I have to say, when asked how much more Sixties could this photo be of this guy: wearing a lei, standing in front of a mid-century contemporary house, next to a sweet Corvair convertible? I’d have to answer, no more. It could be no more Sixties.
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Last Call: Getting Lei'd In The Sixties Edition
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I changed the oil in my clothes washer today. No, really. I have it apart to replace the suspension springs (two of which I’m still waiting for) and it’s been leaking oil from the transmission, so I figured I’d fix the leak while I was at it. I ended up draining the old oil out and replacing it because it was so nasty. I wish I’d have done it on April 1st.
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Did you use 10W40? Synthetic? Did you change the filter as well? And how many
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I used 75w-90 because it was the only thing I had laying around that was close to the viscosity of what I drained out. No filtering mechanism. Hopefully I never have to replace the gasket on it again.
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LinkedIn. Useful professional networking tool, or Facebook in a golf shirt?
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Moderately useful professional networking tool. Another way for recruiters to find you and a way to spy on people before they interview you. Has a decent job search function. More like Monster with the ability to find out about people on the other side of the interview table. Also allows you to add attachments/portfolios to your resume. Can check up on former co-workers too.
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I still prefer banging on doors when looking for work, which had a 100% success rate the last time around. Few people I know have used the network actively, buy everyone with ambition seems to have registered.
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Useful-ish. More useful than not. I have definitely used it to locate friends of friends to pull some strings, and I’ve been asked by friends to contact other friends to pull strings. Result: strings pulled, resulting in callbacks, but not the job offer.
Still, it increased the odds.
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It’s so ’60s I can smell the DDT.
Man, that roof decoration on the house… Viking Longhouse? Railroad rail? Hammerhead shark? The part over by the station wagon seems more Japanese influenced. -
Google “repairing metal brake lines” and you’ll get a couple of videos showing how to do it with compression fittings, including a semi-professional looking guy with a bunch of how to car repair videos.
Go to buy compression fittings at the auto parts store and you’ll find them next to the brake lines, clearly labeled “NOT FOR USE ON AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE LINES”. Turns out, compression fittings can’t hold up under brake line pressure. Google a bit harder and you’ll find that too.
So, I rented a flaring tool, bought some fittings and tomorrow night I get to flare a brake line from under the 318ti. Still probably easier than replacing the entire line. Probably.-
Is it a double flaring tool? I’ve made that mistake before. Brake lines need double flares, plumbing uses single flare.
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It is. Interestingly, BMW cars use a bubble flare, but since I’m not connecting to any of the factory connections, I can use whatever the part store has available.
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How much experience do you have with double flares? The thought of attempting those has always made me nervous. But I guess I could always get a couple of feet of line, cut it into short pieces, and then practice making flares until I got it right.
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I made new lines from scratch for the surge brakes on my old camper and they seemed to work well with no leaks. I’m sure the didn’t see the same pressure that these will see. We’ll find out in a couple of days how well they work.
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i’m in this exact same boat! in fact, i just received my bubble flare tool in the mail today.
pretty nervous to start cutting brake line, tbh. i need to do a few practice runs.-
Well, I made my first cut Sunday night and then discovered the male fittings I had were metric thread and the female fitters were english. I got replacement fittings yesterday but then there was work every day and 30 degree temps at night, so I haven’t been back at it.
A friend who’s a chassis engineer at Honda told me just to make sure the tube ends are clean. He said it only takes a little bit of corrosion to create a leak.
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oh gosh. i’d better check my fittings in the hoses i bought for the brakes before i go nuts with the cutting tools.
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Among more realistic goals to achieve in my life, travelling back to the US and European late 60s is one of greatest desires I have. It’s a period which architecture, style and cars really score highly with me.
The emblem on the engine lid looks like a 140 (four-carb) emblem. It’s a Monza, as it doesn’t have the tach and other gauges like the Corsa does. It also has the protruding wheel opening trim, which makes it a ’65.
’60s, eh?
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YAAAASSSSSS! A ’63 Merc and a ’61 Buick.
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