Sean as Beaker from The Muppet Show in his Del Sol

Posted by Scott Korb at 10:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

No one sells it.
SAE and Metric sets always double some and miss others.
Here is a list. SAE is generally cheaper than Metric for some reason.

4mm
5mm
7/32" (5.5mm option)
1/4"
6mm
9/32" (7mm)
5/16" (8mm)
3/8"
10mm
7/16" (11mm-slight variance)
12mm (edit: almost forgot the 12mm- d'oh. 1/2" and 12mm look close in print. No interchange.
1/2"
13mm
14mm
9/16"
19/64" (I bought that once for my '72 Ford. It's a 15mm)
15mm (cause it's always included, see 19/64")
5/8"= (16mm)
17mm
11/16" (rare now, use in a pinch on 17mm)
18mm (a must-have, use in a pinch on 11/16th)
3/4"=19mm
20mm (flare nut for fuel filters on GM)
13/16" (is the one I use)
7/8"=22mm (esp good for o2 sensors)
15/16'=24mm
25mm?

Sockets
1"=25.4mm (26mm works)
1 3/16'~30mm
1 1/4"~32mm

I haven't worked the rest out. This is mostly all from brain stem, but 25.4mm = 1" is good.

Posted by Scott Korb at 12:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I am not a painter.
I am bad at prep.
I'm OK at masking sometimes.

"It just looks like a red car"
"unless you really look at it"
I was told by a friend.

So I made a red car red again I guess. I hope it lasts.

First I painted the grey/silver hood "Bright Red" and then dulled it with scotchbrite to kinda match the old paint.

I painted the pink/white/black-mold roof "cherry red" and have to wait 2 days before I can try to smooth out the lines.

The cherry almost matches the old paint, but i have zero blending skills.
I'll prob'ly take more pics after i do it if it looks somewhat better.

The pictures pick up a lot of sun yellow and tree shadow. It really does look like a red car... better than before anyway.

I put another throttle body on this red civic and tested it with the smoke machine. It passed. We'll see if it passes the cold short shift when Dreya drives it. I can never get it to do it, but it does seem to run smoother when first started.

I'm trying to get the A/C to work for the hot Texas sun but the compressor is noisy w/ the A/C on and the used one I got is noisy all the time. I'll see if they'll take it back w/refund. I can get a better deal on craigslist I bet.

Oldie but a goodie ;)

Posted by Scott Korb at 10:22 PM | Permalink