#flex-dev Logs

Apr 09 2025

05:25 AM JT-Cave: morning
06:14 AM Tom_L: morning
06:15 AM Tom_L: 71°F
06:22 AM Tom_L: so linuxcnc isn't in the Debian mainstream repo anymore?
06:23 AM Tom_L: wonder what got it kicked out
06:52 AM rdtsc-w: 25°F brrrr
08:05 AM rdtsc-w: runnin' too rich JT?
08:05 AM JT-Cave: could be from the old carburetor that I replaced quite recently
08:06 AM JT-Cave: or it could be blow by on the rings or valve seals or ...
08:06 AM rdtsc-w: K.I.S.S. approach :)
08:07 AM rdtsc-w: throw a new one in, run it for 15min, check
08:07 AM JT-Cave: yup going to pick up a set of new plugs today on my way back from empire
08:08 AM JT-Cave: gotta verify the harmonic balancer has not slipped then restab the distributor to the correct position
08:08 AM JT-Cave: it's off by one...
08:09 AM rdtsc-w: i've sandblasted plugs to like-new in the past, but hard to get all traces of the media out afterwards... seem to recall using a dental pick and 0.002 feeler gauge heheh... new is always best
08:09 AM JT-Cave: yeah they are cheap enough to just get new ones
08:09 AM * JT-Cave starts his chicken day
08:10 AM JT-Cave: it does run a bit better with the new Holley on it... slowly removing all traces of Bubba's work
08:11 AM JT-Cave: yesterday removed a water pump stud that was screwed in too far and had a ding on the end and reinstalled it to the correct position
08:11 AM rdtsc-w: heat required?
08:11 AM JT-Cave: no, just ran a die nut on the threads the double nutted the stud to remove it
08:12 AM rdtsc-w: got lucky :)
08:12 AM JT-Cave: yup
08:12 AM JT-Cave: sometimes even a blind mouse gets some cheese...
08:13 AM rdtsc-w: took a stab at repairing a $43k laser engraver source here at work... the panels were held in with 2.5mm allen screws - would not come out - ended up using hot air (320C) and they came right out
05:08 PM Tom_L: saw a few sharks today
05:08 PM Tom_L: and dolphins
05:12 PM Tom_L: on to cosumel
05:23 PM JT-Shop: cool
05:29 PM Tom_L: gettin anywhere with the C3?
05:31 PM JT-Shop: got the odd spark plugs out and next remove the even side and find #1 TDC
05:35 PM Tom_L: you didn't change the plug wires when you did the distributor did you?
05:36 PM Tom_L: sounds like its starting to run better
05:41 PM JT-Chicken: no, didn't change the plug wires... and 1 and 3 are so long they hang over the radiator lol
05:41 PM Tom_L: :)
05:41 PM JT-Chicken is now known as JT-Cave
05:42 PM JT-Cave: gotta replace some rotten deck boards... I hope the structure is not rotten
05:44 PM Tom_L: well, I think I'm gonna find some food and call it an early night tonight
05:46 PM Tom_L: ttyl