Results Just Not In! - yet
- Amskeptic
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Results Just Not In! - yet
Hello,
I am on a late-season walkabout to miss the "cold" wave coming through Atlanta, and as importantly to miss every bit of news between now and the election. In Chloe, southbound on I-75, I have as my destination a favorite abandoned industrial park layout in which to camp, do the stupid spring plate bushings for real, and tear the engine down to reinstall Bookwus' original cylinder heads. The week ahead promises upper 70s and sunny sunny sunny, as opposed to y'all on the northeast who are bracing for a storm. My condolences and best wishes.
In the evening hours, I shall start adding up and organizing every receipt received over the summer. Then I will post the results. My condolences and best wishes to me too.
Colin
I am on a late-season walkabout to miss the "cold" wave coming through Atlanta, and as importantly to miss every bit of news between now and the election. In Chloe, southbound on I-75, I have as my destination a favorite abandoned industrial park layout in which to camp, do the stupid spring plate bushings for real, and tear the engine down to reinstall Bookwus' original cylinder heads. The week ahead promises upper 70s and sunny sunny sunny, as opposed to y'all on the northeast who are bracing for a storm. My condolences and best wishes.
In the evening hours, I shall start adding up and organizing every receipt received over the summer. Then I will post the results. My condolences and best wishes to me too.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- yondermtn
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Re: Results Just Not In! - yet
As an accountant and a bus owner, I'm eagerly awaiting this year's results.
1977 Westy 2.0FI
1990 Vanagon MV 2.1 Auto
1990 Vanagon MV 2.1 Auto
- Bleyseng
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Wow, sounds like a fun plan. I missed the head rebuilding of Bookwus's heads. Last I saw they had the wrong size valves in em. what's the scoop on em? Take em to Len for a complete restore? Titanium valves with chrome seats with ceramic coatings?
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
- Amskeptic
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I dropped them off at Performance Workshop in Riverside CA for new exhaust seats and I supplied the new correct-sized Osvat (Italian) exhaust valves that I bought long ago in response to diminishing valve clearances.Bleyseng wrote:Wow, sounds like a fun plan. I missed the head rebuilding of Bookwus's heads. Last I saw they had the wrong size valves in em. what's the scoop on em? Take em to Len for a complete restore? Titanium valves with chrome seats with ceramic coatings?
I of course worried and fretted and pestered the guy about his seat installation techniques and the attentiveness of his work force. Talked with the guy who was going to do the actual seat installation and gave him a link to this site. "Your seats will be exercised thoroughly and in front of many people who will tune in to see how they hold up." "No problem," he assures me. "Am skeptic," I tell him. But the heads look good with no sand-blasting residue, plenty of Prussian blue on each valve seat, and properly inserted guides (though I do not know if they nailed the interference spec). Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's hopin'.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- zabo
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Im envious of your reclusive mechanical excursion.
Enjoy
Enjoy
60 beetle
78 bus
78 bus
- glasseye
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Can't wait to see the location pix.Amskeptic wrote: I have as my destination a favorite abandoned industrial park layout in which to camp
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Paul Wolfowitz, speaking of Iraq.
Paul Wolfowitz, speaking of Iraq.
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Erm, isn't the machinist supposed to remove that stuff when he's finished the job?Amskeptic wrote: plenty of Prussian blue on each valve seat
More importantly, did he properly set the valve-to-seat contact width by trimming it with the 75-degree and 15-degree cutters?
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- Terry Pratchett
"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance."
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- Bleyseng
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Nah, its like the money shot in porno as you need proof that he did it. It burns off the minute you fire it up.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
http://bleysengaway.blogspot.com/
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Re: Results Just Not In! - yet
Now there's an unsavoury image...its like the money shot in porno as you need proof that he did it.
'81 Canadian Westfalia (2.0L, manual), now Californiated
"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance."
- Terry Pratchett
"They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance."
- Terry Pratchett
- Amskeptic
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I had no idea . . . anyways, yes, the valve seat widths are 2.2mm intake 3.0mm exhaust at a perfect 1mm+ away from the margins.SlowLane wrote:Now there's an unsavoury image...its like the money shot in porno as you need proof that he did it.
It is 62*. I am afraid I shall perish in the frightful cold.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Amskeptic
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I am envious of your ability to re-socialize me out to pizza on Wednesday, November 7th. I might need a lot of beer, depending on Amy's Election Results phone call earlier in the day.zabo wrote:Im envious of your reclusive mechanical excursion.
Enjoy
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- locoqueso
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Hey Colin, how did the 2013 results turn out?
1978 VW Campmobile (P-21) Westfalia - T2 2.0L F.I.- 151,000m
1982 Mercedes-Benz Estate Wagon (300TD-T) - S123 3.0L T.D. - 142,000m
1993 Dodge Maxi Van (190 SLF) InterVec Falcon - B350 Magnum 5.9L F.I. - 70,000m
1982 Mercedes-Benz Estate Wagon (300TD-T) - S123 3.0L T.D. - 142,000m
1993 Dodge Maxi Van (190 SLF) InterVec Falcon - B350 Magnum 5.9L F.I. - 70,000m
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Heck yeah Colin cracked a million this year.locoqueso wrote:Hey Colin, how did the 2013 results turn out?
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- Amskeptic
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Well, I will certainly tell you the 2013 results when 2013 has indeed finished up. Meanwhile, I have not finished compiling the confetti of receipts for 2012. I am on the road. When I have a desk, and a cup of coffee, and have drained the wanderlust out of my bloodstream, I shall organize, collate, add up and subtract, and publish the gruesome totals of my contribution to Exxon-Mobil and Motel6 and various mostly-stunned auto parts stores "what year is it?" and "where's the engine in that thing?" yep, at least ten people this last summer asked me that. Felt like 1950 all over again.Sylvester wrote:Heck yeah Colin cracked a million this year.locoqueso wrote:Hey Colin, how did the 2013 results turn out?
ColinBornin1959
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles