What did you do to your 2002 today !

[ray_]

11 hours ago, visionaut said:

@jlb - nice work.  Interested to see 'em installed...

 

Since it was snowing here  all day, I've been playing with some new mushrooms 

 

Tom

 

 

 

Those look like Telefunken U-47's!

 

[visionaut]

2 hours ago, ray_ said:

Those look like Telefunken U-47's!

 

Very observant, Mister Ray.  But you’ll notice these are not cardioid omnidirectionals with center terminated diaphragms - with the 20 Hz - 20 KHz frequency response.

 

These Telefunkens only have a frequency response from 0 - 7500rpm, but their Maximum SPL (for 1% THD) should far exceed the U47’s 127 dB! 

[d.hitchcock]

Wow, nice design work! I'm going to direct my 3D printing buddy to this thread as an fyi, just so he can see the type of thing we're doing as well.

And I have to ask visionaut: What are those "mushrooms"??? They look like Shure microphones.

 

[d.hitchcock]

Just now, d.hitchcock said:

Wow, nice design work! I'm going to direct my 3D printing buddy to this thread as an fyi, just so he can see the type of thing we're doing as well.

And I have to ask visionaut: What are those "mushrooms"??? They look like Shure microphones.

EDIT: I now just saw the followup posts ... Telefunkens. Nice!!!!

 

 

 

[Dudeland]

Re jetted my Weber 32/36 carb this morning. Weather is so crappy I'll hold off on the test ride for another day. I was sent a number of jets in my order that were the incorrect size - too big for the the holder. Anybody have a spare 55 idle jet they could send me?   This is the second time the Epay guy sent me the wrong sizes so I don't want to deal with him anymore.  
 

Weberjets.com is a good source.


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[visionaut]

2 hours ago, d.hitchcock said:

And I have to ask visionaut: What are those "mushrooms"??? They look like Shure microphones.
 

I now just saw the followup posts ... Telefunkens. Nice!!!!

 

Mushrooms.. maybe .only to some.

But alas they're not Telefunken microphones.  In the musical vein, some may call them...Trumpets?

Or like the Marshalls of yore (not unlike Mister Lytle)...Stacks? For my DCOEs.

With screens, like in 3 fine plys worth afiltering...

 

Here they are naked, with BMW pr0n in the background... 

 

 

Edited January 23, 2018 by visionaut
The Luigi belonging to our own Mr Walker, of course

[ingramlee]

Hopefully it wont be long now. Rebuild almost done. Just waiting on new clutch to arrive

[d.hitchcock]

DOH!!!

Intake trumpets.

Even better.

(I can't believe I thought they were microphones ... which I work with almost daily.)

[dlmrun2002]

On 1/22/2018 at 11:22 AM, ray_ said:

I would've used a Neuman TLM 170. In cardioid pattern. No backfiring either

dlm ny country

 

On 1/22/2018 at 11:22 AM, ray_ said:

 

Those look like Telefunken U-47's!

 

 

[Nicko]

Oh boy. First post! Only been watching this site and reading everyone’s info for the past 4 months. Today I finished trimming and porting a manifold and got it for sand blasting. Also made some brackets to install prelude seats I picked up a month ago, and primed my hood and passenger door. Installed seats and they sit way to high. I’m only 5’10” but my head is only like 3 inches from the roof. Time to bring the welder home from work and get serious

[Bibm5]

Welcome! This site can be very addicting. I've logged many, many hours here in the short time that I've been a member.
Looks like you have a nice setup there to help you with your projects!


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[oh2ryan]

I finally got around to cleaning up the interior of my 1600. It's a work in progress, but I am getting closer to being happy.

[Rastadog]

I decided not to sell my Tii. I’ve owned good old girl since May 1991. Parked in the fall of 2011. I’ve been arguing with myself for a few years about selling her. The current values have been a surprise to me. Yesterday I called the dealer and ordered the o rings for the suction valves on the top of the injection pump which almost always leak when they sit idle. I also called DMV to look into registration procedure. She ran like a top when parked. Any suggestions about bringing her back to life welcome. Wish me luck. Thanks Alex

[Glen Karr]

3 hours ago, Rastadog said:

Any suggestions about bringing her back to life welcome. Wish me luck. Thanks Alex

 

Alex,

I would recommend following Rob Siegel's (the Hack Mechanic) post about returning a sitting Tii  to running condition.  Mine sat for ten years and I followed Robs recommendations and got it running smoothly after a few long hours of work and a few $$$.

Best of luck,

Glen

To save you some searching I've inserted Rob's recommendations:

• Pull the pickup tube from the gas tank.
• If, as soon as you open the tank up, it smells like varnish, you already know that you're going to need to systematically clean everything -- at a bare minimum, you'll need to drain the old gas and blow out all the lines.
• Inspect the screen at the base of the pickup tube.
• Verify that both the outflow and return lines on the pickup tube aren't clogged (I've just seen three tiis with this problem). Ream then out with a coathanger and compressed air.
• Shine a flashlight in the gas tank and make sure it's not full of rust or sediment. I've seen them look like pot roast. If it's bad, pull the gas tank and clean it. At a minimum, pressure wash it, dry it, put it back in, and refill it with five gallons of clean gas.
• Pull the fuel pump and inspect the conical screen at the inlet. It may be clogged or completely missing. 
• If the fuel filter inlet screen is missing, tap the inlet side out onto a paper towel. If rust and sediment come out, I'd recommend you replace the fuel pump.
• Disconnect the fuel filter to the left side of the radiator.
• With the fuel pump and fuel filter disconnected, blow the main fuel line out with compressed air into a bottle to catch what comes out. Inspect it. If there's massive amount of rust, blow brake cleaner into it and repeat until the rust is no longer visible when blown into a clean rag.
• Undo the return line from the back of the Kugelfisher pump.
• Do the same blowing out of the return line.
• Remove the pressure valve from the back of the Kugelfisher pump and visually inspect it, looking through it against a bright light. There should be a pinhole of light visible. If there's not, clean it with brake cleaner until there is.
• Pull the banjo bolt out of the front of the Kugelfisher pump and inspect the barrel-shaped screen inside it. I've spent hours removing and cleaning them.
• As said above, if the fuel smells like varnish, you really should blow out the plastic injection lines with compressed air, and pull the injectors and have them cleaned and tested.
• Reassemble everything, preferably replacing every fuel hose -- or at least every fuel hose that is too soft or rock-hard -- with OEM.
• Put a fuel pressure gauge just before the Kugelfisher pump. Turn on the ignition to run the fuel pump. It should read 29psi. 
• Inspect every part of the fuel delivery system for leaks.
• Try to start the car. Look in the throttle body at the cold start injector. If no fuel is being squirted, you'll have to troubleshoot the thermo time switch, or simply wire the cold start injector temporarily to the battery, or semi-permanently via a switch.
• Start the car. Inspect the plastic injection lines carefully for leaks, both at the base of the lines at the Kugelfisher pump as well as in the lines themselves (they do crack with age). 
• Look in the throttle body at the cold start injector to make sure it's not leaking.

 

Edited January 24, 2018 by Glen Karr

[Rastadog]

Glen, Thank you. Fuel tank draining , fuel line replacement, oil change and a couple of drops of MMO on top of the pistons in the pump were on my list. It will be very helpful to have Rob’s list. I saw his resurrection book on eBay. I was curious but too cheap. I’m worried about the pump and warmup regulator possibly being stuck from sitting. She ran great when parked. Fingers crossed, Thanks again. Alex