>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 multi-meter.>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>>28874862
Just like.prom night
the junkyard had a 91 Volvo 240 wagon, so I own it now
How much did you guys spend on rust restoration and paint? Body on frame. Surface level rust nothing too crazy.
>>28899159Too much. I don't care. It's impossible to make money on flipping theses cars unless you're lying and scamming.Better love the car you're sinking money in to.
>>28899174What's the number. I don't even have a sense to scale it
>>28899182$200 on rattlecans and $5k+ on rust repairs and removal.
>>28899145Glass is worth more than you paid for it.
>>28899145Nice
>>28899159>spend on rust restorationHahaJokes on you faggots.Ive been doing soul-draining sheetmetal work since high school but the shrinker/stretcher are my friends and I'm rust free and all i had to do is eat my sandwich on lunch break at the bender.>post picsDont have anything current and my shit is so seamless that you cant tell where OEM ends and I begin if I were to post a pic.But im broken physically and mentally from repetitive menial tasks so stop smoking weed and get a real job, dumbfuck.
>>28899242Hopefully it works out for you bro
>>28899174This is why car lots sell loans not cars. Walk around with a stack of cash and they won't even talk to you. I can flip 1-2 cars a year. Toyota cult horse shit that niggers will inexplicably spend 5000+ dollars on that you should be picking up for less than 1500.
>>28899253Just kill me.Or give me $75k for my flawless generic mustang and let me go out in style in vegas from snorting cocaine off the ass of an "18" yearold asian in the balcony jacuzzi of the Palms casino.
>>28899242Good for you anon, that's a dope skill to know. I have a 1994 Cadillac fleetwood that I adore, I want to either aquire a super clean one or just restore the one I have but I dunno how much money I should save up to get it done.
>>28899145very nice. More details!>>28899274sup Tony?
>>28899318I'm the guy who bought the Imperial convertible. That's the vibe I get with that car, driving around with my wife, though the buckets are less conducive for bending a woman over than the back seat of my '66 LeBaron. Go out in style.
>>28899274Image taken in bikini bottom
>>28899132me and ur mum had a good time back then.
>>28899330Desperately needs a timing belt, someone put tap water and green coolant in it so I'm flushing the rajj rapids out of it. Won't shift into 4th and already has the lockout solenoid delete, allegedly the accumulator piston gets stuck from sitting and driving it a lot will eventually free it up(?) probably will take shop air to it. Speedometer gear already ordered. It will try to stall going into park but not drive/reverse and cold start is fine, might check base timing but I know jetronic can be weird with that
>>28899085ty, OP, for making me want a '67 or '68 Cougar now.
For my headlight relay harness, not sure which one I should go with for the high beams:Option A>10 AWG wire split into 2x 12 AWG going into each headlight connectorOption B>2x 12 AWG wires from each 87 terminal on the relay going into their respective side's headlight connectorOption A would just have one big fat 10 AWG wire going across the grille to the left side headlights, and another, shorter run of 10 AWG wire going to the right. Seems like it'd be less wiring and probably cheaper, but then each side's headlights are only powered by one wire.Option B would have four 12 AWG wires in total, two coming out from each 87 terminal. The car is almost two metres wide so I'd need a lot of wiring, but if there was a problem with one wire, it'd only affect a single headlight. The other issue I see is that with the terminals I have, crimping two 12 gauge wires into a single quick disconnect that I have looks like it'd be very hard to achieve as the terminals are sized for 12-10 gauge wires.Didn't include grounds as I've already decided how to wire those up.
>>28900229Minimal # of wires.There is no need to run a pair of wires that are doing the same job.
>>28900229Assuming you already have all this wire and don't have to go buy it, I'd go with option A, but If you *don't* already have it to hand, I have to ask why you'd want to use 12awg for each individual light? A single halogen bulb will likely draw only around 5 or so constant amps, so 12awg is pretty overkill for that application. Most factory stuff I've seen is roughly 16awg, so even if you wanted to play it safe, you could still probably drop to 14awg and still be well up to the task. There's obviously no harm in going too thick, but thick wiring *is* kind of a hassle to work with, and there's also a slight increase in cost.
>>28900268>>28900297good points...>why you'd want to use 12awg for each individual light?I might've just been overthinking it. I have a tendency to want to over-build electrical stuff. I also thought a smaller wire would create more resistance which would decrease light output.At least for the high beams I thought it'd be funny if I could get the high beam-only sockets to be able to run 100W aircraft landing lights. Was thinking maybe I could even push it to 150W ones but that's going into 10 gauge territory.If going 14-12 gauge isn't going to reduce light output then I'll settle for that.
>>28900224my coworker has one that he wants to sell me it's 1970 and it has the 351Cneeds a transmission and heater core tho
>>28900306>get the high beam-only sockets to be able to run 100W aircraft landing lights
>>28900350fucking kek
>>28900350top lolswell i finally found a local supplier of QD terminals that can actually take 10 gauge wire...huzzah! I'll still have to order the bits of 12 and 10 gauge wire in, only because the remaining ones I have are conveniently just too short to be of use here. But at least that means I can colour code shit properly now. Orange/yellow for high, red for low, black for ground.The wiring from the power feed bus bar > blade fuses > relays are going to have to be 14 gauge at most though, I just cannot find any crimp terminals that can take >12 gauge wiring. But it should be fine right? Since it's such a short run of wire (no more than 100 mm) that shouldn't be an issue should it? I was thinking it'd act like a fusible link of sorts, since whatever wire you've got you +4 to the number to get the gauge of the fusible link.
Got the radiator brazed and recored, but now the transmission cooler lines have a pinhole leak. Nothing some NiCopp replacements can't correct. I'll be driving this thing soon...
>>28900574that heater tap...is it just set to continuously run through the core?
>>28900597The valve is broken, so it's bypassed. The cable to the valve is also broken. The entire HVAC system needs an overhaul. I am going to have to spend well over $10k on this truck to have it how I want it.
>>28900574>those power steering lines
That explains the oil leakAlso all I need to remove the THERMACTOR AIR INJECTION REACTION SYSTEM is to plug the holes in the back of the heads when I give this thing a "haircut" right
>>28901567Hilarious seal.Yes you can pull the air injection manifold and just run bolts in. Coat with antiseize (works as high temp thread sealant).
Is a tcase chain a "while you're in there" or a "don't bother unless it's giving you problems"?
>>28902054fuck niggers?
>>28902054Chains are extremely long lived because they only experience wear when in 4x4 mode. While in 2wd they just sit in a static position (dont rotate).99% of trucks are only shifted into 4wd every year or two (at best) for an hour while they drive up to the ski lodge or campsite.If it is a city truck, dont botherIf its a forest service truck bought at auction, change it.
>>28902535It's a full time AWD/part time 4WD case (NP249) so the chain is always in use. I have to replace the viscous coupler, I was wondering if I should spend the extra $200 for a chain or if it's not really a concern. It's got 280,000 miles and I'm sure it's never been opened before.
>>28902683>280,000 miles on an awd chain.Yes.Replace it.Maybe its fine.Maybe it will last another 280,000 miles.But 200 bucks is the price of another seal kit and fluid if you decide to change it later. And thats if a chain failure doesnt cause a catastrophic failure that takes out other parts.Further ahead financially to do it now and piece of mind is priceless.
Progress on our friend's V8 Pilot has currently stalled, so I decided to switch over to *our* V8 pilot and get a few bits done to that while I had the time. The car has always run too cool when on the move, around 45 or 50c on the left bank and 55 to 60c on the right bank, but when stationary it would slowly keep creeping up until it boiled over, so we've basically been working with the worst of both worlds. Initially I thought the car just didn't have any thermostats to speak of, but nestled within the upper radiator hoses were the items in question, so they either they weren't seating properly against the hose and were letting water past, or they were just opening too early - either way, we've bought a couple new thermostats with a proper tapered frame that sits flush against the neck of the head and seals nicely against the also new radiator hoses.
I also took this time to install a coolant temp switch for the electric fan I fitted a couple months ago. Up until now I've had it on a manual switch under the dash, and constantly keeping an eye on temps in traffic and manually switching it on and off was getting a little annoying. I tried to hide it as best as I could by positioning it towards the intake and placing the "Syncol" plates over the top, and I also managed to feed the wires through the spark plugs tubes which keeps things fairly tidy, but I'm still not a fan of that anodised aluminum block. Oh well.
Wiring was easier than I thought, but because I had the fan directly wired up to the switch without a relay, I still had a little bit of working out to do. Luckily I kept the relay after I removed the electric fan setup from my Vanden Plas, so I was able to avoid buying one. Relay freshly repurposed and wire routing duly sorted, and all is looking pretty okay. Tucked everything up under the dash so it doesn't look out of place, and now all I'm waiting on is the coolant to be delivered, and then I can test to see if everything works as intended. Eventually I'd like to rewire the car to take advantage of the fuse box, as the only fused part of the car currently is the headlights, but that's a job for future me.
>>28902902I've also just noticed that I inadvertently colour matched the wiring to the fuses... That's oddly satisfying.
>>28902902man...who the fuck thought exposed fuse elements were a good idea? i know ATO fuses are still exposed to atmosphere, but they're still largely protected by the plastic around them.
>>28902728Good point, thanks.
>>28903094TBF there's a cover that goes over the top, I just hadn't put it back on yet. Oh, and for what it's worth, anyone who's thinking about getting a "Continental" style fuse box like pic rel should avoid doing so, they're awkward and kind of shit.
>>28903112o ritei got some flexfuse adapters for my glass fuse box so they can now take blade fuses. works great, not cheap though but the build quality is great for what they are, doesn't feel flimsy or anything.
what should I do about a badly pitted windshield? 1985 Grand Marquis. I checked Safelite and it seems like they might actually be able to replace it. Is that the best option?
>>28903339Just scrap that piece of shit, that’s not even a classic it’s just an old nigger car
>>28903339yeah i just got my '91 windshield replaced recently while i was redoing the vinyl top. go for it.
>>28903365sounds good to me. What was replacing the top like? I need to do mine, but I am so busy with work I fear I may never have enough time anytime soon to do it myself properly. Did you do it yourself or did you get it done professionally?
>>28903366it was a massive pain in the ass getting it off. just awful. took forever. i had also removed the headliner to get it reupholstered so i was able to take the trim band the divdes the roof by removing the nuts from the inside. trim around the doors is either held in with screws or just snaps in the seams. trim around the back glass also just snaps in with clips. be careful with the trim along the bottom of the back glass, the shitt plastic round keepers break easily and are unobtainable. they slide off horizontally from pins in the sheetmetal. also the trim on the bottom of the c pillar sucks to remove. i ended up just jb welding them back on, the keepers or whatever just got destroyed when i removed them. gluing the vinyl top back on was easy, especially with a buddy. i just used youtube for reference. but yeah if i had to do it again i would just do a slicktop conversion and bondo the seams/ weld up trim holes and repaint.
>>28903370I actually want and prefer the vinyl top but I am really dreading doing that job kekI might see if I can just pay someone to do it, inb4 wrenchlet, that kind of bullshit might not be worth my life force being drained
>>28903375At first i wanted to convert the half vinyl top into full vinyl top, but the people i ordered the precut top from didnt offer it. although "precut" i still had to trim about a foot off around the edge. I hear its a better deal to just buy vinyl fabric by itself and just cut it yourself.
>>28902683>go to buy parts for it>realize there was a significant change between 95 and 96 and it's important to get the right kit>trugg is a MY96>tcase was manufactured in December 95>I've confirmed that all of the "tricks" people mention for distinguishing the early and late models from the tag are bullshit>it's my work vehicle and I don't have another running car nowWell shit, I guess it's time to get my '76 Alfa running so I can drive that while I take this tcase apart to see what's inside. What are the odds it goes 220 miles a day for two weeks without catching on fire?
Qjet update.The teflon sheet bushing idea that I heard from an anon here and fromhttp://rmcavoy.freeshell.org/Q_Jet_bushings.htmlSeems to have worked very well.It took all the play out of the shaft and rotates smoothly.obviously it's not as good as the brass bushings mod, but I'm scared to drill out the carb myself. I don't have a press or anything.
>>28903623is this a problem with all carbs or just qjets? wondering if i'll have to deal with this some time later. it's a new edelbrock carb though. but i did put a second return spring so it's applying much more force to it too.in unrelated news seems like the door latch mechanism that wouldn't close properly, just needed some greasing. had to use lithium spray grease, not ideal but it was the only thing that could get in there. nice to have the door consistently lock now.
>>28903647Honestly no idea, I'm new to working on car carbs in general.On the plus side, it's easy to test for. Just spray ether/carb cleaner by the shaft and see if there's an rpm change, or if you can physically wiggle the shaft.
>>28903647If you have a steel shaft through an aluminum casting without a bronze bushing between them, you will also have a wallowed out throttle shaft bore eventually. If the casting is stepped as shown in his link you can do the Teflon sheet method, otherwise you'll have to ream it out for a bronze bushing.
>>28903653nta, but I am >>28903623 I will say that I believe the Qjet changed how the "steps" in the Qjet shaft work so for example the passenger shaft worked perfect with the teflon sheet bushing.But the driver side's shaft was different so I used a thinner teflon bushing, using the actual stuff on the end of the shaft to keep it in the hole.Anyways it does work. If you are a poor bitch like myself, and don't mind waiting 2 weeks for chinese teflon sheets, it works.
>>28903647Its a qjet thing (and edelbrock since their design is based off a qjet).Holleys and autolites dont have metering rods
>>28903623i am that anon with the teflon sheet. you can see it in this picworked great
>>28904238The link is about fixing leaks past the throttle shaft. All carburetors have throttle shafts unless they're slide throttles.
>>28904310My bad. Was skimming on the shitter.And ya, all high mileage carbs can have that issue. Minor play can be "tuned around" but it eventally becomes a massive vacuum leak that alters the way the carb can pull fuel.
>>28904325damn this anon obtained some deep esoteric knowledge of carburetors and just blessed us with it
>>28903653>>28904238>>28904310why do EFI throttles, electronic or cable-operated, seem to never have this issue?
Can CCG identify this classic car?
>>28904378fiero w/ bodykit
>>28904378morris minor, no later than a series 2
>>28904371Time.I have carbs that are older than your parents.
>>28904432pshh i have underwear older than your country
>>28904483You have 251 yearold underwear?Thats pretty gross dude.
>>28904282You ever have to deal with airhorn warping? Or warpage in general?
>>28904432kek they were born in the 50s so there's a 50/50 chance that your carbs are either older or not older than them
>>28904639>50/50 chanceThis is spot on
I miss my car
>>28904574no but i'm not super experienced. I know not to over-tighten the mounting bolts
>>28905794wut car
>>28906903nothing super crazy just my 1985 grand marquis but I travel for business and I have to drive rentals for the next 6 monthsit's truly torture
Decided to tackle the job I've been dreading the most on the Scimitar - the mould. It lets in water from multiple places in the interior, and during the miserably wet weather of December, January, and February, that moisture has allowed mould to really take hold and propagate on the carpet, most notably in the passenger side rear footwell. I knew this would be an awful experience, as I could actively smell the car just by standing next to it, and I had soaked said carpets with white vinegar a couple times over the months to hopefully kill and stop the mould from spreading, but nothing could prepare me for the ungodly stench that would assault my senses as I lifted the carpet up and out of the car.Fuck. Me.I can only liken it to a maggot infested carcass left in the sun, mixed with the air puke, baby shit, and for some bizarre reason, differential fluid. I've dealt with mould multiple times before, and always somewhat questioned why some people deemed it necessary to wear hazmat suits and gas masks when cleaning the stuff out, but it all became violently clear as my woefully unprepared self battled the innate urge to run, puke, and weep. Several instances of dry heaving later, and had I pulled myself together, ready to dive into the fray once more.
On the surface, the front foot well seemed less worrisome than the rear, but it appears that this particular area of the fungi's civilisation had taken root beneath - a white haze had spread itself deep within the fibres of the underfelt, I assume due to some sort of race-based war with the spores of the rear footwell. Regardless of the politics involved, I donned the role of Judge Judy and executioner, and genocided the fuck out of the unsolicited population.
Roughly 3 hours of spraying white vinegar, wiping, wet vacc'ing, and deodorising, and the only remaining evidence of this war are the areas of carpet that seem to have been eaten away, and the light air of death that still permeates the sinuses; I have been unable to completely remove the foul stench that once threatened to kill off the few brain cells the remain within my noggin, but it has at least been demoted from "chemical weapon" to "nasal oddity". It's bearable, though slightly annoying, which is good enough for now and a HUGE improvement over what was. Still, If the smell returns, I may have to just bite the bullet and get the thing seen to by a professional.
The car is now deemed driveable, and all that's left is to flush the cooling system, fit the spare tyre, and then fuck it off to the auction to be someone else's problem. Well... I say "problem", but I have no doubt that now I've fixed all the main issues, someone else is going to benefit massively from the time and effort I've invested, but I just want to wash my hands of this thing and move on with my life. Lessons learned, I suppose.
>>28906984You should try jewing your business into paying for the mileage and maintenance on your personal transportation instead of rentals lmao.
>>28907001
>>28907011christ, what a saga. even though the after pic is a bit hard to see the carpet, it at least largely looks like it's just old.
>>28907011WOW
Installed the seats and shifter in the Nova today, it might just start and drive tomorrow
Okay guys, I'm replacing the distributor. Surely now my car will run properly and stop fucking being retarded right?
>>28903159>flexfuse adaptorsHuh, I didn't even know those where a thing. Noted.>>28907089>largely looks like it's just oldExactly that. Hey, there's already a market for fake patina on bodywork, maybe there's a market for fake patina on carpets? And all it'll cost you is your sense of smell - What a bargain!>>28907349At least until you wake up and you realise it was all a dream.
opinion on cost savings for actual good looking bucket/bench seat vsbuying vw aircooled aftermarket fiberglass buckets and 36" wide bench and apholstry kit.I think I worked it out and it'd cost maybe 300 bucks for the 36" bench seat with foam and apholstry.not actually building a vw or anything I just kindof like the selection they have.
The sheer amount of misinformation that exists about these calipers
>>28908093You doing a disc swap up front? A body calipers?
>>28908123I did c5 up front and the Cadillac In the rear. I already had it all on my Camaro and swapped it to my nova.There are so may “parking brake adjustment” videos and “how to depress the caliper piston” videos and people are doing wild shit, removing the arm, removing seals, one guy even disassembled the entire caliper. Like my guy, it was engineered in a way to be serviced, think about your average c-tech doing a pad slap at good year or wherever. They ain’t gonna be doing all that bullshit. The tool I got at autozone for 20$ 10 years ago spun the piston in fine and the parking brake adjustment was 5 seconds
>>28907349>inb4 it was just the points or cap
>>28908265It's an HEIit was in bad shapeI replaced it allThe car still runs like shit.I wish I had a boomer mentor who knew what he was doing by my side.
>>28908411Get back to basics then.Start with compression check of all cylinders.
Are the power piston rods on a quadrajet supposed to be this sloppy?They don't have much up/down motion and they don't look like they have much effect on the jets, but maybe I'm just underestimating how much this has an effect on fuel flow.
Maybe I'll drive the TR7 this weekend.How is /ccg/?
>>28909402Debating if I should start drinking before driving, while driving, or after driving.
>>28909411After, unless you live in Wisconsin.
>>28909402Welcome back, m8. Any body work updates since 'the incident'?
>>28909413Thanks.No not particularly, the old man and I haven't felt like tackling that quite yet. Just been enjoying it really. Its probably got 500 miles so far this year. Put some trim on the body and got the fresh air scoop fitted. Otherwise its just the summer car. Been bikeposting in dbt this week.
>>28909418Righjt on. Any projects outside of /dbt/ you've been looking to pick up?
>>28909424Space is limited and being a homeowner takes up money so not really.I....really didn't need to spend bike money, but it was just such a good deal.Though a cheap 500 dollar MG is always on the table if I see one I like.
>>28909427>Though a cheap 500 dollar MG is always on the table if I see one I like.kek, classic Twink. Stop by more often, lad.
>>28909343Are you sucking on a tube like a 5 dollar whore to actuate the diaphram to move the rods?
>>28909485No lmao. The power piston is just on a spring. I'm just pushing it down, then the spring pushes it back up.I assume there's a vacuum source or something under the power piston that actuates its movement.pic is not mine, just pulled off of google.
>>28909485>>28909492https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1zB9WE6_Ag
>>28909402finally got my car registered. and finally retuned it. turns out manifold vacuum sucks for stock-mild engines. and my dizzy had somehow rotated and timing got fucked. Retimed it back to 12° BTDC and it runs so fucking good now. Turns out I didn't even need to rejet or change rods. Idle mixture leaned out as a result but the carb cheater made it piss easy to tweak it till the vacuum was as high as it'd go.It's a lot cooler under the hood now too which is great.
>>28909633Oh the joys of having the wrong timing. Glad it was at least an easy fix anon.
>>28909833me too, actually excited to drive it again. It even starts up better as well, even when the fuel's boiling off due to heat soak.
>>28910077man. floored it at a set of lights and it spun the wheels for like 3 secs. geez.
What are you supposed to do with the $300 worth of spare jets after tuning a set of webers? I feel like I should see people passing them along for cheap-ish, but any time I see them pop up it's just singles.
>>28910413ebay, zuckbook marketplace, craigslist etc.
>>28910413Save them for the next carb tuning.
>>28910647So why have I never seen someone selling a wad of secondhand jets? Zuck and CL have people selling singles in random sizes if they have anything at all, Ebay has companies selling brand new kits at exorbitant prices.>>28910650I've seen three sets of DCOE style carbs in my entire life and they were all made by different companies, I don't know if the clones even use weber jets. When am I ever going to have to tune one again?
>mate reckons lifters are fucked because of loud tapping noise>i reckon it's just the fuel pump push rod since it's been doing this for ages and it still runs fine>take off right valve cover, break cork gasket>run engine, everything looks fine, oil gently washing over the rockers>bolt valve cover back on>can't get original cork gasket to seal>it's leaking oil onto the manifold and smokingshould've left well enough alone...oh well, at least he's gonna fix it with a rubber and steel one
>>28911462>don't know if the clones even use weber jetsWebers might even end up using clone jets nowadays, they're all more or less interchangeable.I've used jets from my 100 buck chink DGV on my 600 buck made in bologna DGV.
>>28911647I meant like Weber DCOE vs Mikuni PHH vs DellOrto DHLA, not real vs fake Weber.
>>28911462>When am I ever going to have to tune one again?Personal experience says it'll be immediately after getting rid of the jets you have.
I'm working on this Volvo wagon and I found out the transmission doesn't have a lockup converter. A lockup transmission is $100 out of a later 940. This AW71L it's not electronically controlled right? I can just swap it and have lockup right?
What's the name for the exterior metal below the back window, but above the trunk? The one that's often rusted out.Do shops have to fabricate these, or are people making new ones?
>>28912414quarter panel or rear wing in bonglish
>>28912414This one right here. What is this called and does anyone make new ones?
>>28912511o rite, dutchman panel.
>>28912511and look up your model to see if there are repro panels, otherwise you might need to scab one from the wreckers
>>28911704My personal experience says I'll spend $300 on this shit, keep them around just in case, one day actually need them again, and need to buy a new set anyway because I can't find the old ones.
anyone ever forked out for a power distribution module in their car? It makes wiring up new stuff look piss easy since you just stick an accessory wire in it then you can configure fusing current and other stuff that'd be managed by relays etc. but they're all still pretty damn expensive.
How come for the gone in sixty seconds remake they used to some ugly restomod gt500 from autozone instead of a real authentic gt 500??? This piece of shit does not look better than the original, they definitely could have made some clones for the movie
>>28913641I have always hated these fucking things, even a base model with a 200ci and a bowling ball sized hole in the floor is more desirable to me than
>>28912414>>28912511I've seen them called filler panels
>mfw marriage survived the brake bleed from hell
>>28914185story time NOW
man, to think that the only place i could get some 12-10 gauge blade fuse terminals was through asking an aliexpress seller...now just waiting on my order of wires then i can get the aircraft landing light-ready relay harness going...
>>28914252>be me, installing my C5 front and el dorado rear calipers on my 74 nova >get it all buttoned up after having to re flare some lines>pressure bleed with motive bleeder and ask wife to help me buddy bleed each corner >pump pump pump hold >starts dripping at prop valve >oh shit, let me try to snug it real quick>starts pisisng after I tighten it>prop valve is fucked>clean up mess and order new prop valve >fast forward a couple days and do it all again>forgot to install prop valve holding tool on new prop valve because I’m a Retard and left it in the old valve>sudden loss of fluid at rear calipers >wife killing Herself trying to pump pedal that’s now hard as a rock lol >figure it out and install tool >hell yea now we’re cooking>pressurize system again and verify flow at all 4 corners >remove pressure bleeder and make a mess >clean it all up>start buddy bleeding again, wife remarks pedal is super firm now.>sudden loss of fluid at rear right caliper. Ask her to hold pedal and verify I can still turn wheel by hand >left still works fine? >wife has been pumping pedal now for like over an hour of and on >sudden loss of fluid at rear left >verify reservoir full and prop valve centered>crack hose at center of diff and fluid comes spraying out>oh I have one on my shelf>fittings are right but it’s keyed different for the bracket. Fuckin Dorman.>uninstall again >wife gives me ride to Autozone >buy new hose >get back and install >fittings are fucked back there requiring give grip removal>upside down and covered in fluid >pump system again >good flow at all 4 calipers now >reservoir *ALMOST* runs dry because I’m trying to rush through it because I’ve wasted my wife’s whole afternoon>finally finish and button everything up >9:30pm >have to do house chores today to pay back wife because she was going to to them yesterday afternoon.
>>28914393On the plus side though my wife was like “man, we really need to get a lift”
>>28913826We know it's you crow, you're the only one who would want a 85hp tractor motor
>>28914393>>28914407goddamn son. she's a keeper but you probably already know that
>>28914393>Prop valveJust get calipers in the right sizes and you don't need this shit at all.
>>28914410the only one who is right.
>>28914601So no combination valve at all?
>>28914779The prop valve is there to adjust the pressure ratio between the fronts and rears so you don't end up with too much braking force in the rear. If you tune your braking force with piston area and rotor diameter you can get the proper amount of rear braking force without a prop valve. On the other hand, an adjustable prop valve *does* let you do some nifty shit like turn up the rear brake force when it's wet out and you won't be able to get as much forward weight transfer, but how likely are you to actually bother with that?Play around with the numbers on this, set both master cylinder diameters to the same value.https://www.tceperformanceproducts.com/dual-bias-calc/
>>28914792Ooh gotcha, yea I don’t use an adjustable proportioning valve, just a fixed PV4 style disc/disc combination valve with no residual pressure valve for drum brakes
>>28899085Funny the current /ccg/ has a cougar.Just found a '67 for $9k that previous owner did a rebuild and is selling (maybe he died and kid is trying to offload it).300 miles on the fresh drive train.New paint.Yes or No?
>>28914822do drums even need residual valves anymore? new wheel cylinders have springs inside that render them moot
>>28914822i thought residual valves are no longer needed since wheel cylinders made now have springs in their bore to press against the cups
ffs site not showing my posts unless i hit refresh...
>>28914931>made nowWhy are you even here?
>>28914964>2 hours later
>>28914967cuz i don't know any better>>28914968im at work lol
wew lad. turns out the mild cam in my engine likes some pretty advanced timing. went up to 16 degrees and it runs even better than it did at 14. gonna try pushing it even further tomorrow.
why shouldn't i
why shouldn't you what
>>28916268yes
okay
>>28916261Go to bed Kato, youre drunk.
>>28916261Do it.
The TR7 has an oddball low RPM stumble I can't seem to figure out. It happened after I moved the coil 6" lower. It happens when I take off from a stop and between like 2000-2500 RPM.Coil tested fine.Ignition amp has been replacedPlugs look perfectThe thing will idle fine for 30minThe car runs great to 6500rpm and will cruise at 90.I haven't touched the fuel system in months.Surely its not a fuel issue, right?
are there aftermarket swap bellhousings i can do to facilitate a automatic -> t5 swap for a redblock volvo without buying a stupidly expensive m47 just for the bellhousing?
>>28916834verify timing i guess idk
Are there any companies that make lightweight/drilled axle shafts for a stock size Ford 9" 31 spline?
>>28916834Ill ignore the "moving coil" thing.Now it sounds like accelerator pump issue.
>>28916845Theres always adapters plates.But youre back in stupid expensive territory.Would be cheaper to take some community college night course on welding (which you should do anyways if youre serious about this hobby) and make your own
Racecar
>>28917174Showcar
>>28917176Pacecar
>>28907001a cheap ozone generator does wonders with both the smell and the mold.
>>28916929It wouldn't hurt, at least to finish ruling it out.>>28917025British carb, don't have one. Did check piston movement and it seems fine, may dig deeper this weekend.
>>28916985Moser
>>28917497Did you read my question? Or just blurt out the name of a company that makes axles?
>>28917354I did think that too, and I'll probably pick one up at some point.
>>28917608Dutchman
>>28916985https://keysermanufacturing.com/product/gun-drilled-axle-choose-a-size/
I think I’m decided on putting a 302 in my fiat spider. I get the impression I wouldn’t be able to fit the hood and would have to move the firewall back and in general do a lot of cutting and welding, but I think it would be really cool. The body has some rust so I’m fine with going for more of a hot rod look.
>>28917921Why move the firewall?A 302 is no longer than a typical 4 banger.
>>28917941There’s a guy on youtube that did the same swap and he said he had to move it back several inches. I’ll see what I can do but it’s pretty tight in there.
>>28917949You can squeeze out some extra room if you do a fan delete (run electric pushers on the front side of the radiator) and a little more by running a serpentine setup if you need full accessories.Might be more of an issue with bellhousing size over whats stock.
>>28916985Dorman
>>28916985Goodyear
>>28916985Samsung
>>28917365There has to be some aspect of the carb that enriches under throttle.
>>28918220Yes, its the piston and needle
>>28918430Ya that thing.Just because it moves doesnt mean its moving enough. That vacuum diaphram can harden and reduce movement.
>>28917957Looking at the video it seems like there’s definitely some space being left on the table. He said he moved the firewall back like 10 inches or something. Could also be a thing where because the hood slopes downward you have to move the motor back further to fit.
Is your car significant enough for OEM support decades later?https://youtu.be/sOCR9ab80Pk
>>28918984you can still buy every single part needed to build a 1st gen mustang from scratchalso american cars have a stupid amount of aftermarket support, particularly GM cars
>>28918806Definitely weight benefits from moving the engine rearward.But the A/C Cobra did just fine with all tjat shit hanging off the front end.
>>28918984there's alot of performance parts they still offer but their qc is going down or so ive heard
>>28919223Yeah I wonder about that a bit. Not like I’d really track it or anything and I live where all the roads are straight but I do want it to drive somewhat nice. I think some of the effect of moving the motor forward would be slightly offset by the extra weight of the new trans and rear. I guess I’ll just have to see how it fits.
i kept forgetting to readjust the throttle cable because it moved so much that i had less than half the total pedal travel left then i finally readjusted it and holy shit it's actually fun to drive again lol. it was like that for so long that i forgot what the first gear kickdown felt like
i got around to taking apart this 350 the ztard gave me, the pan is full of metal paste no surprise, but the bearings all look fine. The rod bearings fell out of the caps and won't stay in, but they look fine. Allegedly this motor knocked, and all this fucking metal came from somewhere???
>>28920622>the bearings all look fine. >The rod bearings fell out of the caps and won't stay in, >but they look fine.
>>28920622It’s probably the updog bearing
>>28920653Point out which ones knocking, because these just look like shitty aluminum bearings that have been in a engine at 300 degrees
>>28920758The other 2 are on the crank
>>28920758I’m not exactly the most experienced but wouldn’t those be considered bad?
>>28920852They all look like shit.Normal wear is a "polished" look. Having visible scarring/grooves like that is indicative of overheating/lack of oil.
>>28920852>>28920871im not putting the engine back together with them, but none of them are "this is making a knocking sound and filled the pan a fingertip deep in metal sludge" the main bearings are better and the cam bearings are like new, im not changing those. wrist pins and bores are fine, ill get new bearings and put it back together
>>28920758>>28921399Those look fucked to me, but the only other thing in the bottom end for lots of metal to come from is the oil pump. Best to replace it anyway if it's had a lot of metal through it.
>>28921399If you have metal in the pan the #1 culprit is cam/lifters.#2 is rockers/pushrods.
>>28921430cam lifters and cam bearings are immaculate, im shocked by that
Almost back together
>>28921697The metal had to come from somewhere.Rings are another common failure from overheat/oiling issues but that should have been obvious when you pulled the slugs out.We"re kinda running out of parts here.The bearings look like shit but theyre still "there".Unless it was an old failure from some ground to shit cam and P.O. just swapped out the cam.and never pulled the pan (?)
>>28923214We pulled the pan and the rod caps before the engine went in. It was all clean. I helped him put it in but I wasn't around to hear it run so I don't even know why it failed. I'll get a hone to check the bores but I'd expect the wrist pins to be stiff at that point.
>>28923507Well once you've exhausted options, whatever left is the culprit.(I thought you had pulled the pistons already).We're down to what, wrist pins & clips, pistons & rings, oil pump, timing set, dizzy?That reminds me.I had a weird issue once and it turns out the distributor bushings/shaft were toast. It wasnt obvious when it was in the engine because the oil pump drive shaft and cam gear kept tension on it so it didnt just "flop around" and actually was an intermittent issue.
>>28923507Wait, you've got a piston sitting on the table but you don't know how the bores look? What the fuck are you doing?
Something seems off, I just cant tell what...
>>28924160Yeah, it's GM garbage. What else is new?
>>28924469Youre fukken riteAy carumba
>>28924190>well, when a valve and a piston love each other very much
>>28924160>>28924190>>28924519not a classic
>>28924811Yeah your right, check this out though, imagine the smellI'm going to try to light it on fire
>>28923800the bores on the 302 i built looked fine until i took a straight hone to them and they were warped as fuck >>28924811the future is now prehistoric cunt
>>28918984No, because my OEM stopped existing before I was born.
What in the Jesus fuck is this abominationhttps://auctions.wbandsons.com/auction/lot/lot-20---2001-tudor-fordor/?lot=4343
>>28925493Looks fine to me, you spunking spastic
>>28925493I thought it was kindof cool but I don't see the 2.3 being the right choice.
>>28925111Lmao what an agelet
>>28925692It's actually even worse - a 1.6 - and seeing as the kit was built in 2001, that makes it seem even more bizarre to me. Why would they not opt for a Zetec or something? Regardless, I don't think the car would look that bad if it hid the chassis and suspension a bit better, but between that and the hideously awful wheels, it just looks like a paper mache model of a Fordor. The interior is pretty plush, though, and I can't deny that it's been built very well, despite it's "uncanny valley" look.
>>28926128>built in 2001>not opt for a Zetecdo you have any fucking idea that this build is closer to 1982 than we are to 2001 right now?people weren't swappin fucking goofy goober ass fuel injected motors into anyfucking thing back then unless your fucking nerd ass knew how to nigger rig icms and carberators onto shit
What do you guys think about ACC essex carpet floor mats? I've heard they're nice, I've heard the regular version sucks and Essex is on par with OEM, and I've heard that it sucks.I'm also considering trying to have custom floor mats made with a really comfy super plush carpet. but the exterior on my car is shit so it might be a bit strange
>>28926180Uhhhh.... Yes they were? I've seen plenty of kit cars from the late 90's and early 2000's with Zetecs from written off Escorts and Mondeos, it was quite common and they were cheap as fuck. more often than not, they were converted to weber carbs, too. There's also the CVH, but that was a far less popular swap than the Zetec. Another *very* popular choice for the time was the Rover K series, but this being a Ford would probably rule that out in the owner's eyes. Either way, there were far more suitable choices than a 1.6 Pinto engine.
man I love this car
>>28926538I forgot this auction was in bong land.every swap here back in the day was a junkyard sbc or a 2.3 pinto if that absolutely wouldn't fit
What exactly am I looking at here? I know the rag joint is toast, but why is the input shaft crooked? Is there a hold down/bearing near the firewall, or is the rag joint the only thing that holds it straight? 69 t-bird. Hopefully the box isn’t toast, heard a grind when turning and immediately parked it.
>>28927170>why is the input shaft crooked?I don't think it is. Looks like there's a shield that's come loose from the rag joint and fallen down and is now off-center and rubbing on the gearbox input shaft.
i thought it was 85 or older?
>>28927602It keeps changing because people don't want to admit that by legal definition a 2001 nissan altima is by legal definition a classic
>>28927613Youre legally retarded but we didnt put you in the special ed class.>age does not a classic make.Vintage =/= classicThere are vehicles that went unchanged for decades during manufacturing. That doesnt mean the one with a 26 yearold VIN is a classic and the one built yesterday is modern.Vehicle registrations are political.That classic plate is subject to terms and conditions and can be revoked- similar to how Kei trucks were street legal in many states and now theyre not. If the government has the power to remove your vehicle from "classic" status then its not a real classic.
>>28927757So the governments arbitrary cutoff is wrong but your arbitrary cutoff is right?
>>28927919Technically you can have DMV revoke your classic status if you drive too many miles in a year.Does that mean your classic is no longer a classic?
>>28928013You're being pedanticAnyways, how will they know? No emissions or inspections where I live XD
this clown fucker finally came and got her beetle today as i started knocking down that red barn. about a year ago i was ready to sell it and they had an aneurysm because they wanted to keep the fucking car, i closed on the fucking property 3 fucking years ago you fucking cunts i should have scrapped it >>28928013its a volvo, of course the odometer doesnt work silly
So in my state you aren't required to have a title for a car made prior to 1963. The current DOT vin database was only standardized in 1981. So what's stopping me from saying that my 1970something car, was a 62 to get around an absent title
>>28929190Tha AI camera that sees a plate registered to a 1962 vehicle on a 1970 vehicle.
>>28929230A real answer please
>>28929414Police have automatic plate scanners now.Im in a rural as hell area and even we have them.It all shows up on their laptop screen.All it takes is one bored cop that sees his screen say "1962..." as you drive by and he says to himself "wtf?"Next thing you know youre in jail and your vehicle is in impound.Now you cant get your vehicle out of impound until its registered.Stop being a retard.There are legal ways to get a title for vehicles with no paperwork in every state, even commiefornia.Look up Surety Bond Title for starters.
>>28929460I'll just play dumb. "Uhh mister officer sir the seller told me it was a '62, idk much about cars haha, I got it cuz it was a good deal :D" we dont even have inspections though so I could get something licensed and insured without a single human being seeing the car, hell even if it didn't even exist desu
>>28929466If youre in an accident and its not the '62 youre absolutely fucked.
Is a 71 sedan deville for $6500 a decent price? According to the seller the top was replaced, new brake boost, rebuilt drive shaft and it has new weather strippings.The seller is an african american woman, but everything looks original/period correct. I am guessing this might have been a car owned by a family member that passed away. Looks very similar to pic related.
>>28929553If I could inspect and test drive it and everything checked out well I'd buy it in a heartbeat
What makes the ford 300 any better than it's contemporaries, like the chevy 292 or somethingOr it it just very overrated by boomers
>>28929935In general its overrated.But it has a gear drive timing set and shaft mounted rockers so it will survive longer in shitty conditions.So the poors and idiots think its something amazing because it lasted for 300k miles while only changing the oil twice versus the small block that only lasted 50k miles (they never put enough miles on it to necessitate an oil change)
>>28929974they also had 7 main bearings but that didn't make them magically invincible.alot of people killed them with rpm back in the day they were in fleet trucks.
>>28930013So they'd work best in something with tall gearing and/or overdrive
Holy peak
>>28930142They work best in something with a PTO and staggered wheels.
>>28930254Maybe an irrigation pump kek
volvo wouldnt start today, no fuel. check the fuel pump power and nothing, nothing at the fuse block, and nothing coming out of the relay. relay has power coming into it so i look at a schematic and the ecu is supposed to open the relay with grounds, pin 17 isnt grounding, i jumper the triggers together and put it back together. It doesn't surprise me another ecu is failing but I am tired of it. Parts for this car are bloody expensive, im considering a ford lima motor swap or even taking the 302 out of that shitty mustang, since getting a manual behind this engine while keeping EFI would be impossible, and a ludicrous $2500 even swapping to megasquirt
>>28929935its just more prolific and common than the 292. ford sold the 300 until 1996 where as the 292 was axed in the early 80s outside anything but step vans and fleet vehicles
After troubleshooting a couple bugs and wiring a new ignition switch she’s a fresh tank of gas away from her first start
>>28931536multi spark carberatorrr
fml freeze plug in one of the heads popped out. coolant hisses out like a pissed off rattlesnake on crack but otherwise the exhaust gasket seems to be holding it in place lol.with all the shit i've been dealing with on this 383 though i might just get aluminium heads and a roller cam.
>>28899085I had a Mercury cougar once. Wish I never sold it.
>>28930340I see them pop up in ac generators and water pumps sometimes.
>>28931536holdner tested a m90 on some LS engines, i wish someone would go ahead and make a intake to fit one to a SBC
>>28931662It's been done.You do realize that superchargers in the hotrod world in general was literally born from WWII veterans who were familiar with them on military vehicles and they adapted them to V8s when they got back to the states, right?They cut up stock manifolds and grafted them together but today there are kits you can buy and weld up generic adapter plates for any engine/supercharger combo you can think of.Make your own.
>>28931765make these nuts
looking for an OEM (no aftermarket, they're garbage) lower drivers door hinge for a 1980s nissan 720looked around, havent gotten any luck
I sold my last remaining classic car to pay court fees. Now they are unobtanium. I sold it to a collector / restorer so I'm not worried about it, but damn it fucking sucks.
thank fuck, fuel sender seems to be ok; values are 11.5 ohms at full and 67-68 at empty. factory specs are 10 ohms ±1 and 73 ohms ±12 respectively, so full value technically may be out of range but at least empty is accurate and that's the main thing. must be bad ground or sender wire causing fuel gauge to always read empty.hopefully the new gasket also seals, old one seemed ok but for some reason it leaked when i filled the tank completely.
>>28933025>10 ohms9.6 ohms*
>>28933025fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu i think it was just the sender wire to the gauge just not being seated properly...fml
>mfw nova didn’t start Turns out retrunles, pusle width modulated single line fuel system is gonna be a bust for me. My in tank module doesn’t support PWM operation so I’m gonna have to do a fuel pressure regulator on the fire wall and run a return back to the tank, how I had it in my Camaro
I always thought these little fucks were pretty cool, but now that I'm working on one, I think I'll stick to my Miata; absolute ball ache of a car to work on. Pretty to look at and very nice inside, though.
>Haven't run my stingray in a month because it was leaking fuel from a galley plug in the carb on the primary bowl.>Engine was souped up back in the day so carb is a 4165 and bowls not supported by Holly.>Used bowls on ebay are shit condition compared to mine.>Fuck it, put the plug under vacuum and use some Seal-All like on my Jerry can.>Everything runs perfect again, better than it has in a long time.>Took her up to 110mph on the loop home. Today was a good day. Just gotta swap out the bottom radiator hose and flush everything and she'll be where I want her again. Not that there's not more to do after that with vacuum fuckery.
>>28933096At least you know how to make it work, bro.
>>28934002had a 4160 oe for an 1985 bronco and the fucking faggot giant bowl vents and the plugs for the bowl crossover tube were all covered in jb weld and I hated that piece of shit so god damn bad I slung it into a bucket of deisel and forgot about it, it turned into mush, good fucking ridance.fucking hate oem spec holleys to death.
>>28900321351c is a god engine
>>28929553You won't find a more comfortable and atmospheric ride than the old v8 land yachts. Road presence such that you'll always enjoy cruising down the road looking down that bonnet, any time you park it you'll want to stare at it for a while. Spent a bit on an exhaust so it's quiet inside but you can put the windows down to hear the v8. Long gears, plenty of torque, riding on a cloud in a plush lounge suite.t. land yacht appreciator
>>28934027Yea unfortunately I’m gonna have to clutter my firewall some more, I hid all the msd stuff behind the dash but the regulator will have to go on the firewall or fender, and the msd efi doesn’t let you do two lines to the regulator and one line to the the throttle body, it makes you feed line to the front of the efi and then the return line out of the back of the efi, through the regulator and back to the tank (pic related). It’s how I had it on the Camaro and I honestly dislike the clutter hence why I tried to do a returnless PWM on this car. But whatever, in for a penny in for a pound. Speaking of my Camaro though, since the nova columns ignition rack and sector are broken, it’s been converted to a floor shift already and it’s a non tilt column, I’m gonna try to make my Camaros old column fit in the nova. After removing the intermediate steering shaft it’s a 3/4” DD shaft on the end and it appears to be pretty close in length to the novas column. I have a sneaking suspicion gm reused the same basic column and just added the intermediate shaft to reach the steering gear on the second gen Camaros and 75+ novas where the gear is now forward of the crossmember versus behind it like the first gen Camaros and early nova. I have a clamp on firewall mount for my nova column that I can use, and the under dash mounts appear the same (and if they’re not they appear interchangeable with eachother). I’m already running a 3/4” 30 spline power steering gear that I had in my 79, so I think a 3/5” DD to 3/4” 30 spline u-joint from borgesson or whoever puts me in business with a free tilt upgrade for my nova.
>>28934125i had the exhaust shop fit the longest mufflers they had and it was still an inch or two short of the factory ones lol. it's nice and quiet when puttering about town, but you can still hear it when you romp on it. it does have an awful drone at around 1600 rpm though, I'll need a J pipe or something.
Can you guys suggest a US or euro classic car which would be a good candidate for a Ford Barra 4.0 swap?
>>28934245chrysler valiant
>>28934245camaro or corvette.
Thinking about getting one of these (1991-97 models), or one of the later new models (2010-2011).What should I know? Are the old B-bod models reliable? I see they had digital dashboards that got replaced with analog ones in future models, reliability problem?
>>28934364>5.0 aod and 8.8it's practically a fuckin truck, they only got scrapped because middle class people got tired of looking at them by 2007.
>>28934245Swap it into a P6 LTD or ZH Fairlane, even better with a ZF 6 speed.
>>28934364DC LTD
>>28934765>>28934248I'm a europoor though so I don't have access to Australian cars. I bought the engine and transmission from some guy who had it shipped over here from overseas.
>>28934784One of those nice 70s jag sedans or coupes
>>28933096I didn't trust PWM in firebird. I've always kept the regulator
>>28934775wtf, this looks like if Ford tried to make its own Toyota Cressida
>>28934376>5.0 aod and 8.8Only in 1990. 1991 introduced the 4.6 and 1993 the 4R70. >>28934364>I see they had digital dashboards that got replaced with analog ones in future models, reliability problem?Not heard anything significant in that regard. Probably the result of decontenting the base model and moving that to an optional higher trim because I know that was available on the top trim. Of course these are 30+ years old now so problems will exist but keep in mind that the analog cluster is digital that just uses needles as the display instead of vacuum-fluorescent
>>28899085Got my 1968 GS 350 to run today. Came swapped with a 383 stroker. Does anyone have any information on a 12 volt constant windshield wiper motor? It only runs when the wiper fluid switch is flipped. Nothing on the high/low wiper switch.
>>28934978I’m not home right now, but when I rewired my car there was a section in the booklet about wiring the washer pump and wiper switch and diagrams I believe. It’s a universal gm harness so it might apply, Google Painless performance 10413 and check out the instructions pdf might be worth a shot
>>28935004I'm working off a painless 10402 key in dash harness. My best guess is the high/low switch is bad since I'm also getting voltage off the high/low feeds into the wiper motor when the switch is in the off position. I have also been working off this diagram for a 68 Electra/Wildcat. Seems like the same motor.
>>28934917True except it's almost 6 metres long. I always found them to look like FBI cars from the 80s or 90s.
>>28934950those are still bomb proof, I don't think the early modulars had the spark plug issues the trucks did, no opinion on the 4r70 though, I have never owned mod motors but I have talked to a few people who rape them on the drag strip with nitrous, plus the fact alot of 4.6 cars are cockroaching around to this day.
>>28899085Hey my stepdad has a datsun 1200 60hp from 1960’s and he wants to sell it. He is in arizona so there is practically no rust on it for 70 year old car. How rare are these truck hand crank trucks in the US?
>>28936033Rare but not that desirable, I sold this one we restored for around 5k. The parts are pretty hard to find, A lot were sourced from Australia or we had to create them ourselves. They are fun little trucks but 45mph is about the max speed, very loud too.
>>28900229thanks to everyone that helped with this, it's coming along nicely.now i just need two short bus (hehe) bars to act as the positive and negative feed for this auxiliary fuse box. positive will take off from the alternator output stud, negative will go to the ground stud on the alternator body.
Got the nova running and driving, gonna try to swap the Camaro tilt column in now
>>28899174That thing is cool, you actually fixed a PT Cruiser somehow...
>>28899159the scrap iron provides
>>28936810Speaking of getting the nova running, I’m not entirely too sure why it didn’t right away. After re-plumbing it with the return line and programming it to non PWM it primed and crank-no started a couple of times showing 0 psi on the fuel rail each time. It was wirring so it was turning on and it spiked current enough that it popped my accessory breaker a couple of times. I verified power and ground was good and checked for voltage drops, then I disconnected both lines and cycled the key: wirrrrrrr but no fuel. Removed the pump from the tank and verified inlet and and hoses and whatnot were all good. So plopped it back in and I used my power probe to actuate it and see if it would pop the power probe breaker and all of a sudden it started spraying fuel. Hooked the lines back up and it fired right up. My guess is it had a big ol air pocket in the pump feed or something that burped when I tilted the pump
Old gold is all tidied up and about to go up for sale. Bringing this thing back from the brink was fun, learned quite a bit about these cars and did a few new bots of wrenching I've never done before.Taking all that new knowledge and exleri and applying it to the other car which is the keeper.
>>28916261because the only reproduction parts you're gonna find for c body chryslers are the parts that they also used on a and b body cars. if you like making stuff from scratch and scrounging through junkyards, go for it
>>28937722you can find a surprising amount of repro interior bits for them. but expect to pay a big premium
>>28937732I've owned a '66 fury for 7 years now and it just always seems like whatever repops are out there aren't for my year or model or something
>>28937867dunno what parts you're looking for but most stuff was used for 65-68 year models. although i do feel like my 67 seems to have more options than the 66s.
>>2889908579 camaro column into the nova was a bust. Even though it’s a 1” DD shaft it not an official “1 DD” according to borgesson at least. Won fit the u-joint for shit. I have a chinksit Amazon 1” DD to 3/4” 30 spline rag joint on the way it’s my last hope to make it work
Can someone give me a QRD on how torque converter stall works? How do I tell what mine is currently, what should I get for a hot street build, and what happens if my highway cruising RPM is below the stall speed?
>press rag joint onto 79 Camaro tilt column steering shaft>set pinch bolt and through bolt >take steering wheel, lock plate, cancel cam/horn button off current non tilt column because it’s easier to do in car>carry camaro Column over to car and index steering wheel on with just the nut on a few threads so I can center the column, gearbox, and rag joint since there’s no flat spot on this aftermarket setup >upper column bearing explodes >ball bearings everywhere >steering is loose and crunchy now >found parts kit to rebuild it online for like 40$ but it requires complete disassembly to drive the races outHEY YO time for a survey Should I go through the trouble of rebuilding my Camaros tilt column, which is pretty ugly and beat but at least it would be functional, or should I just buy like a billet column from speedway or something
>>28938468stall speed can be thought of as being similar to the bite point in a manual clutch. an easy but inaccurate way to quickly find stall speed is to hold the brakes down nice and tight then rev the engine until you feel it overcoming the brakes.cruising rpm being below the stall speed will mean energy being wasted as heat and by extension, worse mileage because it's slipping all the time unless you got a lockup converter.
How difficult would it be for an upholsterer to repair these seats? Do you think I would have to get a new bottom seat cover or are these salvageable?
>>28939013For context, for 175 bucks and a drive long enough to give me some second thoughts, I can get a passenger seat in good condition and this drivers seat which is otherwise fine.
>>28939076What’re they out of
>>28939104240D
>>28938712I like shit to look nice and be functional, but that's me. I'm anti-rat rod in general. I also don't care if parts are original if they're functional and look good.
>>28939335Found some ancient forum posts online saying to just order a new bearing cage and ball bearings, pack them in with grease and put it inside the outer race then insert the inner race and it’s good to go. Found a cage and ball bearing kit on eBay for like 25$ I figure what the hell for 25 I can give it the old college try.
>>28939348Go for it, then. Good luck bro. This is the one you're throwing in that Nova, right?
>>28937722Not him but I still have my old 1980 Lebaron that has been sitting under a carport at the family farm since I moved out from home 20 years ago. It has everything and looks pretty good. I want to revive it sometime the next summer or two.Anybody have a clue on how to hold on the bottom door runner chrome on those and the New Yorkers? The original mount is just some little plastic brackets and I don't trust them.
>>28939351Yupp it is, now I have another crossroads I can rewire the ignition switch back to the actual column (which I’m leaning to) or keep the universal switch I wired on the dash. Pros and cons of each, Camaro column still has the steering lock on it so if I use it I either have to disable the lock or just use the Camaro ignition. However, I had to drill a hole in my dash for the universal ignition. I guess I could put like a rubber grommet there or something or just leave the switch in place and have nothing going to it.That’s honestly why I was leaning to getting like a new billet tilt column with just a turn signal on it and nothing else, because my current column has a deleted gear shift and a non-functional ignition switch. Camaro column would have a potentially non functioning ignition, and a non functioning cruise control button. Just hate the idea of having vestigial shit cluttering up a clean cockpit
>>28939375I would go for the clean look, but I would never have bored a hole in the dash. You could at least make a decent 3D-printed plug in something heat-resistant to cover if you want.
>>28939383It’s not the actual dash, misspoke it’s the gauge bezel but regardless it’s got a hole in it now. But I did drill two holes and cut a rectangle into my dash to mount my 2 shaft radio though
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