Technical

Consultants say interference in vehicle electronics is possible
Consultants say interference in vehicle electronics is possible Neil Roland Automotive News -- March 23, 2010 - 4:42 pm ET WASHINGTON -- Testing by Toyota Motor Corp. and other automakers has never detected electronic causes of sudden acceleration because it has looked for the wrong evidence and because this e... 30 Mar 2010 16:11

1989 Buick Park Avenue instrument cluster not working
I have a 1989 buick that was stored over the winter. When he found the battery dead my dad hooked up the battery charger to it and kept trying to start it. After charging for about 6 hours without interruption the car started ok. The problem is the instrument panel does not work, so no visible speedo, gas guage ... 23 Mar 2010 21:49

Typical price of four wheel alignment?
In article <hc2iq5hg7gi07bjtkanfk4rinngrjqqemb(a)4ax.com>, <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: 2000 Mazda Protege ES Just bought four new tires and installed at Sam's Club Local garage wants abt $80 to align all four wheels. Is that price good? Bad? That's about the going rate around here for an alignment. P... 24 Mar 2010 18:13

Picture and Video Nissan LEAF Electric Car Revealed
Picture and Video Nissan LEAF Electric Car Revealed http://www.techespot.com/2010/03/nissan-leaf-electric-car-revealed.html ... 27 Mar 2010 13:11

Top Gear.
Tonight, they try to build an electric car. I have some old plans here I bought back in the 1970s that show how to convert a gas engine car to electric.I think Mother Earth magazine has some plans how to do that too. cuhulin ... 24 Mar 2010 12:25

Not too off topic, I hope.
Shakespeare built Mortar Fuses and Carburetors and Airplanes and Tanks and Jeeps for World War One and World War Two. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/fishing/shakespeare. Shakespeare and many, many more U.S.Companies/Factories helped, in whichever ways. I always like to read about stuff like that, whichever C... 22 Mar 2010 13:08

Model T Automatic.
http://www.devilfinder.com How Model T Ford Cars could have had automatic transmissions Its old news to me.Henry Ford wanted to/insisted on keeping Model Ts simple and strong and light weight and very easy for anybody to work on them.One of his engineers asked him what distance between the front seat and the das... 21 Mar 2010 13:58

Quadrajet carburetor.
MuscleCar program on SPIKE tv channel right now.Rebuilding a Quadrajet carburetor. cuhulin ... 21 Mar 2010 13:58

Midnight Convertible Car.
Old 1939 Midnight movie is on the TCM channel right now.What is that big convertible car in the movie? a Horch? I like some of those other cars too, coffin nose cars that had the radiators behind the engines, old Renaults and whatever. cuhulin ... 21 Mar 2010 11:39

Ford.
Ford Leads Industry in Safety.Ford sales are up in Europe. http://www.ford.com Heh, watching Operation Repo on the TRUtv channel.Those repo people run into some hassels reposseing some of those vehicles. cuhulin ... 21 Mar 2010 18:38