What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?
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mopowers
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That wheel turned out great! What did you use for paint?
Challngd73
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Thank you. Used the same paint that will be going on my hood/stripes. Subaru grey metallic with multiple coats of clear.
mopowers
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If you don't mind me asking, what'd you use to fill the cracks (if it had any)?
Challngd73
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Used body glue/plastic repair.
Challngd73
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Cleaning Pistons
(before)
(after)
Soak them in Chem-Dip for 1/2 day, then soak and rinse in lacquer thinner to kill that sticky residue from the chem-dip.
Saftey glasses, long sleeve shirt, and chemical resistant gloves. Nasty stuff for sure, but it does cut the carbon.
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(before)
(after)
Soak them in Chem-Dip for 1/2 day, then soak and rinse in lacquer thinner to kill that sticky residue from the chem-dip.
Saftey glasses, long sleeve shirt, and chemical resistant gloves. Nasty stuff for sure, but it does cut the carbon.
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Took it to get the hood graphics digitized so now i can start tearing it apart (engine, transmission, trim, etc...) for paint!!!
Jeff
Jeff
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
Are you doing the hood like this?
Challngd73
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Sick
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
That's all paint Baby. No decal. But I had a stencil
Challngd73
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Love me some good paint work.
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
That Hood is a center piece of the car. It had to be beyond perfect. Along with the Motor.
Challngd73
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Very nice work.
Have already pretty much done all that. I knocked the dizzy out removing the right cover and had to re-time it and thusly marked it already!
The bore scope gave me a pretty good look from the right side head but! I did not look at the cam lobes as it was to hard, and concentrated on the lifter tops on both sides to see if a clip popped!
Going to drain the oil and check first. I did not see any metal flakes in the oil on the rockers when the right cover was off. Course it was shut off within 60 seconds.
I ran it for 15 minutes at under 2k mostly except to re-time it this past weekend. If I see metal I will know!
I also did not put it under load in gear on re-fire which would help indicate bearing or TQ issue. I lost my first convertor at the track in 1987 and it sounded just like a main or rod bearing went south.
Thought the motor was toast but it was just the TQ.
Could still be a bearing issue but seriously doubt it! Least I hope so!
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Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
If I have time I'll probably start mocking up a charge pipe, and maybe, just maybe build the oil feed/drain lines.
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
Not saying much. But who knew you could put the fan shroud on upside-down. 
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72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
Got the Radiator and Shroud in today. 
Don't ask about my Whoops last nite. Hey I'm not perfect.
Don't ask about my Whoops last nite. Hey I'm not perfect.
I'm not perfect, but parts of me are excellent
8 pistons, 8 new ring sets
One step at a time.
'76 360 Std Bore.
Like the big oiling holes at the wrist pins on the 360 Truck Pistons.
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One step at a time.
'76 360 Std Bore.
Like the big oiling holes at the wrist pins on the 360 Truck Pistons.
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72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
That's not what your wife tells us. Substandard is the word used frequently.
LolThat's not what your wife tells us. Substandard is the word used frequently.
Jim Lusk
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Today, not a damn thing. 110 right now on the way to 114 and I've been sick (not covid, but hit hard and fast Wednesday evening). Just gonna relax inside all weekend now and get back to work on Monday and then make plans to get the house tented for powder post beetles...
...get the house tented for powder post beetles...
Ouch! Good luck with that, brother.
Ouch! Good luck with that, brother.
Jim Lusk
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It's only money...Pushes a few things back, but we're still building the second garage and redoing the stucco. Kitchen will have to wait (wife says garage FIRST)...
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