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Quote from: MiniDave on April 23, 2025, 07:55:35 AMIs that a/c only? or heat too? There was a door there, right? So you need to frame in a door with vents for the air return which would give me all sorts of ideas on some interesting ways to do it..

Nice job they did on the cutout at the top of the plenum.....is that the only outlet? Does it connect to vents in other parts of the unit?

That's a cold water unit right? Connected to a chiller on the roof? No freon? Electric heat?

Heat and Air. Runs off dedicated chilled and steamed water in these massive units they installed on top of the parking garage to bypass the cities very failed steam system that's about 100 years old.

No other vents in this unit. It's a small studio that's only 500sq ft. My 1 bedroom condo they do it different because there are a series of ducts and vents.

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Maintenance and Modifications / Re: Question regarding electri...

Last post by 94touring - April 23, 2025, 02:21:31 PM

Quote from: MPlayle on April 23, 2025, 01:51:53 PMSounds to me like the dashpot spring may be the stiffer one and you may need the softer one to let the piston rise more during WOT?

Softer spring = leaner cruise
Stiffer spring = richer cruise

Thicker dashpot oil = richer tip in on throttle
Thinner dashpot oil = leaner tip in on throttle

Think of it like this, when the piston is lower, less air flows into the engine, but at an accelerated speed ( bernouli principle). The pressure difference from the faster moving air pulls in more fuel than it would otherwise, even though it's at a leaner needle station. Now raise the piston all the way and it goes very lean because of all the airflow, and with less pressure difference.

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Maintenance and Modifications / Re: Question regarding electri...

Last post by MPlayle - April 23, 2025, 01:51:53 PM

Sounds to me like the dashpot spring may be the stiffer one and you may need the softer one to let the piston rise more during WOT?

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Maintenance and Modifications / Re: Question regarding electri...

Last post by bikewiz - April 23, 2025, 01:47:24 PM

So I checked for leaks. None that I can find with spraying carb cleaner at all of the mating surfaces and pivots. I do have a slight amount of gas weeping somewhere around the fuel inlet which I'll try and find and fix. I rechecked the timing right now it's 8° at 1050rpm idle 30-32° at 5000 it was hard to get an accurate reading by myself at 5000. I lowered the jet a little, maybe 1/4 turn. I polished the modified BDL needle a bit more.
Numbers now with it fully warm are 13-14.2 at idle and 16+ at WOT still lean on acceleration. Steady state at 3k it's around 15ish. Plugs look pretty good, maybe a bit lean.
So I think I may be going in the right direction.
So a couple more goes at the needle and figure out the weeping gas.
And try and fix the oil leak from the front of the motor

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The Lounge / Re: A new game... Post pics fr...

Last post by Jims5543 - April 23, 2025, 01:07:57 PM

My favorite of the bunch, looks like an old French or Russian car.

Cool pics looks lovely there. Did you partake in Amsterdam? A friend of ours was there and got wrecked off an edible, had to go sleep it off. Edibles are tricky, you never know how hard they are going to hit.

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The Lounge / Re: Evolve or die

Last post by Jims5543 - April 23, 2025, 01:00:40 PM

Oh and this job is going to kill me. Monday and Tuesday, I had so much field work I was in the field 2X longer than I am usually there. I was getting back from the field so late I was falling further and further behind.

My dog woke me at 2am today she had to pee really bad.

I went back to bed and my brain turned back on, I laid there tossing and turning freaking out over how much is on my desk. I am a log jam at the moment.

After an hour of that I said fuck it, got up, got dressed and went to the office at 03:15.

I left for the field at 06:15 which was a lighter day, my first work was in a subdivision under construction, by 07:00 I had my first tasks completed out there and was leaving there at 0745.

I only had 2 more fast stops to make working my way back to the office. Back in office at 09:30. Put a good dent in the pile of shit on my desk today.

I announced today, no off the street customers. Then we get an inquiry from a gal that used to use me a lot a lifetime ago to survey 7 acres, we punted it and I have to admit, part of me died turning it away, it was going to be a fun project.

I also was just approached to provide construction support a Holiday Inn remodel. Passing on that too.

I am completely at a loss as to how it is so busy here, its insane.

So I have been up since 2am after only sleeping 3 hours last night. I should sleep good tonight.

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The Lounge / Re: A new game... Post pics fr...

Last post by Jims5543 - April 23, 2025, 11:57:07 AM

A nice louvered door would be perfect there. Easy access to the unit.

Take a pic from further away.

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The Lounge / Re: Evolve or die

Last post by Jims5543 - April 23, 2025, 11:40:07 AM

Quote from: Jims5543 on April 10, 2025, 10:51:38 AMThis is a huge game changer. The timing of this amazing little tool coming into my life sucks. I just purchased a used Tacoma 4X4 to replace Bernie (the PriusV) It has a V6 too which was important to me. The 4cyl models are pigs.

I just had to write a war and peace email to a customer. I may as well tell this funny story.

For a couple of days the Tacoma was considered stolen.

When I purchased it I wrote a company check for it, full price OTD.

At one point the manager on duty at Carmax came over and asked if she could see my checking account balance, I thought that was odd, so I pulled it up on my phone. Plenty in there to buy the truck. Except for one problem I did not anticipate.

My bank was National City Bank, which was purchased by PNC. I had a large ledger of business checks with National City still on them, the branch manager told me to just use them up, since we hardly write any checks anymore outside the monthly rent and some supplies once every few months we have lots left.

Well, that was causing concern at Carmax that night. I told them lets just table the deal until the next morning, I will run to the bank and grab a Cashiers check for them. They declined and decided to push the deal through that night. I didn't care either way.

It seems Wells Fargo is their bank and Wells would not be arsed to contact PNC and sort out the check. Somehow the check was deemed "untraceable" and kicked back.

I received a Fedex delivery yesterday with a very off putting letter, it demanded I either return the truck immediately or risk it being repo'd or make payment arrangements, the letter stated in bold text, this is an attempt to collect a debt.

I also had to pay a $50 returned check fee. All of this pissed me off because I told them lets back off and do it my way in the morning, they insisted on pushing forward.

So, long story short I stole a Tacoma from Carmax for a few days. LOL! I thought I saw a helicopter following me.

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