1969 Dart Street/Strip (Re)Build
Seems like the car just keeps fighting me. Just a lot of annoying little things. Ordered a "new" rack and pinion and it showed up last night marred and scratched horribly. Hopefully my nastygram will get another sent out. I finally got to the point where I could run the car with the new radiator and fan setup. Pulled battery off the charger and it's shot!. 5 months over the 7 year warranty. Go figure. Another day of hot rodding. So got a new battery, drove it several miles and she didn't budge above 185 which is where I have the fans set to turn on. Ran the heck out of it and still no temp increase! Should have no issues in the summer. So I get back and finish buttoning up the car. Went out with a couple friends on a cruise. It was the first time we had all 3 of our cars together. We were getting after it on the highway toying around and such. We split and headed home. As I was turning in to my neighborhood, I couldn't turn the wheel!. It was locked from turning right! I about didn't make it home but did. Opened the hood and found that the breather had come unscrewed from its base and wedged itself between the fender and steering rod. Messed up the paint and the breather but wife and I made it home safely at least.
Seems like the car just keeps fighting me. Just a lot of annoying little things. Ordered a "new" rack and pinion and it showed up last night marred and scratched horribly. Hopefully my nastygram will get another sent out. I finally got to the point where I could run the car with the new radiator and fan setup. Pulled battery off the charger and it's shot!. 5 months over the 7 year warranty. Go figure. Another day of hot rodding. So got a new battery, drove it several miles and she didn't budge above 185 which is where I have the fans set to turn on. Ran the heck out of it and still no temp increase! Should have no issues in the summer. So I get back and finish buttoning up the car. Went out with a couple friends on a cruise. It was the first time we had all 3 of our cars together. We were getting after it on the highway toying around and such. We split and headed home. As I was turning in to my neighborhood, I couldn't turn the wheel!. It was locked from turning right! I about didn't make it home but did. Opened the hood and found that the breather had come unscrewed from its base and wedged itself between the fender and steering rod. Messed up the paint and the breather but wife and I made it home safely at least.
