Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

[bremereric]

Hood is on there..

:grommit: Just like a flock of flying pigs..I am happy to have gotten that hood out of my dining room and back on the car. I got the gaps more even on both sides...the hood opens and closes. It still needs to come up a little in the back and the gaps straitened out little. I am going to let the guys finish adjusting it at the body shop and put the latch on. Hope the pictures aren't as fuzzy as last night.

 

[bremereric]

Still had some energy left so I stripped the stripes off the passenger side front fender and door.

 

[bremereric]

Happy

I got the hood better aligned tonight before installing the latch. First of all the funny looking modeling clay sitting on top of the air cleaner..it always looks scary so I go slow and close it slowly. When you look at it from the side it looks high.

Then the results...only two pieces were even smashed a bit...

Then the latch was installed and the hood is finally closed and latched.

Then I finished the last decals on the rear quarter panel....ready for the auto body shop..

 

[bremereric]

Ran the car last night and bumped the timing up 2 more degrees. I am getting rid of more air pockets each time I run it. I can see the temp gauge bounce back and forth and my overflow/coolent bottle has less in it with no leaks. Air cleaner is snugged down now. All I have to deal with now is that sticking fast idle cam and paint the exhaust manifold bolts that factory cast grey.

 

[bremereric]

Not much done tonight...we finally got some rain and a cool front blowing through so I kept the garage door closed and put two coats of POR 15 high heat gray on the exhaust manifold bolts. I gave them all the once over before paint them.

 

[bremereric]

It was cool enough last night to use a heat gun to remove the decal on the rear spoiler. I then cleaned it up nicely with some Meguiar's Ultimate rubbing compound. That stuff is good. If I had the time and experience I would color sand it and buff it out myself. It is going to the body shop Monday afternoon.

 

[bremereric]

I couldn't wait to find out..talking to the boss of the autobody shop I am good with on Friday he mentioned that the paint may be shot..Well on the trunk lid it was..I went to the paint shop and got some 2000 grit wet/dry sand paper. I hit several test spots on the side and it did remove the dirt/wax lines. However on the trunk lid the decals ate into the paint so much it will have to be repainted. I color sanded and hand buffed the passenger rear quarter panel. Will finish up the sides tomorrow. Any little bit I can do will save me money at the body shop. :icon_basketball:

 

[bremereric]

Out and about with no stripes on...

I finished color sanding the decal lines and hand buffed everything. Looks naked. Real bad spot on the passenger side R/T decal area..someone before me peeled the decal and the paint with it. They will be able to sand it down...build it up and cut it with a buffer and blend it in. Went out for about five miles this time and had it up to seventy mph twice..nice to have that tight cop gearbox. Brought home some grilling and chilling stuff.

Peeled off paint.....

Grilling and chilling must haves...

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[77RTNJ]

Eric,

I guess the box made a noticeable difference in the steering. Mopar Action has had some articles on two new things from Firm Feel to tighten up the front end. they are pieces to better control the flex in the pitman and idler arms. I might check them out when I rebuild the front end.

The car looks naked. amazing what a difference the stripes make.

Kevin

 

[bremereric]

Eric,

I guess the box made a noticeable difference in the steering. Mopar Action has had some articles on two new things from Firm Feel to tighten up the front end. they are pieces to better control the flex in the pitman and idler arms. I might check them out when I rebuild the front end.

The car looks naked. amazing what a difference the stripes make.

Kevin

Kevin about 5 of those Heineken's made a difference...didn't even notice they were gone when I closed the garage door tonight. :confused2:

 

[bremereric]

After I drove the car yesterday I had my first leak..coming right out of the driver's side front exhaust manifold bolt. So I got four studs at O'Rielly's.

Last night I installed studs in all four corners of the exhaust manifolds and filled the radiator back up. No gravity leaks so I fired her up in the garage and let her come up to temp. Still no leaks. I also fixed the fast idle cam getting stuck last night. I did the following after talking to a Holley Tech. (RickyR)

"Then I would remove the limiter tabs on the choke cap
And with the engine cold and not running
Hold the throttle ½ open and turn the choke cap until the choke plate is all the way open
and then real slow turn it the other way watching it close
as soon as it is all the way closed stop right there do not add any pressure
You want it all the way closed with no extra pressure
then tighten the screws and this should let it step off of the fast idle."

This also worked and it idles at 750 RPM now. I then took another short cruise came back and shot the radiator with my thermal gun and it was running at 171 degrees. I was going to the body shop today but called them and they said Thursday morning. I may have to find another shop if it doesn't get in there by this Friday.

 

[bremereric]

Sub-woofer out of the trunk...this car is not going to be one of those thumpers anymore...never really worked so I removed it from the trunk and removed the power switch from under the dash...much cleaner now. If you want it make me an offer.

 

[bremereric]

Painter buddy Rudy from work came over today...we agreed on a price and talked about everything. He will start right away. I already took off the rear spoiler and trunk lid.

 

[bremereric]

Later on today...

I pulled it out into the drive way to remove the remaining decals at the doors. Had to swing them wide open and use heatgun to remove them from inside the car. No Flares.

 

[bremereric]

Handed my trunk lid and 6 wheel flares to the painter today...he will work on those and then come over Wednesday and Thursday to work on the car. I started to smell gas near the rear of the car last week. I found a small gas leak at the fuel sending unit. I got a replacement gasket and lock ring at O'Rielly's today.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/se...977&vi=1069512

I siphoned out 10 gallons then removed the sending unit..I had to sand some slight rust off of the gasket area. I put it back in with the new gasket and lock ring..filled it up with some gas and did a test run. I don't need anymore problems. 14 days to show time.

 

[efriedrich]

I like the way it looks without the flares.

 

[bremereric]

Progress

Yesterday my painter came over and sanded and primed the torn paint spot.

Today he came over and sanded some more and then blended in some paint and reducer. Tomorrow him and another painter will come over and buff the car out. He has the rear spoiler, the rear trunk lid and the 6 wheel flares painted.

 

[bremereric]

Buffed out nice for a 34 year old paint job

The place where the painter fixed the torn paint and then blended it in turned out great.

I decided to put the Hurst Equipped emblem out back....it blends in well with the colors of the tail lights and bezel...

Then just some pictures of it shinning with all peices back on....just have to get the decals on now....going to use some Meguire's show car glaze on it later on this week. After decals are put on I will have to detail the interior and exterior.

 

[bremereric]

Got the decals airing out waiting for the pros to install them tomorrow. On site Decals.

http://www.onsitedecals.com/

 

[Mr.Lopar]

i like it without the decals, id just put the r/t ones on though, but thats just my 2 cents