- 181. Re: Air doors (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:58:53 PDT
- How far and how fast they raise is a function of the air pressure that they receive. Not the air pressure at the compressor or how much pressure is in the tank, but the air pressure at the regulated
- /html/bricklin/1999-08/msg00034.html (8,398 bytes)
- 182. Re: Fw: Cooling system (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:40:38 PDT
- In my experience, without a thermostat the engine runs too cold -- there is not an issue with water running through the radiator so fast that it doesn't cool it (this is just an opinion). The thermos
- /html/bricklin/1999-08/msg00046.html (10,647 bytes)
- 183. Re: Ignition switch (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:00:27 PDT
- Go buy one -- they're cheap (12.00) and fairly easy to install -- especially easy if you take out the driver's seat. The thing is at the bottom of the steering column. It has a couple of 5/16 bolts t
- /html/bricklin/1999-08/msg00083.html (7,221 bytes)
- 184. Re: filters (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 20:08:09 PDT
- I didn't bother. Once in a while I just shoot some ATF into the air line ahead of the regulator to lube the solenoids and cylinders and I have a low spot in my line where it is easy to let out any co
- /html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00012.html (7,121 bytes)
- 185. Re: Window, Body Glues (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 23:53:02 PDT
- I found that the best way is not to use any adhesive. I bought the new u channels from Tanner and the expensive German glue. Try as I might, I couldn't get the windows to set. I took one to a local s
- /html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00015.html (8,092 bytes)
- 186. RE: Re: Window, Body Glues (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:27:48 PDT
- Let me explain so that you don't make any problems -- there are enough of them already! There are two ways to weld that channel, on top of the "roller" channel or as the factory did, along side it. I
- /html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00020.html (9,697 bytes)
- 187. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:01:19 PDT
- I just put a new vacuum can on my 74 and had that problem. I found that I had hooked up the new can backwards. Remember, you need vacuum to stay on the switching side of the relay long enough because
- /html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00026.html (8,915 bytes)
- 188. Re: Air leak (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:34:48 PDT
- Are you sure that you soaped all the connections? When I bought my car it leaked down very quickly. The main issue was at the schrader valve at the air tank. I don't know how my system ever worked be
- /html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00031.html (7,927 bytes)
- 189. RE: Air leak (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:59:18 PDT
- I have to respectfully disagree. If the door is not up and if there is air leaking from the top of the cylinder, then the "leak" is not with the top of the cylinder -- that is likely not even a seali
- /html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00040.html (9,761 bytes)
- 190. Re: wires located under seat? (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:52:31 PDT
- It was the seatbelt interlock that the US required in 74 and consumers pitched such a bitch that the requirement was removed in 75. The 75 that I owned had the same wire under the seat as the 74 I ha
- /html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00043.html (7,012 bytes)
- 191. Bricklin, anyone live by a Walmart? (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 12:19:04 PDT
- Living in San Francisco, I don't have access to a Walmart and I need the Bricklin car cover that they have for sale -- if I remember right, someone said that it listed Bricklin as one of the cars tha
- /html/bricklin/1999-06/msg00016.html (6,434 bytes)
- 192. Re: Hagerty Ins. (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:47:47 PDT
- I had a real problem with them. I spoke with the representative and told him that I had a motorcycle that was my primary vehicle. He said that it was not an issue so I sent the check and photo of the
- /html/bricklin/1999-06/msg00037.html (8,516 bytes)
- 193. Re: Headlight Vaccum Routing (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:30:50 PDT
- The article that I wrote for the Brickline, vol 23 no 2 around July 98, has the diagram and troubleshooting procedure. I think that it is fairly complete. Kim
- /html/bricklin/1999-06/msg00038.html (7,035 bytes)
- 194. RE: Bricklin Crawl (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 00:20:17 PDT
- Better yet, why not send them to John Blair and he can incorporate them into a Brickline article. In that mode, why not write all of your amusing and technical articles and send them to John -- the m
- /html/bricklin/1999-06/msg00046.html (9,172 bytes)
- 195. Is there a check valve on vacuum system? (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 12:09:09 PDT
- I figure that there must be one somewhere that is easy to find and clean or replace. I haven't looked yet cause. . . . but I will this weekend. Anyone know for sure and if there is one, is there a re
- /html/bricklin/1999-06/msg00055.html (6,414 bytes)
- 196. A 74 vacuum question (score: 1)
- Author: K M <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 15:50:19 PDT
- I bought a little vacuum checker and thought that I would diagram the 74 vacuum system -- I also went to the junk yard and bought a couple of larger vacuum cans -- one with the check (foot) valve and
- /html/bricklin/1999-06/msg00060.html (7,362 bytes)
- 197. Re: ignition switch (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:17:25 PDT
- It sounds like all it needs is adjustment but it is cheap enough and easy enough to change that you might want to change it while you are down there. The switch itself is right above the pedals on th
- /html/bricklin/1999-05/msg00043.html (7,186 bytes)
- 198. RE: Door Air Cyllinders (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 15:53:38 PDT
- Are you sure about the url? It didn't come up when I tried. Kim
- /html/bricklin/1999-05/msg00052.html (8,651 bytes)
- 199. Any hints on a/c seal replacement? (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 21:22:06 PDT
- I need to isolate the compressor and replace the seal because it is leaking. I have the service manual and can follow it. I am just asking whether there is anything special that I should be aware of
- /html/bricklin/1999-05/msg00064.html (6,824 bytes)
- 200. Any help on turn signals (score: 1)
- Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:19:09 PDT
- My turn signals have stopped working -- I think that it happened while the wheel was being tilted. Neither right nor left works and I am hoping that the problem is something external rather than insi
- /html/bricklin/1999-05/msg00074.html (6,691 bytes)
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