May
28
2009

Electrical Mayhem

(Chuck) Last night continued the moving of the wiring  harness. This led me down the path of removal of the dash. The gauge cluster will have to be re-bracketed down, and a panel should get made for various switches (headlight, windshield wipers, HVAC).  The relay panel will need to be fastened down more securely, by [...]

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May
27
2009

Cat sold for $50!

Keith sold the catalytic converter from the car for $50 for platinum recovery.  Back in the budget toward our $500 limit.

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May
26
2009

More work

(Chuck) After a relaxing weekend, it’s back to work (or really not work, more like fun)

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May
23
2009

Tune up done, Trim off.

Martin and I ended up going to the shop and working on the car. We finished the tune up, removed the trailer hitch, cut off the exhaust, removed the horns, took off the exterior trim, and took off the bumper covers. We found the rear bumper to be rotted off of the mount…need to fix [...]

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May
22
2009

Lego Car

(Chuck) So if you don’t know by now, the “theme” for our car is Lego. What does this mean? Well, we plan on making the car look like it is made of Legos. We’re contemplating cutting foam cylinders and gluing them to the car and then painting all of the block lines all over the [...]

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May
19
2009

A/C and Chapman are out!

(Chuck) Took some time today at lunch to finish up some leftovers from last night. We got the junk out of the trunk. There was also some leftover food wrappers. Looks like the mice had a good time in the car. Brice and Keith got the rest of the A/C parts out of the engine [...]

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May
18
2009

Interior is Out – A/C removal in process

Chief surgeons Keith, Scott, Chuck, and Brice performed several operations to remove useless organs from the Volvo.  An interior-ectomy and a condenser-ectomy were completed, and an A/C compressor-ectomy is in process.  Our resident Neurosurgeon, Chuck, started working on the patient’s wiring.  At the end of the night, we ended up with an automotive biohazard tray [...]

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May
15
2009

Entry Fees Paid in Full.

We paid the entry fees today, but we still need to buy more safety equipment. driver fees: $100 x 6 : $600 crew fees: $75 x 1 (for Jeremy’s son) : $75 team race fee : $500 transponder rental : $50 temp license fees (6 drivers x $50ea.) : $300 total : $1525 fees paid [...]

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May
14
2009

Moldy Headliner

(Chuck) Today at lunch I took out the back seat and the headliner of the car. Headliner was already drooping and was moldy and rather smelly. Found $0.12, which will go into the general fund.

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May
13
2009

24 Hours of Lemons: the preparation

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We have a team. We have a car. We have 3 race suits and one helmet. And we have a theme: Lego.

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