FordContour.Org: Terry Haines - Viewing Profile - FordContour.Org

...my Grandson...who is 3 on Saturday.....and who likes...'Cars'....!!!!


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...yes, guitars.

For those that do not know an old friend, Bob Johnson (Ex Ford,we worked together on CDW prog), now makes custom hand built guitars in UK...He is one hell of a craftsman..plays damm good too!..So if you are serious maybe look him up at his website..
www.legraguitars.co.uk

...On my visit to UK I saw his work first hand...this guy is 100% custom all the way...works of art!!

...from across the pond.A V6 with 6 throttle bodies and a dry sump lube system...but hack the hood...a bit!..


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I notice a number of owners have issues with these..so this is how they work. The plastic collar is the lock,below it in the brass insert is an 'O' ring..If you have a vac leak here chances are it's the 'O' ring. Press the collar down and twist and pull the connection out..WITH CARE!!..it's plastic...Now you can,with care,lever out the collar,then hook out the 'O' ring...Renew the O ring (don't drop it inside the manifold),refit the collar and push back in the vac connection..end of vac leaks!!

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Car fuel ‘could be made from thin air’


Tom Chivers
London Telegraph
Friday, August 6, 2010
Car fuel could be created from thin air using an enzyme from a common soil bacterium, say scientists. It is hoped that this will lead to a cheap way of making environmentally friendly, carbon-neutral ‘green’ fuel that can be used without major redesigns of car engines.

Azotobacter vinelandii, a microbe found around the roots of various food plants, creates an enzyme – vanadium nitrogenase – which in nature produces ammonia from nitrogen gas. But now it has been shown that it can also create propane, the fuel commonly used in camping gas stoves, out of carbon monoxide – a common byproduct of industrial processes.
Markus Ribbe, a scientist at the University of California, says that eventually the enzyme could be tweaked, so that instead of only making the simple three-carbon-atom chain molecule of propane, it could create the longer chains that make up petrol. He says: “Obviously this could lead to new ways to create synthetic liquid fuels if we can make longer carbon-carbon chains.”