Yesterday I found a new garage! It's almost twice as expensive but it's a lot roomier, a lot cleaner, somewhat closer to home and the guy owning the place seems to be very straightforward and serious about the place.
The biggest drawback is, besides the cost, that it lacks quite a bit of tools. No welder, no motor lift, few compressed air tools, etc, etc but that isn't all bad as I need to start getting those things of my own anyhow. Plus I'm not at a stage where I need those kind of tools right now.
The guy owning the garage, Kevin, is also best friends with the manager of a big tool retail chain here in Sweden so he can get really good discounts on pretty much any kind of tools which in a way compensates for the lack of tools at the garage.
He said I'd be able to move in the weekend after this so all I need to do now is make sure that the guys in my old garage get their cars out of the way in time (I'm parked at the very end of the garage, as I've mentioned before) but I hope they respect this.
I'll get back with more pictures after the move.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Kind of back in the swing
I was up at the garage earlier today, trying to do as much as I could with my car seeing that it's crammed into a corner of the garage (we're talking about how to solve this issue but still haven't found a solution).
Before I parked the car last autumn I tried a rather crude method to adjust my valve lifters (as I thought they made the noise I've been hearing from the engine) but it turned out less than stellar; the engine lacked power and "oomph" after the adjustment.
After some searching I decided to try out a method described over at Crane Cams (scroll down to the "Adjusting Hydraulic Lifters for Proper Preload" section) which basically involves adjusting the intake and exhaust valve for one cylinder at a time.
As a relative beginner at engine tuning I decided to use this method as it's quite foolproof, easy to perform and you can stop at pretty much any time in the process and still get back to where you left off.
I got the drivers side done before I had to head back home (some of my garage mates talk for hours) and I plan to do the other side tomorrow. It's a bit of a workout cranking the engine around by hand but the method gives me complete control, which I like.
Before I parked the car last autumn I tried a rather crude method to adjust my valve lifters (as I thought they made the noise I've been hearing from the engine) but it turned out less than stellar; the engine lacked power and "oomph" after the adjustment.
After some searching I decided to try out a method described over at Crane Cams (scroll down to the "Adjusting Hydraulic Lifters for Proper Preload" section) which basically involves adjusting the intake and exhaust valve for one cylinder at a time.
As a relative beginner at engine tuning I decided to use this method as it's quite foolproof, easy to perform and you can stop at pretty much any time in the process and still get back to where you left off.
I got the drivers side done before I had to head back home (some of my garage mates talk for hours) and I plan to do the other side tomorrow. It's a bit of a workout cranking the engine around by hand but the method gives me complete control, which I like.
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