I came across an unexpected plate mounted to the edge of the engine deck lid on our 914-6. “1967 911S ENGINE USED IN THIS VEHICLE” It appears to be metal and attached with two screws. Presumably installed by well meaning owner or mechanic to ensure it would be serviced properly. It appears someone was tracking …
In his early years, Finn would get a little CraZy without a good walk at least once a day. His eyes would get wilder. He would get into mischief that he normally wouldn’t get into. He was more predisposed to hucklebutt. For the uninitiated, the hucklebutt (aka bully run) is a delightful bit of looney …
I don’t think we appreciated it at the moment, but the first meeting of Finn changed our lives. We did not go scoop him up out of a box or point to the doggie in the window and say “we want this one”. In fact, it was just the opposite. Finn picked us. The morning …
The release of the Netflix Schumacher documentary reminded me of the time I met him. It was brief, and I could sense his reluctance, but he did me the favor of an autograph on a magazine cover featuring him. At the time, he was one of the highest paid athletes in the world. Making $36 …
I recently took up skateboarding, having never even tried to step on a board before. Where I grew up, we didn’t have many paved roads, much less sidewalks. It’s not that I have some vision of ramps or dropping in at a skate park. I’m simply hoping to improve my balance so that if I …
I’m not sure what possessed me, but I thought it would be cool to have an icon representing Finn. I plan to use it as a tag of sorts on social posts. It took a few iterations, but I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. The slight head tilt is intentional, as he habit …
While I am quite a ways from being ready to publish, I decided it was time to try to settle on a title. Hard to start gathering feedback, approach an agent, or submit proposals to publishers if you don’t have a title. I had a few that I thought were decent contenders, but I didn’t …
Even thought I’m elated that the engine fires up and idles, there is some room for improvement. If I try to increase the revs too quickly, the engine wants to die. Looks like there’s a general 3 step approach. Stoddard has a handy online Tune-up Specifications page for most of the pertinent numbers: Adjust the …
I don’t know how I neglected to post the obligatory before and after. Ideally these would have been from the same angle under the same lighting. Oh well.
I realize in the day and age of everyone has a video camera, writing about an engine running is a bit lame. To quote the now old phrase “Pics or it didn’t happen.” I was able to catch a pretty good segment of it running during a lunch break today. I’m able to increases revs …
