She Devil
Work in Progress
Hi everyone.
I just wanted to introduce myself. I purchased the 1972 Demon Lildemonkid had for sale on here, and no, I did not spend $9000 on it
Those of you who saw the threads on this car know it needs a lot of work and I am planning on doing most of the repairs myself.
I have had had the car for a couple of weeks now and I have already ran into my first batch of unexpected issues. First, the steering was insanely loose. An easy fix, the steering box bolts needed to be tightened. It only took about 6 hours to get the 3 bolts tight, not too bad lol. Next on the list was to get an alignment, only the alignment guy said I would have to replace the control arm bushings before he could do that. I have had the car up on jack stands for almost 2 weeks now fighting the rust and trying to get the bushings replaced. So far, I have managed to get the passenger side upper control arm off. Only took a week!
I am also replacing the tie rod ends, ball joints, the one bent tie rod sleeve, cam bolts, and just about every other piece I can while I'm in there.
After this is finished, new front tires, alignment, rear shackles and bushings and, new u-joint.
Then I have to figure out what is leaking out of the car and all over my floor (I swear it looks like urine), then try to figure outwhy the dash lights aren't working at night, fix the stereo (no radio), remount the stereo (cds skip), and a few other odds and ends. Hopefully I will be able to start concentrating on the body repair at that point. I will keep y'all up to date with my progress and I am sure I will have many questions for you through all this. I look forward to hearing your input.
I am not going to try to blow smoke... I am 100% new at all this!!! I am not going to try to act like I know what I am doing, because I don't. Anyway, please be patient with me.
Thanks,
She Devil
I just wanted to introduce myself. I purchased the 1972 Demon Lildemonkid had for sale on here, and no, I did not spend $9000 on it
Those of you who saw the threads on this car know it needs a lot of work and I am planning on doing most of the repairs myself.
I have had had the car for a couple of weeks now and I have already ran into my first batch of unexpected issues. First, the steering was insanely loose. An easy fix, the steering box bolts needed to be tightened. It only took about 6 hours to get the 3 bolts tight, not too bad lol. Next on the list was to get an alignment, only the alignment guy said I would have to replace the control arm bushings before he could do that. I have had the car up on jack stands for almost 2 weeks now fighting the rust and trying to get the bushings replaced. So far, I have managed to get the passenger side upper control arm off. Only took a week!
I am also replacing the tie rod ends, ball joints, the one bent tie rod sleeve, cam bolts, and just about every other piece I can while I'm in there.
After this is finished, new front tires, alignment, rear shackles and bushings and, new u-joint.
Then I have to figure out what is leaking out of the car and all over my floor (I swear it looks like urine), then try to figure outwhy the dash lights aren't working at night, fix the stereo (no radio), remount the stereo (cds skip), and a few other odds and ends. Hopefully I will be able to start concentrating on the body repair at that point. I will keep y'all up to date with my progress and I am sure I will have many questions for you through all this. I look forward to hearing your input.
I am not going to try to blow smoke... I am 100% new at all this!!! I am not going to try to act like I know what I am doing, because I don't. Anyway, please be patient with me.
Thanks,
She Devil
