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Rare to find an air conditioner in a residential property in Newfoundland in the past. The only reason you see it today is due to the installation of heat pumps in the newer homes. A fan goes a long way when the temp reaches 80 deg F for a few days the first week in Aug. Interesting stories about the early days of automotive electrics. Thanks ... That's where my electrical knowledge started under the guidance of holding the flashlight for my father whilst he was troubleshooting his 50's vintage Ford pickups. I to spent some time as an appliance tech. I saved many people a service call, telling them to reset the breaker and give the squirrel cage a spin before trying to start their window A/C unit the first time for the summer. Unless it was a slow week in the shop.....

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ENIAC ? When I was a young child, my dad would send me up to the shop that had a tube tester and I tested the TV tubes when our box was on the blink. I didn’t know you were a computer guy; I knew Gary was and I’ve stumbled across some others out here, reading chatter about programing, IBM XXX, Fortran, Hollerith cards, etc. Well, on my summer vacation the Army wanted to teach me to become artillery computer repairman. This landed me @ Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland for training. Wouldn’t you know it, there was piece of the ENIAC in the museum there. So, the computer that I was to learn was called the FADAC, Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer. 200lbs and about the size of a card table, late 50’s technologies, but not fielded until the mid-60’s. The FADAC was a child of the ENIAC, where it also did artillery firing data, for a few weapons of the day, it was all the rage back then. On another summer vacation, the Army wanted me to learn another computer system, TACFIRE, it was a fire direction center. Well, this took me to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, where there was another piece of the ENIAC saved. I read; there are pieces of the ENIAC at the University of Pennsylvania and the Smithsonian as well. I once took a course; “Intro to Computers”, in the first chapter of whatever book we were using, was the history of the ENIAC. This concludes my experience with the “Eniac”

2 Brave Souls..... 1985-1/2. What's the Build/Manufacture Date on that beast ? Gary has a nice link here if you don't own this document; https://www.garysgaragemahal.com/1985-evtm.html https://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/NEW-MEMBERS-START-HERE-f135.html

Check is in the mail http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/uploads/6/5/8/7/65879365/laughing-25-x-25_orig.gif I couldn't resist.....

Brevard, Transylvainia County, NC, until I can get further up the mountain....

Tail on the Tailgate - Neal Mccoy

Hello Gary & Club, Please add me to the donor list. Let me know how to send funds (I don’t use PP). So, I have been busy getting myself slowly moved to western North Carolina. Still turning wrenches as needed. I’m riding my MC in and around the Appalachian and Smoky mountains from time to time. I’m on my way to Newfoundland in a few weeks for the rest of the summer to visit family & friends. Cheers !! Vinny...

yeah, that was to you. ok, June.

Seems to me you had a Birthday in August, so Happy Belated Birhtday !!

TPS test results: 5 volts between orange wire and black wire 1 volt between dark green wire and black wire Hello Jeff, (following) how is this going ?

Hello, boys. Mostly, I am still busy moving my life out to Western North Carolina (Brevard NC) from Virginia. Which requires me to finish up all the procrastination projects in Virginia. I’m just back from visiting some motorcycle, automobile and other museums in and around Cedar Rapids Iowa. I was out in Colorado last month for my nephew’s college graduation. I was wondering how Chris was doing. Other than that, a few motorcycle trips and just back and forth between Carolina and Virginia is all I’m up to. I can see from this site, you staying busy. Best of luck with your Ford truck show next month. I hope to make it out your way in 2025.

The 86 is an upgrade from the 85 1/2, the 86 has a schrader valve for checking fuel pressure.

Sounds like they want to swap out parts until it's fixed. That will get expensive.

I guess you won't be going back there,,,, Pay them for the new cap and 1 hour of labor, but not for their incomplete diagnostics attempt. Following....