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66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?
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1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
They came up when I did a Google search for 'sex with farm animals'.
I'm not worried. 'sex' means 'six' in Swedish.
Major supply run today. Now that I actually have a stick welder I needed all the peripherals, too. So I went to Jula (budget tools and crap chain) and bought the following:
- Welding helmet
- Slag pick
- Welding rods 2 and 2.5 mm
- Heavier earthing clamp
- Set of 35 mm2 (AWG 2) jumper cables to replace the flimsy cables coming out of the welder (that are probably 10 mm2 (AWG7))
- Air grinder kit
- HSS grinder bits (I'm thinking port matching the intake and heads, what could possibly go wrong ...)
- Propane torch
- Cutting fluid
- Blasting nozzle and hose for bucket suck-up
- Dial gauge with magnetic foot
- pack of gloves.
A lot of this stuff has been on my wanted list for a long time. Selling the bike gave me the leverage needed to pull it off and still keep the domestic peace.
Happy camper! Now I'm off to test my welder!
- Welding helmet
- Slag pick
- Welding rods 2 and 2.5 mm
- Heavier earthing clamp
- Set of 35 mm2 (AWG 2) jumper cables to replace the flimsy cables coming out of the welder (that are probably 10 mm2 (AWG7))
- Air grinder kit
- HSS grinder bits (I'm thinking port matching the intake and heads, what could possibly go wrong ...)
- Propane torch
- Cutting fluid
- Blasting nozzle and hose for bucket suck-up
- Dial gauge with magnetic foot
- pack of gloves.
A lot of this stuff has been on my wanted list for a long time. Selling the bike gave me the leverage needed to pull it off and still keep the domestic peace.
Happy camper! Now I'm off to test my welder!
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1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Am I not a champ!?
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
I just spent the morning sandblasting my brake calipers and then the afternoon cleaning all the fine sand dust out of my compressor. Fun to know how they work. All the dust had gotten under the reed valves so they didn't seal properly. Hence poor capacity.
I broke the air filter off a while back when it fell over so I was afraid I was going to have to re-ring the piston but honing it and cleaning it out completely made it good as new. I think. It sure builds pressure a LOT quicker.
Now all I have to do is rig a filter of some kind.
The oil really didn't look good ...
Cylinder before honing ...
... and after.
I broke the air filter off a while back when it fell over so I was afraid I was going to have to re-ring the piston but honing it and cleaning it out completely made it good as new. I think. It sure builds pressure a LOT quicker.
Now all I have to do is rig a filter of some kind.
The oil really didn't look good ...
Cylinder before honing ...
... and after.
The renovated (cleaned) compressor works a lot better. Finished blasting the calipers and shot them and the LCA pins with a coat of high-temp zinc primer. Red caliper paint tomorrow, I hope.
How do you like my makeshift compressor air filter?
How do you like my makeshift compressor air filter?
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
I had envisioned several different gnarly ways you could rig up an air filter. Yours is great but I think you should embroider this to the towel to make it look official.
- And it could use some duct tape...
Ha ha! Yes, I haven't embroidered anything in a long time so that could well go on my to-do list. 
Bright red calipers, coming up!
Before painting I cleaned out the piston chambers and the seal rings as per @halifaxhops's advice and masked them. Put som bleeders in the fitting holes and rattle can:ed away!
I think I'll shoot them a little more in a while so the paint covers properly.
Before painting I cleaned out the piston chambers and the seal rings as per @halifaxhops's advice and masked them. Put som bleeders in the fitting holes and rattle can:ed away!
I think I'll shoot them a little more in a while so the paint covers properly.
And here they are finished. Re-did the LCA pins and gave them and the brake hose clamps a shot of black. Actually high-temp paint - like the caliper paint - because that was what I had. There is some overspray on the LCA pins but I'll take that off with some fine-grit sand paper.
Also, the surfaces on the LCA pins is sand blasted so I think I'll be sanding/polishing the mating surfaces for the bushing and the K-frame.
I'm pleased.
Also, the surfaces on the LCA pins is sand blasted so I think I'll be sanding/polishing the mating surfaces for the bushing and the K-frame.
I'm pleased.
Well look what I did!
I somehow misplaced one of my new pistons, though, so I had to use on of the old ones. Really annoying. Look good though, don't they?
I somehow misplaced one of my new pistons, though, so I had to use on of the old ones. Really annoying. Look good though, don't they?
Misplacing stuff seems to be pretty common - called CRS! They do look great; now you need a wheel that will let you see them
Ha ha, yes, the Can't-Remember-****-itus.
I think I know what happened. I kept all eight old pistons laying on my work bench for a long time before finally chucking them in the bin. One of the new ones might have slipped into that pile while I was trying to get the pistons in last time.
But I guess it might still turn up somehow. The quickest way to find it is probably to buy a new one ...
Well, as long as the old piston was not damaged, it will work fine. The new piston will surely turn up when you least expect it!
Unfortunately it wasn't one of the prettiest but not one of the worst either. It'll do for now. I can identify it quite easily when I want to replace it because some previous owner has used a pipe wrench to remove it, making ugly markings on the outer edge. Not far enough in to damage the seal, though. I have spare seals, though, so I'll replace that too when I get (or find) the new piston.
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. That lost brake piston hasn't shown up.
I've been busy doing other things like replacing yet another CV joint boot on our old Audi and installing a water heater in the guest house of our summer house. And there have been out-of-school ceremonies and Dreamhack what not.
Anyways, this weekend is midsummer and it's probably the largest celebration in Sweden in the whole year. The alcohol sales skyrocket and we do silly dances around a pole dressed in leaves and flowers. Very pagan. The celebration is especially serious in the central parts of the country with heavy tradition including the traditional clothing, unique for each village.
We usually host a reasonably sized party in the summer house and this year we'll be 10+10 people. Half under 15 years of age, half over. It's always a blast.
The party begins on Friday with a herring lunch. Then it's dressing the pole followed by dancing and singing. Then we have coffee and cake. In the evening we have a barbecue and after that we play games. The neighbors also have a party and we join forces for the games and the coffee and cake that follows that.
So I'll probably be out of circulation for a few days ahead.
Here's a picture of a traditional Swedish midsummer's pole.
I've been busy doing other things like replacing yet another CV joint boot on our old Audi and installing a water heater in the guest house of our summer house. And there have been out-of-school ceremonies and Dreamhack what not.
Anyways, this weekend is midsummer and it's probably the largest celebration in Sweden in the whole year. The alcohol sales skyrocket and we do silly dances around a pole dressed in leaves and flowers. Very pagan. The celebration is especially serious in the central parts of the country with heavy tradition including the traditional clothing, unique for each village.
We usually host a reasonably sized party in the summer house and this year we'll be 10+10 people. Half under 15 years of age, half over. It's always a blast.
The party begins on Friday with a herring lunch. Then it's dressing the pole followed by dancing and singing. Then we have coffee and cake. In the evening we have a barbecue and after that we play games. The neighbors also have a party and we join forces for the games and the coffee and cake that follows that.
So I'll probably be out of circulation for a few days ahead.
Here's a picture of a traditional Swedish midsummer's pole.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Hey Anders. I've got to admit that some of the traditions over there seem odd to me. I would try the 'dancing around the ribbonned pole' thing here but I've heard the asylums in Nebraska are already over-booked. I guess I'll just stick to hiding colored eggs around my yard, using explosives, and displaying zombies.
moparmat2000
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Why not bolt it up stock, and see how it does. Then add shims if needed. If you want a real driveshaft nightmare try a 1960 full size chevrolet passenger car with an X frame. It has a 2 piece driveshaft, 3 u joints, a hangar bearing in the middle, and a shim stack for the single upper control arm for the rear axle to adjust pinion angle. This car uses coil springs in the rear , with a panhard bar.
I can't say I disagree on how odd the traditions are. It's like they've been told from father to son for a thousand years and both parties have been drunk so a little information has been eroded off for each generation. I did leave out some of the drinking references. There is A LOT of drinking going on on midsummer's eve. Not so much at our party, we always have a whole bunch of kids around. Not a whole lot of sobriety, though.
Do you mean the rear axle? Nah, I don't think that's a good idea. The outgoing axle and drive shaft are very close to in line and the rear is pointing down slightly. The angles aren't large but I don't think it's a good setup. I think I ordered shims, I can't remember.
*checks e-mail history*
Nope. I didn't. Oh, well. Maybe I'll give it a try without shims first.
moparmat2000
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Hi Anders,
Now i could be wrong, but i believe stock the rear axle is supposed to sit at 5° nose down attitude from dead flat not in relation to the driveshaft. Remember on accelleration the rear axle will want to twist opposite of the direction of the wheels its turning. Action / reaction. This will make the rear axle prop shaft or input shaft move upward to a flat or 0°
Now i could be wrong, but i believe stock the rear axle is supposed to sit at 5° nose down attitude from dead flat not in relation to the driveshaft. Remember on accelleration the rear axle will want to twist opposite of the direction of the wheels its turning. Action / reaction. This will make the rear axle prop shaft or input shaft move upward to a flat or 0°
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Short update.
I've been giving myself a true vacation despite having been at home for 18 months. Spending time with the family. The summer has been great so far and today I ordered rear axle shims from Summit. That will conclude the package krazykuda will be sending me. It started with a brake booster assembly I bid on in the Tom and Dee auction and ended up being all sorts of things, from ball joints to head gaskets.
I'll be checking out again tonight and will be back in a week or so when we move back home from the summer house on the coast.
I'll leave you with a picture of my daughter at my dads place I took a couple of days ago.
I've been giving myself a true vacation despite having been at home for 18 months. Spending time with the family. The summer has been great so far and today I ordered rear axle shims from Summit. That will conclude the package krazykuda will be sending me. It started with a brake booster assembly I bid on in the Tom and Dee auction and ended up being all sorts of things, from ball joints to head gaskets.
I'll be checking out again tonight and will be back in a week or so when we move back home from the summer house on the coast.
I'll leave you with a picture of my daughter at my dads place I took a couple of days ago.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Nice photo. Now don't dawdle too long on vacation and forget that the Dart is part of the family too.
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