Been a few days....or a couple of weeks. Not sure...its been a bunch of stuff going on that I'll update at a later date. Nothing bad. Good stuff man, good stuff.
Anyway, Steve ( a91what ) was busy today. I don't know how he got anything done while helping me and Mike out. My car is always a pain. Between my slow Lenovo computer and my hotspot it's always a s#it show. Dealing with my computer cursor is like steering a canoe through rough seas. The thing is all over the place.
I get Steve on the phone, download all the stuff that make wizardry happen, connect to wifi, and watch and learn. We get the car idling down to about 800ish. No more hanging rpms. After a few adjustments everything is decent at idle. We decide to go for a ride down to the gas station about 2.5 miles away. Load up with a spare battery and jumper cables and head out. Car is doing pretty good. I can hear Steve clicking away in my bluetooth ear piece. Brakes work .... everything is going smooth. Get to the pump and connection goes haywire. Phone loses connection, laptop is super slow, and ear plug messing up. I get fuel while trying to get Steve back on line. Multiple attempts and finally we can hear each other and he's back in control.
We jump on the highway and I'm feeling real good with the car. Decide to take a back road home to open it up a bit....nope....a damn pool water delivery truck gets in front of me. This guy is a complete jack butt. There's nowhere to pass and this guy, literally, is idling away from the red lights. What the freaking hell....he was going so slow that a was stuck between 1st and 2nd gear. This idiot drove my whole damn road at about 15 - 20mph. He had to know I was back there and wanted to make my life hell....he did do that...but not for long. A couple turns later and we were back on some open asphalt. Dusty felt better every second. I could really feel this car start coming to life.
To make the day even better, I turn into my neighborhood and get flagged down by a beautiful neighbor. She's out on her lawn flailing her arms around and telling me to stop. I stop the car, throw it in reverse and proceed to back up to the beginning of my imaginations dreams of beautiful women, fast cars, and big smiles. I prepared myself for the, " Can I get a ride ? " question. Trying to look all cool I give her the chin up, she smiles even harder. Then her husband comes running from the top of the hill and hands me my screw drivers that fell off the car while I was driving out. He actually picked them all up for me. Kinda gave me the " nice car nod " and then gently handed me my screwdrivers. He sorta slid them across my hand.....ewwww...ewwwww....ewww ! My dream was over and completely wrong.
Put the car up for the night. I think this is the furthest I've ever driven'em. I know this was the longest it's been idling and driving. We messed with it for about 3 hrs and I drove it 15 miles. Lol
Still a little to do but it's coming together. The brakes feel a hell of a lot better with the vacuum pump and the adjustable proportioning valve.