I agree with Kall.  Edsnova taught me how to do this.  The hardest part is finding a capillary  tube, and the scariest part was drilling a tiny hole for it into the gas tank neck.  Once that was done, it was just a matter of gluing the tube into the neck with the right kind of epoxy and routing the capillary tube.  I looped mine up over a litt…[Read more]

Mine is also passenger side rear.  When installing, try to level the tank as much as possible. The builder of my car put the tank so it angles downward toward the front.  This means my gas gauge sometimes seems to “hang” and also reads full even when not really full.

I’ve trailered “Murphy” numerous times to the mechanic using a tow dolly and using a full auto trailer from U-Haul.  Other than the extreme narrowness requiring extreme caution driving (or more often, pushing) it on and off the trailer, you just secure the TDR like any other vehicle.  There are nylon straps that go over the front wheels and r…[Read more]

+1 to Allen, but I didn’t see that you replaced the alternator itself, only the regulator.  If it worked with a regulator before, ergo the alternator itself is designed to work with the regulator.   It was charging before with the old voltage regulator, the first thing I’d try would be to put the old regulator back in and see if it works.  It’s po…[Read more]

FYI.  I felt that extending the studs was not viable because I have no experience doing that, nor do I have a lift, or extra gaskets.  I did everything from under the car while laying on the floor, and there are just some limits to what you can do like that.  Instead I filed a little bit off the bottom of each cap nut so it was a shorter reach…[Read more]

Interesting that another one of these would turn up, since I’d never heard or seen one of them before Steve’s post.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replica-Kit-Makes-/272345060298?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3f6907d3ca:g:jvkAAOSwZVlXqk2v&item=272345060298

The ad says it is here in Las Vegas, so if any member is interested in buying it and needs me to take…[Read more]

The nuts catch the threads WITHOUT the washers.  Given the thickness of the washers, the nuts can’t be more than a millimeter away from catching the threads WITH the washers.  I have an extra set of nuts, so I’m going to try putting the old nuts in a vise and filing the open end down so that the threads inside the nut are closer to the end than t…[Read more]

Adventures in Oil Changing …

I am totally inexperienced at this mechanic thing but my luck with “professionals” has been so bad that I feel like I have to do things myself.  I ended up selecting 10W40 Mobil 1 and bought a bottle of Rislone oil additive with ZDDP.

The aftermarket oil filter was put on by the first idiot mechanic, so I should h…[Read more]

I’ve never gotten a good vibe from either car shows or car clubs.  I used to belong to the Porsche club in another city and found it extremely clique-ish.  Should have called it the “brag club.”  I overheard one member telling someone that he owned “the fastest Cayman in North America.”  I belonged for two years waiting to meet someone fri…[Read more]