Phoebe is back, baby!

"Jim Spanfeller" (awesomeaustinv) 08/12/2020 at 17:20 • Filed to: None

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The solenoid is fixed, the stalling in right turns problem is no more, the car is driveable! She still has problems with the choke and thermostat housing and I’ll be taking her to get those things fixed next week, but at least she is roadworthy now.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 17:28

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Whoo hoo! Phoebe is in fact finally back. Bet that is a lot off your mind. Oppo hunt  time?

Sovande > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 17:30

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Have you looked into the choke yourself? And the thermostat housing is just two bolts and a gasket. Or go aftermarket and get one with an o ring. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/12/2020 at 17:32

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Yeah... And once the choke and thermostat issue are fixed, she should be back to her old self so I can really drive places without trouble. As far as Oppo hunt goes, w e’ve already planned out several locations and we start tomorrow :)

Jim Spanfeller > Sovande 08/12/2020 at 17:36

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In theory the thermostat is simple, although there’s something screwy going on with aftermarket bolts and stuff on this one... Also I’ve fiddled with the choke a ton already on my own and it still isn’t working properly (it’s just stuck open), plus I don’t have a lot of time to fiddle around with it right now, so for now I’d rather make it somebody else’s problem knowing that they’ll be able to get it working.

Sovande > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 17:40

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I completely understand that last sentence! 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 18:20

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Be careful of loose skinned marble monsters. Wouldn’t want Phoebe to get munched on by the auto eater.

Some inspiration.

I’ve had a lot of fun doing this. Glad Phoebe should back back on the road soon.

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/12/2020 at 18:24

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How do you know that’s not just how cars are born?

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 18:45

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Oh ya, thermostat housing , just two bolts??? What could go wrong…ask me how I know!!!!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 18:46

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Because Fiat Pandas are no longer being born but die every year more and more. There are fields, endless fields. . .

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/12/2020 at 19:14

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Maybe it’s a pandimensional marble worm regurgitating a Fiat Panda because it accidentally violated the laws of time and dimensional space? I’ve done it before , it’s a bit embarrassing , but hey it happens. That’s the risk you take when you go mucking around with dimensional travel... 

shop-teacher > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 19:26

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Congrats!

shop-teacher > Sovande 08/12/2020 at 19:29

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Off topic: I’m going to have to pass on your wagon. It’s a bit too much of a project for me right now. I just don’t have the budget to actually make it right. Thank you for the offer. I vote NP, and I would love to have it, but it’s just not in the cards for me at this time.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 19:46

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I haven't been there, but then again I DO have a crippling fear of interdimensional travel so you can hardly blame me for playing it safe. 

Sovande > shop-teacher 08/12/2020 at 19:50

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No worries! I appreciate the heads up. I actually may have sold it. A guy who claims to have had 35!! Caprices is going to look at it tomorrow. I told him all the shortcomings and he said he didn't care as it would be getting an LS. So hopefully he come through with a stack of cash. I have it listed for $1500. Ha! 

shop-teacher > Sovande 08/12/2020 at 20:12

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Nice! Good luck with the sale!

Noodles > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 21:02

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I kinda picture everything but the body is made of Lego. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/12/2020 at 21:03

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No judgement, it is very tricky. Not just any car will do, it’s gotta be something like an old F iat Panda, Lada Niva, Yugo GV, VW Golf, that sort of thing. It needs to have the right   shape. Otherwise it’ll have a terrible time passing through the bowels of time and space. Then, since Earth technology is inadequate for interdimensional time/warp acceleration, you’ve got to gather the right materials which are hard to find. The easiest way is to hook up a modified scientific calculator to a piece of sponge cake and a chunk of antimatter tofu in a shoebox lined with lead so the pandimensional marble worms can’t detect it. The antimatter tofu is the most difficult part to find, but it occasionally drops into our dimension from higher ones that eat messily, and you can track it with an algorithm if you know how. But then when you start traveling through time, space, and dimensions, there are so many laws governing interdime nsional time travel (which change depending on where/when/how/if/ish you are) that you’re practically guaranteed to be breaking a law or two no matter what. It’s pretty much a given. So half the time you spend doing so, you’ll also be trying to evade the various forms of interdimensional police, such as pandimensional marble worms. The Fiat up there is simply a poor traveler who got caught and is being regurgitated back into the dimension from whence they came.

Jim Spanfeller > Noodles 08/12/2020 at 21:06

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:)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/12/2020 at 22:29

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Exactly why I avoid the things to begin with. The Fia t had it coming, since the Italians are notoriously bad at complying with interdimensional law due to be Italian being banned in the higher dimensions.

I heard Renaults are very good at 8t though. Have you ever seen one being returned to this dimension? I thought not. . .

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/12/2020 at 23:58

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French cars are extremely popular in the higher dimensions, as they are very snobby about that sort of thing. But they have to be transported via VW Golf-shaped trucks to get the shape right.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/13/2020 at 00:02

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So the trucks are shaped like an entirely normal looking hatchback how? In the higher dimensions, it used to be a non Gaelic car was considered highly unusual because no one in their right mind would ever tolerate such absence of quirkiness. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/13/2020 at 00:42

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Yep, as I said, it has to be that basic shape or it won’t slip through the bowels of time and space without major difficulties. So every inter dimensional vehicle somewhat resembles a Golf. Also, if you want to travel back in time, you have to drive backwards. Them’s the rules. Unless you have a space fabric wrinkler, which is slightly illegal (it’s like fireworks, you can buy it but you’re not supposed to use it), but then you need a time iron to remove the wrinkles behind you, and those are very illegal but everyone uses them anyway because it’s the only way to minimize the damage you leave behind. And now you can see why every trip between dimensions, time, and space is a chaotic challenge of evading pandimensional police! Darn exciting, though. At least until you get caught and regurgitated by a marble worm. It’s all fun and games until you’re worm puke...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/13/2020 at 09:15

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Just like it is all fun and games until you blow your hand off with a firecracker. I think I'll stay away from both. Getting caught sounds deeply unpleasant. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/13/2020 at 11:05

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At the very least, they can’t imprison you because that would fill up the jails super quick. The worms instead just swallow you, open a wormhole, and deposit you unceremoniously back into your original dimension. The process feels rather unpleasantly like being drunk (if you don’t know what I mean, ask a glass of water).

Sovande > shop-teacher 08/13/2020 at 11:17

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Holy shit he bought it.  $1200.  That’s not  a bad return considering I paid $400!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/13/2020 at 11:38

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The glass of water didn't say anything at all. Now I feel like a fool. 

shop-teacher > Sovande 08/13/2020 at 11:46

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Nice profit! At that price, he’ll probably fix it too.

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/13/2020 at 12:14

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Ah yes, I forget that you have to be in dimension 3.5 for talking fluids.

*slurp*

Sovande > shop-teacher 08/13/2020 at 12:38

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He is going to LS swap it.  Guy said he has had 35 Caprice Classics.  His buddy who came to look at it has 16 Impala’s.  He is a DC cop and said he keeps some in the impound lot.  Anyway, cool couple dudes and they definitely have plans to make the wagon nice.  I told them a condition of the sale was to send me pics of the progress.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/13/2020 at 12:43

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**in a tiny voice coming from the glass** "You monster!"

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/13/2020 at 12:47

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This is also why I never use the bathroom in dimension 3.5. I can never forget the screaming...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/13/2020 at 13:07

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Even a morning cup of coffee can be traumatic. And forget the water parks. That water can be really pervy. . . 

shop-teacher > Sovande 08/13/2020 at 14:14

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Very cool!

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/13/2020 at 18:18

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And that’s why the bars in dimension 4 are so insanely successful. Residents of 3.5 will do anything for a fluid that doesn’t speak. In fact, I think dimension 4 consists almost entirely of bars, waterparks, etc. now...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/13/2020 at 19:13

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And toilets. Those can get a little too nosy for their own good. There is a multi-million dollar industry around teleporting the very rich to their own private toilet chamber within the massive restroom complex covering most of  the southwestern hemisphere.

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/13/2020 at 19:54

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That’s more of a niche market thing, kinda like vinyl enthusiasts. They like the old-school, more moist flush of water toilets, whereas the general public has more widely adopted fancy vacuum toilets like they use in space. Bidets on the other hand...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/13/2020 at 21:21

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Oh, don't get me started. Since only one planter in dimension 4 has gravity conducive to non sentient liquid toilets, that is their main industry. Lotta money in the multiverse and plenty of disdain for the poors and their vacuum toilets. 

Jim Spanfeller > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/14/2020 at 00:15

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Of course, some people try to look on the bright side and keep sentient fluids as pets. I tried that with a glass bowl of water once... Even put some seaweed and pebbles and a little model of a shipwreck in there to make a nice space for the water to occupy. It was rather pleasant, the water was a surprisingly good conversationalist (probably something to do with it having passed through multiple living creatures in it’s time, so it’s picked up a thing or two). I grew rather fond of it... And then I accidentall y spilled it down the sink while trying to clean the bowl. I was utterly devastated... I tried looking for my water in the ocean, assuming that’s where it ended up, but to no avail. The water I knew was gone... gone forever. I don’t know if I can handle that sort of pain again... 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jim Spanfeller 08/14/2020 at 10:55

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Yes, the while process is very troublesome. But most of that dimensions fluids are actually pretty mean, turned sour with time.