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  1. GTSBoy
    How much poking around with a multimeter have you done?
  2. GTSBoy
    Have you even got the workshop manual?
  3. GTSBoy
    I'd buy the new one. Known working box for affordable money. Just do it. These old cars are not for broke-arse skimping any more.
  4. GTSBoy
    I think my point is more..... what does it matter if you go to a shop and get a matching mix for, say, $100, vs. spending $30 on a touch up pen that doesn't match. You're not blowing your money. You are spending your money correctly (when you spend more to get proper stuff).
  5. GTSBoy
    Does it really matter?
  6. GTSBoy
    30. Year. Old. Car.
  7. GTSBoy
    Available brand new for sensible $$.
  8. GTSBoy
    Metallic touch up paints bought at a distance are a waste of time. Take it to a trusted crash repairer and get them to match and mix you up a small amount for brush touching.
  9. GTSBoy
    How dare you infringe his civil liberties like that!!!???!!!11111!!11onejuan
  10. GTSBoy
    Do diagnostic. Investigate returned code.
  11. GTSBoy
    I think we already have those.
  12. GTSBoy
    Manifold leak bad enough to do what you're describing would be catastrophically bad.
  13. GTSBoy
    It's just a matter of where you hang the ambient temperature probe. Lying on the exhaust manifold is a good way to make the power.
  14. GTSBoy
    Zen question for the day. If a burnout happens in a deserted industrial area, and no-one posts the video to the forums, did it ever happen?
  15. GTSBoy
    Despite your findings, it can only be the throttle remaining open after you release it. The presence of an FFP just adds more likelihood that there's something weird going on with the throttle. Put a goPro under there and film it while thrashing it.
  16. GTSBoy
    I didn't, but I assume that it's like asbestos and I will eventually die from the exposure.
  17. GTSBoy
    I would suggest that RBs are becoming sufficiently rare now that the old days' behaviour of beating them to death are unsupportable. Unless you can afford to keep a stock of blocks and heads that will get you up and running again without having to pay someone COVIDtax/US enthusiast prices for theirs when you desperately need it, or you can afford to just not put the engine back together and thus give up on the car, then you either spend a lot of money building it absolutely properly (to prevent the inevitable bang) or you just don't lean on it that hard (~300rwkW sensible limit expressed above) to also prevent the inevitable bang.
  18. GTSBoy
    I think he also has "fail often" appended.
  19. GTSBoy
    Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. /litany
  20. GTSBoy
    Technically illegal to do anything with wires, even comms cabling that will never see a phone system. But if my house ever burns down they will know that a contracting electrician didn't do all the wiring in my house, because some of it is done properly. Guess which bits done by who are done properly. You don't find many catenaries, proper strain relief loops, required separation between 230VAC and control/comms wiring in any house not owned by an engineer.
  21. GTSBoy
    Installed ~2011. SA govco tariff was massive. Used to be 56c IIRC. Went down (to ~45c) a few years ago, then went back up to ~50c. System cost ~$12k after something like 10k of rebates. Paid off in <5 years. Making cream since. But, the negative side is that I could fit something like 50% more panel capacity on the roof with new panels but can't change them without losing the tariff. So I have to keep thinking about whether it is time to dump the old panels for new with more generation and live with the lower per unit tariff. Same with batteries, etc etc. Not that I think batteries are actually a good economic decision anyway. But maybe they'll get there.
  22. GTSBoy
    Is this the wrong place to talk about my 50c feed in tariff?
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    Ah. The world of front loaders. I don't have 2+hrs for each load. I don't care if top loaders use more water and make more noise. I can repair them myself when they go bunk (as opposed to the $3000/month service bill for an Asko! :p ) and can get a decent load done in <60 minutes.
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