It was classic. Friends of mine were going high into the hills to help family prepare a forested lot for home building. There was work to do and they offered labor. They suggested I come along, which I declined. I’m busy. I don’t have time. There is much to do. But then they revealed that...
As is often the case the solution would not have been found in any of the aftermarket repair manuals and certainly not in the venerable shop manual. I began to have strange card flapping noises coming out of the car. I feared that I’d have to pull the motor and go through it. Maybe I’d...
I decided to get the furnace tuned. The mechanic said ‘no can do’ until I had the firebox vacuumed. So now both jobs are done and I’m $450 poorer. Then the furnace and AC blower stopped working. I suspected a capacitor. I was right. See it there with the number 10 on it with it’s...
During the first drive with the new carburetor, the motor started making a flapping sound. It is still making it. But now it sounds very serious and when I turn the motor over, there is a point once each revolution where the motor seems to be overcoming some physical thing. I don’t know what’s...
