Intrepidation

The tanks can be retested? How much does that cost and where can it be done? The cost of expiring/expired tanks is so low that I thought retesting was not available... only replacement. How long did station refilling take, compared to gasoline? So if you look above I do cover the fueling times per type of home/business fueling stations. From .5GGE per hour to 3.5GGE per hour. Now except for the base level on your garage wall fueling system PHILL, all others can have holding tanks. This allows Instant fueing at home just like a CNG or Petrol Fuel Station which is instant. CNG and Petrol take about the same amount of time for filling. Just need to have the CNG Holding tank to hold the compressed NG. In regards to retesting, you will have to check for your local state, I am not sure if all states allow retesting or not. West coast does seem to do this as in washington you can go to a certified CNG shop and get your tanks retested and certified again. One thing that is becoming more popular is that with new tank construction, people are going away from the traditional large circle tank to ones that fit up in the frames more custome being built of multiple smaller tanks to take advantage of the fram layout. GM did this with their Commercial CNG Vans and get much large CNG holding capacity due to using multiple various size tanks to fill a rectangular area. I am only guessing now, but I suspect as more types of materials get approved to hold CNG, we will see better advances in tank design. Not much different than Petrol tanks. Sweet, so when are you trading in your Tahoe for a Civic GX?

True story. The 2.5 in the Shadow developed a sort of low knock. Not a loud one but you could hear it. That was 5 years and 12,000 miles ago. It did end up having it's head gasket replaced last year, but for any Detroit engine from the 80's to make it north of 220,000 miles is nothing to sneeze at. That engine did have a thing for valve cover gaskets though. The 2.2 Turbos in the `87 Shadows were putting out 175 hp, which is more than the 3.5 V8 put out in `85.Even today 175 horsepower is more than respectable in a turbo 4. I wouldn't really consider these flops, the early ones weren't very good, but find me an early 80's 4 banger from Detroit that was. Last ones were pretty good for their day. Now if flops is what you want might I suggest the 8-6-4 or perhaps the HT4100? While the 2.2 turbos have quite the cult following, I'm pretty sure no one lusts of those horrible V8s. Now those were flops.

My car is 12 years old now, which means I've owned it for half its life. That's pretty cool. The Prizm is 18 years old. The Grand Marquis is 19 years old. I think the Camry is 15 years old.

Is it based on a complete tear down and rebuild?

Bold Moves.

Settle down guys it's only batteries.

Magic. Or perhaps witchcraft. Maybe both.

Let's bump this up.

Just another reason why Bank of America can eat a grilled dick sandwich.

There were a few colorful words when that happened...

Ugh. This is where you need the Harbor Freight $99 MIG (sometimes on sale for $89)... that's about 6~7 extractor kits. I don't use the extractor kits anymore, as they almost ALWAYS break and make the problem worse. Using the MIG to build up bolts has been great... plus the high heat shrinks the threaded part, so many times they come out finger loose. Yeah, its plastic. First gens had a metal plenum but second gens have a plastic one. I'm thinking of using Krylon Fusion next time I paint it. That's a good idea, although in that case It would probably be difficult to get a MIG in there in a tight space that's surrounded my plastic and carpet though. That's the bolt I sheared. Thankfully it wasn't stuck in there or I would have had a real hell of a job getting it out.

Yeah, they're saying highs near 100. Its going to kill any motivation I have to work outside, but it'll be a great test for the a/c, which I've only turned off once so far.

I'll donate to your camera fund if you donate to mine.

No, this is on the backside of the frame. Thanks! Oh man I love it. I haven't turned it off since getting it back together.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

I've sen people get North of 300 horsepower out of those little Neons. of course to say they torque steer a bit is like saying an International LoneStar leans a bit in the corners. Anyway, this project has come to a close, and the result is air conditioning that puts out air that's 29 degrees colder than the ambient temperature. To say I'm thrilled is an understatement, as I've wanted to fix the a/c for five years or so now. I made some improvements during reassembly with regards to the glove box. The plastic frame tended to rattle against the dash plastic it mounted to, so I applied weatherstripping between the panels. It's no new car but there's no longer any rattles coming from the glovebox.

I be you could get even more if you put some time and Leatherque into that.

I remember this, it's a very cool concept but there are some problems: On the safety front, what happens if the car is in an accident and both door mechanism jam? On the practical front, say goodbye to door mounted armrests, cubbies, or any sort of design on the door panels. In order to make that system work, the inside panel has to be completely flat and devoid of anything that gets in the way, as you can see at 0:58.

Saw a red FR-S the other day. Gotta say they look really sharp. All the reviews say this and the Subie are real driver's cars, drawing comparisons to Porches. High praise. It's the first car from either brand I'd actually want to buy.

I like it with the V6, actually. That 3.5 is a strong mill, should be lots O fun! That and the fact that the only V8s that would barely fit are such powerhouses as the 318. No Hemi would fit. Yesterday during reassembly I accidentally sheared one of the bolts that hold the steering column to the dash. I was pretty pissed. Ran to the store and got a screw extractor. drill bit that came with it snapped as soon as I turned the drill on. I even more pretty pissed. When I got another drill bit to try again the I notice the bolt turn. To my great relief it wasn't stuck, the head just snapped off, so I used the drill bit to back the bolt out. Today I put the a/c belt on, that was fun. Tensioner pulley adjusting bolt was seized for the serpentine belt. Had to take the whole assembly apart, free it, then apply a healthy dose of anti-seize. led the coolant system. That was also fun. It uses a bleeder screw like on a caliper. I've heard horror stories of this screw seizing to the aluminum manifold, and braking the manifold and falling in when an attempt is made to free it. I soaked it with PB Blaster the night before and happily it came free no problem, at which point I put some anti-seize on that as well. There was definitely some air in the system, seems to be all out now. The coolant looks like fruit punch, nice and red and clean, so that makes me happy. Everything seems to work, no leaks. I think its finally done and ready to be brought over for a vacuum test and if all goes well a charge.

Never.

Notice how she uses the rag to step on instead of the running board itself. Clever girl...

The brand that won't die. Should be interesting.

Hightemp spray paint. I think my problem was two-fold. I don't think teh surface was as well prepped as it should have been, and that high-temp enamel is probably not ideal for plastic. Thanks! Yeah isn't was pretty bad, but then those were likely original struts. 200k out of the originals isn't bad when recommended replacement for shocks and struts is 50,000 miles. Happily, the body of the car doesn't have rust issues.