Category Archives: A Day In The Life

Messing around

08/3/11

Gps thing found at Goodwill

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So I picked this little marine GPS navigation thing for $1.50, not sure what to do with it. But hey it works! Wired it up to my Antec testing PSU and it fired right up. With no antenna attached it won’t update its last known position so we can see that was 41 31.48 – 81 39.92, which if you put in google maps takes you to this place…

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Which is a marina just outside of Cleaveland Ohio. Neat! Now if there was only something to use it on.

07/18/11

Its 100 degree’s out, time to work on snowmobiles

Its so.. freaking.. hot.. 

So I went off and bought a 1969 SkiDoo Olympique 12/3.

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Its was crazy hot at the salvage yard it came from, to the point that I was starting to question my sanity as Kyler and I crawled over all the old parts sleds looking for interesting parts and bits.  I decided on grabing the old Ski Doo for the $100 snowmobile competition that a bunch of us are going to have this winter at some point. Since I couldnt re-use one of my Massey Skiwhiz’s and the old 1965 Foxtrac thats in the barn is missing about a foot of track. The Oly ( Its official name at this point) is pretty salvagable minus the missing seat, froze motor, and rotting track. But It should be an easy fix up and as a bonus, since its a single thumper it will sound like a giant angry chain saw. Already picked up a 71 ‘ Nordic at the scrap yard to steal the track off from. Winter will be fun when it hits this year.