This engine has less than 80k, and obviously has not been driven that much. Idle was very rough and I pulled the IAC and cleaned it. Idle improved considerably, but still isn’t smooth as I think it should be, especially at a stop light. I replaced the vacuum hoses a while back just because. What else should I be looking for here? A new IAC, or some other sensor? I didn’t clean the throttle body.
Has anyone seen, or actually constructed, a module using sheets of XPS? I’m referring to the dense stuff that comes in pink, blue, or green. I am thinking of laminating a couple of layers and somehow banding the whole thing with some 1/4” plywood. #HO
I am sorta the logistics guy for our club and for a recent show I fabricated a carrier to get the corner modules from my van to the far side of the venue. It worked, but not the greatest. I give it a pretty mediocre C grade. A simple ratchet band strap kept the sides from flaring out, but the whole thing was still a bit shifty. I didn’t weld the unistrut to the bottom angle iron frame, and so it was not structurally rigid from front to back. Adding the two side pieces of plywood helped, and a couple of strap iron X-braces were considered, but a couple of issues remained.
The modules were hard to get into the carrier because of the track protruding over one edge of the module, even with tilting. I wouldn’t have thought that such a small thing would cause such a headache. Scenery took a hit at this point.
There were several modifications to the thing as I was building it to try to get specific issues resolved, and I spent some time and gas to the hardware store to get things improved.
So all this to say, I don’t recommend this as a good solution to the storage & transportation challenge of HO scale corner modules. This is a lessons learned type of post.
I have been working on a different approach and will relay my ideas in a separate post.
If I purchase a P1S and some filament of some flavor and download a file from one of the 3d sharing sites onto my ancient Macpro can computer, what else is needed to make things?
I haven’t done that much research into what printer would be a good starting point; sound off if I’m heading in the wrong direction. Thanks!