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inveterate tinkerer: Throttle Body and IAC (ISCV) Cleaning

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Throttle Body and IAC (ISCV) Cleaning. Yes, that really is my car with the throttle body out and lying on the ground. I have no idea why there's a pile of rusting bike parts littering my work area, I need to clean up. Box that shit up. Yeah. For the record, although you do see the Haynes manual pictured, it was pretty useless. This article. Is vastly more useful. Remember, of course, this is for the 1.6 - I don't know if the 1.8 is different. The Haynes m...

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inveterate tinkerer: January 2010

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Cleveland to Seattle: Part 1 - The Preparation. It's been a few years since we moved to Seattle (or more precisely, the Pacific Northwest, or something, since we aren't technically in a Seattle zipcode) but since someone finally expressed interest in our epic, uh, adventure, I need to write this up. Plus I found exactly zero information on this when I was searching before, so. Besides, it was kind of fun to see how little we could do it with. Your tow veh...

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inveterate tinkerer: November 2008

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Text Message Spam: the Other White Meat. Unlike email, though, SMS messages generally cost the user of the handset, whether it's a fixed per-message charge, or a part of a monthly text message package. This, combined with the audible alert that comes with a handset text message, make this a particularly infuriating problem. We'll see if this solves the problem for me, but it looks promising. The End of the Great American Love Affair? Since we're so awfull...

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inveterate tinkerer: January 2009

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Bitten by the home brewing bug. I've always been into beer. Well, not always. I've been into beer since I discovered real beer, beer that had been brewed with taste - with the exquisite experience that accompanies the enjoyment of a true beer - rather than profit motive in mind. I remember thinking, "Hey, that might actually be worth it.". The thing is, nobody in the region (as in, no other micro-brewer) seems to share my particular taste in beer. I f...

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inveterate tinkerer: Do you REALLY need an airbag?

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Do you REALLY need an airbag? Actually, I just wanted to post this here so I could find it again. Driver wearing 5 point harness walks away. Laughing) from a 55 mph head-on in a Miata. Racing steering wheel installed. It's kinda funny to watch the passenger bag blow. Heh. Edit: NOT wearing a helmet. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Do you REALLY need an airbag? Throttle Body and IAC (ISCV) Cleaning. I Hate VB (Dont You? Salon: How the World Works.

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inveterate tinkerer: August 2008

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Panorama: Pritchard Island Beach. Went sailing at Pritchard's Island beach on Lake Washington the other day, and it's a really nice launch. There's a grass rigging area mercifully free of duck and dog shit and a trivial carry to a small, sandy beach. So I made a panorama, and forgot to lock the white balance. Nice going. Technium CityLite dumpster rescue (II). I'm not sure I would have turned such a complete and (from the pictures) barely ridden geared ro...

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inveterate tinkerer: Idle Speed Control Valves and safe failure modes

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Idle Speed Control Valves and safe failure modes. Well of course, that first statement should come with a caveat or two. My example could do with a new soft top, a new timing belt and accessory belts, really, new rubber all around. That said, it finally runs right. Yes, I'd say my example had some deferred maintenance. So far I've replaced:. Shock absorbers (Koni Sports). Thermostat (was frozen shut). Brake pads and fluid. Is that really it? The engine wo...

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inveterate tinkerer: JBL GT5-A402 Install & Review, sorta

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. JBL GT5-A402 Install and Review, sorta. When I bought my Miata. So I paid no attention to it, and after I discovered that the head unit was held in place by nothing more than the force of gravity, I yanked it out. It was just so much dead weight, anyway. Honestly, the hardest part of this install was getting wires figured out. Yes, the harness had been mutilated. Once that was done the rest of it was surprisingly easy. I know this install is neither uniqu...

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inveterate tinkerer: December 2008

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Sometimes you just can't leave well enough alone. Logging off another user, remotely. Skill -KILL -t tty1. Snowy Sunday project: Heat molding my 32 Forecasts. And 'Are you sure? In an incredulous voice a couple of times, I gave up. Hell, I have a heat source and a basic knowledge of thermodynamics. Who doesn't? Not the most elegant solution, but cardboard is a very poor conductor, and I wasn't worried about the tube singing the liner. Ultimately it worked very well. Preview: Bridgestone Blizzak WS-60.