autox19
True Classic
Yes there is Fiat content here, so bear with me. I am 51. what I have learned through life is I dont like pain. I found that I am no longer as gutsy in fear of said pain. I used to fling my body strapped to a snowboard off of some pretty high jumps and drops. no worries about if I crashed. Now I find as I am looking down the high walls of a half pipe, or down a pretty steep drop, "if I crash it will hurt, maybe I should go an easier route".
Fiat Part. I have had an X19 in my possession pretty much since 1986. with some of that time being a daily driver. I drove it rain, snow, didnt matter. I would put on a different carb on a weekend without thinking of not making it to work. I Drove it with an adjustable wrench, 10, 13 and 15 mm sockets, duct tape and zip ties in case something went wrong. And yeah, things went wrong. no biggy, I just fixed it ant life went on. I once spun bearings, replaced with a combo of a 128 engine and the X engine and drove it to work 4 hours later without a thought things could go bad.
Spin ahead to today. I have the B16 X. Has it had issues getting to this point? yes. With only the last test drive to work being bad. I now think I have the issues fixed but am having issues getting myself to "trust" it. The 2 issues that came up last time. Overheating and shift linkage unbolting rendering shifting useless. How did I fix them? I redid how the cooling is configured (see another thread on that from a few weeks ago) Cooling fan power plug came undone so I electrical taped the junction together figuring it I needed to unplug it, undoing tape isnt hard. ran it in my drive for at least 20-30 min, many cycles of the cooling fan. no issues, no air in the coolant lines, unlike before. Shift linkage, I did double nuts to tighten to each other, as well as this time using loctite 721. I also am carrying extra nuts and a wrench, just in case. Now everytime I think about taking it out for a test, I back down and either take my van or find an excuse in my head on why I shouldn't take the X this time.
See? I am getting older, the "fear factor" is creeping in. even though I have the tow dolly still attached on the X and my best friend has the truck we have towed it many times back and forth between his house and mine during this project, I cant get my self to pull the trigger again. Afraid of getting stranded? maybe, afraid of another failure? possibly, who knows.
ok, I know this might be a little deep for this forum, but at the same time, you guys (guys in my mind is NOT a boy/girl thing, it is people in general) are my friends. You guys understand the crazy passion for theses things. I also wanted to let people know where my X project stands.
Thanks for the Ear
Odie
Fiat Part. I have had an X19 in my possession pretty much since 1986. with some of that time being a daily driver. I drove it rain, snow, didnt matter. I would put on a different carb on a weekend without thinking of not making it to work. I Drove it with an adjustable wrench, 10, 13 and 15 mm sockets, duct tape and zip ties in case something went wrong. And yeah, things went wrong. no biggy, I just fixed it ant life went on. I once spun bearings, replaced with a combo of a 128 engine and the X engine and drove it to work 4 hours later without a thought things could go bad.
Spin ahead to today. I have the B16 X. Has it had issues getting to this point? yes. With only the last test drive to work being bad. I now think I have the issues fixed but am having issues getting myself to "trust" it. The 2 issues that came up last time. Overheating and shift linkage unbolting rendering shifting useless. How did I fix them? I redid how the cooling is configured (see another thread on that from a few weeks ago) Cooling fan power plug came undone so I electrical taped the junction together figuring it I needed to unplug it, undoing tape isnt hard. ran it in my drive for at least 20-30 min, many cycles of the cooling fan. no issues, no air in the coolant lines, unlike before. Shift linkage, I did double nuts to tighten to each other, as well as this time using loctite 721. I also am carrying extra nuts and a wrench, just in case. Now everytime I think about taking it out for a test, I back down and either take my van or find an excuse in my head on why I shouldn't take the X this time.
See? I am getting older, the "fear factor" is creeping in. even though I have the tow dolly still attached on the X and my best friend has the truck we have towed it many times back and forth between his house and mine during this project, I cant get my self to pull the trigger again. Afraid of getting stranded? maybe, afraid of another failure? possibly, who knows.
ok, I know this might be a little deep for this forum, but at the same time, you guys (guys in my mind is NOT a boy/girl thing, it is people in general) are my friends. You guys understand the crazy passion for theses things. I also wanted to let people know where my X project stands.
Thanks for the Ear
Odie