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0) The engine has been at the machine shop for over 7 weeks. No word on when it will be ready to be picked up.
1) The transmission comes as a kit specifically for my car, but it's also specifically for the original engine in the car. Because of this, I had to get a different bellhousing. The kit's bellhousing is 15/16 inch taller than the housing that I have to use, so I had to have a spacer made to go between the housing and the transmission. I was expecting $350 - it wound up costing $658 (because the CAD work was problematic). The silver lining here is that if anyone dares travel the road I'm on right now, I can have a spacer made for them because I have the CAD file. I should have the spacer by Friday.
2) I have all of the other parts necessary for the swap except the A/C compressor (which can be bought any time and won't hold up the swap).
3) I found some really nice highly-polished stainless steel "427" emblems for the fenders.
4) If the hood doesn't fit after the swap, I have a plan. Hopefully, it won't cost any money, but - well - we all know how that tends to turn out...
I have determined a need for software - a method for calculating the length of a serpentine fan belt, taking into consideration all of the pullies and tensioners used for the given belt. For instance, I'll have four pullies and one tensioner. If I know the distance between and size of the pullies, and the desired deflection imposed by tensioner, I should be able to determine the required length of the belt with reasonable accuracy. The shop I'm having this swap done has a wall of hooks with about 400 fan belts on it, with no organization regarding length. They've spent hours combing through those belts looking for "something that will work". If I could write some software for them, it would shave a lot of time from that process.
I was hoping to start the swap last week, but the engine is holding me up.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 4) If the hood doesn't fit after the swap, I have a plan. Hopefully, it won't cost any money, but - well - we all know how that tends to turn out...
Does it involve a big hammer?
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 4)
I have determined a need for software - a method for calculating the length of a serpentine fan belt, taking into consideration all of the pullies and tensioners used for the given belt. For instance, I'll have four pullies and one tensioner. If I know the distance between and size of the pullies, and the desired deflection imposed by tensioner, I should be able to determine the required length of the belt with reasonable accuracy. The shop I'm having this swap done has a wall of hooks with about 400 fan belts on it, with no organization regarding length. They've spent hours combing through those belts looking for "something that will work". If I could write some software for them, it would shave a lot of time from that process.
Just use a pair of the wife/GF's stockings, worked in the 70's on MK1 Escorts, should work now. 
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Display Name Taken wrote: Just use a pair of the wife/GF's stockings, worked in the 70's on MK1 Escorts, should work now
Plus, liberally chewed white sliced bread makes excellent radiator putty (must be applied when hot). My Dad's Spitfire ran with this in place for two years until he got rid of it.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Sounds familiar, my neighbour has a Stag that he drives exclusively on summer evenings, because neither the roof nor the radiator is waterproof and if it's warm it boils.
His radiator is full of ginger, that also works fine as putty.
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What are they doing to the engine?
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Finish-honing the bores, checking main cap alignment, checking deck finish, verifying that the valve springs in the heads are the appropriate pressure for the camshaft, milling the heads to make sure they're flat, and assembling the long block.
All of the parts are new except the heads.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: determined a need for software
Hmm, a length of rope should do the trick.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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A piece of string has worked as well, but since string was scarce in the old garage we tended to use electrical wires instead.
That reminds me of that the belt to the alternator in my Porsche is slightly to long, I should fix that sometime... the same sometime as the last three tears. But there's no engine from Porsche in it, that got blown to bits and now there's something more reliable and more significantly a lot lighter.
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Pics or it didn't happen!
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Well, not even high-rep users can post pictures here, so you'll have to be happy with a link to the build page here[^].
Pictures will become more numerous once the build starts.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Wow, that is a detailed write-up! You really are passionate about this, aren't you?
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Well, I'm the pioneer, so I'm doing the web page for people that follow me down the same road. I had to research my ass off to build the list of parts. If I can save someone some time, all the better.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: but the engine is holding me up
Viagra...
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SOLUTION:
Simply disbling some complements / extensions have done it, it was my antivirus who had broken it... 
PROBLEM:
And of course using another web browser is not a welcome answer.
When I start Internet Explorer it states that the last session ended unexpectedly and before I can do anything a new dialog appears telling me that "IE has stopped working" I can only debug and stop the program.
What would you do to get it working again?
I've tried to go to "windows features" and disable IE11, reset the computer and enable it again.
Before disabling and enabling it again I was able to start it in the "In Private" mode and it worked, but not in the normal way...
My settings are:
Windows 8.1.
IE11.
Any idea?
Thank you all!
modified 10-Jul-14 3:39am.
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I saw the subject line and thought I'd gone into my junkmail....
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Discover one weird trick that will allow even an aging dinosaur to surf the web unimpeded once again.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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... are we not allowed to write the word "bullshit"?
Oh, funny, the preview changes it. Hilarious.
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Install Chrome.
Uninstall IE.
Use Chrome to download IE.
Reinstall IE.
Cross fingers and run...
(Then use Chrome instead) 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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This is IE you're talking about, one of the worst viruses after Norton. I'm sure it'll leave some artefacts there to ensure you can never again load a web browser [not just IE] until you buy a new machine, degrade install to XP via Vista before upgrading through 7-8-8.1.
Then, and only then, it might work. A bit.
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I believe I had to do this once in the past... and this worked for me. I hardly ever use IE but I had to use it for something or another and it didn't want to work.
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Albert Holguin wrote: I had to use it for something or another and it didn't want to work
Yep, that about sums up how IE works for most people
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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I can't uninstall it as it's a "Windows feature", I've been able to disable it though and then re-enable it...
No luck with that, now I'm downloading all yesterday's upgrades and see if they have some kind of effect there, if not I'll follow all other's recommendations and post which one has solved it.
Thank you OG!
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Just found it...
My Antivirus have installed a "complement" that was crashing IE11. After disabling it it works again as expected...
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