Cougariffic
Sean likes to wash cars in the rain. This is the second time I caught him at it.
February 28, 2009
March 22, 2007
Mean old Cougar
I drove the Cougar today... with no front brakes, as it turns out. It sounds awful mean, though. Watch this movie and listen:
June 29, 2006
Cougar
Sean's brakelights and turn signals quit working on the Cougar. It's a sad, sad turn of events.
The brakelight switch and connector were toasted, and the control box for the sequential signals has a bad solder in it somewhere we think (if you tap it it works for a second).
Today I replaced the brake switch and made a new connector. He'll have to do something about the control box for the turn signals, but at least it's driveable.
June 9, 2006
fri, 6/9
June 8, 2006
thurs, june 8
still no luck on the GEO. tomorrow i hope to have better luck w/ some literature.
I had the tire swapped on the honda so the rim i got from the junkman now has the other tire back on it. I put the salvage yard tire in the trunk because it's not in too bad of shape.
It turns out the tire that was on the no-fittin' rim has some wobble now, and some edge wear. It could be from being on a rim that didn't fit the car right. Plus i found out that the rim which was on the left front has some runout. it took alot of balance weights. Those wheels are both on the rear now.
I was going to do lower ball joints on my sister's car, but didn't find the time. Maybe this weekend.
June 7, 2006
cougar cam
it's here, finally.
should be done tomorrow night i hope.
May 15, 2006
cam's out
Sean gave me permission to pull the camshaft on the Cougar. Hopefully a new one will be here soon. There's nothing wrong with this one except the profile is too radical for street use. The engine was built to be raced.
I had it almost out but realized it was a bit too long to clear.
May 13, 2006
Off with their heads!
I was at Carolina Auto Masters last month, and my Cougar dynoed a mere 260HP. On the second run, it puked copious ammounts of fluids on the car and some of the Tar Heel SCC members. Yuk.
So I drove it 40 miles home after filling the radiator and parked it. Scott was between cars and he did an initial test using a condom on the radiator kneck instead of the cap. The condom filled up seconds after starting the car. He pressurized the cooling system, and coolant squirted out of cylinders #2 and #6.
Wahhhhh! But I worked on it today, documented a bit after the jump. and slide show at http://www.flickr.com/photos/47702694@N00/sets/72057594134038747/
May 11, 2006
Cougar
Looks like we'll be doing some work to Sean's Cougar's engine in the near future. Sean took it to Dyno Day a weekend or so ago, and while on the dynamometer it coughed up some coolant and started to run rough.
I was going to do a leakdown test using Sean's new leakdown tester,
