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I'm a knob.... and there's no denying it. I get to the house this morning and try to carry one thing too many into the yard. Out of the box slides my brand new stainless steel radiator overflow recovery tank. And it lands right on the beautiful smooth cap, which is now shot to hell. Nice big scrape in it. I can't win.... This is the second item to get dicked-up through negligence. This time it was me. If all these posts serve ANY purpose, it should illustrate what NOT to do! Needless to say, Leanne will be getting another call this week.
Now the good news. I had mentioned a few days ago that Ben (GTXperience) had found a pair of fender splash shields at a swap meet and bought them for me. He remembered me saying I needed a set and sent me an e-mail saying he got them. Awesome Dude! Here's what they looked like after being stripped. Nothing like West Coast sheet metal!
Here they are after a few coats of Black Epoxy paint. I'm waiting for the rubber gaskets to arrive.
Bought a coolant recovery tank. I still have to figure out where & how I'm going to mount it....
I got my radiator back and it no longer sounds like rocks in a box. The shop cleaned it out really good. No loose nuts and twigs in it now!
Now it's starting to look like it might run soon. I just have to find my coolant hoses, which I "put away" some place safe!
Tomorrow I tackle a few wiring issues, like my $589 Year 1 dash harness that had 3 terminals un-connected from the bulkhead connector. I have to crawl under there with the shop manual and see which goes where. Plus wire the fuel pump relay and tach. This way once I get home from vacation I can bolt everything back on that's being powder coated and I fire this thing up.
Pray for me....
Now the good news. I had mentioned a few days ago that Ben (GTXperience) had found a pair of fender splash shields at a swap meet and bought them for me. He remembered me saying I needed a set and sent me an e-mail saying he got them. Awesome Dude! Here's what they looked like after being stripped. Nothing like West Coast sheet metal!
Here they are after a few coats of Black Epoxy paint. I'm waiting for the rubber gaskets to arrive.
Bought a coolant recovery tank. I still have to figure out where & how I'm going to mount it....
I got my radiator back and it no longer sounds like rocks in a box. The shop cleaned it out really good. No loose nuts and twigs in it now!
Now it's starting to look like it might run soon. I just have to find my coolant hoses, which I "put away" some place safe!
Tomorrow I tackle a few wiring issues, like my $589 Year 1 dash harness that had 3 terminals un-connected from the bulkhead connector. I have to crawl under there with the shop manual and see which goes where. Plus wire the fuel pump relay and tach. This way once I get home from vacation I can bolt everything back on that's being powder coated and I fire this thing up.
Pray for me....
