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and my wife wonders what I find so attractive about that part of the country... :heart:

'69 Bronco. 302 2v, three on the tree (non-synchro 1st), total rust bucket. Dad bought it for us to work on when I was 12 in the early 80s. Was a plow truck for a Ford dealer, then a high school project truck. Had 4"x8" I-beams for bumpers. Literally rose 2" when we cut them off. Manual...

I LOVE those old Kennedy boxes! The tv shop I worked for in the late 80's/early 90's had them for field service. Even had a dedicated one for tubes, still... We sold Motorola/Matsushita/Quasar/Panasonic. Many of our customers still had their tube sets from the 60's.

Mitsu did something similar with a 'jet' valve. Rich initial mixture, then an air jet to lean the mix after combustion began.

and IIRC, Saturn/GM experimented heavily with plasma and ion-sensing ignition during their research on HCCI engines back in the 90's, too.

I've actually been following this for some time. Ford experimented with plasma ignition about twenty years ago, never put any emphasis on development. A significant volume of fuel is lost, unburned, via the exhaust. It's currently used to feed the catalytic converters to raise their temp, in...

right down near DC, not too far from my work. Watching...

crank walking apart maybe?

'80 Special in Gaithersburg MD https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/821695192891274/

2 for 1 '72s in Downingtown PA https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1659747851201744/

I'm assuming no title for the frame?

I'll be honest, I don't have a lot of experience w/ FORscan. I'm an OE guy; I have unfettered access to IDS/FDRS/VMS, as that's what I need to teach. I need to spend more time with FORscan. However, I would suspect it's capable of the service bleed function. Unrelated, but I'm currently trying...

Only a half gallon? Service standards for a typical flush for any full size vehicle is a full gallon. Please remember that without a suitable scan tool, you can't properly flush the ABS hcu. Without one, you can safely and successfully flush the primary fluid circuits, but you're not replacing...

When I was 12, my dad helped me buy a basket case Zuke PE250 (neither of us had any idea!). Had to stand on a milk crate next to the bike just to get on it. First wrong kick sent me over the handlebars...

I've occasionally wondered about using shallow geothermal to provide a temperature differential to run a sterling motor, turning a low torque/low amp generator, in a large bank. Almost zero operating cost, and would run in either hot or cold weather...