As a general rule of thumb, starting it a couple of times a year will hopefully rotate the engine to scrape away accumulated rust and gunk, and also alter the load on all components (e.g. relax springs that were tightly compressed, etc.) and so on.
If you can't start it, even manually turning...
"PS, you'll need to have an in car camera to allow the ladies to use it to do their make-up and it means having to placew the display where it is convenient to use for that purpose. "
That can be done with an LCD that is programmed to display a pic of same person circa 17 or 18, with motion...
The issue of "all electric" steering was actually studied quite extensively by all the major automakers.
Every time, the final decision came to "no" for much the same reasons that brakes are not brake by wire --- too risky.
The closest we came in steer by wire is the current electric assist to...
Have you given any thought to the cost of ever having to replace this?
Much more conservative to take an existing windshield that is widely available and cheap, and about right, and tweak the design to fit the design to fit the windshield.
For a standard AC in a mid sized car, 3hp and up, for a full size or truck, 5 and up.
That is, for the time it is actually running.
Note the comment about heating load of a typical car in winter below...
http://macsworldwide.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/gm-speaks-%E2%80%94-volt%E2%80%99s-got-heat/
The issue of power lost via Fan can be addressed with a electrically operated (or thermal / mechanical viscous coupling) fan.
I can see the gain from the electrical at moderate cost.. but is it really worth it?
There was a lot of issues switching over from LSD to ULSD in terms of deposits build on EGR components, which may / could have also come from the rampant use of sub-standard biodiesel which is widespread (even today) and home brews.
Around mid 2000s with diesel prices exploding, many people...
If there is a sense wire (for battery voltage) going from battery to alternator, replace the alternator pigtail.
There can be an internal break that is intermittent, that will work once it is "heated" but not before.
Also, clean all contacts, ground wires, and check for corrosion related issues.
The problem with diesels is they tend to get carbon deposits that can be thick, and nearly impossible to get off without chipping / shot blasting.
The problem deposits tend to be at the other end of the gear (where the valves are, and engine oil drop those deposits).
The other end (the belt /...
Regardless of sulfur content, lubricity specs for on road diesel have to be met.
Insofar as whether the spec is adequate, there are two issues:
A) whether in fact the spec is met in real life samples (as there is no actual auditing / sample testing of most fuels sold)
B) if the spec is itself...
There is room for a much more broader discussion of the role of manual (mechanical) vs. electronic controls.
I may be a lone voice, but am of the view that we have gone way too far toward electronics, and in the process, sacrificed reliability and often, progressive failure (with warning), and...
I am not so sure about how long off-road dye last.
During the Katrina / Rita crisis, when the US had to go to emergency measures to keep fuel available in the affected areas, one thing that was permitted (for a while) is running dyed diesel in on-road trucks.
Problem is, people were getting...
I am not sure what you might gain by reducing cooling.
A properly designed cylinder / piston / cylinder head have an insulating blanket of air that blocks a lot of the heat loss.
If the injectors are good, they are suppose to keep fuel away from the cylinder walls, where they both cool and...
