gone tools crazy

 

I had lived with the minimum of hand tools up until now. I decided to treat myself to some that I long should had bought. These tools used to be quite expensive but now they cost a fraction of the old days. For  general purpose electric wire tools Klein Tools has always been the standard.

brunnhilde's ventilation fan - part 4

 

Some cheap thrills arrived from Amazon. All these years only now that I broke down and bought a cable tie gun as they are so cheap now and they are knockoffs of a classic American design. You never have too many precision wire cutters so I bought 5. Also this cheap 12Vdc digital thermostatic switch.

brunnhilde's ventilation fan - part 3

It is time to cut the foam board for the bath skylight ventilation fan. I bought this piece of 1/4" foam board many years ago and it has served me well in many projects. Some pieces has been reused a number of times, and this piece is no exception. I used it to insulate the big skylight in Brunnhilde against solar gain before I painted the outer shell white. Double pane clear skylight is stupid in my book. Dometic actually makes skylights that are white but of course on one buy them.

in good shape, isolde - part 18

 

It's been so long that I cannot remember the last serial number of this series. I did some search which is not reliable but the best I can ascertain is this one is 18. The last post of the series was back in 25 April, 2016. This is a short post of I upgraded one of the 12V receptacles to one with built in USB type A receptacle 5V charge ports, and a built-in voltmeter.

she gave me a heart attack - Isolde had no pulse - part 2

 

These two posts were written real time with the progress of troubleshooting as the event unfolded. By mid morning today I knew I was onto the scent to the cause of the problem. It is not the ignition hall effect sensor in the distributor. It is a component in the ECU module that failed the moment when the engine stalled when I was ready to leave for the city. I count myself very lucky that it occur right in the garage rather than on the road. Also have I rely on even the best of Vanagon mechanic I have good reasons to believe he would not perform troubleshooting down to the component level as I did.

she gave me a heart attack - Isolde had no pulse

A few days ago I loaded everything and ready to go into the city in Isolde. As I started the engine within a a couple of seconds the engine stalled out. No amount of cranking would restart it. I thought that is odd, as Isolde has been flawless in the last year. I immediately suspected it may be a problem with my home brew only-I-know immobilizer. I designed this immobilizer that is easy to use, impossible to find, simple and reliable.