#flex-dev Logs

Jan 20 2025

04:54 AM JT-Cave: morning
04:57 AM Tom_L: morning
07:08 AM Tom_L: 12°F high 17°F
07:23 AM JT-Cave: 7°F High: 23°F
10:12 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> good morning.... was low 30's earlier. now about 37. forecast low 60's today. clear but chilly.....
10:13 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> did you guys see the battery storage fire thing out here the other day? that is right next door to the Hydrogen making company I'm working with.....
11:17 AM JT-Cave: https://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/flexgui/hal.html#multi-state-label
11:27 AM Tom_L: did somebody request multi-state?
11:28 AM Tom_L: i don't recall seeing bool label either
11:29 AM JT-Cave: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/41-guis/51580-flexible-gui?start=90
11:31 AM Tom_L: nice
11:31 AM Tom_L: started snowing here
11:31 AM Tom_L: not so nice
11:31 AM JT-Cave: cold here
11:32 AM Tom_L: that's a given
12:07 PM Tom_L: is blazini making a mill gui?
12:08 PM JT-Shop: I think so
12:14 PM Tom_L: did you figure out the plotter view thing for YZ?
12:18 PM Tom_L: PR #257
02:55 PM JT-Cave: no, gave up for now
03:03 PM Tom_L: so did you get the kit or the whole distributor?
03:09 PM JT-Shop: I got the repair kit
03:10 PM xxcoder: will melted wires and stuff be replaced?
03:11 PM JT-Shop: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-850032
03:12 PM xxcoder: ahh nice indeed
03:12 PM Tom_L: hopefully that crappy wire is your miss
03:13 PM JT-Shop: me too, it seemed to happen on the way home from the alignment Friday
03:13 PM Tom_L: did you run a compression test yet?
03:14 PM JT-Shop: no
03:14 PM JT-Shop: I did find 2 compression testers but the old one is for large plugs only
03:14 PM Tom_L: yeah i haven't seen a large plug in ages
03:14 PM Tom_L: some have 2 step threads
03:15 PM JT-Shop: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-tech-performance/4898872-timing-light.html
03:15 PM xxcoder: no such thing as adoptor?
03:15 PM JT-Shop: my 56 Ferguson has huge plugs
03:15 PM Tom_L: probably
03:15 PM Tom_L: i see some letters under that crud
03:16 PM Tom_L: does the wheel have a mark?
03:16 PM Tom_L: probably...
03:16 PM Tom_L: it'll either be tdc or 180 out
03:16 PM Tom_L: 360?
03:16 PM JT-Shop: there's a groove with a circle mark just below the tab
03:17 PM Tom_L: oh, i hadn't scrolled far enough
03:17 PM Tom_L: that's for sure it
03:17 PM Tom_L: clean the grove and put some white on it and it'll show up nice
03:18 PM Tom_L: i'm guessing the hole will be the TDC point
03:18 PM Tom_L: the V is larger too
03:18 PM JT-Shop: actually I cleaned the timing tab off and I'll take a photo of it in a bit
03:19 PM Tom_L: looks suspiciously familar :)
03:22 PM JT-Shop: familiar to?
03:22 PM Tom_L: the timing tab
03:22 PM Tom_L: i've seen a few
03:29 PM Tom_L: looks like the front seal might be leaking some too
03:29 PM Tom_L: that's where the build up is from
03:31 PM Tom_L: if you're so motivated you can pull the harmonic balancer and pop a new seal in
03:32 PM Tom_L: ...where do you draw the line :)
03:37 PM JT-Shop: I have bigger leaks than that to work on
03:38 PM JT-Shop: refresh that page and you can see the timing marks now
03:38 PM Tom_L: i had to google MSD timing tape... if it came to that we'd use a degree wheel
03:39 PM Tom_L: that's not a bad idea and just use a cheapo timing light
03:39 PM JT-Shop: yup if you can get the hb cleaned up enough to make it stick
03:40 PM Tom_L: right
03:40 PM Tom_L: we didn't have all that fancy stuff
03:40 PM * JT-Shop goes to spray break free on the seat nuts
03:41 PM Tom_L: or even hold the tape on the wheel enough to mark the spots you're interested in
03:41 PM Tom_L: at one point somebody had put some white paint on the tdc mark
03:44 PM C3-Shop: just noticed the top bolts are missing on the front and rear flange of a cat LOL
04:09 PM JT-Shop: so I wonder if it even has gaskets lol
04:23 PM Tom_L: the timing cover??
04:24 PM C3-Shop: the cat
04:24 PM Tom_L: oh
04:25 PM Tom_L: dunno much about cats of any breed
04:51 PM C3-Shop: the cat has been let out of the can I can see the evidence
05:18 PM JT-Shop: and there are no gaskets between the cat can and the exhaust
05:22 PM JT-Shop: but to fix that I need to go to my friends house and use his 4 post lift
05:26 PM JT-Shop: but there are other items on the list ahead of that