2022: What are you doing today?

[Bruce Dorsi]

I'm not familiar with your vehicle, Tony.

Does it have a "cold-start injector" activated by coolant or air temp?

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Does not appear to have a cold start injector. this Honda has a "cold" light in the dash. As I understand that, if engine temp is under 100* F , that light is "on" ..

Weather has been cooler & windy here(rain at the moment) . If car cools back off after the first start from over nite... It cranks and starts quik as usual. If it sits over nite or 7 - 8 hours. It will crank 3 times as long before the engine fires.

We let fuel pressure pump run before we move the key to "crank" position.  With the tester I bought, I can watch the pressure at the injector rail comes up instantly to 58 - 60 psi with key in "run" position , but we do not crank the engine yet.

With engine running or cranking the pressure is 57 - 60 psi as the injectors cycle.

The car runs , drives fine. No indication of fuel starvation. Couple weeks ago I ran the car WOT to triple digits and it never missed a beat. I do run injector cleaner thru the car every 15 - 20k miles.  119k miles on the ol Honda Civic since new.

[idrivejunk]

Sounds like fire is next. Dirty ground to coil(s) or coil control module if it has one? Making better contact when warm. Weak coil? Happen sudden?

Never has made sense to me why cars don't monitor fuel pressure somehow for the OBD. Info on the fly could sidestep guesswork sometimes. I'm really no help but yep thats an awful long time to start and when temps drop I remember all the extra winter quirks and plastic dash sounds from the last winter.

The GTP threw the driver's visor clip in my lap other day and headliner fell this year so yanked down the loose stuff. Washed it and cleaned windows Sunday. Paint fell apart this year too and it was about that long since last wash. Lots of varmint guts and yellow reflective paint in the wells, moldings and clearcoat coming loose, etc. At 305K. Lost another tenth of an mpg avg this week, down to 22.4. It thrives on neglect like no other.

[enjenjo]

I recently had a similar problem with the neighbors car Tony. Being able to smell raw fuel after shut down let to the solution. There was fuel leaking through a hose at the fuel tank. New hose, problem solved, at least for now.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Hi..  More items checked on the Honda car. Air filter, battery voltage, etc.

The IAC operates per specs. Fast idle when cold. As the engine warms up , the idle drops like it always has. No fuel odors at any time. I guess I am the problem ? The car operates fine. Even the crank time when first start in the morning is less.

A few weeks ago: the car had a ruff idle when cold in the morning. We had a couple long drives (120+ miles) at freeway speeds, so I added some injector cleaner. The Chevron Techron type stuff I have used for decades. The car does idle smoother since that.

At this point: drive it till something breaks or it quits.

 

[WZ JUNK]

We returned home last night from a 3 week trip to Italy, Switzerland, and France.  Great trip but good to be back home.

[WZ JUNK]

My brother bought back his first AD truck that he built in the late 80's and early 90's.  It had been gone about 24 years.  It is a time capsule as it is nearly the same as when he sold it.  It has different wheels, different steering wheel, and a different set of valve covers but that is about it.  It still had his notes in the glove box for the wiring.  He won a Boyd Coddingtion trophy with it at the second Rod and Custom Magazine Americruise and it was featured in a magazine.  We had a lot of fun in that truck and I am tickled he has it back.

[kb426]

Nice story.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Sounds like a nice overseas  trip John..

Your brother bought the truck back..  Wife and i were talking the other nite: about vehicles that we owned yrs ago and would think about buying back.

[kb426]

I'm waiting on a call from the transporter who's picking up the 51 tomorrow. I'm curious what kind of trailer they have and how much fun it will be to load.

[idrivejunk]

This is a mother and son project, perhaps you can sift the two individual styles. 14x22" watercolor paper. Mostly watercolor, some acrylic, and a dash of pencil. If it reminds you of someplace familiar, you are fortunate. Its 100% conjured on the fly.

[WZ JUNK]

I like it, but I am not an art critic and all I know is when I look at something I either like it and appreciate it, or I don't.  My wife and I spent the last three weeks looking at Renaissance art throughout Italy and France.  A lot of paintings and statues of naked ladies and men. We saw a lot of work that I had seen in photos.  Seeing them in real life is all the difference.

[idrivejunk]

Thanks John. 

In case you wondered, large male reproductive organs were considered sloppy and the models were mostly atheletes. 

I went to the Met once as a young student with my class. Recall nothing. Images from soho bar hopping are burned into my mind though. Thank goodness some places had a Polaroid on the door showing what was going on inside! Anyhow... Rembrandt, Rockwell, Escher... those artists inspire me. However Escher called himself a mathmetician.

To marvel over the works of masters in person must be a grand treat. As you say, its different. I heard recently that  the famous painting "Starry Night" contains most of a grasshopper, for example.

[48builder]

Made great progress yesterday and today, although it's 20 and windy today and my garage furnace can't keep up so I'm knocking off early. Started working on the fuel, AC and steering lines. Got the tank in and lines to it. Ordered a Dorman nylon fitting kit so I can make a couple things to wrap that up. Got the AC and heat firewall fittings in my stainless firewall. Need to order a couple fittings I need to finish that job. Have a condenser coming this week and then I'll know exactly what I need. Think I'll find a local shop to put a brushed finish on the stainless. I don't want to worry about polishing it and getting scratches in it. Found a steering hose I had here for the pressure line. It has a kink in it but doesn't look like it will hurt anything. I may find a shop to remake that little section after I think on it a bit. Getting more positive about getting this one the road next year.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Took the tire-wheel off my rv today. Then removed the whole hub - brake drum assembly... This is the hub that wheel bearing was loose on 3 different times during our road trip this summer.  I found the problem today.

Turns out the garter spring from the seal had popped off and was between the inner bearing and spindle. Obviously this must have happened during installation?    Thankfully the bearings, races, and spindle are not damaged.  I ordered new seal.  Will clean and re-install parts.

I am working on the rv while it sets in the storage lot out south of Luke Air Force base