>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions.>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is classic or not, it's not.>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.>US, Euro, Jap, or whatever.>Post your classic, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.>Any and all discussion about classics welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.>Period correct performance > cosmetics.>Metal > plastic.>Classic shitbox > modern shitbox.>JBweld and RTV can fix anything>If you see rust there is more.>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.>Electrical work is difficult until you stop reading forum posts and buy a multimeter.>Low oil pressure? Worn mains and rod bearings. Use lucas and 15W40 until you afford a rebuild.>Do NOT buy a classic and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will go broke.>You will spend twice your budget, unless you have years of experience. If the salty old hands agree, it's true.>If you can't tune a carb you might literally be retarded>Nothing is as easy as it seemsprevious>>28857347
fucked up the baking
I've been on other boards for so long i forgot the bump limit is only 300 on /o/
damn the charger looks hideous from that angleno wonder the cool ones are all black, to hide its horrendous proportions and body lines
>>28874966>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong.ps thats an early 70s, not the 68-70 ones that made them famous.
Man I made I rookie mistake today, I got my power train from the Camaro into the nova and as I was setting the shifter cable length/tension it just wouldn’t play nice. Works in neutral, shirt shifts 1st. Works in first, short shifts Park. So in and so forth messed with it for like 30 minutes with the wife rowing the gears before I finally caved and googled it.Turns out the b&m mega shifter lever I have on my th350 pretty much only works with the b$m mega shifter, and on top of that the hurst pro-matic is pretty picky too about us its own shift lever and not the GM factory one or anyone else’s. Incredulously I checked with AI and apparently yup this happens quite often. So in gonna migrate the b&m mega shifter over to the nova rather than open my pan and swap levers. On the plus side though my entire wiring harness is done now, wrapped in split loom, looks really nice. Just have to run out and get battery cables and the electrical is done.
>>28874869you had ONE job
>>28874966Function before Form. Richard Petty said it was the best car he drove.
>>28874972I wonder do those share the same frame? It'd be much cheaper to just buy a gen 3 and swap a gen 2 body on it at this point. Someone needs to make a repro kit for that.
>>28875726People did some weird ass shit.They killed like 400 Chargers to film The Dukes of Hazard TV series.To the point that they ran out of cars to buy within a 500 mile radius and rented helicopters to fly around and look in people's backyard and then go knock on their door and offer cash for it.They finally took Ford LTD frames and booted crashed Charger bodies onto them to film additional jumps scenes.
>>28875763Its cheaper to film miniatures than to fly helicopters.
>>28875783And no one can even tell the difference.
>>28875726Unibody.
>>28875783They actually did change to miniatures in the last 2 seasons.The shitty seasons with the other cousins.
>>28875858
>>28875867I saw the Daisy tiddy shoop before it was jannied
>>28876101If it was Catherine Bach (original Daisy Duke) its not fake.She was topless in a movie called Crazed (1978).
>>28874966Unironically the most competitive year for the Charger when it came to actual racing
I just bought some old unused seat covers, how would you straighten wrinkly vinyl/plastic that's been in sitting in its packacking for the last 50+ years? Slip them on the seats and use hair dryer?
>>28876440I wouldnt use heat.Theyll relax on their own.
>>28876114Was she nude on top of the General Lee?
>>28876440>packackingIs this the term for when you go out of town to kill yourself?
>>28876459Shoops are stupid when the real thing exists.
>>28876459Yes
>>28876459No
>>28876459Maybe
>>28876459What was the question?
I love seeing paperwork like this with cars.
>>28876949wow. looks like it was written up yesterday.
>>28876952There's an entire binder full of papers with things like "2 7.5x15 tires" from Sears in 1976.I got the car from his estate with 63k miles on it now.The first owner was the Seattle Warehousemen Union.
>>28874862Does a car count as a classic if it was first sold in 1978 with that same generation carrying on through to 1985?
>>28877052yes
>>28877052yeah there are many instances of that.notably the square body 1973-1986
>>28876967damn. the closest thing i found in my dodge was some rego papers belonging to a lady born in 1934. I don't think the people that owned the car before me were related to her though.
>>28877125Also looked up that address, and i'm not even sure if I got the right address since it seems like Lot 4 doesn't exist anymore. Unless that's just what was a house number back then.
>>28877052Have to be careful with this mentality.I could buy a 3rd gen Bronco (1980 model) in 1979.Technically that platform ran until the end in 1996.The body lines were updated but you can still bolt suspension, doors, front clip, shell etc from an '80 onto a '96 chassis.Many here wouldnt have an issue with a FSB being included in /ccg/ but there has to be a limit otherwise it just becomes shitbox general.
>>28877125This guy kept EVERYTHING. I love this receipt in particular.
>>28877127Yes.My deed isnt listed as a street address but as what number house it is on a map grid.Like "18th house built in town thats at map location G42"My hunting property was a very large piece of land that was sub divided and sold off in parcels. My deeds say "lots B1 & B2 of BillyJoeJimBob Estates". Neither had actual street addresses and I had to apply for one (through 911 service oddly enough). One parcel still does not have an actual street address.
>>28874862I don't know anything about 40s cars or have any intention of picking up another project anytime soon; but if I wanted to build a stock-car style 1940s car for the street, what should I be looking for? I don't want anything special or nice to ruin. Just a candidate for a warmed over V8, manual, and a stout rear.
>>28877056damn, an extreme technicality
>>28876465nah, mass suicide
>>28876465You're thinking of pack acking
>>28877345Acking?
Took firebird out on Glendora Mountain road tonight. Firebird shattered every expectation, it cornered beautifully, the brakes were responsive, the steering was nice a firm. It all seemed to come together tonight. One problem that appeared is the power steering overheating. Apparently I need a power steering cooler and should probably get a trans cooler as well
>>28877394very noice
>>28877230Whatever is available on the market.Youre going to replace the entire drivetrain and swap out the front suspension for a Mustang II kit so all you need is a (relatively) rust free frame and body.More than likely looking at Olldsmobile or Studebaker.
>>28877253it was originally rwd & carbureted, what's the problem?
>>28877394>Glendora Mountain road>/me looks up location and route toShit, I'd be exhausted just getting to itt. deplorable
>>28877394even a group of classics is all depressing colors. sad.
>>28877864I made 3 runs on that road that night and with all the mods I've done to firebird it was shocking manageable. When the power steering started overheating though it quickly became very difficult and i had to stop to let it cool. It was very gratifying as I've been making changes to improve the handling here and there for years and im finally happy with it
>>28877868WTF are you doing that overwhelmed the power steering?
>>288779143 passes up and down this road locked in 2nd gear absolutely ripping it
>>28877914Im shocked the power steering overheated before the brakes. They were smoking by the end
>>28877937is it running a rack or box?
>>28877946Box. I don't think I'll ever drive at a level I'll notice the difference between box and rack
>>28877951very interesting, many forums i see online people say the difference between a box and rack is night and day, even with the modern borgeson ones which are apparently really good already. but i doubt they're really throwing their car hard like you did.mine still feels a bit sloppy at the 12 o'clock spot despite having it reconditioned and upgraded, but i suspect it's the steering pump given that it's been on the car since factory. Hopefully the new one arrives next week and I'll be able to find out for sure.
>>28878014I ended up getting a close ratio 10:1 box which was a massive improvement over the stock 27:1? Ratio box. One thing i have noticed now is the part where the box bolts to the subframe has a little bit of give to it so i can imagine someone super anal about steering precision can have issues but for what im doing, it's perfectly harmless on my old box i was able to adjust the box to reduce the slop (the service manual will have specs in the inch pound drag the box is supposed to have and such) and that worked great till i wrecked the car and had to get a new box. I absolutely love my tight ratio box. Makes donuts and whipping around corners a breeze without all the drama of flailing the wheel around
>>28878024>27:1? Ratio boxdamn, that high of a ratio is usually for manual steering applications. Dunno what my ratio is but it's 3.5 turns lock to lock
>>28878041Does yours overheat and ruin your drive?
>>28878045nah haven't really pushed it yet, because it's currently got a weird problem where if i take off from a stop and turn at the same time (like if you were stuck behind someone that didn't realise the light went green and were changing lanes to get around them) the steering gets really hard and then suddenly gets easy again. i've replaced the clamps on the return line to make sure absolutely no air can get in the lines, but that didn't seem to make much, if any, difference. It makes it interesting going around a roundabout though, there's a 50/50 chance the steering will lose power or it works fine.I think once I get the new pump I might see about plumbing in a cooler. They don't need to be very big do they?
>>28878050Oil needs to operate at the intended temp. It needs to be that; not hotter or colder.
fuel mileage is getting worse and worse on my ltdi think the cats are clogged but the exhgaust is all welded so it would be a pain t aa h fuck should i just get new exhaust put in at a muffler shop or somethongalso smog delet
>>28878064right. but i also remembered that the exhaust log is right next to the steering box. practically on top of it actually; barely enough room to fit my fist between the box and the log. So it's probably running hotter than usual.
>>28878081Well, if it's probably too hot, then, a cooler will probably make it just right.
>>28878103i was thinking of putting in a thermostat for it...but that's starting to go into overkill territory. Just gonna put a smol cooler, maybe some hard lines to cut down the length of rubber hoses and be done with it.
>>28878164Looks like it doesn't take much. This is apparently the OEM power steering cooler for a first gen firebird
>>28878167lolwutfuck that makes it easy as piss then. off to find some hard line.
>>28877706Gotcha, that makes sense. Thanks
Well, fuck...
>>28878199Damn, rip. Atleast you can braze that bad boy shut
>>28878199Whoops! JB weld time!
>>28878199Just pop a raw egg into the rad, she'll be right
>>28878172Most people mount them in front of the k-member for the cooler airflow.Here's a factory example on a Bronco.
>>28878167>>28878256Kek I’ve seen this on modernish shitboxes. Think it was a Saturn? Remember the instructions said to remove the power steering cooler and I was looking for an actual like finned heat exchanger and not an extra 18” of line
>>28874862>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.its been 30+ years now gramps. These retros are classics now, if you haven't noticed. You don't see these machines on the street any longer.
>>28878268Please understand, anyone willing to post in a 4chan general is completely retarded.
>>28878264I've seen finned tube coolers before. Pretty efficient
>>28878285xv10 camrys had them, they were pretty overbuilt for a grocery getter. although the power steering pump also ran the radiator fan in them too so it makes sense.
This thing is amazing. I've got a lot to do to get her to 100%, but she's worth it.
>>28878999absolutely beautiful. need more pics. what did that cost?
Carb rebuilds are always fun
>>28879023I can do that in 20 minutes.Blindfolded.After drinking a 12 pack.
>>28879018$10,500. Cheap for a 2-owner big block Mopar convertible.
>>28879081that's a great deal. now never put that top up again.
>>28879031yeah well so can i, just gotta get around to it...soon...eventually...maybe.
>>28879082Once I get the interior fixed, it'll be a fair-weather cruiser. Interestingly a non-AC car.Still, she drives like a dream and the only caveat is that the turn signals stopped working.
>>28879031I can fuck yer missus in 20 minutes.Blindfolded.After drinking a twelve pack.
>>28879023>straightleg boosters>(early) emissions compliant center hung primary bowl.>vac secondaries on a 4150>actually using the gasket to the air cleaner base.>spare bowl warming up on the benchBonus points if rock filters in the bowl inlets.Post list#And fuel rail.And spacer.
>>28879206I dont want anyone to think the straightleg boosters are cool. That was just an observation.Bowl vent isnt cool either but suggests it's an oem part.
>>28879206>>actually using the gasket to the air cleaner base.inconceivable that people don't do that
>>28879217wait, not using the air cleaner base gasket is actually a thing?
>>28879206Oldfag is oldIt’s a Ford 390 GT carb from a fairlane but is going on my trugg. Spare rear bowl has fucked inlet threads. Question, one of those boosters is ever so slightly loose that it can be wiggled. Is that a problem?
>>28879232Spare bowl. JANNIENIGGERS TONGUE MY ANUS
>>28879217>>28879218It doesnt come in the rebuild kit.After 60+ years they tend to degrade and just fall apart.Now I want to check and see if any of my classics have them.Pretty sure they dont.Air horn is precision cast.Even some ebay chinkshit air cleaner should be true and sit perfectly flat.Its like the stone filter- they tend to not make it off the bench.
>>28879232>fucking AustraliansI havent checked the list# yet. Internet sucks balls nowadays and no idea where my hardcopy is but I was going to guess it was a 71-73 off a hipo model (ill check after i post). Barrels look like sub 650cfm (thats a good thing) I have an 835 off of God only knows what- its basically worthless. Favorite holley in my collection is actually a 485cfm 4160 with vac secondaries.The wiggly booster is an issue. It will bleed pressure and only deliver a fraction of what its suppose to.Its only press fit so you can pull it and "re seat" it. You can even do the annular upgrade if you want.I did a quick YouTube search and every dipwad is spending 5 minutes struggling to swap one out and I dont feel like watching to find a good tutorial but you should. Please dont slap some JB weld around the stem to seal it. Its relatively easy to fix it now.
>>28879232Shit I didnt pay attention because upside down.>C7>390GTFun Fact:McQueen actually missed his mark for this turn and just threw it in reverse and did the burnout in frustration and continued on with the scene but the director thought it looked so good they included it in the film.
>>28879023The C7 with the vapor bowl has me confused.Those early years were rough and ive swapped so many carbs that im really having issues trying to nail down exactly when those were factory.These marks lead me to believe that bowl doesnt belong there.Someone pried the shit out of that bowl with a screwdriver to get it off at one point (been there) but the main body doesnt reflect the same scarring.
>>28879232DO NOT USE A RAZOR BLADE TO SCRAPE THE GASKET FROM THE FLOAT BOWL OR METERING BLOCKS..You'll damage the sealing ridge.Its soft aluminum.Us a plastic scraper, finger nail, chemical, tongue... NOT a powered wire wheel.Hand wire brush maybe- go slowly (like prom night).Yes ive used my bench grinder and wire wheel but its a very soft wheel and i know its limits. Ive killed float bowls.Those look like the blue "reusable" gaskets.Sometimes you can.
>>28879284https://www.mustangtek.com/4150/C7OF-B.html>>28879261>The wiggly booster is an issue.copy, will take care of it. Any reason for annular over straight legs?
>>28879031I plopped my honkin banana on top of your mom’s forehead, fag.
>>28879295annular is great for street driving, fuel sprays similar to an injector so it mixes with the air and burns better. throttle response is better as a result and by extension fuel economy.my avs2 has them and it really doesn't feel much different to say a 90s car.they're not good for secondaries though since they flow less fuel than a similar sized downleg.
>>28879295>Any reasonWhat he said>>28879316
>>28879312My mother is an old school swinger and will have you crying like a little bitch with her fist up your ass about 2 minutes after you walk through the door.Want her # ?
>>28879295Ya it's all coming back now.65 was the last year of "road draft tubes".66 saw the charcoal can, egr.67 saw bowl vent caps (charcoal can+).
>>28879316ah well the wiggly booster is a secondary, and there's no need to fuck with annulars if the primaries are secure are in place.We'll see how it goes when I get it dialed in and the secondary secured.
I have a question about asking a question. If I want to ask about body work, should I ask here, start a stand-alone thread, or ask /diy/?>>28878999Fuckin sick and checked trips
>>28879330Y-yes
>>28879333Believe it or not, the bowl vent had been on Ford’s equipped with Holley’s since ‘57
Dad got himself a big yellow banana but the fuckwit he bought it from (at auction) had no idea how to put the car back together and now we're going through all of the engine bay with a microscope to unfuck things. Most of the electricals have been reworked/updated to not be a fire hazard and now it's the fun time of trying to find the fuel smell coming from somewhere.
>>28880699Based as fuck. I, II, or III?
>>28880708The big III
>>28880712Mmmm, bredy gud. How much did he give for it? I've been surprised and baffled at how sharply they dropped in value over the last couple years, and the last few I've seen go through at auction have been so damn tempting.
>>28880712Cornwall/Devon?
>>28880807Judging by the somewhat tropic looking plants and odd roof, I'd guess New Zealand.
>>28880846>owning property in New Zealand>and a classicmoneybags over here
>>28880735He got away with paying $90K but the bidding was between him and another guy online, nobody on the floor put a bid on it and it was pretty clear why - engine has a misfire, missing some pretty important cold-air ducting (alongside the fucking carb's air cleaner gasket) and the ""comprehensive 8 year restoration"" by the previous owner is a joke, the thing shouldn't be road legal with the exhaust/fuel fumes in the cabin or the missing jack & lugwrench, hell the damn window wipers are still the originals it left Britain with when it was imported here in 2012. He didn't even bother replacing those.All he restored was the interior which is very plush but there's still missing door speaker wiring and dad had a pig of a job trying to get the passenger's electric window unstuck because it wouldn't go down when he was driving it home.The auction was originally looking at between $95K - $125K according to the leaflet, but dad was prepared to pay at most 90 for it but I personally think he paid a few thou too much for the state it's in, especially when we already have 4 other projects on the property. At least this one is running and driving, I guess?
>>28881553Running and driving is worth it's weight in gold, as that's arguably what makes it a car and not a lawn ornament, but sometimes the finer details and silly bits are what piss you off the most.
are there any open barrel quick disconnects that are big enough to crimp two 12 awg wires into one terminal? the terminals will need to go into a H4 connector/socket.making a headlight relay harness with four lights, but not sure for the grounding wire whether i should string the wire along each socket then terminate to one common ground (option A), or just keep left and right separate (option B).
>>28882358I'd go option B, just because it's simpler and uses less wiring. Also means that you only lose one light should the ground connection go bad.
>>28882363good points. and i also just realised it's probably not a good idea to have the power from all four lights running through that final stretch of wire that's going to the chassis. now i just gotta find a non insulated female qd terminal that can fit two 12 awg wires in...
>>28882370Do also remember that those spade terminals are only rated for a max of 25 or so amps, so even though your wire might take the current, the terminal may not. I doubt you have to worry much if you're just daisy chaining a couple headlights, but just something else to keep in mind going forward. You might as well use thinner wire and make life easier for yourself if the terminal can't take the load anyway.
>Rebuilding the oil pump on my AMC 390 while I've got the timing cover off>New replacement gears have issues turning in the cavity>Look down, see red, somehow ended up with a half-inch cut on my finger from a sharp outcrop of casting flash>Turn attention back to the gears and they suddenly start turning fine>New steel midplate brings clearance back up to spec even if it's still a bit on the low endBlood sacrifice accepted, I guess
>>28878285Chevy trailblazer has a nice one
>>28882382i think that should be ok, they're 55/60W bulbs so they'd draw no more than 5 amps each. i think i'd upsize to 10 gauge only if i ever decided to use 150W aircraft landing lights because just two of those would be pulling 25 amps total which would definitely be pushing it on 12 awg wiring.
Fixed this shit today. Previous owner hand a piece of diamond plate aluminum over it with sled tapping screws. Made a piece out of 18 gauge steel and welded it up then ground flat-ish. Shit sucked with flux core
Wtf is this plug that goes on the intake manifold below where the carb would sit.It's an inch big. I'm pretty sure I have a vacuum leak from it as well.Now I need a 9/16? Hex thing to reseal it.
>>28882458if i pulled that plug out would you die?
>>28882470It would increase my intake cfm to infinity therefore giving me infinite hp
>>28882497you're a high displacement engine
>>28882521For you
>>28882523lul. could you not use thread/pipe sealant on that plug?
>>28882581Yeah, once I get a hex socket that will actually fit it.I'm just wondering what it is, and why the only thing that comes up when I search for info about that plug the 1/2" ones come up, but no mention of the 1" ones.
>>28882458Wait I just had a thought.Nitrous port
>>28882453Forgot to follow up lol but yea here it is. I can mount my fucking shifter now. The previous owners repair was way too flimsy
>>28882590it's time to live up to your family name and facefulllifeconsequencesare you trying to find out what size hex key still? find a bolt or nut somewhere on the car or engine that you know takes a 9/16 socket and see if it fits
>>28882607I used a caliper, seems to be 9/16.Where do you guys get all your new vacuum lines from?
>>28882453I feel that pain, one of the many previous owners of my big project decided to slap in a shitty three-speed auto to replace the manual 4 speed and just went at the transmission tunnel with shears of some kind. Couldn't even be bothered to use a hacksaw like a normal human, nor even deburr and clean up his shitty cutting, lazy prick.
>>28882649retail auto store should have it. i bought 3 metres of oe toyota hose a while back and i've still got a decent amount left since i never really needed all of it (yet)
>>28882672Had to get a cut from a guy I was also getting a firewall cut to replace my rusted out firewall pedal mounting plates and heater plenum, would have been a fair bit of work to bend up a new plate from scratch and get that curve right
>>28882672looks like he just snipped the sides then twisted the flap back and forth till it broke off. i did exactly that when i had to get access to a bolt holding my steering box in place; the factory didn't align the pre-existing hole in the wheel well properly so it was covering the bolt. mind you the end result still looked a lot neater than here. and bending it till it broke also didn't leave any razor sharp edges too.
>>28882672Im mounting my b&m mega shifter there eventually for my th350 but im gonna drill a propper hole and use a grommet and whatnot. I just bought a piece of 18 gauge steel from Amazon and cut to fit then used my axle tube sitting on my work bench to roll it. Took A LOT of back and forth and using the grinder to get it close enough to tack in and then stitch weld but it’s done. Ugly ass stitch welds, I did one clean bead over it at the end and the ground flatish and painted. My wife was already in the driveway and we had dinner reservations. But I’m glad that flimsy tin shit Is out of there
>>28882443fuck me sideways it's impossible to find female uninsulated spade/quick disconnect terminals with a locking tab that can take 10 awg wire in aus. then i remembered corsa technic might have something like that and whaddya know.
Just making sure the thread does not die.
>>28882453Did he run over an IED?
>>28883575>Posted from my Windows 98 PC
>>28883625the way it should be. just like tourettes guy's latest uploads.
>>28883575My best guess would be explosive disassembly of the transmission. Or the idiot did it on purpose with tin snips or whatever to convert from a column to floor shifter. It wasn’t the last owner it was the guy before. I’ve spent quite a bit of time just unfucking stuff on this car I had to stay rewiring the whole thing because basically everything was bypassed and there were like no fuses or relays anywhere everything was just toggle switches. Then there was this trans tunnel stuff. The steering column was a mess and a half it’s like it was installed 180 degrees out of phase so they just flipped the coupler upside down and installed it that way. There was a big ass hole in the firewall around the column too and it looks like the guy tried to grind off the circlip holding the spring plate instead of using the tool. Splines were a little chewed.Even now when I have both differentials open dude the Camaros was fuckin on-point and the nova had like like an 8th inch of backlash, looks like no carrier bearing preload, and there’s no discernible wear pattern on the teeth. Like a clear lighter spot or anything, it looks like the contact point just floats around. I thought I was a bit of a hack job but fuck dude this guy just straight up didn’t care
>>28883662>idiot did it on purpose with tin snipsHe did it to install a B&M shifter
>>28883575buddy he wouldnt be posting here if he got hit by an IED
>>28884320For me its a BDSM shifter
>>28884352People who got hit by IEDs post here all the time
>>28884320Lmao. It was a pro-matic. I’m gonna use a stepped bit and put a grommet in
Should I get my two bucket-seats reupholstered or recover them myself? I don't want aftermarket seats because they won't match my interior, and junkyard seats are a long shot.The nice factory covers are $500.
>>28885138Do it yourself kits are easy.
>>28885138What kind of car?
>>28885144I figure I could repair the foam too, but I don't see any full foam replacements for sale.>>28885153First generation 4runner
God fucking daamithow do you unwarp a quadrajetWhat if I just use two gaskets
>>28885238>how do you unwarp a quadrajetTable, large pane of glass, large sheet of emery cloth, figure 8's, and elbow grease.
Anybody welded on an axle tube that sill has lube in the axle? Wanting to put on some swaybar mounts.
>>28885626Youll just cook the gear lube.Might catch on fire.Id want to replace it afterwards so might as well drain it, weld on it then refill.
>>28885138I reupholstered my back seats. It's not that difficult at all. It just looks hard because most people don't know what they're looking at
>>28885176Crafting foam is an art form.Dont try to patch it, you need to replace full portions. If the passenger is still good you can use it as a guide to redo the driver base.
Can't believe this bullshit. Finally got everything back together on the Scimitar and went for a test drive, and all was good! I turned around and drove home, and just as I entered the workshop, smoke started billowing out from the engine bay. Amazing. Shut it off and had a quick butchers, and the exhaust manifold and block were caked in oil. I was hoping I had just forgotten to tighten the valve cover up, but alas, 'twas coming from the oil pressure gauge pipe; I forgot to route it above the valve cover, and so the exhaust manifold was able to melt a small hole in it. B-e-a-yootiful.
Now, the obvious solution to this problem is to buy or fabricate a new length of pipe, preferably in metal and not fucking *plastic*, but I am already too deep in this terrible car, and not only could I not find any info on what thread pitches the gauge and block were, but the only commercially available replacement was some fancy stainless steel braided line that was way around £70. Luckily I am the proud owner of a cheap amazon soldering iron, and so I was able to bodge the fuck out of this and save myself the cost and hassle of buying and fitting a new oil gauge line. First I cut off a small section of pipe from the end, then split in along it's length and slipped it over the pipe like a sleeve, directly over the hole. I then used the soldering iron to melt the sleeve into the existing pipe, creating the god awful mess you see before you. Is it pretty? No. But does it work? Fuck yes. Bullet dodged, and line now neatly tucked above the valve cover.
>>28886102Slap some rtv on it for good measure.
>>28886105I was tempted to go with some RTV, then heat shrink over the top to contain it all and make it look *somewhat* neat rather than a goopy mess. We'll see.
>>28886120I'd be more concerned about how hard/brittle did that plastic become after soldering it?
>>28886132Feels about the same as it did before, so I'm not too worried. Time will tell if this was a good idea, but it works for now, so good enough.
>>28886162can't stick an electronic gauge and sender in there?
>>28885716That looks pretty good.>>28885842Roger that. Thanks for the tip; I'll make sure to watch some youtube videos.
>>28886270Probably, but I'm not willing to spend anymore money on this car, as it already owes me thousands, and the other bodges from the previous owner are *way* sketchier. My fix has worked (for now), and that's good enough for me currently.
anyone ever ran a brake booster vaccum pump?my cam is quite radical and my brake booster isnt helping i m thinking of going for a leed brake vaccum pump has anyone got feedback on those?
>>28886102Impressive.Now order up a copper replacement line and ditch that plastic crap altogether.
>>28886645Check the currency he used
>>28886675They don't have copper in jolly old England?
>>28886645I have a length of 3/16 NiCopp hardline, but I can't seem to find just the smiths gauge fine thread fittings, nor the fittings for the mystery coarse thread on the block, which means I'd need to buy something pre-made. The only available pre-made pipe with the correct fittings for this car will cost significantly more than my fix, which was *free*.If it's any consolation, these posts are how I did the fuel pump piping.>>28874799>>28874810>>28874816>>28874827
>>28886811>They don't have copper in jolly old England?Those just demand to know if yew've got a loicense for that
>>28887248All you need are new compression collars and your existing fittings.The copper capillary tube is the same size as the plastic versions.
>>28887271The existing pipe and fittings aren't made to use compression fittings at all, though, the plastic pipe is just push fit over a small hollow needle which is a fair bit smaller in diameter than the 3/16 hardline I have, and the 3/16 pipe is too thick to fit through the existing nut. I have no idea what fittings or plastic pipe the previous guy used, but it's nothing I've come across before.
Do you drive your classic car the way it was built to be driven?
>>28887649badass
>>28887649no but i definitely plan to
>>288876492v cleveland (?)
>>28887951Wes, with 4 barrel.
>>28887989Are you in San Diego?
Took multiple rounds of dealing with shitty boomer Facebook groups but unless the guy flakes out I should finally have a replacement set of bumper brackets by this afternoon. Then I can get the gold Zephyr 100% back together and ready to sell so I can get refocused on the white one. Will probably do a buff+wax on it too.
>>28887649No, salt lakes are 8,000 kilometers away.
>>28888185>asked some zuckbook boomers that were selling parts for my car if they had wiper arms available>they say yes then never reply back despite me following up>they even see the messagesdunno why they do this. I ended up just buying online from a shop that could make custom ones
how small can hacksaw blades get? I need a really smol one, ideally less than 6mm in height because I'm trying to cut out slots in the terminal holes/sockets in this fuse box so I can fit female 9.5mm wide terminals for relays.All the holes are currently 6.3mm wide, but I need to widen the center ones to 9.5mm wide. If not a hacksaw blade, what's something else that's short enough to get in and let me saw out some material?
>>28888322You want blades for a "coping saw".
>>28888322>modify a hacksaw or multitool blade and do it by hand>use heat on a butter knife or an actual hot-knife to melt your way through>dykes to cut it out and then hand file it
>>28888357>>28888358thanks, can't modify existing hacksaw blades so i'll cope with that saw instead, perfect.
>>28885176Ah damn I was going to say I have like 4 random bucket seats lying around
>>28887649>>28888061Not stalking you bro.But I think I know that car.Buddy sold it back in like '92ish for 500 bucks.
>>28884457Im so glad my time came and went before all this murder drone shit. I mean I’m not entirely safe from it now but at lest I’m not deploying anymore
>>28888639Nope, been in the family since factory.
>>28889160Thats exactly what someone would say if they didnt want me to come looking for my buddy's old Torino.....
>>28888550I appreciate it :)
Time to un-pimp ze automobile...
>>28887649>Torino wagonPlease stop, I can only get so erect
>>28878268Plz go
>>28890060This wouldn't suck so badly if it were on like 14 inch bespoke rims with white walls.
Thoughts?
>>28890474Ideally you want the engagement in the middle. You might need to add a shim or 2.
>>28890474wear pattern a bit much towards the inside. should be evenly spread out from the middle
>>28890060That poor Buick.
Gave it a hair more backlash
>>28890547The drive side
>>28890550Still needs a tad more shim.
>>28890564Your talking Pinon depth or backlash?
>>28890568aren't shims only for depth, not backlash?looks like the gear's too close to the pinion
>>28890192then youd look like a spic.these colors are just straight ass.
>>28890626Yes there’s shims behind the carrier bearings. So this is a used gear set I’m installing in a different housing with new bearings and seals. The pinion depth actually measured shallow with the dial indicator but the pattern came out as such. Also my backlash right now is between .006 and .007 so I think if subtract .003 from the left and ad .003 to the right it should pull the pattern off the toe a smidge on the drive said and I think I would be okay with that pattern
>>28890550Opened up backlash to .009 and it shifted the pattern a tiny bit off the toe
>>28890927Probably as good as it’s gonna get with used gears I’m guessing
>>28877056Funny because that's the exact model I was referring to kek
>>28877253Not really. The 1st gen RX7 was a 70s parts bin special, live rear axle, drum brakes on rear, steering box etc. Later years having power windows and rudimentary fuel injection doesn't change that.
>>28890927Thats functionable but I wouldn't personally be happy with it.Used gearsets sssssuuuuuccccccckkkkkkk to setup.
>>28890937Drums have better heat dissipation. Which is why theyre still preferred in heavy trucks.You can fin the shit out of the outer shell and its 100% cooling, 100% of the time.
>>28890938Yea I messed with it all day yesterday. Ended up cracking the manual open and swing what it says, had a little blurb about used gears being super hard to get correct on the drive side due to wear pattern and to just focus on the coast side. Top left corner looks similar to what I have so fuck it. If it blows it’s time for the 9”
>>288909969" is overrated.The 3 pinion bearings are great but the 8.8" has a larger pinion shaft.Removable carrier is great at the track for swapping ratios on T&T runs but a cover is easier to seal/replace when a leak develops.All.depends on application.And c-clip eliminator kits exist for "those people".I have (2) 9" and (3) 8.8".Haven't decided which way im going on my latest project.
>>28891000This should be a nice little unit all said and done. 3.90 gears and Eaton 30 spline posi character, moser axles and disc conversion. Perfect for mild street
>>28891128I always found 3.90s just a little too steep for street use but not quite enough offroad. I prefer 3.73s or 4.10s.But that also depends highly on transmission and tire size.Good build.liat.overall. What's it going in?
>>28891168Yupp the reality is I cucked out lol. I had like 3.42 or whatever in my Camaro with a th350 and wanted some more gear. The guys at the diff and axle shop asked how I drive the car and when I said I occasionally do like 50+ miles on the highway one way they said 4.10s would be absolutely miserable for that and 3.73 would not be super noticeably for the money I was spending since I was getting a posi at the time too. So they steered me towards the 3.90 as a half measure.It’s goin in my 74 nova with the same th350 and 26.7” tire
>There is no drain plug on a TH400 transmission>you have to drop the pan>and end up getting drenched in Dexronwtf were they thinking?
>>28891231same on my 727. I grabbed a chinese deep pan with a drain plug off of ebay. It's better than I expected.
>>28891240weirdly enough for me an aftermarket pan with plug and stock depth is more expensive than a deeper one with a plug. dunno if i want the deeper one though, bit hard to see in the pic but the stock pan is pretty much parallel with the bottom of the frame rails. I feel like the 2-3/4" pan I'm looking at might be too deep.
>>28891244vey clean under there, nice.
>>28891240>exhaust and pan below frame rails.Been there.Didnt end well.
>>28891260The pan flange itself is below the "frame" rails.
>>28891264Ive never seen long tubes on a vintage (car) that werent the lowest point.
>>28891277It is what it is. There are only two options for long tubes on my car that are somewhat better than the other brands: Dougs or TTI. At stock ride height, they're as close to fine as you can get.
>>28891294Doug designed some good shit.I had some Doug Thorley Tri-Y's on a '69 mustang.That damn thing scraped every speed bump from Mission Beach to Ocotillo.
>>28891231>>28891240Funny I was thinking about getting a diff cover with the drain and fill plugs from like Yukon or whoever for easier serviceability too
>>28891673Well...duh.Why wouldnt you (?)
>>28891681nta but they're like $250
>>28891673I picked up a 4x4 diff cover from SOLID purely because I like the way it looks, and it also has the drain plug. I think it was under $100 when I got it.I painted the logo red :)
>>28891695lmao wait. It doesn't have the drain plug, but it does have the fill plug. You could always drill and tap it because this thing is thick as hell.
>>28891695wow, it certainly isn't a liquid or a gas, that's for sure.
>>28890481The interior was worse. Someone installed an infotainment system.
>>28891695Is it this painful to pull the cover to change fluid? I did this like 4 times before I decided to rebuild my dana 35
>>28891695Theres no drain plug on that diff cover. Only a fill plug.
>>28891231Get an oil extractor. It's like $100 or something but you can suck all the ATF out of the pan before dropping it
>>28891750Hehe>>28891922Nope, super easy.>>28891953You are correct.
>>28891750You lost me.
>>28891922Nah not really. It’s a slight inconvenience but idk if it’s worth 150$For me the hassle was when my classic was my DD so I had to plan a diff fluid change around an off day or whatever when I could let the RTV cure before re-filling. Drain/plug fill plug eliminates that at least. It was more so that I was just worried the fill flush was gonna be fucked on this car but it turned out to be okay
>>28892617Fill plug*****Stay in school kids
I have a question about some changes to my brake system that I made.I replaced a leaky master with one from a newer model with a larger bore diameter, and it made the brake pedal very stiff. Then, later on, I also put in a newer model dual diaphragm booster. This made the beginning of the pedal travel have almost no resistance for about 20-30% while also being very aggressive and twitchy. The brakes are bled. What is causing this? I'm going out there to adjust the pushrod right now to see if that's it.
>>28893203Same anonMaybe the booster is just too strong? They work great at speed, but it takes a lot of pedal control when idling forward to not be jerky and throw me through the window.
>>28893203>I replaced the OEM spec parts with different stuff, now the brakes feel weirdWhoa
>>28893203Did you adjust the air gap between the booster and master cylinder? And also did you happen to go from a disk/drum to a disk/disk or anything? The calving internally is different. But yea there’s an air gap you have to set between the booster and master. You might have too big of a gap. Hell some master cylinders you even have to place a little bullet adapter in the pushrod hole to take up the slack, I did on mine
>>28893203>>28893293
>>28893293>>28893297Ooooh, I'll check that out right now. Thanks
>>28893351Did you happen to switch from a disk/drum master to a disk/disk?
>>28893386I adjusted the booster pushrod on the master side, and I think that solved it. It's still grabby, but the take up is gone. Not so much that drags, of course. In the future, it would definitely be easier to do this outside of the car on the bench with the right tool, but it's done for now.No, old master and booster was disc/drum, and so is the new master and booster.Thanks, bro.
Family friend of ours was having trouble getting his V8 Pilot running, so we've taken it back to our place to diagnose. Turned out to be the voltage regulator, which I re-soldered and got working again, but next problem is that that car has some very peculiar issues that keep adding up, most annoying of which being that it will not start off of the starter; use the hand crank, and it'll fired up on the 1st or second try, but when using the electric starter, it'll just crank and crank and crank until the battery dies. Second issue is that when it is running, it runs like shit. It ran okay-ish first of all, but since it's sat a couple days, it's sort of thrown it's toys out the pram for some reason. I've tried playing with the timing to get it running a little happier, as it was a tad too advanced and trying to backfire with the hand crank, but even though it's a little better now, it'll still try stalling if you don't *very* gently climb onto the throttle. Carb is new and is tuned well, spark plugs are a known good set that were working fine in our own Pilot, and the dizzy is a Stromberg eFire. Anyone got any tip, tricks, or general ideas?
>>28893203larger bore = more pedal effort, less travelsmaller bore = less pedal effort, more travel
With gas over $6 a gallon im considering taking firebird out of commission to finally finish paint. I just have to build up the motivation to tear down the front end again after painstakingly putting it all together
its a really bad idea to buy an early 80s porsche 924 if i have no knowledge or desire to work on it 80 hours a week isnt it
>>28893596>it will not start off of the starter; use the hand crank, and it'll fired up on the 1st or second try, but when using the electric starter, it'll just crank and crank and crank until the battery dies.Sounds like the Ignition Start circuit isn't supplying power to the coil but Ignition Run works. US cars usually have 12v to the coil in Start one way or another (off the starter solenoid, etc) while Run goes through a ballast resistor so that the points only have to deal with about 9v so they last longer. No idea how Bong shit is wired up but I'll bet it's similar in function if not form.As for the running issue sounds like it's idling Lean and a lack of Accelerator Pump shot is causing the stumble. Idle mixtures should be able to be adjusted but the accelerator pump is probably leather or some shit and has shrunk so the carb would need an overhaul to replace that.
>>28894487>Sounds like the Ignition Start circuit isn't supplying power to the coil but Ignition Run works.We thought that too, but we checked for spark when using the starter, and it seems fine, but I'll triple check just in case.>US cars usually have 12v to the coil in Start one way or another (off the starter solenoid, etc) while Run goes through a ballast resistor so that the points only have to deal with about 9v so they last longer. No idea how Bong shit is wired up but I'll bet it's similar in function if not form.The car is is 6v positive earth, but the previous owner had the points and crab dizzy replaced with an eFire electronic ignition unit, and we replaced the original coil that was giving us trouble a couple years ago with a non-ballast coil and removed the ballast resistor completely from the car. Again, ran and started perfectly fine until now, so very bizarre.>idling Lean>accelerator pump is probably leather or some shit and has shrunk so the carb would need an overhaul to replace that.Richening the idle mixture doesn't seem to help the idle quality any, and we bought the Stromberg 97 carb brand new 2 or so years ago, so it shouldn't really need an accelerator pump or overhaul. Modern parts being what they are, it wouldn't surprise me if it *is* fucked now that' it's out of warranty, but I would like to hope that isn't the case... Still, I'll investigate and play with the bits you've mentioned, just the be sure. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it~
