Laughing Coyote
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Got the brake pads and rotors coming. The valve cover gaskets came in today so I put one side on. They're rubber with a steel inside. Hope that fixes the leaking. I will tackle the other side as I wait for the front brake stuff to come in. I posted the engine information so you can see why it's a blast to drive.
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I noticed in your video that the fuel line looks really close to the exhaust manifold. You may want to route it farther away from it. You wouldn't want to have a fire or cause the fuel to boil off. Does sound like the belt.
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Made some good progress so far. I did the nasty clean up stuff yesterday and today was paint and re install. Just need the caliper, rotor and pads for the drivers side. The bearing packer I got off of CL a while pack worked like a charm. Moving right along again.
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Today I went ahead and started to tear into the front wheels to check things. And......sure enough the car didn't disappoint. So far I just did the drivers side. The caliper is leaking and has been for awhile. Not good. The rotor is nicked, rusted and is the original one. It still has the factory rivets holding it on the hub. Which had to be removed. The bearings looked fine after cleaning them up, but the nut wasn't all the way tight so there was a little play in the hub. The brake pads are shot since they're fluid soaked. So it going to be cleaning, painting and replacing the rotors and pads. I also removed the valve cover to see what the gaskets looked like. Compressed to nothing so they're pretty much done as I expected. I did see something was rubbing on the PCV housing inside the valve cover. It's the back of the rocker arm. Lovely, so I did some cutting and modified it so that issues is resolved. Looks like it's round two for the old girl.
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The car ran great the last time I took it out after the oil change. The valve covers have a leak on each side which I knew about for a while so new gaskets are going to be ordered for that issue. While I wait on those the front wheels will be pulled and the bearings will be cleaned, checked, and repacked if in good condition. I will also be inspecting the front calipers, rotors, and anything else around that area. I did get new grease wheel seals in yesterday. Hopefully it goes a lot smoother then the rest of the car did so far, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Maybe call these guys and maybe they can direct you to another source if they can't help.
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Hey AmyChevy1969,
It looks like the fire wall is a green color. If so than that's probably the original factory color. The underside of the hood and the whole exterior of the body would be that color. The vin tag that is probably in the door jamb will have numbers and letters that can confirm the colors for the body and trims. You can look up vin decoders online that can help with that. SMS fabric in Oregon should have the original seat fabric. They would need the trim number so the can get you the right color. They send out samples of the fabrics. Hope this helps. I'm sure other will chime in and assist too. Welcome to the Forum.
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Just a thought. What about searching for a threaded 1 5/8" steel ball. I found several on line. Then you could loc tight a mounting bolt or come up with something else to mount it to.
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I got the antifreeze swapped out and changed the oil. It was pretty nasty and just like everything else on the car the filter was put on with a death grip. Wasn't fun trying to get it off. Once it was changed out then it was time to hit the gas station and fill the tank. I did take the car over to the neighbor that gave it to me to adjust timing. It was way to advanced and seemed to be struggling. Now it's right on and goes like a beast. It's a real hoot to drive now. I'm still going to go through things here and there, but not as in depth as a big tear down.
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Nothing exciting or strange, just normal everyday items that slid down the defrost vents into the heater box.
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Hey Roger, just wanted to check in and see if you have any updates on the chassis project. Miss seeing your incredible workmanship.
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While putting things back together finally I decided to check the coolant since that is one thing I haven't done yet. Good thing I did. I don't think it's suppose to be this color. Have new going in this week and an oil change is due too since it was running so rich for who knows for how long that the oil has a gas smell. That's not good for bearings. The new high torque starter is in and works a lot better.
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More progress. I know I keep saying it's getting closer ,but still doing more on it. I did get to fire it back up finally last weekend after the carb was rebuilt. Seems to be running better. I changed the jets out to a size that was in the middle of the chart and also new metering rods that were in the middle range on the chart so it shouldn't be too rich or lean. I got the new high torque starter in and still have to verify the alignment to make sure I'm good to go on that. While looking over the wire harnesses I noticed that it's got lots of wires that don't look quite right aka non factory. So I'm in the process of verifying them against the schematic. It's not too bad, but enough to make me look it over and check voltages. Always something.
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The exhaust manifolds that came on these old FE engines didn't have gaskets from the factory. I just installed exhaust manifold gaskets on mine and have no leaks. It does seem kind of odd to do a bead and then mount after it cures. I guess they figure it would conform to any surfaces or imperfections on the mating surface.
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I just put a bead on it and tightened it up. Some oozed out and wiped off the excess. Everything is still good. Also used it on the 61 Mercury on the heat riser block on both sides of it and it's fine there too. I would let it cure out for at least a day or two before running it.
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The high temp copper silicone works fine. Used it on my 73 Corvette header flanges and it's working fine with no leaks.
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Oh I forgot to add that the oil pressure gauge line was spliced 3 times with compression connectors so a new line is being ran and the center dash vents were trashed and loose. I'm sure there is other small things that I'm forgetting, but it's all been checked and repaired and going back together this week. Aren't old cars fun.
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I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been elbows deep in fixing things. When I decided to look into the climate controls I found all kinds of things to keep me busy. Lots of stripped out screws in the fiberglass ducting (needed repairs) it also seems that every piece of duct work was either cracked or had a broken tab or something. (more repairs) Found out the heater blend door actuator was bad so I replaced that. Started to finally put things back together. I will be ordering a new high torque starter this week. I was also missing the bottom heat duct that shoots the heat out towards your feet was missing. I found one on Ebay and got it here. The coolant looked like brown cloudy water so that is going to get drained and replaced. The carb was running pretty lean since the last time driving it so I'm going to give it a serious clean and rebuild. I'm researching the jets and metering rods to determine what's the best for running in the middle. I should have all this completed by the end of the month. Wanting to get it back on the road again. Always something.
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Sears was the Amazon back in the day. You could buy anything.
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I'm pretty sure Matt had all kinds of names for the Lincoln as he was working on it.
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Leaving the grocery store parking lot today I got a quick picture of a 1969 Firebird convertible. Looks pretty nice.
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1973 Corvette clean up
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Was able to finish up the drivers side last night. Now starting to tackle the passenger side. Same as the drivers side. Rotor that is 50 years old and the bearings weren't tightened enough and have play in them. The good thing is that the caliper isn't leaking, but it has to come apart and get cleaned up and checked anyway. The new rotor will be here Thursday so hopefully I will have the front end finished, the valve covers back on and ready for a test ride this weekend. The only thing that I would need to address down the road sooner than later would be U joints for the main drive shaft since I don't know how old they are or how much abuse they've had.