One up steering

Got a new(er) steering wheel, its a Momo mod7 with copper spokes.

Don't touch the mustache

Today I had the day off so I decided to work on the mustache bar bushings, since its supposed to be a relatively tame install. It wasn't too difficult, just had to undo the bolts to the diff, frame, and a couple other things and it popped off. The old bushings had to be burned out, which was kind of a pain in the summer heat.

Predictably, it's reduced some driveline slop

The yard

Today i scored a pair of s12+8 calipers and a rear review mirror that doesnt have a broken flange

Return of the Gremlins

Yesterday my car wouldnt start. When i got home from school, it started right up. Today before i headed to the yard it refused to start again. After some fiddling around in the wiring, I found that one of my relays had gone bad.

I went to the yard and picked up a relay and pulled apart aac valves from a couple different cars. After i got home, more tests pointed toward the source power to the fuel pump relay was low and caused it to flicker when it was key on. I changed to a different source wire and it fired right up.

On my way to Justins house, my car gave up. After Jumping it, I drove it into his driveway where he had a look at it for me. Turns out that the alternator decided to let go. Luckily, he had a dual cam ka alternator laying around. The alternator fit with the dual cam ka hardware, some washers, and a modification to the rb upper alternator bracket. Several hours later (after some pizza and a few trips to different stores), it was all back together and running again.

Justin also had an extra aac spring from an sr. I threw it in and now my idle is low. At this point it should only be some timing adjustment and a bit of the idle screw in the back of the manifold.

Photos

Here's the most recent photo update. Not much news to add, really. I'm pretty confindent that the problem in the idle lies with the aac valve. Tomorrow i'm going to the yard to see if i can find something.

Some things never change

My dad put the remainder of the dash back in while i was away at work. When i got home, i put all the intake parts back together and set the tps. Although it feels smoother from the tps adjustment, it still has the same cold/medum cold idle hunting.

Fiddler on the roof

Fiddled with the car a bit today. I took off the throttle body, which was full of junk and gave it a good dose of carb-r-clean and tooth brush. I inspected the air regulator (under the throttle body) and found that the hose was pretty brittle. Parts of it crumbled off as I pulled the hose from the fitting.

We'll see how things go when its all back together.