My pump is a Carter as well - are all Carter's 3.5psi? PO told me the regulator needed to be installed. Since the Porsche dealer put the Webber's on, I would have thought that if a regulator was needed, they would have installed it.....

Thanks!

GN

After buffing, drove it to the liquor store!

Installed my rebuilt throttle body from Phil Eslin. Washed the car then drove it for the first time in more than a month

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FedEx delivered another new guitar as soon as I pulled back into the driveway ...

... but love the new axe

Ok, Mark. You know you won't get away without telling us about the axe.....you gotta know others here play and absolutely NEED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT IT!!!

BTW, been playing Martin's since 1970 when my first one was a 1939 D-18......a year ago just picked up a custom-made very unique 000-28H from Martin's CUSTOM SHOP that is now my first-love - a 000 version of the HD-28. Best sound & action of any acoustic I've ever owned.

No electrics like my old JC-16RGTE in rosewood I sold.....don't need electrics anymore as I pretty much play for myself. Still have my '74 D-1228 I've owned since 1975 - in mint condition since total resto by one of Martin's best luthiers...

GN

Yep, there are a lot of good guitar players on this forum and the subject has been discussed many times over the years. Perry Keihl started a thread a month or so ago where some folks had posted pix of their gear. Martins and Taylors were discussed a bit.

I picked up a Thinline Telecaster this go-around - been wanting one for years because they're so light weight. This one is only 6 lbs ... my '72 Tele with the Bigsby tremolo weighs in a tad under 10 lbs.

I mostly play rock, but some jazz.classical fusions as well. At 63, recently recruited some younger guys to start up a new band. I hadn't played in a band since the 70's ... hope I can keep up with them

Did a little fine-tuning on the saddles yesterday and quite happy with new new acquisition ...

Great! What did you notice to be different? I think my TB has issues...

There is no more gap between the plate and the body. The throttle response seems smoother but I can’t really tell much difference when driving. Looks nice too

By CMM on September 27, 2017
I'm using a 2,600 psi 2.6GPM pressure washer and Multi-purpose sand from Home Depot. The sand is pretty fine, dry and clean. The problem I'm having is the sand doesn't flow consistently. It flows for lack of a better word, in chunks. I can see maybe 2-3" chunks of sand making its way down the tube and then BAM! It blasts out and does remove the paint from a car I'm restoring. So it works, but takes REALLY long to strip an area. I've tried playing around with the flow control, doesn't seem to make any difference. Honestly, I have it closed and seems to work better in that position. I do zip tie the hose to my wand so its on top. In 1.5 hours of blasting I went through four 50lb bags of sand and only cleaned maybe 60% of a Porsche 914 engine compartment. Pretty small area. And be aware, its EXTREMELY messy. When finished sand will be EVERYWHERE and you will get flash rust on bare metal almost immediately. I've decided to use it for the hard to reach places and Aircraft paint remover for the larger panels. Maybe a larger pressure washer is the trick. I'm just too cheap to rent one not knowing if it will make a difference.

I have quite a few guitars around here, but the #1 player is a 00-18V that one the Martin sweepstakes. I had about seven of them here at one point, and I whittled it down a bit. This one just sounds and plays the best. I play every night before going to sleep. Today I was out on the front steps playing to my hearts' content.

I'm too far past caring what anybody thinks about what I play and sing.

Posted a picture of her in the Paddock.

Carerror

Today Pioneer Leather made a House call to refinish my leather GTS Le Mans Driver seat. Fun to watch how they refinish leather and learned a few tricks when cleaning upholstery.
The tech first cleaned all the dirt and grim with a 1:1 solution of isopropyl and ammonia. The grime just flowed out. He applied the cleaner with a spray bottle and gently worked the leather with a Mr Clean Magic Eraser; then mopped up with a microfiber towl.
After cleaning and drying, he sprayed the dye on.

Sold it. Time to start hunting my next project!

Today Pioneer Leather made a House call to refinish my leather GTS Le Mans Driver seat. Fun to watch how they refinish leather and learned a few tricks when cleaning upholstery.
The tech first cleaned all the dirt and grim with a 1:1 solution of isopropyl and ammonia. The grime just flowed out. He applied the cleaner with a spray bottle and gently worked the leather with a Mr Clean Magic Eraser; then mopped up with a microfiber towl.
After cleaning and drying, he sprayed the dye on.

Hell hole rust repair complete. New engine tinware all but completed. Completely new engine mounts fabricated and installed. 2.8 L reverse rotation Corvair engine installed (again). Throttle linkage fabricated. Can nearly see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hope to be driving it this time next month.

When you change the engine's rotation, do you install the pistons 180° from normal?

Looks good, Mike. Which pressure washer and blaster kit did you get?