Intrepidation

Sweet!

It didn't burn out, it still works, it just looks like something chewed through a bunch of the wire's insulation. I figured might as well put the newer one in since I had it.

Well I f I can manage all of that racket power the Colorados at work have, I can manage these.

I had a lot of fun with this. I might see about picking up another to play with. I saw this in the back of the shop I ordered my air filter bracket from. It's just like my favorite mower I used to have as a kid, except my was green. I'm gonna call them up and see what the deal is with it. If its just sitting there and they're willing to part with it for free or cheap, I think I'll grab it.

The new air filter mount came in today. Installed it with no problems, but when I went to prime the engine gas started leaking out of the carburetor bowl. Turned out the gasket was bad, so I replaced it and the bowl with the spare I had. That fixed that leak, but then I found it coming out from behind the carburetor. So I took the whole thing off and discovered that the mounting bracket was bent right along where the carb mounts, so the gasket couldn't form a proper seal. Straightened that out and put it all back together. I'm ready to call it finished. It starts first pull now, runs great, and I even got the drive wheels working. I wasn't able to get a pulley that would properly fit, but the one I have has a set screw in it which locks it into the notch in the crankshaft. It's not perfect, but it's not going anywhere, and this isn't a car, so it doesn't have to be perfect. Works great. I'm happy with how my project turned out.

I'll believe it when they start actually selling them. Problem is that the mainstream Alfas have gotten ugly. The 159 is an extremely handsome car especially up front, and so is the Brera, even if it isn't very good. The MiTo is handsome until you get to the nose, and Giulietta is ugly an thing. The 4C does look good though.

Air conditioning.

Lincoln will never have a chance unless it gets some models that are actually unique to the brand...and don't look like the MKT.

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It would probably go about as well as Jeremy Clarkson's Corvette Powered blender.

Not surprised that even with gas prices easing up a bit that compact sales are taking off. Look at the players. What was once a pretty terrible segment is now filled with quality, intriguing entries like the Fiesta, Focus, Cruze, Sonic Elantra, Accent (which for people with lead feet makes 138 horsepower), and Rio. Considering you can option these up to be as premium as bigger cars, and the best of them drive as well and as refined or better than many bigger cars, it is, again, not surprising.

We are not ricing out the lawn mower. What I will do is keep it looking nice. Rinsing it after each use and so on. I like nice things and I like them to stay looking nice. However if you're wanting to get me stuff I'll take a Denso a/c compressor kthx. My favorite mower from when I was a kid had metal multi spoke big wheels. Classy.

lol, I see what you did there. But they look more like 4-prop propellers to me if anything.

So the day has come... Wrapped up prepping the engine today. Installed a fuel filter and swapped out the muffler, as well as new spark plug, oil change, and swapped out the ignition coil. Then unbolted the engine and transplanted it to its new home. The fruits of my labor: Runs great! All that's left is the proper air box mount which should be here Friday and a new blade which I'll also get Friday. The only thing that doesn't work is the self propelled feature, because the donor engine's shaft is smaller in diameter than the original,s o the belt pulley doesn't fit on there properly. I'd like get that working, but it's not a big deal. Not bad for $35, a good cleaning, and money spent on a little more than a good tune up.

Gotta love New England. Mid 80's today with low humidity and a nice mix of sun and clouds.

It's certainly been a year of extremes. Record heat and drought in the South, record rain in the Northwest and Northern Plains. NE's been pretty lucky. Weather's not bad at all with highs in the 70's and 80's most of the time with rain once a week or so.

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Funny things is that the lame graphics really make themselves apparent when you consider Master Chief's armor is much more poorly rendered than in the his own game...you know...Halo 3...which came out 4 years ago...and don't even bother comparing it to Reach.

Today after work I had a little daylight to tinker with the mower. Decided to pull off the cover and shroud. Only to find... Dear gods... Well no wonder why my neighbor said it would overheat after a while...no cooling with all that crud in there. Even little ants had taken up residence in it...time for an eviction. To be sure there was a big mess, but it was no match for my pressure washer. Much better. I did notice that the spark plug wire near the coil looks to have been chewed at, most of the insulation is gone. However, as it just so happens, I have one to spare. Tomorrow I will see about getting the blade mounting bracket off, do an oil change, change the coil, spark plug, replace the fuel line, swap out the somewhat rusty muffler for the newer one, and reassemble the engine. Then it'll be just about time to transfer it to its new home... All that will remain is the airbox mount I have on order and a new blade.

Me too. Moltar, it's easy: just visualize a Tri-Shield over every Opel logo. I can see the rebadging, that is easy... I just don't see such products fitting w/ Buick's brand position or image...or what the market thinks Buick's image is. I could see Opel here as a VW-ish semi premium brand of subcompacts and compacts, sort of where Saturn was trying to go... while Buick focuses on the near-lux niche..but adding a new brand shortly after cutting 4? Ambitious..I also doubt if many American car buyers remember the Opels of old or are conscious enough to be aware of modern Opel, so it would be a clean slate for the brand. Without Saturn, Pontiac and Oldsmobile, there seems to be is a gap between Chevy and Buick. Not sure how GMNA should fill it, though.... I don't see any gap. Chevy is the mainstream brand, Cadillac is the high-end brand, and Buick is the premium bridge between the two. That means premium Euro cars like what Opel sells would be too expensive for Chevrolet and too out f place at Cadillac but fits nicely between the two, just like Buick. GM doesn't need 12 steps between Chevy and Cadillac. One strong brand is plenty.

I can, easily.

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