Suitable wheel center cap for 11AD

 I have been looking forward to coming across with suitable wheel center cap for ten years. Then I found it out yesterday in my hobby junk box. The cap of Tamiya color mini spray can fits very well without any rattle like a genuine parts. Outer tension is tight enough not to fall down while driving. As a proverb says, I have waited so long and I got them, "If you wait, the weather will be good for sailing!"

It's hard to find a good center cap for an aluminum wheel, but there are even fewer for a steel wheel. I chose one that doesn't protrude too far outward and has no unnecessary decorations or bumps. It is especially important for driven wheel to prevent dust and rust. If hub nut is left naked, loosening it would be difficult because of rusting phenomena. Because of hub bearing wear, some times tightening affair should be required. Anyway, wheel center cap is an indispensable parts.

Fuel leak in 11AD

Typhoon #9 is changing her direction to Northern East tomorrow avoiding Kansai area. Too hot nights are lasting because of an unfavorable visitor---it's often the case. 

I experienced to be drenched to the back skin with gasoline yesterday while fuel hose maintenance---just a matter for regret and ashame. Because of fuel smelling, checked I the fuel hose lines---an abominable accident occurred! Best care should be taken whenever treat explosive---just dangerous.

So lucky as I was, I could overcome the disaster.

Urinary stones

The hottest season rises up the temperature of my closed garage exceeding 38 degree celsius in the day time, staying there all day long yesterday led me in bad condition. In such an unfavorable circumstance I had right side west pain without any pre-cautions the area duplicates the kidney position. Also, I had a problem to pee enough trying 3 times in every transferring train station. Also, I felt something interrupting smooth flow of urine.

In spite of bad condition last night, I had a gospel this morning in the toilet finding out a small and black piece on the place---2~3mm. A few old experience noticed me the material was nothing but a clogged Urinary stone. I was so happy to get it out without any sever pain.　Living as long as 3 quarters of century invites inconvenient phenomena in my body. Remember the past, my life owes to luck mostly. 

Thermostat in air-cooled Beetle

Motor overheating tendency on my Air-cooled Beetle obliged me to check the function of Thermostat actually. As it is covered with air guiding plate on the position between #1 and #2 cylinder, the function of the thermostat cannot be seen from the outside. Removing 4 pieces of fixing 6mm screws it could be accessed directly by hand. Though it's bellows construction performs the function to extend the length after being warmed, it stood still at the longest condition---it means just broken. Cylinder cooling air flow is not closed at the cold stage leading overcooled condition. The cooling air control has much to do with the choke and idle controlling in the carburetor construction. Extended and broken bellows has nothing to do with overheating phenomena this time, so I left it untouched.

The photo shows bellows shrunk in cool condition with air flow flaps closed.

The cycle of hatred

It feels as if the pent-up energy of modern conflicts has suddenly exploded. The consequences of the conflict between Jews and Muslims have now become apparent. The Islamic nation, which cannot accept a state built by Zionists who were oppressed by the Holocaust and by pagans who suddenly appeared, will never succumb and will never retreat. The ethnic conflicts in which the three major religions are intricately intertwined are not easy to resolve, given the history spanning several thousand years. The seeds of conflict on Earth periodically become acute, inflamed, swollen, and self-destruct, like malignant tumors. Draining the pus will calm it down, but it will never be completely cured and will repeat the same thing over and over again. In other words, unless the primary lesion that caused the onset is removed, fundamental healing cannot be expected. The risk of recurrence, not knowing when it will occur, still lurks. The basis of fundamental and complete treatment is to thoroughly excrete the primary lesion without leaving it behind. So what should we do? The only thing we can do is to abolish religion and destroy the holy places. This may be a harsh word, but I think the quickest way to resolve conflicts that have continued for thousands of years is to "eradicate" them. If we do not stop interpreting things differently based on different concepts, the conflicts will continue. We must now have the courage to break the cycle of hatred.

WWⅢ？？

Bombers and fighters from both countries are flying over Iraq in addition to land to land missiles. Just not a conflict but true war between nations broke out! The chain of hatred is trembling so hard again! The ugly effect would be scattered all over the world, how come?

WWⅢ started already in the world!

Officially no, but actually yes---the young middle east nation who had been neglected and killed in incredible number could endure without relying on Atomic bomb?

Just thinking about it sends chills down on my spine!

11AD steering gear box oil leak

Oil leak observed in steering gear box equipped on air-cooled VW Super Beetle obliged me to replace them by myself. This kind of obligation is not always a matter for troublesome but a good fun for geriatric. It must be trifle and small job for a professional engineer to do that, consulting the standard and ordering the parts---. Complete amateur who is an outsider could do that if the tools and instrument are prepared with the will to try and establish the work?

As the first step, scail the actually, outer and inner diameter of an oil seal, height is not permissible till removed. Standard size table revealed that both of the sized oil seal had 8mm height only. Even 50 years later after production, standard of the part is not changed. Consequently, oil seal parts would be ordered today as usual.

Remembering the past over 30 years ago, some professional engineer said to me that keeping a air-cooled VW might be a good fun to enjoy residual life of a geriatric---it is to the point!