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Fitted a new muffler, which makes highway travel much more pleasant.
Photogenic mornings are upon us though.
Phil
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32 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:
Oh common now this is @PhilA we are talking about, I expect him to rebuild the cooked XJ-V8 and shove it into something GM just to show it who's boss
Probably not. This is the smallest capacity 8 cylinder engine I own.
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The back seat sucked up half a tin of leather salve.
Ordered some more to finish the task and also some oil to periodically rub in to keep the leather supple. It was very very dry, especially where it's been in the sun.
Phil
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10 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:
one thing I find interesting about modern cars, is that they have no protection against that
what I mean is take a computer processor for example, for a long time now if you remove the heatsink and try to overheat it, they will throttle themselves back and eventually turn themselves off to stop them cooking themselves
so I have to wonder why cars dont have a similar thing, if the temperature goes silly or oil pressure suddenly vanishes for one reason or another, why dont they shut down to protect themselves?
EDIT: thinking about it, is it a safety thing? the car keeps running to allow you to (in theory) get to a place of safety?
They do, limp mode. I'm guessing you've never owned a Peugeot?
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1 hour ago, cort1977 said:
Good stuff Phil, looking forward to seeing what you do with this.
With the US trend to LS everything, is there an engine mounting kit available already...?
There is, and a full electric adapter setup to get the computers talking to the GM hardware.
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4 hours ago, SiC said:
It's a bit of a shame that cars in the UK need a front number plate. They definitely spoil the line of a car.
Depends on the state, some require a front plate also. Louisiana is not one of those states though thankfully.
Also, the trunk lid appears to ne a USA-specific pressing...?
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They sold quite well over here.
There's a good following and a pretty good support network.
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Interior is nice. New headlining also.
Someone spent more on the stereo than I did on the car. That's nice.
Phil
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This one arrived in pieces.
It has suffered severe OMGHGF and then the red lights were ignored and it was driven until it drove no more.
Not even going to bother with that one.
Phil
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I bought a new car.
It's nice but also broken, because Jaguar.
New engine required.
Phil
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Went put fuel.
Tonight there are flies.
Arse.
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Scrub scrub.
Turd: polished.
Got a do in town on Friday and it was looking a bit scruffy so dusted off the polishing machine and got to work.
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Some random old chod hiding out in a collection of old photos.
Grandmother, kids and friends in a something Deluxe. By the roof line would guess 50-53 Oldsmobile.
Family station wagon at the time.
Impala and dog.
Different wagon, pickup, car and dog.
Caprice and grandpa. Legs visible behind the door are of my wife, about age 5.
Uncle in Grandpa's car at the time. Circa '56.
--Phil
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Best long distance vehicle I owned had 265 hp/ton and that was primarily because it chewed up miles at 70 like it was tootling along at 25. More than enough grunt to get where you wanted to if the mood took you, too. Did 32mpg at 70 also on average.
Despite that, I racked up 135k in a car with 68 hp/ton, many of those motorway miles. Driving at speed wasn't a problem but that speed was very nearly top whack for the car so you were hard on the throttle and high up the rev range all the time. It also did about 30mpg at 70.
The Pontiac is about the same at 66 hp/ton but the engine is significantly less flexible so long range, high speed (60) becomes a chore. Forget overtaking anybody unless they have fallen asleep or are unlikely to sneeze and shift their foot on the throttle as you go to pass.
Power per ton needs more factors than simply that, but 100/ton on up generally means you're low geared enough to not be screaming along at highway speeds, making the journey much more relaxed in general. And then, when some hole decides they want to give you grief you have a choice of actions.
The more GT the car (and I don't mean the 80's meaning) the better a highway machine it tends to be.
Phil
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Alternator bracket broke.
So. Now that I have a welding machine, out it came.
Zort, crackle.
All back on.
In place and working again, with oil and grease done at the same time for good measure.
Phil
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On 22/03/2024 at 05:29, mercedade said:
Great to see you back updating Phil, hope all has been well
Just took a bit of a sabbatical from the computer. Life is beginning to return to normal around the house after three years so that's good, at least.
Phil
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19 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:
glad to hear the old boat is still giving reliable service
following on from my comment in @Zelandeth's thread on the miles his trabant has clocked up in just a year on the forum, I am curious do you know much/any millage history of the Chieftain?
you have owned it coming up to 6(!) years now, so I have to wonder how many miles has it done in those 6 years and how does that milage compare to the 6 years before your ownership if you have the data to make such a comparison?
No prior but I've done 13,133 recorded miles in it.
Odo is missing maybe 150 miles from the last few weeks where the cable broke.
Phil
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Re fuel my mate's 1.2 exhibited that trouble and it was that cloth covered U section before the pump had cracked under the cloth and the pump was sucking air.
That's not substantial welding for a Nova. Most of it is still there.
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4 hours ago, Zelandeth said:
Yep, it definitely still needs a bit of fine tuning. It wasn't attached at all when I got the car!
Ignore the little lead piece (if it's still there on the cable) because by now it'll just slide up and down.
It's meant to be the dead travel marker, and you're meant to use a feeler gauge between it and the top of the cable end.
Consensus is adjust it back slowly until the cableis slack, then bring it up just to taut then about a quarter turn and snug it down.
Check kick-down operates correctly and under anything more than about 5% throttle the change should be positive. Below that it should slip the bands in for a more gentle shift.
Phil
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Well, where were we?
Oh yes. All the coolant fell out because it cleaned some rust away which was all that was left of a core plug. I bought a core plug set. Need to pull the engine out to fit those. At the same time I might get a seal set for the gearbox.
Also welded up a couple holes in the trunk.
Not much else to report.
Phil
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Good progress. Your kick-down cable needs adjusting though. It's changing right under moderate throttle but the 1-2 shift is way more harsh than it should be at light throttle. Found that's about 1/8" adjustment on the cable on mine...
Phil
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Been fairly quiet here. Speedometer quit working so I ordered a new cable.
Took the plates off to get the old one out. It still turned but the gearbox end had lost the flats on the end of the cable and was just spinning in the gear.
Put the new one in.
Speedometer resumed service, which was nice.
Also replaced the rear UJ which was getting noisy.
Adjusted up the gearbox to throttle linkage better and got the gear shift points better suited to the throttle position. It was holding gear far too long before.
Went out a few places. Picked up roast beef poboys for dinner.
Went to a little get together in town also. That was fun.
Phil
2000 Jaguar XJ8
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I'm going to take all the useful pieces off and scrap the rest, most likely.
The engine, that is.
Phil