"sn4cktimes" (snacktimes)
04/23/2020 at 23:50 • Filed to: None
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"sn4cktimes" (snacktimes)
04/23/2020 at 23:50 • Filed to: None | 11
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Lady Peet loves hanging out on/in/under the Eagle.
I fixed my “random” voltage leak. I was loosing a constant 3.86 amps. Turned out to be the alternator. Thing was in the car when I bought it years ago and I kept using it even after t he engine rebuild and fuel injection kit was installed. So it was time. Hooked it up and went back down to 0.013 amperes. Started fine, h ums along at 14.5+V when running. Ready to city drive it again.
Just Jeepin'
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 00:04 |
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In case you didn’t see this, an AMC historian shows off his favorite commercials.
https://jalopnik.com/this-history-expert-giving-context-to-old-amc-commercia-1842982033
smobgirl
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 00:06 |
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It’s a TRAP!
(That car is the coolest!)
Nom De Plume
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 00:09 |
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Amazing to me in this day and age you couldn’t even manage to kill my interest with cat pictures. The Eagle looks good.
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Nom De Plume
> Just Jeepin'
04/24/2020 at 00:10 |
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Alright, Tracy can stay but the other messes need to go before I visit over there again.
jminer
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 00:50 |
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Beautiful AMC and cat on it!
Sometimes it’s just plain awesome fixing something like a bad alternator that had been giving you phantom trouble.
VincentMalamute-Kim
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 01:11 |
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Cat is really high on the ‘nip.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 07:36 |
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I’m getting some serious Dexter vibes from your garage lol
shop-teacher
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 08:18 |
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Kittay so fluffy!
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sn4cktimes
> Just Jeepin'
04/24/2020 at 13:59 |
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I DID. And it was stellar.
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sn4cktimes
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
04/24/2020 at 14:02 |
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A few years ago when I (hilariously!) thought I was close to getting the car drivable, I ran power and attempted to insulate the garage before winter hit so I could get the car running. It was another 1.5 years before it happened. With being out of work, and now that the car can be moved and not immediately wipe out the battery we’re going to order lumber and get the ceiling framed properly and then sheet everything with 3/8" OSB and get all the random shit off the walls. I’ll take a bunch of before and after photos with the cars, trailer, bikes and mess.
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sn4cktimes
> smobgirl
04/24/2020 at 14:02 |
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Thanks. I turn more heads with the Rampage, but I get way more smiles with the AMC.
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sn4cktimes
> shop-teacher
04/24/2020 at 14:03 |
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She has tummy fluff so soft it rivals baby bunnies. It’s the best.
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sn4cktimes
> VincentMalamute-Kim
04/24/2020 at 14:04 |
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She’s just high on life in these photos. She loves colour matched stuff. Catnip doesn’t work on her for some reason. But mint... hoo boy! Off to the races!
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sn4cktimes
> Nom De Plume
04/24/2020 at 14:04 |
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Thanks!
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sn4cktimes
> jminer
04/24/2020 at 14:12 |
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I just wish I had figured it out sooner. The AMC is so much nicer to drive in the winter than my Rampage. It produces so much more heat for the occupants, has studded winter tires, 4WD, and a tape deck.
The electrical has been so heavily modified to install the MPFI kit that basically nothing is out of the running when a problem arises. I only figured out it was actually the alternator after I eliminated basically the entire rest of the harness and ONLY had the alternator in-line with the battery.
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sn4cktimes
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 14:13 |
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Oh, and she LOVES tummy rubs. She absolutely will maul anything living other than me, my wife, and her cousin. But for us, the softest of tummy floofs awaits.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 14:27 |
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We should be her.
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jminer
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 15:00 |
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That’s definitely tough on old cars like this - everything electrical has usually been hacked to pieces, frequently with the same color wire. I’ve had a project where almost everything under the hood was red wire - an absolute nightmare to work on, but also wasn’t a nice enough car to put in the energy to fix it.
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sn4cktimes
> jminer
04/24/2020 at 16:23 |
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My issues generally stem from having to remove all the old fuel/emissions sensors and their computer. The harness was very integrated power-wise. S o currently I don’t have a working temp gauge or oil gauge and not sure if I’ve permanently borked the cruise control or not yet. The new fuel injection stuff was an entirely self contained harness except for a wire for power and another for the switched 12V to run to the computer so it’s not leaching power through the new relay all the time.
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jminer
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 16:52 |
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Ouch - when I’ve run into that before I usually end up running an additional gauge pod with things like temp and oil.
Cruise control is very hard to add or fix later. Always super-proprietary and janky.
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shop-teacher
> sn4cktimes
04/24/2020 at 19:26 |
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Just the picture makes me want to pet her belly.
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sn4cktimes
> jminer
04/24/2020 at 23:24 |
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This stock cruise control uses electronic controls on the turn signal stalk to operate a vacuum air system to manually operate the throttle body on the carb via a cable ... To be determined how well it’ll play with the throttle body on my fuel injection setup (there is a connection point there for the cable ) as I’m not sure how to feed the cruise’s computer dongle the info it requires. Janky yes. Yes it is