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96_NoVA_Zetec
Energy is neither created nor destroyed. Same applies to Life Energy. We don't really lose our loved ones, after their Ascension. Their energy is distributed amongst those they are leading, onward to the next Plane.
Kudos to my friend and grad school room mate, son of Gordon and Heather. Truly a learned man you are, Mark.
Mar 22 2012 11:01 AM
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BenL
Front passenger seat removed from car... found out my car is wired for dual power seats, so if I ever want to have power seats on both sides I just have to get the track and motor.
Was fun trying to get one of the bolts out though... had to resort to using an impact just to remove it because of rust (goes through the floor pan and up behind a heat shield).
Mar 11 2012 08:17 PM
BuckeyeSVT
Thanks Everybody for the Birthday wishes! You guys and gals are all so great! Had a good time with the wife out to eat and relaxed some - Good day!
Mar 10 2012 07:49 AM
BuckeyeSVT
Working on FCO for a while, and I guess I should since I've neglected it for a while and realized that there was a few things that needed attention..lol. Backup server is working fine though while I get things sorted on the main.. Yay for flexibility. Next is Cloudflare..
Mar 01 2012 04:44 AM
BenL
Well... I decided to see if the cylinders were washed out after checking all 3 front plugs.
Held the throttle all the way to the floor and cranked... 10 seconds later it was firing on 4 cylinders (like crap)... I shut it off for a minute or so and repeat... all 6 cylinders started firing flawlessly... Ashley must've been praying really hard because I was just about to give up on the car.
Plus side is while I was in there I found it had an intake leak (plastic hoses were snapped off, went to...
Feb 29 2012 03:05 AM
BenL
Had to repair Ashley's old engine harness... it looks pretty good but the question is: is it going to work?
Feb 28 2012 05:09 AM
BenL
Well... removed the wiring harness from Ashley's car, turns out a LOT of the insulation on the wires is broken apart and spans of wire are missing good size chunks (allowing for cross-communication specifically on the cam/crank sensors).
So I've got the option of junkyard (going to try first) for another harness or repairing & re-insulating the existing harness (which controls/reads from: injectors, cam & crank sensors, coil pack wiring, throttle position sensor, EGR vacuum control, IAC valv...
Feb 26 2012 04:17 PM
BenL
Just fixed a few problems on a 2007 Chevy Cobalt 2.2L. First it wouldn't start... broke out the multimeter tracked the problem down and fixed it, then the car was acting funny when it got hot (limiting top speed to 20mph or so)... took a whopping 2 minutes to fix that problem once we got the part.
Overall a good day... now all I gotta do is wait until Sunday or so to start seriously working on Ashley's car (warm and clear), once that's fixed I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Feb 25 2012 04:41 AM
BenL
Get the wonderful task of removing one of the engine harnesses from Ashley's Contour today... car won't start and the harness I'm going to remove is the most common failure item for that car (yes I eliminated other possibilities first)... once removed it's tear down and see if it can be repaired without rebuilding the whole harness, if not then it looks like I'll be making a trip to the junkyard.
Feb 24 2012 01:57 PM
BuckeyeSVT
So new job is quite interesting... Lots to learn. PCI Compliance and DSS standards... Fun fun! However it's a fun place to work and I'm looking forward to a nice long career there!
Feb 02 2012 08:16 PM
