Yep, everything is going back on. I just set it up for a quick picture. Thanks for the props!
I'm not polishing the raised parts on mine. Primarily because the casting is terrible on mine and I could never find a smooth pocket free point on them. Secondary reason is because everyone seems to do that.
Actually been making great progress the last few days. Working instead of posting on here. :up: You'll definitely have the hoist back by next weekend! Pending arrival of my BMA order, I should be done with it by the end of this weekend. Btw... school never stopped for me! I've been going full time all summer.
Minor backwards progress this week. Picked up a new radiator support yesterday and got it in last night. MUCH better than the previous one - very glad I was able to find a clean and straight one! I did get 2/3 of the car stripped and will begin paint prep soon. Trunk and interior are completely stripped for sound deadening install.
My Euro lights and grills showed up! They are going to need a bit of work to meet my standards for this car. Adjusters are all f'd and they need a bit of clean up. I didn't realize how much different they were from U.S. lights besides the projectors and lenses. Sometime in the next few days or this weekend I'll work on getting them apart for cleanup and smoking. I'm tempted to pick up some Krylon stained glass spray paint and do the inside of the lenses while they're out. Though I love the frenched/smoked look, I'm a bit torn on doing the low beams since it's technically illegal for the low beams to be yellow.
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When are you gonna make some headway on this sonny boy? School starts soon... And I am gonna be in need of my hoist next weekend too. :PLeave a comment:
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Nice work... been following your thread. I like how you left the throttle cable arm silver... that looks hawt.
Polishing those raised portions are easy with a dremel. Just repainted and polished the lines off today. Took about 2.5hours total due to paint dry time. Going to paint my cam cover black and then polish the lines on it as well, but that's not til after I get my turbo stuff hot coated and ready to reassemble. Don't want to scratch the cover after all.
ps: BTW, put the throttle body heater plate back on, but cut off the protruding input/outputs. It works as a throttle body spacer and I noticed a few extra torques after putting it back on. Our engines need all the extra torque they can get.Leave a comment:
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Thanks man! Moose is the shit. UKC 'PR' APBT, around 100 lbs so far, and will be 2 in December. Comes from a really slow growing blood line so I'm curious where he'll end up at. His pops was 96 lbs, so he'll be a touch bigger when all said and done.
Here's a few pics of him:
Just a little pup-
Not sure if he's half asleep or wondering what you're lookin at?
Out playin-
Teaser of engine painting:
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yes! you have to love pick-n-pull!
post pics of your dog...he looks cool!Leave a comment:
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Test fitting body panels-
Working through painting pieces from the engine-
Throttle body:
Intake manifold:
Factory headers:
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The hood or radiator support isnt that great?
I might stop by this weekend. I will text you if I can.Leave a comment:
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Again, more pics up tomorrow.
Mounted all of the body panels to test fit things. Everything is close... only the hood gaps are funky. So, back to tweaking the radiator support into the proper position. The one I got is not that great and that may be causing a lot of our grief.
I got a number of engine related items painted as well. Coming out pretty slick so far! I underestimated and need more paint soon.
Euro headlights and grills should be here soon! Time to order up more HID items.
I will admit that this is a much bigger project that I initially anticipated and I am feeling like I'm at a bit of a low point enthusiasm wise. Best thing to do? Keep pluggin along!Leave a comment:
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Interesting... after checking my photobucket account, apparently my images are being used on other sites I never posted them on. Weird.Leave a comment:
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Well shucks, if Curt wants more pictures....
Engine and transmission are oil free! Well, they will need a small amount of hand cleaning but are 95% clean. I should have taken before pictures - it was disgusting! Almost all the gaskets had been replaced by previous owners, but the lower timing cover gasket is still leaking. Clearly the engine bay was never cleaned after the gaskets were replaced.
One tip, wear a rain suit if you're gonna do this! Not jacket, a full suit.
I bought a engine stand so I could have a nice stable place for the motor to sit while painting. Gotta love Harbor Freight!
Paint plans-
Valve cover and intake manifold will be crinkle red with raised lines polished.
Block will be satin black.
Everything else will be silver. Although, I'm wondering if I should continue the red onto the timing covers.... Hhmmm...
Not sure how this happened, but the clutch release bearing came out when removing the trans from the motor. Can't say I've ever seen that happen before!
My neighbor has the radiator support in place and ready to be welded in! First we'll tack it into place and then mount all the body panels to make sure everything lines up properly. That will happen later tonight or tomorrow. Did I mention my neighbor Rick is the pimp daddy? Probably the only reason I'm fixing this car rather than swapping parts to my '84.
Tomorrow I will push the car out and pressure wash the entire car and engine bay so I can start the paint prep.
Props and much thanks to Curt for letting me use his engine hoist!Leave a comment:
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That was the one and only part I was happy about getting smashed. The Euro lights will be much better looking on the car! That is, if they ever ship out.....
Been tied down with crap around the house today but I'll try to head out with the camera later. I'm planning on getting some engine work done today once it cools down.
Tonight/tomorrow I need to put together a final (I hope) parts list for the car and place an order with BMA.Leave a comment:
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