Black Widows

So bringing the 944 into the garage was a mistake, apparently it was infested with black widow spiders. I killed 6 of them today with a can of raid and an egg sac, but I think there are more... and the part that creeps me out is that I had rolled the windows down, so they may be IN the car...

Cadillac Show

The Cadillac Club's annual portal park meet was today. There were some great cars there, the Packard club joined us, as well as the freewheelers...

944 comes back to life

The 944 has been sitting for about a year, I've started it a few times over the year, but essentially it's just been sitting. I used the trickle charger to charge the battery in the 944 it took a couple of days with it. At some point I need to get a 12 amp charger. It turned over one the first try and started a little rough misfiring a bit. I took it around the block and then gave it a bath. and tried to knock all the cobwebs off it with a broom, but there are a lot of them. I might need to take it for a longer drive to see if I can burn out any black widow that might be lingering around in the engine compartment. It's now in the garage waiting for a strut transplant and a starter rebuild.

new struts for 944

I got some used strut assemblys off of craigslist today. the claim is that they only have 100 miles on them, as they were replaced with racing struts.

I bought the assembly's instead of the strut inserts because I do not have the tools required to replace the inserts, and having it done by a mechanic would cost about $800 + parts. so buying the whole assembly that I can install myself, is totally easier and cheaper.

misfiring

the 95 eldo is misfiring, I'll have to do something about this soon...

67 battery

I went out to charge up the '67 eldo, and the battery is coated in corrosion. I know that white corrosion is sulfite but this is yellow and blue?