polecat702

You gotta learn to be invisible. I wear very dark Rx sunglasses, have a white cane/red tip, smile a lot. They think I'm blind, and flash me, do all sorts of nasty stuff to my liking. Ya just have to learn not to react.

Adk46

An old car needs its sleep, and there's no better time than the winter. Mine's been restoring its systems, and will wake up fresh as a daisy. Spring is only a month away.

FredR

Well I was working on the 928 this afternoon, car up on the jack stands, me underneath trying to fix a power steering fluid leak [fixed- just needed the jubilee clip I used during the hose refresh to be a bit tighter] and the temperature was 34C - urrgh!

Strosek Ultra

Fred, I do not think you will be able to perform that kind of work when it is minus 34C which is not uncommon in the upper part of the country during wintertime.
Åke

FredR

Åke,

My record is to pull and replace the inlet manifold in one [July] afternoon back around 1999 when the temperature in the shade was around 44C and around 70% RH. As I finished the work, despite being quite fit, I was totally drained. By then the sun had set and I was working in the car port of that particular property. The bonnet was up and I then started to crank the motor to fire it up. It did not pick up and to my horror, I quickly found out why- it nearly did fire up-quite literally- the entire engine bay and part of the car port was cover in fuel- I had forgotten to fit the test cap on the fuel rail!

Nowadays, I do what we do professionally and write a check list of everything I need to check before firing the car up. If I work on the fuel system I always have a hose pipe standing by -pressurised and ready to use and I try to get someone to crank the car whilst I have my head in front of the engine bay looking for any signs of distress. In my new home with a large built in garage, I roll the car onto the driveway before firing up. The coldest I have worked in was in the UK and even that was around freezing point. At minus 34 I reckon my fingers would snap off!

Hoping to fit an a/c unit in my garage shortly!

Rgds

Fred

Strosek Ultra

Fred, In those days you were a young guy, I do not think I have ever experienced 44C except for in a sauna. I have been in Florida several times and I found high humidity worse than high temperature. Over here no need for AC in the garage/workshop but a good heating system is a must. Years ago when firing up my BMW 635CSi after a long winters rest in a rented garage under a house I experienced something similar as you did. The engine started and I drove it out of the garage and saw the entire floor being covered with fuel, a fuel hose broke off. The house owner who was around became really concerned but I told him to do nothing as the fuel will vaporize in a short time which it did. That was close to a devastated fire.
Åke

jeff spahn

I would not have lasted 18 years with that Pinto either. I like the molatov fuse on it.

jeff spahn

Ah yes, the named storms so you have no idea when the storm was.