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I like how the klaxon has a kind of whining nasal sound, which is just perfect for the purpose!
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My $500 Jaguar had its first catastrophic failure. Seized fan clutch allowed too much rpm for the 22 year old plastic fan.
At just over 4k, the fan blew apart, severing a coolant line, mangling the fan shroud, and denting the hood from the underside.
I think it'll either get the steel fan from the '77 Jaguar V12 that I have lying around, or the electric fan from the '84 Fiero (I have lying around).
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I just tested the electric Fiero fan, and it looks like it'll move plenty of air. If I can get the old fan clutch out of the way easy enough (without removing too much other stuff), The Jag will have a Fiero fan sometime tomorrow.
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do u work for jalopnik
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As for the Whiner alarm, it's pretty amusing, but I think a Taser would be even more amusing.
And forget baby food, it would be more clever if you gave them a plate of cheese to eat with their "whine"
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Bookmarked!
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Murilee, also, what are your suggestions on switches? Need a good one that lights up when powered. Was thinking the hazard switch off this VW would look badass, but is to bulky and big:
This is to activate a junk yard flame thrower setup on the CST10... Basically, switch fires a relay that fires up a pair of ignition coils that have spark plugs leading to my tail pipes, which if I can mock up a test one and the setup works, will be side pipes. I have a manual chock and can get the car to barely run at idle it's so rich, not to mention slamming it shut while revving to get the needed fuel out.
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Sigh.
Anyway, a hazard flasher switch would be brilliant for that. Are you thinking triangular button, toggle switch, what sort of deal?
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[www.frozencpu.com]
(I'm sure they can be found cheaper)
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Triangular button (push), toggle, don't matter as long as it's relatively compact and lights up. I can rig it to light up when activated. I found that a lot of Japanese cars have little square ones in the middle of the dash, but I had little time to explore... I only came for a starter for the Laser and to check the cabs on the 67-72 trucks he had
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See that line of tiny circles?
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I miss that place, where else could you get machine tools by the pound, a giant slab of 6" thick Aluminum, a 21" CRT computer monitor, a haz-mat suit and an exercise bike all in one place?
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A couple years back, for Halloween, my uncle rigged up a huge, skull-topped jack-in-the-box to pop up every time some put pressure on a loose brick in the walk way that had a little pressure pad hidden underneath it.
This thing needs a jack-in-the-box wired to spring out at the drop of the Frankenstein switch. It would be the last stage of awesomeness for your alarm.
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A jack in the box on top would be useful, but only if you make the miscreant active it themselves, or maybe have the jack in the box pop out of a seperate box, just sitting there unassumingly near the main alarm.
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I would suggest adding a platform to the knife switch so that the LeMons judge can merely use a gavel to pound the switch into place. More au-THOR-i-TY.
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Also, junkyard gadgetry is always good. I need to make my way out to one soon, just for the random wandering.
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It's like Murilee is are very own rolling billboard.
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Yep, the Lucas reflector proved to be the biggest piece of shit on that bike.
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The headlights are French too, I think. I forget. Considering that the outer lenses seem to be hot-glued to the buckets (and that's how they're going back together, thank you)... wouldn't surprise me.