Alternative Fuels

The reason your vaporizer is frosting up is because there is insufficient coolant flow through the heat exchanger in the vaporizer. I don't know why you would have this problem only when it's warm but I think when you find the location of the leak, you might find the answer. If your vaporizer is an ...

I measured up the painted markings on the damper and I found that I had marked it for 28-32° and 40-46° of advance. I got these ranges from Storer's book and the first range is for mechanical advance and the second range is for mechanical plus vacuum advance. Rather than use timing tape, which I c...

I came across this web page that does a great job of explaining spark plugs: http://www.strappe.com/plugs.html The main site is geared towards motorcyles, so if you're interested in bikes too, it looks like an interesting place to visit. The article discusses ignition advance and fuel mixture along ...

While I was getting my Dart ready for some serious commuting, I ran into a problem with oil pressure shortly after changing the oil. It turned out the pressure switch was giving a false alarm when the engine warmed but in the process of troubleshooting, I tried to read up on oil filters. I came acro...

Finally, after being downsized from Vesuvius USA, I will be starting a new job on February 7. My new position is the Maintenance System Administrator at Lear Corporation in Mississauga, ON. I never expected that I would be working near the Toronto Airport but it's just too good of an opportunity to ...

I was just checking some of the postings on Eng-Tips and came across a topic on Hydrogen Power that you might find it interesting. Have a look:

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=110077

Frank

As I was checking over the various components in the propane system, I found that the problem was in the idle mixture system. I think that, while my brother was driving the car, someone tuned up the car and turned the idle mixture screw in until the spring was totally compressed (lean). It ran ok wh...

I have upgraded this forum to the latest version (2.0.11 from 2.0.6)of phpBB. With luck, I won't need to upgrade upgrade again for a while.

Frank

I think it's a great idea but the devil is always in the details. To break water into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis, you need a lot of electricity. To do this you would either need a huge battery pack or an on-board electrical generator. Battery packs would be far more efficient at drivin...

The SAE currently has 1581 results when searching their site for Propane or LPG. Technical papers are available for purchase and you can see the results of the search by following: SAE Propane or LPG Search As the results are very general and only the first 200 are displayed, you can further refine ...

Last Friday, the ISP hosting this board found that that the server was being tied up with an unusually high amount of requests to this board. He suspected that it was some sort of worm attack and disabled the board over the weekend. Sorry about any inconvenience it may have caused. He recommended th...

Walls are ready for the roof trusses. http://pictures.rasoenterprises.com/Projects-Garage/Garage041127.jpg Halfway done getting the trusses in place. http://pictures.rasoenterprises.com/Projects-Garage/Garage041130.jpg Finally, the plywood is on the roof. At least we have a bit of shelter now. http:...

Thanks for the advice. From what I have found out, the backfiring is due to a problem(s?) in the ignition system. I have a new set of distributor cap, rotor, wires, and sparkplugs ready to install. I made sure that I got the cap with the brass terminals too. Also, I earlier upgraded my HEI coil to a...

Thanks for the advice. I have rerouted my heater lines so that there is a good source of hot water for the converter. Since the air conditioning system can shut the hot water off to the heater core, I needed to ensure that the converter has a constant source of hot water. Originally, the car was equ...

I was checking the postings on Eng-Tips and came across this posting that you might find interesting. The title of that posting is "Vegetable oil as fuel for trucks". Eng-Tips promotes itself as an intelligent work forum for engineering professionals. http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=7629&...