brand components are included it suggests the package is of good quality. And it's nice that this guy really understands capacitors. Be safe guys when working with capacitors.

[aschen]

Yeah really nice for him to package them up. Quite a bit of work saved honestly, he could charge more and Id still be fine. Otherwise Id have to try to read them all and piece out on digikey or whatever.

The main filter caps a tiny little guy especially compared to the orignals. Both rated at 35v 2200uf, but new ones physically smaller. I guess you don't need much for 20wpc.

Ordered some deoxit just now to clean up the board and pots. A lot of trouble for an integrated I bought for 75$ on a whim at a pawn shop a decade ago.

[Zeke]

Shorter lead of the two is negative.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

mEESA working on new project. A high speed touring bike to carry my credit card across the state to enjoy Fine dining, clean sheets, and AC galore.






This project brought to you by the letter "F" for "Fondriest".

The project is a campy shifter that needed a rebuild.



And rebuild I did. Wasn't able to take pics though. Consider this reassembling a rolex watch in the middle of a Sahara sand storm wearing boxing gloves!

On a scale of 1 to 10 pelicans with 10 pelicans representing a 911 valve adjust, or a broken head stud, this is somewhere inbetween those two 10's.

Does it work well? Nope. But it works.

(If you know... You know....)

Me proud!!!!!

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

Does it work well? Nope. But it works.

In that case, well done Mr Leaky, well done.

[Baz]

Very cool, Ron!

I did a muriatic acid treatment on my shallow well. Poured a gallon in early this morning and just now flushed her out and got her going again. Can see a little improvement in volume so happy. Had to do quite a bit of priming this time - actually hooked a hose up to the output spigot tee and fed it water from my domestic supply for about 10 minutes before she finally got the proper flow again.

Some other odds and ends plus a beach bike ride - been a productive day!

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

Some other odds and ends plus a beach bike ride - been a productive day!

Any day wrapped up with a beach bike ride is a “10” in anybody’s book. Bravo Baz!!!

Mrs. Bugs got home Friday night from nearly a month in AZ with family and the kids. She said that she wanted to be the one to swap out the non-adjustable rear camber arms for adjustable ones on her 2015 Honda CRV. It came from the factory with a negative camber, so now we will be able to get the alignment dialed in. I ended up getting the ones from the local auto supply, name brand suspension supplier and they carry a lifetime warranty, unlike the Amazon ones that carry only a 30 day at best. Don’t expect a failure but you just never know.










I was the on-site engineer assisting and providing guidance. Oh yeah, tool boy to, lol.

Alignment appointment on Tuesday.


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[Baz]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Any day wrapped up with a beach bike

Thanks, Trev......actually did it in the morning but still a nice getaway each day!

Originally Posted by bugstrider

so now we will be able to get the alignment dialed in.

Wow that's impressive....she's a keeper, Big T!

Just curious....were the tires getting an uneven wear that prompted the decision to go this route?

Thanks - and you still maintain the gold standard in this thread with your pics and commentary!

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

Well..... there's your problem.

Thanks RS,

Always look forward to your awesome work on those planes. Always hope to gleen a pointer or two.

Haven’t had any real time to work on the VE. Been training three new folks since Jan 1st. My final guy just had his check ride on the 31st.


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[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Mrs. Bugs got home Friday night from nearly a month in AZ with family and the kids. She said that she wanted to be the one to swap out the non-adjustable rear camber arms for adjustable ones on her 2015 Honda CRV. It came from the factory with a negative camber, so now we will be able to get the alignment dialed in. I ended up getting the ones from the local auto supply, name brand suspension supplier and they carry a lifetime warranty, unlike the Amazon ones that carry only a 30 day at best. Don’t expect a failure but you just never know.

I was the on-site engineer assisting and providing guidance. Oh yeah, tool boy to, lol.

Alignment appointment on Tuesday.


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Nice job, Ms Bugs. Witness marks too!

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

Thanks, Trev......actually did it in the morning but still a nice getaway each day!




Wow that's impressive....she's a keeper, Big T!

Just curious....were the tires getting an uneven wear that prompted the decision to go this route?

Thanks - and you still maintain the gold standard in this thread with your pics and commentary!

Thanks again Baz!!

The last time we had it aligned, they comment on the negative camber. I am looking for a pic I took a few weeks ago that showed the camber if looking from the rear. To me it was obvious.
Here is the last printout.


We really started to get “flashed” on our last trip so that kind indicated the rear sitting a little lower in the rear. Hope this helps, I also recently had the headlights polished out and a layer of 3M clear film to prevent the crazing and protect the lenses. Now the LED bulbs are even more bright, but I also re-adjusted the angle so no to blind oncoming traffic. Tires being ridiculously expensive now, I’m trying to extend the life of her tires. I found this on the Honda website but it doesn’t cover our year. If anyone has a 2017-2020 Honda CR-V, be sure to take advantage of this Service Bulletin. https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10181080-0001.pdf

My next block project keep staring at me and I am finding it hard to get started… per the local building department, I will be building “decorative garden walls” up our hillside.

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Nice job, Ms Bugs. Witness marks too!

Thank you Sir


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

Oh Good Lord, Bugs.......

Hahahaha, oh don’t I know…. That is a total labor intensive job. I honestly don’t want to think how many times I’ll go hands on “each” block. My body already hurts, thinkin about it.

Here is a shot of the rear angle the CR-V is sporting.
It doesn’t look like much, but over time it will cause excessive tire wear. We set the new adjustable arms to the current length of 240 mm, which is what the factory arms are. That is because the shop will adjust them appropriately and lengthen them to the correct length.


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[oldE]

Bugs,
Sweet Lord! My back is aching in sympathy just looking at those 9 pallets of blocks.
BTW nice job on the rear suspension. Kudos to the Missus.

Best
Les

[Baz]

They're putting the trusses up today on that house across the street and 2 doors down.......



I saw the husband and wife owners last evening standing up on the second floor...taking it all in.....they looked really happy. I'm happy for them! If I ever added one or two more stories to my house it would be so sweet!

[bugstrider]

I’m in danger of surrendering my man-card fellas.

In the 30 years of ownership, I have officially been bamboozled by my 95 GMC K1500 4x4. After extensively researching my manual and possible causes of its poorly running issue, I am just plumb out of ideas. The next step in this mystery, is finding a way to test the back pressure via an insert I can run into my 02 sensor bung to attempt to detect a blocked or restricted catalytic converter. Two senior mechanics mentioned the symptoms sound like a blocked cat. Today, I loaded 20 gallons of fresh gas into the tank to test the Fuel Pump replacement job. The pump sounds 200% better and I am more confident that it won’t short and explode, but it still ran like garbage. There is no “check engine” lite

Work done since April 16th, 2024:

Rebuilt TBI unit with new injectors
New fuel pump
New fuel filter
New M.A.P. Sensor
New I.A.C.V.
New T.P.S.
New ignition control module on the distributor
New plugs
New cap
New rotor
New O2 sensor
New EGR valve
New EGR solenoid
No known vacuum leaks checked via the spray test.
New manifold temp sensor
New K&N air filter

I am out of ideas as is my shop manual ….
So I hit the six exhaust manifold bolts with PB Blaster to let them soak. It will be a miracle they don’t snap off. The theory is that by opening the exhaust system a little bit, if the cat is restricted, the gap will allow the engine to breath and run slightly better, although very loudly.

I’m pulling at straws at this point.





I am open to any ideas or suggestions

Cheers


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[HobieMarty]

No real way to drop the cat and have a look inside. Being a 1995 model, I assume there is no OBD2 as that wasn't put in place generally until the 1996 model year. Did the creation of the exhaust manifold gap have any positive results? If so, sounds like you have a clogged cat. A clogged up catalytic converter will definitely cause some performance issues for sure.

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[HobieMarty]

My son and I went to the Atlanta South location of Pull-a-Part last Sunday. We have been searching for a replacement hood for his girlfriend's car, and it has taken quite some time, but we finally snagged one. Her car was damaged a little more than a year ago when a tree fell across the front during a storm. The topside of the hood looks pretty good. Of course, coming from a donor car in a salvage yard, it isn't going to be perfect. The underside of the hood had a little rust around the rubber seal, so I am currently repairing that with some steel reinforced epoxy putty and some small galvanized steel strips I cut as tiny filler panels. Once I sand and smooth the epoxy, the repair areas will be blended in and not be so noticeable and hopefully will last a while. We cleaned the areas of rust first and then applied some rust protection/converter spray before filling in with the epoxy.

Here are some pictures of her current hood, and this was after we pulled the dents as much as possible and some pictures of the hood we got from Pull-a-Part. We also got a passenger side fender. Next up, we will replace the headlights and paint the grill, and I even have a replacement Toyota badge for the grill as well. Gotta Love Pull-a-Part!!!

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[Scott Douglas]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Thanks again Baz!!

The last time we had it aligned, they comment on the negative camber. I am looking for a pic I took a few weeks ago that showed the camber if looking from the rear. To me it was obvious.
Here is the last printout.


We really started to get “flashed” on our last trip so that kind indicated the rear sitting a little lower in the rear. Hope this helps, I also recently had the headlights polished out and a layer of 3M clear film to prevent the crazing and protect the lenses. Now the LED bulbs are even more bright, but I also re-adjusted the angle so no to blind oncoming traffic. Tires being ridiculously expensive now, I’m trying to extend the life of her tires. I found this on the Honda website but it doesn’t cover our year. If anyone has a 2017-2020 Honda CR-V, be sure to take advantage of this Service Bulletin. https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10181080-0001.pdf

My next block project keep staring at me and I am finding it hard to get started… per the local building department, I will be building “decorative garden walls” up our hillside.

Interesting that that service bulletin only addresses toe in, not camber.
Good job by your wife. Mine would never even think of attempting to do something like that.