{"id":56,"date":"2009-09-02T20:38:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T03:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elliottjohnson.net\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2009-09-02T20:38:59","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T03:38:59","slug":"august-23rd-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elliottjohnson.net\/blog\/august-23rd-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"August 23rd, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woke up late as per my normal Sunday routine.\u00a0 I got up and ate some pancakes and made arrangements with my Dad to buy a replacement battery and some oil.\u00a0 I bought my return ticket online and researched a bit settling on a battery with terminals on top as well as using 15w\/40 oil. I also found a tack – dwell meter for $24 on Amazon.\u00a0 We set out to get him a fishing license and me the battery and oil.\u00a0 We headed over to Sebring and grabbed the oil and battery.\u00a0 We took a while at Big5 for the fishing license and window shopping before heading back home.<\/p>\n

At home I set the gaps on the new bosch spark plugs between 0.025″ and 0.028″.\u00a0 Looking at the engine tin I decided to clean it up.\u00a0 Using some carb cleaner as a degreaser I scrubbed off the muck and a lot of the paint has been burned off in places that’ll need redoing.\u00a0 It’ll be nice to media blast and repaint the engine tin along with the rest
\nof the engine compartment.\u00a0 It’s the tar of the engine compartment that scares me.<\/p>\n

I fit the spark plugs hand tight with enough tugging of a socket wrench to seat the gaskets and got the plug wires + seals back on.\u00a0 Fit the engine tin back on, rear apron, air cleaner, and fired it up.\u00a0 It had a hard time starting and idling.\u00a0 The starter was turning good and it would start, but there was a wailing sound coming from the engine
\ncompartment.\u00a0\u00a0 After reving it a bit it would idle and I pulled the tin away from the crank pulley and the engine seems to rev a bit more, but the sound didn’t go away.\u00a0 Tugged on the shroud like I saw VolksFire when his bug was making a strange sound and no effect, so it seems like it isn’t coming from the fan.\u00a0 When I put my head in the compartment it sounds louder in some places than others.\u00a0 Putting my head under the rear of the car the found is very muffled.\u00a0 It could be the generator belt or the engine tin rubbing, so I considered pulling the engine tin again, but my time was getting low and I wasn’t looking
\nfor a repeat of missing the train like last time.<\/p>\n

I cleaned up, took a shower, grabbed some dinner and a beer and jumped on the train.\u00a0 I’m planning on coming back in two weeks to finish up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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