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Donor pan. Gets pressure washed tomorrow.
64 No'back Speedster
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Por15 and lower balljoints on order. Nose will be lowered Wednesday morning.
64 No'back Speedster
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Amazingly, the steering stuff is all good. Shock upper bolts are frozen solid. So... I had to move everything to get the trailer over by the garage and in range of the air compressor.
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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Little Giant Killer III
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Spent the morning prepping my pan for POR-15. I found one more hole, right under the driver's heal. So... there will be a bit more to weld prior to coating.
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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Little Giant Killer III
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Applied 1st coat of POR-15
64 No'back Speedster
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You look to be missing bonnet hinges, dont crease those corners!
The sultan of swing
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My Passing Eye mirror have a new home!
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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Freaking hood spring! I can't seem to hold my jaw just right. Grrrrrr
64 No'back Speedster
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The lower ball joints and window rubbers have arrived. The upper ball joints arrive monday. I hope to have a full roller by the end of this next week.
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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Little Giant Killer III
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All my parts are arriving and I went and threw my back out.
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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Little Giant Killer III
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Man, this stuff is humbling. I have been dealing with a dead cylinder in the pink notch. Weeks of frustration... I checked for intake leaks when this appeared with carb cleaner and couldn't find any sign at the dead whole. So today, I rebuilt a different carb that I had, put it in place, tighten everything down and fired off the engine, only to have the exact same problem. Augh!!!
So I decided to use a propane torch to see if I had missed something, and as soon as it got near cylinder number 2, at the base of the intake manifold, the cylinder came to life. After 3 carb rebuilds on the 1st carb, rebuilding an entirely different carb and putting it in, it comes down to what I and others had thought it was in the 1st place. A freaking intake air leak.
I am not sure why the carb cleaner didn't find it, but I am using propane for now on!
So I decided to use a propane torch to see if I had missed something, and as soon as it got near cylinder number 2, at the base of the intake manifold, the cylinder came to life. After 3 carb rebuilds on the 1st carb, rebuilding an entirely different carb and putting it in, it comes down to what I and others had thought it was in the 1st place. A freaking intake air leak.
I am not sure why the carb cleaner didn't find it, but I am using propane for now on!
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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Back to the Roach...
Body back on 4 tires and on the ground. Next step is getting the body on the pan this week.
Body back on 4 tires and on the ground. Next step is getting the body on the pan this week.
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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Trying to race this weekend in the pink car.
After tearing 2 gaskets trying to open them for the heads, the 3rd is on and all 4 cylinders live! I can race Saturday!
Now, to change the slave cylinder and bleed it so I have a clutch, put the seats back in, find the old engine cover, fix the access cover so it stays closed, put the tonneau cover studs back in so it is rain resistant, torque the lugs, adjust the fuel pressure, tighten the linkage, add the breather, and... whew, that's still a list!
Oh, and this time, the STF engine has great oil pressure!
After tearing 2 gaskets trying to open them for the heads, the 3rd is on and all 4 cylinders live! I can race Saturday!
Now, to change the slave cylinder and bleed it so I have a clutch, put the seats back in, find the old engine cover, fix the access cover so it stays closed, put the tonneau cover studs back in so it is rain resistant, torque the lugs, adjust the fuel pressure, tighten the linkage, add the breather, and... whew, that's still a list!
Oh, and this time, the STF engine has great oil pressure!
64 No'back Speedster
Little Giant Killer III
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And, today... while waiting for the pink car engine to cool back down:
Went through the trim... need both front fender side marker belt line trims, 1500s script and bumpers...
Went through the trim... need both front fender side marker belt line trims, 1500s script and bumpers...
64 No'back Speedster
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The initial reward for the thrash.
A clean, no broken parts, pass is all I want.
A clean, no broken parts, pass is all I want.
64 No'back Speedster
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Good luck for the race
David
1974 412LS Variant
1973 412LE 4 door Fastback / Saloon
1974 412LS Variant
1973 412LE 4 door Fastback / Saloon
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Lots of good work! Thats coming along very quickly and I like how well the engine crane copes with a whole body, id never had thought of that.
Good luck at the track
Good luck at the track
The sultan of swing
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Do to playing it safe, I dealt with terrible wheel spin from too much tire pressure. But, nothing broke and that was the goal. My mismatch batch of parts is about 135bhp to the ground. Not great, not terrible.
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Made a hole in the garage today...
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Now, waiting on parts. I hate waiting, but... 108F expected tomorrow! I can wait
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Started to work on the color, but 108F kicked my butt.
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So, the racing didn't go great, but all driver error. The car was fine. The last weekend of August, we will try again. The only issue between now and then is swapping a v/c gasket and actually refitting the passenger seat (I ran out of time before).
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