Volare Update

[Jack Meoff]

only part I've had go bad is the wires fraying and breaking at the headphone jack

I meant those FM modulators...
I've heard from other people that they are easily affected by interference.

 

[Mr.Lopar]

Yeah i've had ewhere they wont even transmit

 

[NoCar340]

Oh, yeah, I never used the transmitter type. I used the ones that plugged directly into the antenna cable... worked perfectly every time. I don't even know if you can get them anymore, though.

 

[Jack Meoff]

Oh, yeah, I never used the transmitter type. I used the ones that plugged directly into the antenna cable... worked perfectly every time. I don't even know if you can get them anymore, though.

Wow...I've never even heard of those..

 

[NoCar340]

They were the seriously old-school ones, but they were effective. The ones with which I have experience had little slider switches to choose a frequency. I haven't seen one in probably 20 years; even when they were available everyone wanted the transmitter type.

 

[Jack Meoff]

My buddy who's used to be an AV guy.
He has this box that transmits up to a mile or two with mini toggles inside to set the frequency.....sort of like that?

We use it to hijack the cheesy hits station up north in the trailer park.
If you're within a mile and change from us....tune into the appropriate frequency and you're listening to our station... :blob1:

 

[NoCar340]

It was sorta like that, yes, but it had a cable jack in one end and a pigtail for the radio danglin' out the other... usually a metal case, too, though the last couple I saw were that new-fangled plastic stuff they used to replace bakelite a couple years back. :icon_biggrin:

 

[Jack Meoff]

Always liked bakelite.........

 

[Monkeyed]

http://www.amazon.com/Scosche-FM-MOD02-Universal-Modulator-Satellite/dp/B001QBG614

they still make them, I might get one for the wife's Neon, has an am/fm cd player, and the transmitter ones are for crap.

 

[Jack Meoff]

http://www.amazon.com/Scosche-FM-MOD02-Universal-Modulator-Satellite/dp/B001QBG614

they still make them, I might get one for the wife's Neon, has an am/fm cd player, and the transmitter ones are for crap.

Cool!.....might have to grab one.

 

[Jack Meoff]

Getting Into Rubber

After the rubber return line gave up the ghost it got me thinking it might be a good idea to start going over all the other rubber lines in this car...if one is rotten how far behind are the rest?

My hunch was right....
As you can see the one coming off the fuel pump has done it's time...

Ahhhhh.....much better!
Minty fresh.....two down....

The rubber fetish continues

 

[72Dodge]

Are you using injector line? It withstands the alcohol much better than regular cheap "fuel line". I had issues on my '72 with regular line softening, so I installed injector line and it seems much better.

 

[Jack Meoff]

Are you using injector line? It withstands the alcohol much better than regular cheap "fuel line". I had issues on my '72 with regular line softening, so I installed injector line and it seems much better.

Yes Sir....
I run ethanol free but still I figured injector line was a better choice.

 

[72Dodge]

Yes Sir....
I run ethanol free but still I figured injector line was a better choice.

So jealous. Our county doesn't have any real gas available anymore. The closest is about an hour drive north. It's a horrible situation.

 

[Jack Meoff]

So jealous. Our county doesn't have any real gas available anymore. The closest is about an hour drive north. It's a horrible situation.

In our supposedly World Class (ass) city I'm down to one option
Shell 91....highest ethanol free octane rating I can get.
Everybody other station in a city of 3 million only has ethanol garbage.

 

[alf44]

So jealous. Our county doesn't have any real gas available anymore. The closest is about an hour drive north. It's a horrible situation.

i can get real 91 unleaded with NO corn juice at MOBIL station but its .50 to .60 cents more. right now its 4.12 gallon

 

[Jack Meoff]

i can get real 91 unleaded with NO corn juice at MOBIL station but its .50 to .60 cents more. right now its 4.12 gallon

Just under $1.60/liter up here.....ouch.
Roughly $6/gallon.
I still pay it though.
The gas mileage and driveability seems more than worth it to me.

 

[Jack Meoff]

Even got a little bling for the old girl.
The dash pad is cracked in about four places so I scored this from a fellow member....minty fresh dash cap....

 

[NoCar340]

Is it installed yet? Get with it, man! *says the guy with a stack of parts 20 feet high* :icon_biggrin:

 

[Mr.Lopar]

*says the guy with a stack of parts 20 feet high* :icon_biggrin:

glad I aint the only one :toothy12: