I just came back from the movie theater and man the new movie Avatar from James Cameron is awesome. I’ve seen a lot of movies in my time and I would have to say this one is one the best and to my surprise it was also in 3D which made it even better.
To see the HD Trailer from Apple Click Here
If you ever wanted to know the transmission gear ratios in your Honda Civic, I found some info on D-Series Forums that shows everything.
Click Here for the link.
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Battery powered impact guns, ratchets, die grinders, and drills are getting more and more popular as the battery life is getting longer and more powerful tools are coming on the market everyday.
Ingersoll Rand makes a series of wireless battery powered tools called the IQv Series which are quite impressive looking. The torque on the 1/2 inch drive impact gun is 360ft-lbs which is really good for a battery powered tool and weigh’s at only 6.2lbs. I like that fact that battery powered tools are so handy when working on a car as you don’t have to worry about the air line getting in the way of things.
Here is a link to Ingersoll Rand battery powered tools section so you can check them out yourself. Click Here for more info.
My recent issue with my CV Joint was actually loose lug nuts on one of my front wheels which was surprising but at the same time educating. From now on I will always have to double check and torque down my lug nuts as they seem to have gotten loose over time. And as far as the heater core I’m a bit confused, because the issue seems to have disappeared and no more smell of antifreeze is present in the car anymore and I’ve been driving everyday since the smell became present. I will keep my eye on this issue but so far it seems to be OK.
So 2 days ago I was driving with a friend and noticed a funny smell in my car and at the time I didn’t think of it and let it go. Well next day which was yesterday I was driving my car again and realized that the odor that I was smelling was antifreeze my Civic’s cooling fluid. I checked the engine bay and nothing leaking was visible and I couldn’t smell anything so I poked my nose inside the car again and guess what, ewwwww it stunk. So yeah it’s definitely my heater core as I have replaced the radiator already and most of the hoses were replaced when I did the engine swap. Oh and also while driving last night, I started hearing a scrubbing loud wheel noise. I thought it was just my tires but later noticed it got louder and louder. So today I looked into it and yeah my drivers side driveshaft outer CV-Joint is gone and making a whole lot of noise.
I will try to fix the CV Joint in the next day or so and after that look at the heater core issue. From the reasearch that I have done it’s not easy to replace the heater core as you have to pull the whole dash out to get to the heater core which is behind the blower.
I was on D-Series.org today looking at some posts and found this interesting one about a Honda Civic Build for Rally Racing. Very interesting build take a look click Here for the link
In any good workshop or garage if your going to do any kinda of auto repair or tuning then a car hoist is a must. Otherwise you’ll be crawling under the car with your back always on the floor and trust me it doesn’t get easier with age.
My workshop will of course have a car hoist and one design that I particularly like is the 2 post car lift just like the one in the image below.
You can also Click Here for the PDF version of a brochure. It has two arms on each side that lifts the car by its natural life points and leaves lots of room to work on the engine and front suspension where most of the work is usually done. This hoist is available from Best Buy Automotive Equipment at the price of $1495 which is not a bad price but time will tell more research on this subject.
Below is a picture of my first hand drawn garage plans that I did up months ago and forgot all about them. Well I recently found them, scanned them and decided to post them up on this blog to share them with people.
There were a few things that I missed when drawing these plans which I will add in my next plans.
- Bathroom
- Sink
- Central Vacuum System
- Windows
- Tool Racks
- and more…
I found this great Mini Sandblasting gun made by Badger that would be a great hobby tool for cleaning up smaller things like metal RC Car parts, smaller automobile parts and anything else that’s small. Using a full size sandblasting station is great for larger things but when you need precision this little guy would do great for smaller more delicate pieces.
This would be a great tool for refinishing some lightly rusted or corroded RC parts I got. You can look up more info directly at Badgers website. Click Here for the link.
