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1 Attachment(s) Hahaha, yeah I do. Points have never left a man stranded on the side of the road. Pertronix though? Many times. Rally Beetle runs electronic ignition, and I've been meaning to move the pertronix over now that the Rally Beetle doesn't use it anymore (fully electronic and programable)...but the points work, and I try to do as little as possible on the '58 :P -------- I was telling Rob at AVR Parts about how I've almost been rear ended in the '58 a couple of times. He's got a shelf at the shop with my name on it, but now that I've moved to the island I often get care packages. Three days after we chatted, Vintage Speed LED tail-lamps showed up on my door. Upgraded light on left, the 12-volt I was running on the right. The brake light brightness is nutty in comparison to the old. To give you a better idea of how dim the old setup was: backing up to my garage door at night, I could never tell if my tail lights were working. Even hitting the brake pedal, you couldn't see a red-glow against the garage unless you got within inches of the door. |
Pulled the Land Cruiser out of long-term storage, and finally decided to get cracking on it. Condition wise, it's in pretty fantastic shape for it's age...but the rust underneath is at that pivotal point where its not quite bad enough to blow the truck apart for a restoration, but if you leave it as is, it will deteriorate quickly. No time or budget for a restoration, so lets see if I can't seal it up and buy some time. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4282/...746b1064_c.jpg See, it's not _bad_, but it's definitely starting. Obviously in the seams it's worse, and behind the protective flaps the previous owner added is pretty soft, but there is still lots of good strong metal left. While I'm not an LC afficianado, I suspect this particular example has had some previous owner additions to accommodate the seats in the back (among other things) https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4282/...8fe290be_c.jpg Once it was up on jack stands, I gave the entire underside a full degreasing with engine degreaser and brake clean, before crawling under the thing with the pressure washer for a full wash. Once dry, I hit up the underside with various wire wheels, wire brushes and flap discs to get down to bare metal wherever possible. The underside got another round with pressure washer (because, you know, bury the water as deep into the vehicle as you possibly can :P) and then gave it a full 24hrs of heat to dry it out. A final blast with air from the compressor told me that all the cracks and such were dry, and it was into the shop on axle stands. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4095/...486c2a8c_c.jpg Obviously, based on these next photos, I'm not really concerned with "factory look". The truck has been undercoated twice in it's life, *possibly* once at the factory and then again at some point when it must have had some body-off work done on the frame. Most of the body rust was from where the undercoating had dried, cracked and thus failed. Let this be a lesson to you young kiddies - NEVER undercoat a vehicle after paint. Only use undercoat that goes on before the vehicle is painted. #oldmanadvice Anyways, 5.5 hours of POR15 painting later... https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4002/...3c10ba43_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4016/...6b610859_c.jpg (the visible rust is a bolt-on panel I haven't removed yet, will do that one off the truck) https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4240/...281a6b58_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4237/...3d59900a_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4277/...1789f9ea_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4077/...c9de7c6b_c.jpg Of course my coveralls allowed the POR15 drips to soak through, so it's either long-sleeves and pants for the next week or I'll be explaining to everyone I talk to why I look like a homeless person. "No really, it's paint...it doesn't wash off." |
Not today but a few days ago, replaced the spark plugs on my FRS a few days ago. Took just over an hour, definitely time consuming for a spark plug replacement but not as bad as I thought it would be https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ed&oe=5A05DF47 |
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70k |
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Installed a new steering wheel: http://i.imgur.com/2IhEmLm.jpg It's honestly too nice for the car. lol |
1 Attachment(s) 2 inch front level with 2.5 inch rear blocks and new rear shocks. |
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3 Attachment(s) Installed a single Euro GT3 bucket seat only because Wife hates the idea of bucket seat..:pokerface: saved 30 lbs only instead of 60 lbs Attachment 29210 Attachment 29211 Attachment 29212 |
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Wet sanded and clearcoated the oxidized headlight that nearly every one of these cars seems to have. There's damage to the interior of the lens that's much more obvious now, but it still looks much better than before Before, sometime around last December: http://i.imgur.com/Fl8CoYZh.jpg After: http://i.imgur.com/K6e8RWIh.jpg |
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Been a long time since I've posted on here. Figured I'll throw up a couple photos of what I've had to do these past couple months. Acura EL First up, I had to replace the climate control switch unit in the car. https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...28&oe=5A5CF628 Next up, had a small leak somewhere from the oil pan gasket. Decided to drop the pan, clean it up, and reseal it. https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...aa&oe=5A1C0CA8 https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...89&oe=5A1FF4EE Last up, the wiring loom in the driver side front fender needed attention. My temporary crimp job was beginning to fail so I decided to pull all the butt connectors and do a proper solder/heat shrink job. https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...4a&oe=5A5DC250 Next up, the Mazda 3. Was driving it one night and lost all my coolant as I pulled into a McDicks. This was my first time actually pulling anything apart under the hood so the job took a bit longer than I had anticipated. That said, I found the culprit in the form of a dead gasket, along with a bonus problem. https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...68&oe=5A220D33 https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...e8&oe=5A1E8746 https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...cf&oe=5A124ADB |
First time doing any wrenching myself, idk what I was thinking when I decided to do ps replacement myself. Did the teardown today while I was waiting for parts. Finally learned the differences between a 1/4 and 1/2 drive and that I NEED socket/wrench extensions among many other things. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5d4f861838.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...23bdddd076.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f3d0b63d67.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...864937f489.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c55574d925.jpg Parts JUST came in, so I'm pretty stoked to start putting my car back together and then I can drive again! I kinda got shafted by CT tho. I still gotta wait for them to restock spark plug sockets so I can exchange my defective one. That and, they decided to cancel my order for socket/wrench extensions :/ We'll see how excited I am, when I actually start removing and replacing my PS assembly. But for now, I'm pretty happy about wrenching. Which is good, considering I need to do upper control arms next. Anyone ever DIY RTABs ? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...784228f314.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6373f1e418.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3f751d203b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...75612ebad7.jpg |
installed a tiny voltmeter in my center console https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...d9&oe=5A6C587B |
Do you have a factory manual, or the factory steps for rebleeding the power steering system? It _can_ be a unique method, depending on the car... |
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1. Turn off engine and fill ps tank until level reaches MAX mark on the dipstick 2. Start engine. Turn steering wheel twice as far as left and right lock. 3. Turn off engine and top off again to MAX I'm actually looking to do a full flush as my current fluid is black. So I want everything bad out of the system. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk |
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Bought a tq wrench and extensions at CT, as well as spark plug gapper and heater hose (for full ps flush). I started doing spark plugs today, but one bad thing after another, I'm now stuck. The rubber grommet in the spark plug socket would get stuck on the spark plug when I install the new one. Then I figured out I could use the ignition coil to suction the other grommet out. But everything is still fucked. The old sparkplug in cylinder 2 is stuck and wont come out, i snapped a bolt for the ignition coil on cylinder 1, and now i dropped my 1/4 ratchet with the 10mm on it on my engine splash tray FUCK ME SOS anyone in Richmond/South Van wanna give a noob a hand tmr/weekend? Will buy you a 6pack (none of that shitty PBR crap) Also does anyone know if the grounding wire goes before the ignition coil or just in between the bolt and ignition coil?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ce0f59344e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...906727451b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5caf308677.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e912a8fa2d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ecbcdf7834.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fb51fc6f9f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...877431f713.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d2f56fe597.jpg Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk |
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