Jensen-Healey Restoration – All Painted Up
With the Jensen in the body shop getting a fresh coat of paint, time to look at the parts I still needed to track down. The passenger floor pan was from JHPS.com – but the trunk floor was from Martin Robey in the U.K. – pricey, but worth getting the right form to minimize trying to weld the piece into the trunk area.
Took the time to group orders as much as possible to maximize shipping costs. Snagged a new convertible top and get the various interior carpet/vinyl pieces. The doors were simple fiberboard with the vinyl attached to it. The arm rest is wooden with padding and vinyl on top.
Got pictures of the completed paint job! Went with a dark gray base and an offset racing stripe in a lighter gray. Seemed like a nice color combination on the Jensen-Healey, but we’ll see for sure when it comes home in person.
Next Steps: Time for reassembly and putting the interior together. I like to call this phase “Hope I got the right parts”…may also tackle the wheels/rims since the car is up on stands….hmmm
Jensen-Healey Restoration – Getting dirty
So I have a rusty hunk of metal in my driveway – now what!
I started simple – cleaned it out, drained the standing water – it ran rough, but the Strombergs were solid and the timing belt in good shape. Starting leaking oil within hours and found that the oil pressure tube was busted. Luckily that is a $15 part – woohoo!
Of course – props to Delta Motorsports, Martin-Robey and JHPS.com as they are amazing resources for Jensen-Healey parts and information.
After the basics, focused on:
- Gutting the car and cataloging every relevant part. It took patience, a healthy group of ziploc bags and some floor space to lay everything out.Also started taking the time to get the pieces together
- Assessing the condition of the car – i.e. engine, body, (rust especially), etc.. Good news? Not that bad. Bad news? You could see the driveway through the floorboards. Other major trouble spots were the trunk floor (the boot) and the rear fender rocker panels. And the hood had a crease… Engine was in pretty good shape. Replaced the timing belt, rebuilt the carburetors and updated the air cleaner. Also took advantage of having the car up and replaced the engine mounts and suspension bushings (old ones were long gone).
Next Steps – prep for paint and off to the body shop!
Sony PSP – Remote Play with DLNA
Had been waiting for the chance to test a PSP with the PS3′s Remote Play capabilities. Namely to see how audio/video streaming worked – especially with internet content.
The Tests:
Scenario 1: Media playback (photo/video/audio) from DLNA equipped NAS (Promise SmartStor)
Scenario 2: Media playback (video) from PlayOn sources (Mediamall)
The Results:
Both setups worked without a hitch. Connected PSP and registered it via USB cable to the PS3. Selected Remote Play on the PSP and got access to the PS3 interface. Tried this over local wifi and from a local Starbucks wifi.
Scenario 1: Local wifi playback was fine for photos/audio, there was some jitter with video in the first 2 seconds of playback for MP4 video files, but then worked fine. Playback from public wifi was slightly lower quality on video (jitters in the first 10 seconds) but worked fine and cleaned up once the signal stabilized.
Secnario 2: Worked perfectly – was able to watch Hulu, AdultSwim, CBS, etc. All the content streamed perfectly. While smooth, the video quality is not as high (fault of source content obviously) – but on the smaller PSP screen it was noticeable only on action sequences where artifacts would appear. This happens on normal playback of some content anyways (CBS…ahem…) – but Hulu worked pretty well.
Will be interesting to see how the PSP Go works out and what price point is affixed…with rumors of the XMB interface finding a home in new Sony devices, look forward to seeing how far DLNA goes!
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