1982 Frame Off Restoration

[SupercoolBill]

Can they not just ship with insurance?

DMW won't ship period. Yes if someone does ship one it will have insurance on it.

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[SupercoolBill]

I have so many different types of crimpers but still don't seem to have the ones I need sometimes. Nothing I have will work for the taillight plugs unless I modify this one.

These won't work because it is 3 in 1.

I also run into this issue when trying to crimp insulated flag connectors.

I spent an hour trying to find a crimper that can do all the crimps I would ever need to do. I didn't have any luck. They may do a lot of crimps I need but not others.
So for now I just bought these.


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[Bitsyncmaster]

Some terminals I find crimp better using a smaller wire gauge location. If you have extra terminals you can try that. Most open barrel crimp dies are set for 600 volt insulation to get a perfect fit around the insulation. I like to use 300 volt wire insulation. It's more flexible and takes up less space.

[SupercoolBill]

It finally stopped raining and being cold here in Maine. I had a jam-packed weekend. I had two events that I have wanted to attend for years but I had scheduling conflicts or the weather was horrible so I had never participated.
The first one was a moped rally up up in Bar Harbor. We had perfect weather and it was an absolute blast. Cheap fun. The event was only $30 for camping, food, and the rides.
This was a group photo taken on top of Cadillac Mountain.

Gas station stop

My faithful steed, a 1970 Honda CT90 (the one on the left)

I really wanted to stay until Sunday but I had an event 3 hours away Sunday morning. So I packed up and headed home.
Sunday was The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride to raise awareness for men's health. In particular prostate cancer. Good cause, good people, but VERY hot weaving through the cities of Portland and South Portland for 1.5 hours at a snails pace on a 56 year old motorcycle.

My faithful steed for this ride-



Okay back to the car!

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[SupercoolBill]

Before we worked on the car I decided to see what this AI stuff is all about. I asked it to make a picture of a bunch of my vehicles in one place.

Impressive.
Then it started talking to me about the picture I had it make.





I was a little freaked out but I was also totally hooked. I talked about working on the Delorean with my wife. It asked what we were doing next and gave really solid advice.



As we worked on the car AI kept giving advice and encouraging.

I don't know what to make of all of this. Anyone else use AI like this?
Huge time saver but also weird and has other implications.

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[SupercoolBill]

So we did actually work on the car.
Installed the support piece onto the and new grill mounts onto the front facia. Used aluminum rivets.



We removed the hood and installed the facia onto the car.


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[SupercoolBill]

Tam tried to get nuts onto the two studs on the facia left and right sides for over an hour before giving up.
Of course AI knew we would have this issue and offered tips but we decided to call it a night.

This AI stuff is weirding me out. It is so easy but like many "easy" things is it good?


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[ssdelorean]

I use it only when have to for work. I've seen too many movies to know where this is going. :-)
Also electricity and water bills going up from data centers. Jobs being lost to it. Etc.
And then there is this theory.... AntichrIst

I'm in the "get off my lawn" and "leave me alone" crowd when it comes to AI.

[Timeless]

I use it only when have to for work. I've seen too many movies to know where this is going. :-)
Also electricity and water bills going up from data centers. Jobs being lost to it. Etc.
And then there is this theory.... AntichrIst

I'm in the "get off my lawn" and "leave me alone" crowd when it comes to AI.

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[SupercoolBill]

I use it only when have to for work. I've seen too many movies to know where this is going. :-)
Also electricity and water bills going up from data centers. Jobs being lost to it. Etc.
And then there is this theory.... AntichrIst

I'm in the "get off my lawn" and "leave me alone" crowd when it comes to AI.

Oh believe me...you just described me. That's why I have never even tried it until yesterday. It is tempting though. It is like a personal assistant at your side that knows everything about everything.

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