Engine Transmission Pull

With a cheap harbor freight hoist the 20r engine and R43 transmission have been pulled. The block crank and head will be taken to a local shop to get bored honed and rebuilt. Cylinders didn’t look to bad for 80k miles. Since the Chinook had a blown head gasket, my guess is that it overheated since the thermostat was shot & the head bolts didn’t appear to be torqued properly.

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Maiden Voyage!

Got the Chinook over to the DMV and registered! Still waiting on front brakes to show up. Still outlining the work that needs to be done on the door frame and sealing/re-framing the roof. The sink faucet needs to still be installed, and a base 3D printed to replace where the hand pump faucet was.

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Mellow Sous Vide Teardown

Mellow Sous Vide

Started the teardown of the crash/burn crowdfunded sous vide cooker by cook Mellow. The site is offline, the service and app are offline and it is an IOT Brick. A Simple teardown reveals the following “MC_ECU_V05” custom pcb running electric imp silicon and software with built in wifi: Electric Imp Secure IoT Connectivity Platform they […]

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Pertronix Ignition

Worked on outlining the changes i need to make to the ignition. This includes the replacement of points to Pertronix electronic ignition. Got a replacement Accell coil, and confirmed that its resistance/voltage allow for the removal of the white resistor. It supports higher voltage, like the flamethrower coils. Otherwise the voltage is too low for […]

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