A random selection of posts about travel and tinkering with mechanical machines. Mostly cars from 1937 to 1999, manufactured in English speaking parts of the world, but also kayaks and sewing machines. So here you can see how we travel, drive, paddle, break fix and find on a regular basis. On a desktop, you can choose your favourite item from the list on the right, choose a page from the menu or simply scroll down to see the latest.
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Tweaking the Dodge 318 V8
It's like summer today. The Dodge seemed to run a bit lumpy when hot and at the traffic lights it even stalled once. Not as it should be and very annoying with such an automatic. So I tweaked the Lpg idle mixture and rerouted the lpg line to the carburetor away from the engine block. Seems to be better now. It is amazing how hot that engine gets in that little dog-house. I'm sure they use a bigger radiator in the hot USA-states.