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I know you want another project like you want another hole in your head, but probably ought to pop the cover off the cluster and see how sticky the mechanism is/ clean and properly lubricate it. One more while you’re in there. It’s got 50+year old grease that as gone sticky and hard.

Yep, yep, with a paint match or complimentary color those will be perfect!

Need to spray paint that thing chrome, put on a black suit ( tuxedo T-shirt for summer) with black sunglasses and you’d be a shoe in for a men in black agent

Eh, once you go to any decent aftermarket speaker the improvements are incremental at best. Going audiophile in an automobile is a bit of a fool’s errand. Those grates would bug me in a classic though.

Hmmm well then the charge/ discharge protection is likely built into the pack and is likely not on the device board. You really want a replacement pack that is made the same. There is a chance it is redundant, but I’d say that wasn’t high (I’ve already been wrong once already here though haha)...

There should be a charge controller built into the device. Occasionally they can also be built into the battery, though I’ve never seen it on a little lipo pack like this. There are a few ways to check, meter reading on the leads while charging is the easiest. Next would be disassembly of the...

**** splice and heat shrink. Specifically for this: TE connectivity solistrand **** 22-16 p/n 8-31818-1 Handy cause you can to 18ga T splices with them too. Then again. TE Raychem ATUM 3:1 or 4:1 dual wall adhesive lined heat shrink tube. The 1-4 and 2-8 (mm) IIRC are very handy, but I have a...

It does have the SAE J cert number on it, it’s probably OK. Once it’s had fuel in it for a few weeks just feel the lines and make sure they don’t feel weirdly soft.

The fuel lines might be getting old and benefit from replacement. As they get old they harden, don’t seal well and eventually will crack. You can just get universal fuel line from your local auto parts store, unless it has a weird transition or molded tight bend. Do get it from a real store, it...

Check out an MSF (motorcycle safety foundation) class, they’re free and assuming you pass the written and practical tests you get a certificate that you can take to the DMV and get an “M” stamped on your license. They’re fun, you get to abuse someone else’s equipment and learn in a very safe...

I’d wonder what 350 is in it. If it’s like an 80s smogger out of a truck (which is the most likely) a good upgrade would be a vortec 350. Need a carb adapter intake for it but will bolt in. You can spend some money then and throw heads and a cam in though the vortec heads are very decent for a...

I suppose talk to the airline and ask what they are expecting.

Proof of ownership must be an international requirement. I flew last year with an O/U and it was very easy. No special checks really, declare at airport luggage check counter, fill out a little slip, lock the case with real lock(s) then wait for tSA to screen them. You stand by in case they need...

7k if fixed?! Did it catch on fire too? Why don’t they just no bid it if they don’t want it instead of insulting you? What a way to end a relationship with them! To carmax it is, clearly.

You have a chance to play with that new minicomputer? Reading the FUTO manifesto reinvigorated my interest in setting up a custom router and the ne of those seems like a good choice if I could find one with dual good gigabit NICs.