05-22-2020, 10:22 PM
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Cyborg ECU
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Installed a couple hose clamps that my oil catch can could use. Bought a marine deep cycle battery from Walmart on 50% discount. I paid 77 bucks (shipped) and it does not arrive until June 4, giving me time to search out parasitic draws and such. Also bought a roller for applying heat rejecting clear coat. Might turn to the bike battery later tonight.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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05-22-2020, 10:25 PM
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So what did you do to your car today? Any minor thing counts as progress. Xist, did you write a poem or rebuild the transmission or make performance art with your Civic again? 
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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05-24-2020, 12:09 AM
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Pumped my tires up, spents some time chasing down what I hope is the last oil leak for now, and cleaned the engine bay some more. If the oil leak is finally gone, I might be able to get the engine really quite clean finally.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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05-26-2020, 12:11 AM
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Did some measuring of heat on my newly clearcoated roof using new IR Thermometer. Thing is cool! Cleaned under side of engine to help identfy whether small oil leak is from oil pan gasket or weap hole at bottom of timing cover. Suspect oil pan mostly. Worked on center console instrument panel remake. Little bits of progress every day...
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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05-27-2020, 02:57 PM
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I had PLANNED to put the exhaust back on the 2000 Metro today, but the gasket I need didn't come in to my local parts store. Tomorrow, they say.
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05-27-2020, 11:58 PM
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I had PLANNED to put the exhaust back on the 2000 Metro today, but the gasket I need didn't come in to my local parts store. Tomorrow, they say.
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Yup. I had plans. Nothing got to completion though. Too many things at once, partly done: now certain I have to replace oil pan gasket, received new battery and set it up for install, did some hunting for oarasitic power draw, some work on a custom dash panel remake, and measurements using my new IR Thermometer. Trying to understand the emisivity setting and how to properly adjust it. ...PROGRESS!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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05-29-2020, 01:02 AM
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New deep cycle battery installed and the test drive was awesome. No alternator was good for 3-5 mpg again. great. Took apart my whole "entertainment" rats nest of wires, which alone has improved radio reception, lol.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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05-29-2020, 02:59 PM
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I think it's funny you're trying to keep your alternator from working, where I'm trying to fix mine.
Update!
Exhaust back together. And the original alternator is freed up (only lightly "seized", as it turned out) and re-installed. Appears to be working? (Question mark because: the alternate alternator also appeared to be working... for a while.)
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05-30-2020, 12:37 AM
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I think it's funny you're trying to keep your alternator from working, where I'm trying to fix mine.
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Yes. That is. I am happy to report that my alternator only works when I want it to. And I rarely want it to. Victory (for now).
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Will look for that update.
I made more progress on my dash rebuild. One goal is better radio by reducing electrical interference. Learning. Making progress... I'll also update in my build thread (in sig file below) when a project gets complete. 
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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06-01-2020, 12:15 PM
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I think the next non-ecomod I'm going to the Metro is adjusting the steering wheel angle (for lower tilt).
I've done it to all my previous Suzuki clones, but haven't gotten around to it for the Metro yet. For slightly more comfortable highway ergonomics. It's just a couple of extra washers on the 2 fat bolts that secure the steering column to the dash.
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