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EGR Valve Replacement on a 2002 Saturn SC2

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:03:11 +0000

In this video tutorial I replace the EGR Valve on a 2002 Saturn SC2. Enjoy!

Johaunn August Wilhelm “J.A.W” Iusti

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:02:02 +0000

Johaunn August Wilhelm “J.A.W.” Iusti

20 Feb. 1817 – 1 Nov 1895

This is my great-great-great grandfather or grandfather’s brother–still working out some of the details. He is credited with the wrought iron gates at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Charleston, SC as well as many other grand ironworks throughout the Charleston area. He is buried at Bethany Lutheran Cemetery in Charleston, SC. His direct descendants now live in Laurens County, SC.

Johaunn August Wilhelm (J.A.W.) Iusti
20 Feb. 1817 – 1 Nov 1895

Christina Rebecca Grabbe Iusti
Unknown 1823 – 2 Jan 1895

John H Iusti
3 Aug 1863 – 19 Jun 1944

Henry William Iusti
13 May 1861 – 6 Mar 1939 (Tattnall County, GA)

Anna P Moseley Iusti
Wife of Henry William Iusti, married 28 Jan 1900
13 Aug 1870 (Bulloch Co. GA)– 21 Feb 1908 (Tattnall Co. GA)

Jesse O. Iusti
5 Aug 1902 – Oct 1979

Iusti, Mae White
Sept. 22, 1910 – Dec 25, 1980

Jesse “Jack” Cecil Iusti

Margaret Crowe Iusti (wife of Jack Iusti)

Danny Cecil Iusti

Jesse “Jack” Cecil Iusti, Jr

Gale Iusti Whiteford

Terry Iusti Underwood
7 August 1956

Kenneth Alan Underwood (husband of Terry Iusti)
18 December 1953

David Ryan Underwood
9 April 1984

Mandy Turner Underwood (wife of David Underwood)
12 January 1984

Documents With References

I have found many documents referencing JAW’s work in the Charleston area. A Google search of “J.A.W. Iusti” will yield a lot of the same Google books data. Some I collected from the archives in Charleston, SC and from a visit to St. Michaels. These are available as PDF downloads before the gallery at the end of this post.

Photos of the Gates and Cemetery

In the photo gallery below I highlight images at Bethany Lutheran Cemetery where JAW Iusti is buried. In addition I have various photographs I took at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Charleston. These photos show the gates wrought by Iusti as well as a family cemetery gate. These are all mentioned in the various documents and books I posted above.

File Downloads and Photo Gallery

PDF Files of Scans, Documents

The Wrought Iron Gates of Charleston
The American Antique Journal, July 1947

Charleston’s Signed Ironwork

SC Register of Historic Places – St. Michael’s S10817710006

Book Excerpt St. Michaels 1751-1951

Review: Canada Drive Safe iPhone FM Transmitter

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:45:31 +0000

In the time that I have owned iPods and iPhone I have purchased and used many FM transmitters from different manufacturers. Each time I received roughly the same result of low volume and sound quality (Griffin, Belkin, Kensington, others). I recently purchased the TomTom iPhone app and wanted a good solution for an FM transmitter and a device that would hold my iPhone in clear view for GPS and to easily change stations. To my delight I ran across the Canada Drive Safe site and their COMPLETE iPhone FM Transmitter. I have included a video review of the device below on YouTube. This device blows all the other FM transmitters I have owned out of the water – totally in a class of its own. If you are in the market be sure to check them out at http://www.canadadrivesafe.ca/

2002 Saturn SC2 Valve Cover Gasket Replacement

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:22:02 +0000

Watch my video of replacing the valve cover gasket on our 2002 Saturn SC2

F-150 Fuel Filter Replacement

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:41:30 +0000

In doing some quick research today I found a nice article that shows how to replace the fuel filter on your 2004-2008 Ford F-150.

http://www.fordf150.net/howto/fuelfilter.php

http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/idx/27/341/F150_Repair__Maintenance/article/Replacing_The_Fuel_Filter_2004_And_Newer_F150_Pickups.html

On my truck the fitting going into tank side of the filter was different than in the article. Mine had a colored plastic piece that was flush with the rest of the fitting. I used a small screwdriver and pushed inward on the colored piece and pull back on the line at the same time to release it.

Push Mower Craftsman – Motor Frozen

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:34:22 +0000

This is the push mower I posted on Freecycle. It does not run and is for parts. The engine locked down on it so I replaced it with a new one. It is 10 years old. I can meet in the Simpsonville area but any further and it will need to be picked up.

Simpsonville Labor Day – Car Show, Etc

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:28:03 +0000

We went to the Simpsonville Labor Day festival downtown today and had a great time. We didn’t get there until about 11:30 am but beat the registration deadline for the car show. It was a long day in the sun and Mandy was great and got some cool tshirts for us and watched my car. Chic-fil-a was there so we were able to eat that for lunch. I found out after the judging was over later tonight that there were several things I should have had to get a better judgment on my car, for example a fire extinguisher and a different battery. I spent the evening tearing down my carburetor and pulling the plugs to see what may have been my sputtering problem in the Belair on the way home. I didn’t get finished putting it all back together til late so I’ll have to do my testing tomorrow. All in all is was a good day we are just toasty burned from all the sun

Tech News Update from BOL

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:23:14 +0000

Some quick news hits from my favorite podcast of indeterminate length, Buzz Out Loud from CNET with my own titles and of which I will comment on at a later date…

Snow Leopard joins the Achaeans

Snow Leopard’s malware protection only scans for two Trojans
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4139

Yay Google Earth! Where’s bigfoot?

Loch Ness Monster surfaces on Google Earth
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/google_earth_nessie/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10318790-36.html

Speaking of Google, Books anyone?

Google now offers over a million free e-books in EPUB format
http://mashable.com/2009/08/27/google-million-free-ebooks/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10318843-265.html

Why your WPA isn’t safe anymore, better have mac authentication

New attack cracks common Wi-Fi encryption in a minute
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090827/tc_pcworld/newattackcrackscommonwifiencryptioninaminute

Transportation

Wheelchair of the future takes on the scooter
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10320802-247.html
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/08/31/rodem_hi_tech_wheelchair/

New Facebook App

dunderwood — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:50:18 +0000

The new Facebook 3.0 iPhone app is very nice and fixes most if not all of the bugs from before. I like the fact that I can create galleries now from my phone

App: Midomi

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:35:58 +0000

I have been using Midomi for some time now on my iPhone and have found it to be a useful tool. I’m still using FM radio in my truck and find it a great way to hear new music and a large variety of music since I scan around the stations. My new best friend for long trips is Midomi. This neat little application will record audio input or take text input and supply a list of suggested song matches. You can grab a song from the radio, sing or hum a tune, or enter part of the lyrics. 99.9% of the time I use the grab function to simply identify a song I’ve found on the radio and then bookmark it to download on iTunes later when I get back home. I’ve built some cool CDs this way and it has been a great way to extend my music collection and listening genre. I know there’s a couple other similar iPhone apps so post your thoughts on this and competing tools. You can find Midomi on the App Store …. just search for it by name.