Anyone working on their cars/trucks?
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Anyone working on their cars/trucks?
If so what are you doing to it?
Reb Stew- National President
- Number of posts : 7905
Registration date : 2012-04-08
Age : 104
Location : Looking in your window
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thinking about pulling the engine and tranny. tranny has a bad pump and is leaking down, not a big problem but aggravating. thinking my running problem might be the cam, so i need to take it apart anyway. trying to find the time, worked 152 1/2 hours the past two weeks.
911TAZZ- Scrounger
- Number of posts : 715
Registration date : 2011-11-12
Age : 55
Location : cincinnati
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Changed the trans fluid in one of the daily drivers.
junkyardjeff- BANNED
- Number of posts : 1467
Registration date : 2007-10-10
Age : 63
Location : Dayton Ohio
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Finally got the brake lines run and got the car from the storage garage back behind the house. Not the best job and will probably go back and redo a couple of the lines. Will be able to do that easier now that it's home.
Cratethis- 1000 post club
- Number of posts : 1568
Registration date : 2008-10-30
Age : 44
Location : Newport
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I don't think I have NOT worked on anything this long in the last 25 years. All my time has been put towards working on these houses. I catch myself wanting to pull something in and play with it but my time is stretched thin already. Should not be long now though. Things are starting to look up.
Reb Stew- National President
- Number of posts : 7905
Registration date : 2012-04-08
Age : 104
Location : Looking in your window
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pontiac = fixing rust in the quarters....pictures are coming
extenzegrl- National Vice President
- Number of posts : 623
Registration date : 2010-09-10
Age : 48
Location : hebron
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I just got my new license plates (stickers), does that count? Plus we had a minor set back on converting the old Falcon to electronic ignition. Some of the parts are too small for old farts that can't half see. It could be a land speed racer before it's all said and done. Junkyard Jeff and I may attack the Ohio Mile. We're only a 3 point harness, new speed rated tires and a helmet away. Oh yeah, and real good brakes.
FalconEddie1964- Blowing fire
- Number of posts : 1387
Registration date : 2008-02-06
Age : 44
Location : At the races, top row of the grandstand at about 1000 ft
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Trying to get the A/C hooked up on the 54 pickup, have to make all the comp brackets... pulling the chunk out of the Yellow Mach I. Howls like a gut shot panther going down the road- suspect pinion bearings, got a N case 3.50 T-lok ready to go in, and it will also straighten out my speedometer mismatch. 83 F100 has a cleveland that doesn't run right, nothing else has checked out to be the problem, so I will be pulling the front back off to check the cam dowel to see if something slipped. The green Mach I doesn't need a thing and is the driver now, all this and business has been the busiest it has been in 3 years... so I'm makin' 2 sets of tracks- one from my feet, the other from my butt. Plus trying to get a stand for the 428CJ so I can get that fired up- hoping to find a 66-7 fairlane in need of a big block to stuff it into.
dieseldr- Hot Rod Builder
- Number of posts : 603
Registration date : 2011-03-20
Age : 60
Location : Western NY
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Gotta replace the transfer case in my moms jeep(dd). Would be neat if it was just the chain!
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Going to the junkyard to get a stock aircleaner for the womans truck,someone put on a cheap cold air system that sucks in hot air from the engine compartment,might get one from a Dakota so I can run the inlet tube to the grille for a ram air effect.
junkyardjeff- BANNED
- Number of posts : 1467
Registration date : 2007-10-10
Age : 63
Location : Dayton Ohio
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Just got home from work, gona head out and fix the header leak on the 47, and hopefully work on the 55.
Chris55- FL Chapter President
- Number of posts : 1360
Registration date : 2010-04-16
Age : 58
Location : Geneva, Florida
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new head unit and speakers installed in the oldest daughters car. makes for a very happy young lady!
911TAZZ- Scrounger
- Number of posts : 715
Registration date : 2011-11-12
Age : 55
Location : cincinnati
Re: Anyone working on their cars/trucks?
Going to yank a door panel off the crown vic to see if I can use aftermarket power door lock actuators,I found a bunch in a local junkyard but the new actuators are only about 10 dollars but are made totally different.
junkyardjeff- BANNED
- Number of posts : 1467
Registration date : 2007-10-10
Age : 63
Location : Dayton Ohio
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I spent a good chunk of the week changing the T-bird over from an automatic to a 5 speed. I'm not finished yet but I'm getting there. Clutch cable won't be in until Tuesday and I have a few other bits to get. I had some electrical problems with the wagon. A friend of mine stopped by and figured that mess out for me. One bad ground will ruin your day.
TurboPinto- Floor sweep
- Number of posts : 105
Registration date : 2009-12-17
Age : 62
Location : Hamilton,OH
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Had to re-weld SS tip back on the Tahoe exhaust on Friday, rusted off. Luckily the hanger was welded to tip so I didn't lose it.
Gotta pull rear drums from Tahoe now. Drove to Indy and back on Father's Day pulling a trailer, back brakes randomly locking up, you can hear them "snap" off. I think the backing plate has worn grooves in it and they are sticking.
Gotta pull rear drums from Tahoe now. Drove to Indy and back on Father's Day pulling a trailer, back brakes randomly locking up, you can hear them "snap" off. I think the backing plate has worn grooves in it and they are sticking.
TAHOE- Chief mechanic
- Number of posts : 335
Registration date : 2013-03-20
extenzegrl- National Vice President
- Number of posts : 623
Registration date : 2010-09-10
Age : 48
Location : hebron
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Been getting the wagon going mechanically and had some electrical issues.think I have the electric finished now to finish the rest.
puddin head- Scrounger
- Number of posts : 274
Registration date : 2008-05-14
Age : 72
Location : Mason, Ohio
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Put the edelbrock carb back on the 66,when the motor sat in the trailer for about 3 years there was no hose hooked to the carb and some water got in the carb so it needed to be cleaned a little. It did not help it when it sat around for another 4 years while I done the body work,I need to get some more fuel hose since I shortened it when putting the Holley on then put the aircleaner on and call it done and start driving it.
junkyardjeff- BANNED
- Number of posts : 1467
Registration date : 2007-10-10
Age : 63
Location : Dayton Ohio
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Just throwing a oil change and some brakes on the Cutlass getting it ready for the River Run.
Marty042- Scrounger
- Number of posts : 742
Registration date : 2010-03-29
Age : 59
Location : Elsmere Ky
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Had two Ford collections go to auction here in the last month. One was a liquidation, and the other was an estate. You wouldn't know that the collector market was down right now by the prices there. Plus there wasn't anything extremely rare like a sohc or a boss '9. Some very collectible stuff, but people brought their big wallets, and their checkbooks too. Just have to go home and tinker some more with what I gots! Always something to do when you got a fleet of 'em.
dieseldr- Hot Rod Builder
- Number of posts : 603
Registration date : 2011-03-20
Age : 60
Location : Western NY
Re: Anyone working on their cars/trucks?
I made a Targa top out of an 85 Monte SS I bought for parts.
galeaiii- Car washer
- Number of posts : 41
Registration date : 2010-08-18
Age : 50
Location : New Richmond, Ohio
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