Groj Day - Feb 1 - Let's do stuff!

Postby **Loren** » Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:05 pm

Cathy's going to Orlando to see some show with her sister. I've got a hundred things to do, mostly in the garage. And, as always, the motivation is waning.

So, come help keep me motivated! Come work on your own stuff. Come learn stuff. Come hang out. Come help me eat lunch (the most important meal of the day).

Who: Me. You? Whomever.
What: Wrenching on various cars. Doing groj stuff.
Where: Loren's place in Safety Harbor (PM me if you need the address)
When: Saturday, Feb 1, 9am-4pm.
Why: Well, it's not nearly as much fun if I pay a shop to do it!

On my list of things to possibly do:
Replace window regulators on the Miata. (I have two brand new window regulators in-hand)
Replace transmission speed sensor on the Miata. (need to fit the one off of the old transmission that matches the diff ratio)
Find/modify/create/install hard top brackets for the Miata.
Remove rear swaybar from the Miata.
Check alignment on the Miata, maybe more rear camber?
Clean up the garage a little.
Maybe hang some cabinets. (left over from the kitchen project, pretty low on the priority list)
Maybe put some flooring and shelves up in the attic for storage. (again, low priority)
Swap front springs on the Mirage.
Realign the Mirage front suspension.
Do some Megasquirt tuning on the S10.
Find some stickers to put on my new SA2015 helmet. I've got some somewhere.

I'm sure there's more, but that's my short list.

Who's coming? What else do we have to work on?

Carracer · Postby **Carracer** » Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:52 pm

I'm in. Either front end work on the NC or speed cable oil for the NA.

Postby **Loren** » Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:58 pm

I should try to talk Cathy into baking cookies tonight to make Chris lament his decision to be in Jamaica on a sailboat this weekend.

Carracer · Postby **Carracer** » Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:06 am

I'll be there 10:30ish. Waiting for stuff to dry out.

Postby **Loren** » Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:00 am

Yeah, it's an icky day. I'm slowly inching towards the garage.

Postby **Loren** » Sat Feb 01, 2020 12:41 pm

2 hours just to get the new cables spooled into the motor. Now, I can start reassembly.

Power windows suck.

Oh, and it wasn't the cable that broke, it was the nylon pulley on the lift cable that shattered.

Kshader · Postby **Kshader** » Sat Feb 01, 2020 4:43 pm

Loren wrote:2 hours just to get the new cables spooled into the motor. Now, I can start reassembly.

Power windows suck.

Oh, and it wasn't the cable that broke, it was the nylon pulley on the lift cable that shattered.

Just did my driver side regulator yesterday, yeah I think I was just shy of 2 hours to get the cables run correctly. What a pain in the ass

Postby **Loren** » Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:10 pm

Well, that's done. Car is "whole" again.

Got the speed sensor swapped. Now my speedo reads 1 mph faster than actual rather than 5 mph slower.

And I removed the disconnected rear sway bar, shedding a few pounds.

Philip spent much of the day chasing parts. Ended up just messing with reflashing his tune. Then we took a nice drive in the country.

Pleasant and productive day!

cdmiller · Postby **cdmiller** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:12 pm

Loren wrote:I should try to talk Cathy into baking cookies tonight to make Chris lament his decision to be in Jamaica on a sailboat this weekend.

The cookies are good, but... Jamaica

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twistedwankel · Postby **twistedwankel** » Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:39 pm

I went to Jamaica 50 years ago when they still had public hangings. They probably still do. Awesome climate with the tradewinds.

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