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7am here and just back from the store with 6 racks of Bade back ribs
To go with the 9 already here. The process takes me all-day, 2.5 hrs of smoking. When they look good enough I wrap them in pink butcher paper after coating them in SMOKED TALLOW. These last 2 things changed up my game. My RIBS are sweeter and juicy plus wrapped in the pink butcher paper they cooked quicker. I leave the ribs in the smoker until they have about 3/8" of pull back(3/8" of bone showing past the meat). I'll post a picture when I unwrap them. 15 racks that's about 270 bones.

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The picture shows about 1/2" pull back, if I twist a bone it will just come out...

Oh boy, I can see some guacamole coming my way.

As noted on my rebuild thread, pulled my tranny yesterday with engine staying in car, car on lift. Strangely lost 4/5 after about 30 min. of near perfect shifting on 1st drive after tranny rebuild.

Pulled end plate off tranny last night, pulling gears out today. Dr. Evil (Mike Lesniak) & I agree on most likely cause. Will see.......

GN

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Been working on another restoration, and unfortunately the 914 is in storage.

https://forums.ifsja.org/forum/tire-kickin/...10-golden-eagle

Cool, here’s my J10 I picked up this summer

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More Volvo fun:

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Volvo ran the alternator harness (B+, D+, oil pressure sender wire) between the engine block and the alternator bracket. Good for 30 years. Battery drained through the pressure sender and the warning light on the dash. Fortunately the short was contained inside the harness cover. REALLY lucky!

Put a Bluetooth adapter in-line of the Becker CDR-210 in our 996 turbo…pretty simple

New 3-4-5 gears in my Bug. Been having fun driving it the past few days. The 914 is a bit envious.

I fixed this...my crooked ash tray. It's adjuatable.
There are two 7mm nuts. One on each side...difficult to reach but worth the effort

Good motivation… mine is doing the same…

Playing with a new toy.


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Following the progress on the replacement for my final 914 ...

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Looks great

Yesterday I was helping out my neighbor and his son with their car project. It is a 1986 Volvo 240DL Wagon that had an 6.0L LS engine and transmission swap from a Silverado pickup. It was done by the previous owners as a Lemons car build, but was never raced. It has really nice suspension upgrades as well.

We have dubbed the car "The Volvolet."

I helped them replace the cable driven speedometer with an electronic speedo driven from the ECU. The new cluster also came with a tachometer, so I wired that to the ECU as well. I used a 240 ohm pullup resistor to get the tack to trigger off the ECU input.


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I originally got involved with it because it was losing power and hard to start. Found the fuel pressure was low, and traced it back to the hose between the in tank pump and the sender body. The hose was split and bleeding fuel pressure back into the tank. What made it such a bitch to find was that there was no external fuel leak. Once we got that fixed, the car was much happier and way more powerful.

Our next task on it is to install the coolant temp sensor from the Volvo into the chevy coolant passages in the intake so the coolant temp gauge will work.

I actually considered inviting them to Okteenerfest just to see this beast tear up the tail of the dragon.

Wow! What a sleeper.

Nice work, Clay!

And it’s a wagon! Geez I miss mine….

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Been building another shelter in the back yard. Need enclosed space for a bunch of stuff that needs to get moved out of my garage so I can park a car in it again ...

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Building the permanent double barn doors next, then going to install a metal roof

Went with my stepson to a VW swap meet in IL, buying up some parts for his 73 Beetle.

Cleaned the garage after disassembling the underside of our 76 and sending it all off for restoration . …now the robots are vacuuming and mopping the floors

Took the tops off......

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Took car to a local show. Needed to get out for a while.
Surprisingly was awarded Best in Show out of about 100 cars.

David

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On vacation so maybe this week this weekend get a few things done

Tightened up the security to get in my backyard. The wife pointed out that all someone had to do was climb up on the lamp and then up and over the wall, I think this should help that. Got galvanized 12 inch sections from AM then painted with white rustolum. Better than razor ribbon and the parts even come with gloves, so you do not get cut.

Best Bob B
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Why does that remind me of Addam Gomez ? ... LOL

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Would a dog be an option?

I'd just go through the glass pane in the door.

A chunk of carpet or thick blanket would cover the spikes nicely as well.

Sorry Bob!

Nothing about that wall or door would stop me if I wanted in...

Now, a 100+lb dog would!

Most dogs CAN be "bought off" with dog treats or hot dogs.

Security is only as good as the thief is bad!

David -

Sweet! Nice '75 or '76!

Might I suggest you brighten up those ugly black front bumpers with a set of OEM fog lights and then wire them for DRL's like I did?

To me makes a huge difference......but then, that's my opinion!

GN

Been waiting on my great upholstery guy since early this year and finally he could take Ruby in for new carpeting - his work is incredible at great prices. Be ready mid-week next week. New brown to go with new brown interior. Can't wait to see it.

Pretty much the last touch before my restoration is complete - except for the dash. Steve Anderson gave me a mint original one years ago and now all I need is 8+ hours of time to remove the original and put in the good one.......and in no hurry to do that with lots of other projects.....

GN

Has it really been years ago?

Glad everything is coming together for you and the 914!

Steve A-

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Doctor's order's, following a total hip replacement April 30th with a 4 day setback due to a GI bleed, I am more than itchin to get back in the shop. Luckily I have a great wife who takes good care of me (mostly) (she is Sicilian).

Going to try and sneak away tomorrow for an hour or so

Brought home my 15 yr old’s first car today, a 73 super beetle…..he purchased it last fall, spring is finally here and it time he gets busy on it…. Been sitting 14 yrs.

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You’re looking very fit.
Must be all that fresh fruit.

Wish I was there too!!!! Enjoy Oscar.

Worked on my jetski today (actually did work on the 914 a little too). It was time for a complete going over to get it ready for the season. Rebuilt pump, new prop, driveshaft, steering cable, fuel lines, and plugs. It was a completely empty hull this morning, and now a complete ready to rip ski…..it was a marathon wrenching day!

I’m ready for some of this on Friday!

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Waiting for this all day (couple hours) Still waiting for a new soldering iron to get dropped off. Old one was a failure on the copper strips on the bottom of the relay board. New one is 200w. I'll have this done in no time. Or I'll screw it up and do all of this again on my spare.

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Killing time at the Tire Shop while they put another set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S on the Cayman.
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Hot shoe JP probably goes through tires pretty quick!!

I love the color. Red is always the fastest.
Had fun in the shed !

Been dealing with some shit lately ...


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Last weekend I put new wheel bearings and brakes in the rear of the 2006 GMC tow vehicle. Took me all day and two trips to harbor freight for tools. Today I put in a new front u-joint, and replaced the front hubs and brakes.

Then we took a trip to Summit racing so I could order AN fittings for the fuel lines on my car. And something in the GMC freaked out. All the gauges lost power, all the idiot lights came on, the radio started giving error codes, and the AC stopped cooling. We got home, and I turned it off and tried to restart it. It wouldn't crank. I pulled the fuse box cover to check for a blown fuse, and while it was open I tried again. It started up.

OBD2 says the body control module and the powertrain control module lost communications. I suspect something like a fusable link causing issues.

And that's why I am not working on all three of our 914s.

Oh well. The AN fittings were not in stock in the Texas warehouse (where I was) and have to be shipped from the warehouse in Ohio.

Update: Today I had a revelation about the Envoy. During the disassembly on the left side, I removed a bolt that I thought held down the wire for the wheel speed sensor. I found out that it was a ground wire. So I tightened it back up.

I spent yesterday evening pouring over the wiring diagrams for the Envoy. This morning, I started thinking about something my father told me when I was 16 and working on my 69 Firebird. I had just replaced the carburetor, and I was trying to get it running. He found me futzing with the timing. He said to me "What was the last thing you F**KED with!?!?" My father normally didn't swear, so it stuck with me. So this morning, I heard my father's voice in my head saying that same phrase. I thought about the symptoms and what I had recently "f**ked with". So I pulled the left front wheel, broke out my Dremel, and cleaned the ground point I disconnected yesterday.

Lo and behold, all of the screwy issues with the Envoy vanished. I took the time enough to clear all the residual codes, and went out for a nice, long test drive. No lights, no gauge issues, and no bonging from the chime module.

The worst part of this is I should know better. On this forum, I always preach the "clean your ground points" mantra before any electrical troubleshooting.

One thing that did crop up. All the intermittent grounding issues killed the AC blend door actuator for the right side. So we have AC on the left, and full heat/defrost on the right. And it is 100 degrees out. I have a new, genuine GM actuator in hand, and early tomorrow morning I will get it installed.


Thanks Dad! I know it didn't seem like it at the time, but I did listen to you.

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After Tires, Shifter Cable and Windshield, it has been an expensive week for the Cayman.

Just a sign that you actually drive your cars!

the roman empire's great and lasting gift to us all.
sanitary plumbing.

though i have yet to discover what they hooked it all up to at the end of the line - archeologically speaking.

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Time to FEED the cat.

Cause I flew out to Vegas to catch a show….

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