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UP 5132, a "notch nose" SD70M, and 9390, a newly-painted C40-8W, pull a long work train out of Junction City on their way to the Cascades. This was the day the Cascade line re-opened after Tunnel 11 was repaired and things started to return to normal on the Brooklyn Sub.
Working on this for a local show at Cottonwood. :) It's a mixed media piece. Sorry Wes, no polymer clay on this one. :)
4" thick spalted maple top - stabilized my LOTS of epoxy. VG Doug-fir frame. The lower shelf hinges to reveal storage. Add four vises, some tools, and a couple of lead bricks = this little bench doesn't move a fraction.
Lately I was pushed to take pictures with my phone =_= I miss my DSLR, but it still got fixed *A*
sorry client xD
Camera: Leica SL2
Lens: NOKTON 50mm F1.5 ASPH
Option: SHOTEN LM-LSL
Retouch: Lightroom Classic CC 11.0.1
Photos posted to link to this car's project thread on the Cadillac message boards.
Wow, I think this marks my greatest length of thread-neglect! Almost 5 months! This isn't the new normal though, I will have some time again to work on the car and clear out my parts shelf which once again is getting a little cluttered with the crap I buy on ebay.
I have not done much to the car since my last update besides drive it until the first snow in December. The alternator remains un-rebuilt. Fortunately (?) I made a discovery that the noise I was hearing under certain conditions was not the alternator at all, so it won't need anything besides diode replacement (coming soon).
Now, I did find where the noise was coming from-one of the A.I.R. check valves had failed and sounded something like an accordion for a few minutes when the car was restarted hot. The A.I.R. system switches between two modes of operation-one in which the pump pushes air into the exhaust manifolds, and another in which air gets shot into the catalytic converter-both of which help to keep emissions down. The mode selected depends on what conditions the ECM sees. The check valves keep the boiling hot dirty exhaust from flowing into the hoses and pump which would ruin them in short order-ironically kind of like a diode! In my case, the check valve for the exhaust manifold had failed or was beginning to and on a hot restart the air from the pump would disturb it to create that annoying noise. So it needed to be replaced. Here is the part in question in case you have never heard of/seen it (I didn't)
It is in the vicinity of the power module
The little bastard screws onto a "T" fitting that looked more like plumbing equipment than an auto part to me. On each side of the T, there is a metal line that runs to each exhaust manifold. Clean air flows through the check valve when the switching valve directs air to it.
While the two lines came off easily, the check valve itself was stuck like you would not believe. The tee fits into a 7/8ths wrench, and the captured nut on the valve is 1 inch, and using my two largest wrenches on each with every ounce of strength I had I was only able to break them loose after soaking in transmission fluid for a few days. And even then just barely.
The exact part number of the failed valve was not available so I substituted another one that was otherwise identical. I suspect the differences in part numbers (there are a ton of them) have to do with unique backpressures for every engine configuration GM made across all their cars. I bought one spec'd for a 307 Olds V8, which I figure is as close to the 4100 in terms of back pressure as I could get. Could be totally wrong on that too. Anyway, it no longer makes the noise!
Now the other part of the A.I.R. system is for the catalytic converter. The check valve on this one was good, and I suspect it lives a much easier life than the one for the manifolds as it is not subjected to the high pressures or heat. But it needed love too, when I had the catalytic converter changed, the shop cut off the end of the pipe which entered the old bead converter at a 90 degree angle and used high temperature hose to make the connection.
I can't say I was happy with the way it looked but it seemed to do the job. Except that when braking or accelerating hard, the hose would allow the metal tubing (now loose) to move back and forth which made for an annoying knock. I wasn't sure what to do but I was certainly surprised when I learned Rockauto still stocks this pre-bent metal tubing unique for the 84-85 Eldorado. Go figure. I ordered it and when it arrived, I was disappointed to discover that it lacked the mounting bracket that goes up near the engine. So I ended up taking my old and new tube to a welder who transferred the bracket to the new one for me.
I also put a new check valve on it. Note that this valve lacks the captured nut. That is a catalytic converter check valve and it is physically smaller than the one for the manifold. They thread size is the same, but the nipple is the part that won't allow you to put the other diameter hose on it.
Here it is mounted to the "new" cat. I have to spin that clamp at the Y fitting, it should face the passenger side. Bah shops! So, that concludes today's edition of what invisible repair I managed to waste my time and money on!
This piece was done for the First National Contemporary Mosaic Art Exhibition. It couldn't go into the competition part because I was organizing the event but it was done anyway for the occasion as a 'spec' piece. The theme was 'What makes a Kiwi Tick?" The event went very well.
Smalti, marble, floor tile, was used to create a tunnel in the mine with appropriate levels for foreground people in varying depths and darkness further in the background.
The 0-6-0T is still a placeholder, but I have now completed a second combo. These will be part of the expansion to my California State Railroad Museum display.
A week ago Sanuday while we were at Camp Arrah Wanna I sprained my ankle. {I didn't realize that I had done it at the time.) I went down a little bank to get a picture of this creek. Went to work as usual on Monday, by Wed I was hurting pretty good. Well Monday I decided to get my ankle checked out. I pulled a cartliage in my ankle. Now I get to wear a stylin new boot to work.
I also have a legit excuse to put my foot up on my desk.
This is a part of the way i take every day with my bike. Two times a day.about 35 minutes. If i should go by car it also takes 35 minutes (or more).
Quit a problem isn't?
You can find this old guy every year, same place, same pose, probably even the same net. Really makes it seem like time has stopped flowing for him.
Other "L"size first batch.
Just sorting them out really..
Somehow a bit of damage happened to this other "L"size one (I sat on a hot coal! Believe it!) so after patching it perfectly with same material and Ados glue, I made it the workshop dress. Has it withstood some punishment!
It allows me to enjoy the dress wearing comfort etc all the time without it mattering if stuff happens to it.
Good in the surf too.
эта девочка из вологды выиграла какой-то там конкурс имени киры пластининой. ей лет 12, кажется. такое, очень невинное порно.
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It looks like someone let loose a pack of hyenas inside my cubicle. Good grief.
And I'm pretty sure my MacBook Pro has a bigger monitor than the one sitting at my desk!