im late today ......what a crazy night ...I am still numb and felt like I was on a jet or something
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
Details m'lady... what kind of crazy stuff happened?
I got a call that my cousin died ....and then I went to work and on my way back the car didn't feel right and BAM ....blowout.
so I limped the car into a parking lot and I walked about three miles and had a lot of time to think on the walk.
now I am back ....I need get a tire and go back and get the car later.
Dang o whirl wind and things all happen at once.
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
Sorry to hear about your cousin. Hope nothing on the car waz hurt other than the tire.
yesterday evening I managed to get the rear door off the corn nut ...........
don't let those short doors fool you.....they are HEAVY !!!!!
nice to find that ma mopar didn't even bother to paint behind the hinges and then we wonder why these cars rusted out so bad.
don't let those short doors fool you.....they are HEAVY !!!!!
nice to find that ma mopar didn't even bother to paint behind the hinges and then we wonder why these cars rusted out so bad.
thanks ....I am still in the dark as to what happened to her ...she was 24 but I haven't seen her in a long time now.
I think I may have ruined the wheel in the process ....14" SBP steel wheel
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
I like the name corn-nut.. i think a lady with your talents can take care of the hinge rust without issue. Not sure i like the homeless back seat look tho...
Morning all. Sorry to heaqr about your cousin Rani.
lol @ homeless look .......those are moving blankets for when the glass starts coming off LOL
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
Morning Mr. Mike.
Good morning Mr. TMM ....thanks ..i am still wide awake after a sleepless night.
Well I helped the new member with her car again yesterday, and I think I left my vacuum gauges under her hood. I can't find them now. I looked all over last night and this morning and I can't find them.
I hope she looks under her hood and finds them before they fall out from driving...
We did get it running better and new leaf springs on it yesterday...
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=326833
I hope she looks under her hood and finds them before they fall out from driving...
We did get it running better and new leaf springs on it yesterday...
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=326833
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
That's damn nice of you to a help a lady out. I hope she's learning a lot as you guys go along..
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Sorry to hear about cousin. Much too young...
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Back seats down and you just need a pillow...
Morning, condolences Rani.
Last sip of coffee gone, 7:53 on the clock. Time to get my work day started. Have a good one all you Mopar maniacs!
It's fun. She has a nice car and is right there with me asking questions, trying to figure it out. She's interested in learning and has potential to be another Mopar nut that works on her own car. She was helping with the easy stuff, but I did the more difficult parts and she watched.
We've made some great improvements to her car.
We were going to do the springs on Sunday, but got sidetracked on other fixes. When I removed the rear tire and looked at the brakes, the backing plates and star wheel were rusty and dry. I took them apart and cleaned up the backing plates, greased them, and then cleaned and greased the star wheel.
When I was feeling the wheel cylinder, one side blew out of it. It felt "sticky" and then one side piston and seal and dust boot shot out off one side. We checked the other side and it was also dry and sticky. Luckily my local NAPA had the wheel cylinders in stock, I had a spare set of OEM brake shoes in the basement, then we bought a new spring kit and then put them back together and bled them.
We also fixed the front shock bushing problem. Someone didn't remove the original style one piece bushing, then installed the shocks with the two piece split bushing over them. Luckily NAPA had the spare bushings on the help rack and we were able to remove the shocks, replace the bushings, and reinstall them. The front shocks were new and the top nut came off easy without any problems. Just the bottom bolt for the left shock had a "no grade" bolt in it and it stripped out. I had to air chisel the nut off of it to get it apart, then off to Menard's for the bolt. They didn't have any grade 8 bolts in 7/16", as they skipped from 3/8" to 1/2" in grade 8, but we were able to find a good bolt and nut in Grade 5 that worked. All the other hardware and parts stores were already closed by then (after 6 PM Sunday).
We also changed her fuel pump, and bent a new fuel line. The one in there had some kinks in the bends where someone tried to bend it. I have the proper bending tools, and we bought a couple pieces of steel tubing and bent a few up and went with the best fit one. It turned out pretty good, but was real tight getting by the alternator and A/C compressor brackets. Someone also put the fuel filter on the suction side of the pump, so we moved it to the pressure side on top by the carb. Then painted the alt bracket and reinstalled everything.
Then poking around yesterday, I saw that someone had put a tee in the vacuum line that goes to the carb and had one side on the ported vacuum from the carb, and the other to the vacuum advance on the distributor??? #-o #-o #-o
So I hooked up the distributor vacuum advance to the ported vacuum port on the carb, and then took care of the extra intake vacuum lines and ports...
we made some good progress and it stops better and runs smoother now. I see some other things to clean up. It has stock style 7 mm spark plug wires, and the electric choke on the carb is not engaging properly. So our next things on the list are to go through her front brakes and do a complete tune-up with new 8 mm plug wires, cap, rotor, get a carb gasket so I can remove it and figure out what is going on with her choke and get it set up properly.
It has a 318 with an Eddy Performer intake and Holley 600 vacuum secondary carb and dual exhaust. It is idling at 20.5-21" vacuum, and we may be able to get some more vacuum with a little tuning.
She's a nice person and interesting to talk with. She just installed her first tire on her car yesterday, by lifting it to the axle and then running down the lugs with an impact wrench herself, so she's changed her first tire!!!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
We're starting with the basics and teaching her as we go along. She's an eager learner and asks to do some things that are at her level. She's picking up pretty well and I think that we can create a Mopar Monster out of her. (we've created a monster... LOL!)... :glasses7:
She's truely interested in her car and keeping it running well as her daily driver for summer. She will fit in well here at FABO and can be another Rani, Cudachick, or C that can talk cars with the rest of us Mopar freaks....
She got good and greasy yesterday, including some on her face from rubbing it with greasy hands!!! :cheers:
Oh, she texted me back and did find my missing vacuum gauge under her hood... :violent1: :violent1: :violent1:
That's good that it wasn't lost and fall out from under her hood while she was driving. I told her to hang onto it until she can come back for the next week for more madness.... :glasses7:
I'm glad that I didn't loose it forever... :banghead:
I was using two vacuum gauges to explain the difference between intake vacuum and ported vacuum so she would know how to hook up the distributor properly. After fixing the vacuum hoses, it ran much better...
That's good that it wasn't lost and fall out from under her hood while she was driving. I told her to hang onto it until she can come back for the next week for more madness.... :glasses7:
I'm glad that I didn't loose it forever... :banghead:
I was using two vacuum gauges to explain the difference between intake vacuum and ported vacuum so she would know how to hook up the distributor properly. After fixing the vacuum hoses, it ran much better...
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
good that you got it back. All i use my vacuum guage for lately is to see how bad my job sucks! Job is pulling a strong 30 on the guage today!
redfastback
Don't ask me... my garage is empty
Just an fyi,you can use the ported constant vacuum source on the carb for the vacuum advance if you want. It does not work as well on cars with power brakes, best on manual brake cars. During hard stops can kill the car . In fact late 50's to early 60's cars came like this from the factory
No reason to set the initial timing and then plug in the vacuum and advance it to 25 ° or so at idle. Stomp on the gas and the vacuum signal goes away and the advance goes back to your initial setting plus what ever mechanical happens due to rpm. Ported vacuum is no vacuum at idle because the port is above the closed throttle plates.
ramenth
Gratis persona
Am I the first one in on the 16th?
Too friggin' early. Up at 3:00 so I can ****, shower, and shave and be out the door to head to Syracuse for a training class for work. Good 2-2.5 hour drive to get there.
Hope it's worth it.
On the other hand, it is the next step to becoming a GM, so, maybe I'll have my own store soon.
Too friggin' early. Up at 3:00 so I can ****, shower, and shave and be out the door to head to Syracuse for a training class for work. Good 2-2.5 hour drive to get there.
Hope it's worth it.
On the other hand, it is the next step to becoming a GM, so, maybe I'll have my own store soon.
who needs sleep when you can stay up and make an omelet in the middle of the night
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