Month: June 2008

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New Radiator Fan for the $5 car

I installed a newer radiator fan from a 1992 Jetta in the salvage yard. The newer fan has a more powerful motor, more blades, and instead of a resistor, it actually has dual power connections to the windings instead of one.  I got a plug from the salvage yard, and I made a VERY simple harness for the fan. Power goes from the stock radiator connector to the radiator thermoswitch, where two wires come out, and go to the high/low pins of the fan connector. The ground goes from the fan to the stock wire connector. No relay – it is not required, and a relay will not make the fan faster in this case.

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Updated Map for the 48 State Trip!

Check out the newest edition  of the map to see how close I am to you.

–Remember, buy me a tank of gas, and I’ll come out of my way to visit you!! 😀

All donations are very much appreciated!

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Saturday Salvage Yard Trip

Today we went to a salvage yard in North Denver. Lots of good stuff!

We pulled the LONG battery cables out of two different e30 BMWs – and there were more there.

We got an oil cooler setup from a Volvo turbo.

There were a few interesting VAG cars there, including many Audis – even an Audi V8.

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Woodland Park

Woodland Park, Colorado. The view of Pikes Peak is different here than it is from Divide, which is also different from the view in Colorado Springs.  During the 48 State trip, I am going to drive my Scirocco up to the top on the Pikes Peak Highway.

Woodland Park, Colorado

There are many tuned Diesel trucks around here. This one parked next to me for comical effect.

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Awesome New Stereo

I found that my mom saved these speakers – they run on 12v like many kinds of Computer speakers. Now they are a Scirocco Stereo!! FOR FREE.

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Colorado Springs

This is the radiator support from my old 84. It is rust free, crack free, and straight.

Half car, sitting on blocks

Scrap metal piled up. I broght it to Colorado Springs, and got $34! 😀

Jay of some sort, eating birdseed

My rocco parked in Colorado Springs.

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Drive to Divide

These are the pictures of the ride from Denver to Divide, CO – take a look!

There’s pictures of the AIr Force Academy, The Garden of the Gods, the roads, the fancy Wal-Mart they built in my Hometown, Woodland Park, and the view from my parent’s house.

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Dasher

My friend in Aurora, Colorado has a Dasher. It has a 2.0L 8v with a turbo!! Take a look:

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Posting from Woodland Park, Colorado!

Yep. I’m here! My parent’s house is in Divide, Colorado, but I’m posting from here because this is the last Cell service – there’s none in Divide. I’ll assess the Scirocco tomorow, and take a drive into town to post some pics!!

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Flight Delayed 4.5 Hours

Wow! I’ve been here since, what – 2:45 PM? The flight was scheduled to leave at 6:10. It’ s 9:51 now. The plane is estimated to leave at 10:30 _IF_ a driver with a part for the plane gets here from Washington DC in the next 9 minutes.

Being that the delay is more than 4 hours, we will see how Rule 240 works in practice! 😀 But there’s one problem with that. There’s no more flights to Denver tonight, and the next flight is also Frontier Airlines – at 8:00 AM tomorow. (there’s a United plane at 8:03 too)