A cathyesque story from cathy

[sukchew at suddenlink.net (Chuck Blue)]

Sure,All you hot Canadian checks need a cam.It goes along MegaSquirt.Maybe 
we can compare notes at Cincy under Mr.Bubbs guidance of course.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:14 AM
Subject: A cathyesque story from cathy


> Yeah, well, I'm way overdue for a long story eh? I've been trying to log
> some pre-Cincy miles on my new build, the "extensive injector insert swap"
> we'll call it. Anyway, it's pretty frankenfabulous (now up to 15 cars in
> the engine bay I think?), and I'm test driving the build about as much as
> the MSnS that I put in at the same time. So I decided to head North with 
> no
> particular wrenching goal in mind. I was actually planning to put some
> payback hours into Carrots. Which I guess I did.
>
> So while I was there working on some "tasks of low skill but requiring 
> high
> patience levels", Drew offered to install my EGT sensor bung. I don't weld
> eh? This SHOULD have been a pretty easy thing, the exhaust manifold has
> been off on three occasions this spring, so it should have almost taken
> itself off. (and no, there is no turbo in this build, (yet), don't get 
> your
> knickers in twist) Well, it came off with some effort, and decided that
> after 28 years it had no need of one of the flanges and was happily on its
> way to deleting another. Yeah, so here I am three hours from home with a
> massive exhaust leak. Perfect!!
>
> Luckily Inga had a decent enough one to go back on, once three missing
> studs to the downpipe got replaced. "You spin me right round baby, right
> round, like a record baby" was playing as the one hole got tapped out.
> Timing is everything!  Meantime I'm trying to get someone to water my
> greenhouse three hours away. (Plants die eh?) And Drew's busily watching
> the last of his long weekend slip by.
>
> Yeah, so of course, we all know that the manifold will slip out better 
> with
> the axle out. The car had been leaking grease out of the PS one for a
> while, I'd brought a fresh reman with me in case I needed to do it at the
> side of the road, which I am well capable of doing. So that went on easily
> enough, the EGT got put into the exhasut stream, and eight hours or so
> later than planned, I'm finally ready to roll out of the shed. I really
> think it was all a plot so I could finish up what Carrots needed me to do,
> but anyway...luckily I didn't get my exhaust hot enough to test the
> EGT...because...
>
> I got in the car to move it, put it in gear, it will not roll!@! Look for
> blocks under the wheel...nope. Typical of Canadian Tire, it's the wrong
> axle. It went on fine, but snugging it up precluded that nice "rolling
> option" at the hub. Yeah plans are for the weak. I went in for a shower
> with the clock ticking, we may have a new record for axle swapping. 24
> minutes, that included scrounging through the barn to find a proper axle.
> Drew remains MrTechProcedure, never question it!!!! Yeah, I made it home
> with little incident, and the car's getting a bit better mileage on MS 
> than
> it did with CIS, even on a very rich map. At $1.20 /L, that's a very good
> thing.
>
> So make sure you check out "my website", I'll leave the photo album for
> this build laying around at Cincy, it's pretty fat! Still not done I;m
> sure. Maybe a tech procedure at Cincy, we'll see how brave I am. Yeah,
> there'll be a tech procedure. I need a cam... :)
> Cathy
>
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