Took a few more nibbles at things on Saturday; mostly just futzing with the front indicator lamps. I didn't like how they ground only through the mounting bolt, especially since I've painted the front wing inside and out; so gently disassemble, solder a wire onto a washer that fits snugly inside the bulb-holder beneath the spring & centre contact, then reassemble.

Idle mixture screw is set to full rich, and the best I can get is 15:1. Here's hoping it's a false reading from an exhaust gasket or something! I have, however, managed to cure the false sensor readings with a bit of calibration adjustment; and it appears that the sync loss I was seeing is from when the engine sputters and kicks, rather than sensor problems, as I've greatly reduced it with the slightly

Bung. And a little bashing.

Well, folks, I hope you've had a nice restful festive season, and you're looking forward to the new year! I've done a little poking the megasquirt stuff, mostly combing through

Earlier on in the year, I booked off from the 18th up 'til when work closed for giftmas, figuring that'd give me -- on top of extending the holiday nicely -- plenty of time to tinker with the truck and maybe run out to a coupla places to grab parts as needed. Well that sure didn't work out! Thursday the 7th: fuel pump dies in my car just as I get

The truck's service brakes are air-assisted hydraulic; they'll work without air pressure, as fully manual hydraulic. (And they work fairly

Wednesday, my air--pipe -- and some of my fittings -- arrived, so I put a bit of time into running more pipe, and connecting up a few more things.

Told you :3 It'll still want a second coat, at some point, but it's a lot better now than it was. Other progress today was getting the bottom of the vent duct welded