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OK I had a go trying to tune the idle . . .    Ran it up to operating temp and first screwed the idle speed screw in until it starting raising the revs, then backed it off and unscrewed it but it didn't have any effect the other way up until the point I got paranoid about removing it completely and not being able to get it back in.   Same happened with the mixture screw, with the idle sounding ok I screwed it in (leaned it out) until it started coughing a bit then went the other way, but 3 full turns out and the screw starting becoming lose as if it were close to falling out.    So I set it somewhere in the middle of running lean and the screw becoming loose.   The idle sounds regular to me now and it doesn't smell of fuel or anything.   Perhaps I'm missing some subtleties with my ears, I think I'll invest in a vacuum gauge and timing light with tacho. 

It looks like you also got squirrels, and rust. I've just been hammer forming the beads or buying KF panels for the big pieces.      I watch this You Tuber and am intrigued by this tool because it wouldn't take up much room but wonder if I would use it enough to be worth it. He also made some thumb nail dies for shrinking.       

You say couldn't happen? NOT wanting to ignore history, has somebody conveniently forgotten who started this whole mess? In fact, under Ottoman Rule, Jews and Islamic Arabs lived in harmony on that patch of dirt for centuries. Shit fell apart there after WWI. Britten and France took over, divided East Africa up for themselves, and blamed powerful Jews in their government for creating the subsequent unrest. After suffering grotesque prejudice and violent persecution, culminating in the events of WWII, it was abundantly clear that the Jewish people needed protection for their survival.   Even before Israel was formed in 1948, the cycle of war had begun. Before blaming it all on Palestinian terrorist attacks, consider that Arab settlers had been living there for centuries before their home was annexed with the stroke of another British pen. Seriously, if Russia were to win WWIII and annexed San Diego for Ukrainian settlers, would you accept it, or fight against it with what ever means necessary?   The Oslo Accords were supposed to bring about a Palestinian state with self-determination alongside Israel. Despite the bad blood, this would include Palestinian claims to national sovereignty, with the rest left to Israel’s sovereignty. The 1st Oslo Accord was signed by Yitzhak Rabin 30 yrs ago on September 13, 1993. The Israeli and Palestinian leadership formally recognize the other for the first time, and pledged to end their decades-long military conflict. After 2 yrs of relative peace, the 2nd accord was signed in September 1995 and went into more detail on the the peace-process.   The Israeli right wing was so opposed to the Accords, Rabin was assassinated shortly after signing them. Under Netanyahu, the Oslo Accords fell apart, with him refusing to withdraw the Israeli militarily from the majority of the West Bank. Tensions ramped up with a 3X increase of Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank. As well as continued raids into land Israel agreed was under the full administration of Palestinian Authority, which sparked more violence and escalating military clashes.    As for the most recent attack, Iran was so threatened by Trump's peace plan, and Biden's deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, they trained, financed, and armed Islamic fundamentalist Hamas animals as proxies for the Oct 7 attack. To protect their religious dictatorship, they'll sabotage any effort for Middle East peace. If I didn't see it, I'd think all this couldn't happen.

hey all-  long time lurker, first time poster. Recently finished rebuilding the engine in my '78 200sx, and to my dismay the dash has no power-no tach, speedo, radio, horn, lights, buzzers, taillights, etc. Nothing works except the starter. Fuel pump doesn't switch on, we had to start the car (and it only ran for 5 ish seconds) by pouring fuel into carb before starting. Don't understand why the car is doing this. We had power in it before we removed the engine. Any body have any ideas? I'm at a loss as to what it could be. Checked all the fuses (visual inspection and continuity test w/ multimeter) they were fine, tested the fusebox with the accessory switched on-no power. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm running out of time to get this done and am at wit's end. 

Here's what couldn't happen.