[17:09] Airj0ckey: that was fucking strange
[17:10] whitehatoptix: ?
[17:10] Airj0ckey: the wife left for her college about 4:30
[17:10] Airj0ckey: she called me when she was halfway there
[17:10] Airj0ckey: the lights went out
[17:10] Airj0ckey: like a charging problem
[17:11] Airj0ckey: so I had her turn around and come back home
[17:11] Airj0ckey: she gets here, and the lights are fine
[17:11] Airj0ckey: I put a volt meter on the battery...14 volts
[17:11] Airj0ckey: took the ground off...13.87
[17:12] whitehatoptix: hrm
[17:12] Airj0ckey: wire brushed the ground, put it back on...it was about 1397
[17:12] whitehatoptix: sounds pretty normal to me
[17:12] Airj0ckey: then took the positive off
[17:12] Airj0ckey: 1386
[17:12] Airj0ckey: so I cleaned it...reconnected
[17:13] Airj0ckey: it was making about 13.95
[17:13] Airj0ckey: I had her rev it, and it jumped up to 14:02
[17:13] Airj0ckey: everything perfectly normal now
[17:13] whitehatoptix: hrm.
[17:13] Airj0ckey: I had a flash light, so I looked at the engine grounds
[17:13] whitehatoptix: what's that called
[17:13] whitehatoptix: an area where airplanes malfunction
[17:14] whitehatoptix: something about a fluctuation in the magnetic field
[17:14] whitehatoptix: otherwise unexplained.
[17:14] Airj0ckey: and then this thing was veiwed in the light
[17:15] Airj0ckey: there was a fucking mass of something between the engine valve cover and the firewall
[17:15] whitehatoptix: ?
[17:15] Airj0ckey: something I have never seen before
[17:15] whitehatoptix: like an animal?
[17:15] Airj0ckey: no fur
[17:15] whitehatoptix: slug?
[17:15] Airj0ckey: so I got a closer look
[17:16] Airj0ckey: it was a fucking apple
[17:16] whitehatoptix: ?
[17:16] Airj0ckey: an apple
[17:16] whitehatoptix: How the hell?
[17:16] Airj0ckey: I had the wife get out of the car
[17:16] Airj0ckey: and look at it
[17:16] whitehatoptix: tried to fry an apple while driving?
[17:16] Airj0ckey: it was somewhat fresh too
[17:17] Airj0ckey: I told her not to eat in the car
[17:17] Airj0ckey: she's like "WTF?!?!?!"
[17:18] Airj0ckey: I guess some critter found an apple, and drug it up to the engine bay to munch on since it's warm when I get home
[17:18] whitehatoptix: haha
[17:18] whitehatoptix: that'd make sense
[17:18] whitehatoptix: do you get ferrets there?
[17:18] Airj0ckey: but why it would make the headlights go dim is a mystery
[17:18] Airj0ckey: nope
[17:18] whitehatoptix: well, what metal is the valve cover?
[17:18] whitehatoptix: aluminum?
[17:18] Airj0ckey: yup
[17:18] whitehatoptix: and the chassis is steel?
[17:19] Airj0ckey: yup
[17:19] whitehatoptix: an apple is acidic, right?
[17:19] Airj0ckey: so it would act just like a ground
[17:19] Airj0ckey: yup
[17:19] whitehatoptix: the apple turned the car into a battery
[17:19] Airj0ckey: right next to the spark plug
[17:19] whitehatoptix: ahhhh
[17:19] whitehatoptix: you were grounding out the spark plug
[17:19] whitehatoptix: easier path to ground
[17:19] whitehatoptix: the apple heats up, juices seep
[17:19] Airj0ckey: quite possible
[17:20] whitehatoptix: missfire causes all kinds of havok?
[17:20] Airj0ckey: I've found dead moice, birds, and other animals in engine
[17:20] whitehatoptix: I found a large rat once.
[17:20] Airj0ckey: but this is the first time I"ve found fruit in an engine bay
[17:21] whitehatoptix: it crawled up into the intake pipe
[17:21] whitehatoptix: cheewd through the air filter
[17:21] whitehatoptix: and started living in the airbox
[17:21] whitehatoptix: well, we started the car
[17:21] whitehatoptix: and the turbo chowed down.
[17:21] whitehatoptix: on rat.
[17:21] Airj0ckey: when I took the intake off the CRX to put the carbs on, I found all kinds of nuts and shells in the intake
[17:21] Airj0ckey: I'm so glad I did not try to start the car
[17:22] whitehatoptix: yeah
[17:22] Airj0ckey: well...so far...no calls from the wife saying the lights are out
[17:22] Airj0ckey: she headed back to school
[17:22] whitehatoptix: generally, I'd never start any car without checking the entire intake tract.
[17:23] whitehatoptix: at least shine a fiberoptic light into the spark plug holes, and look through the intake manifold.
[17:23] Airj0ckey: your Z has been parked for quite a while now
[17:23] whitehatoptix: yeah, I plan on checking that shit out.
[17:23] Airj0ckey: I just wonder how many grapes and other vegitables are in it
[17:23] whitehatoptix: eh?
[17:24] whitehatoptix: htf do grapes get in there?
[17:24] Airj0ckey: I know the interior had a mouse attack before I got it...
[17:24] whitehatoptix: haha
[17:24] whitehatoptix: I plug up both ends of an engine if i store it outside
[17:24] Airj0ckey: but all that was in the car were leaves and those seeds that fall from tree's and spin like a helicopter
[17:24] whitehatoptix: ahhh.
[17:24] whitehatoptix: ok, maple I think
[17:24] whitehatoptix: those suck.
[17:25] Airj0ckey: hell...this is postworthy
[17:10] whitehatoptix: ?
[17:10] Airj0ckey: the wife left for her college about 4:30
[17:10] Airj0ckey: she called me when she was halfway there
[17:10] Airj0ckey: the lights went out
[17:10] Airj0ckey: like a charging problem
[17:11] Airj0ckey: so I had her turn around and come back home
[17:11] Airj0ckey: she gets here, and the lights are fine
[17:11] Airj0ckey: I put a volt meter on the battery...14 volts
[17:11] Airj0ckey: took the ground off...13.87
[17:12] whitehatoptix: hrm
[17:12] Airj0ckey: wire brushed the ground, put it back on...it was about 1397
[17:12] whitehatoptix: sounds pretty normal to me
[17:12] Airj0ckey: then took the positive off
[17:12] Airj0ckey: 1386
[17:12] Airj0ckey: so I cleaned it...reconnected
[17:13] Airj0ckey: it was making about 13.95
[17:13] Airj0ckey: I had her rev it, and it jumped up to 14:02
[17:13] Airj0ckey: everything perfectly normal now
[17:13] whitehatoptix: hrm.
[17:13] Airj0ckey: I had a flash light, so I looked at the engine grounds
[17:13] whitehatoptix: what's that called
[17:13] whitehatoptix: an area where airplanes malfunction
[17:14] whitehatoptix: something about a fluctuation in the magnetic field
[17:14] whitehatoptix: otherwise unexplained.
[17:14] Airj0ckey: and then this thing was veiwed in the light
[17:15] Airj0ckey: there was a fucking mass of something between the engine valve cover and the firewall
[17:15] whitehatoptix: ?
[17:15] Airj0ckey: something I have never seen before
[17:15] whitehatoptix: like an animal?
[17:15] Airj0ckey: no fur
[17:15] whitehatoptix: slug?
[17:15] Airj0ckey: so I got a closer look
[17:16] Airj0ckey: it was a fucking apple
[17:16] whitehatoptix: ?
[17:16] Airj0ckey: an apple
[17:16] whitehatoptix: How the hell?
[17:16] Airj0ckey: I had the wife get out of the car
[17:16] Airj0ckey: and look at it
[17:16] whitehatoptix: tried to fry an apple while driving?
[17:16] Airj0ckey: it was somewhat fresh too
[17:17] Airj0ckey: I told her not to eat in the car
[17:17] Airj0ckey: she's like "WTF?!?!?!"
[17:18] Airj0ckey: I guess some critter found an apple, and drug it up to the engine bay to munch on since it's warm when I get home
[17:18] whitehatoptix: haha
[17:18] whitehatoptix: that'd make sense
[17:18] whitehatoptix: do you get ferrets there?
[17:18] Airj0ckey: but why it would make the headlights go dim is a mystery
[17:18] Airj0ckey: nope
[17:18] whitehatoptix: well, what metal is the valve cover?
[17:18] whitehatoptix: aluminum?
[17:18] Airj0ckey: yup
[17:18] whitehatoptix: and the chassis is steel?
[17:19] Airj0ckey: yup
[17:19] whitehatoptix: an apple is acidic, right?
[17:19] Airj0ckey: so it would act just like a ground
[17:19] Airj0ckey: yup
[17:19] whitehatoptix: the apple turned the car into a battery
[17:19] Airj0ckey: right next to the spark plug
[17:19] whitehatoptix: ahhhh
[17:19] whitehatoptix: you were grounding out the spark plug
[17:19] whitehatoptix: easier path to ground
[17:19] whitehatoptix: the apple heats up, juices seep
[17:19] Airj0ckey: quite possible
[17:20] whitehatoptix: missfire causes all kinds of havok?
[17:20] Airj0ckey: I've found dead moice, birds, and other animals in engine
[17:20] whitehatoptix: I found a large rat once.
[17:20] Airj0ckey: but this is the first time I"ve found fruit in an engine bay
[17:21] whitehatoptix: it crawled up into the intake pipe
[17:21] whitehatoptix: cheewd through the air filter
[17:21] whitehatoptix: and started living in the airbox
[17:21] whitehatoptix: well, we started the car
[17:21] whitehatoptix: and the turbo chowed down.
[17:21] whitehatoptix: on rat.
[17:21] Airj0ckey: when I took the intake off the CRX to put the carbs on, I found all kinds of nuts and shells in the intake
[17:21] Airj0ckey: I'm so glad I did not try to start the car
[17:22] whitehatoptix: yeah
[17:22] Airj0ckey: well...so far...no calls from the wife saying the lights are out
[17:22] Airj0ckey: she headed back to school
[17:22] whitehatoptix: generally, I'd never start any car without checking the entire intake tract.
[17:23] whitehatoptix: at least shine a fiberoptic light into the spark plug holes, and look through the intake manifold.
[17:23] Airj0ckey: your Z has been parked for quite a while now
[17:23] whitehatoptix: yeah, I plan on checking that shit out.
[17:23] Airj0ckey: I just wonder how many grapes and other vegitables are in it
[17:23] whitehatoptix: eh?
[17:24] whitehatoptix: htf do grapes get in there?
[17:24] Airj0ckey: I know the interior had a mouse attack before I got it...
[17:24] whitehatoptix: haha
[17:24] whitehatoptix: I plug up both ends of an engine if i store it outside
[17:24] Airj0ckey: but all that was in the car were leaves and those seeds that fall from tree's and spin like a helicopter
[17:24] whitehatoptix: ahhh.
[17:24] whitehatoptix: ok, maple I think
[17:24] whitehatoptix: those suck.
[17:25] Airj0ckey: hell...this is postworthy