’79 Mark V by Kuripiiritus

6 minute(s) of a 75 minute read

7-22-2009

Had a longer drive now. 50/50 highway/city . The city driving was not always peaceful and highway was up to 70mph. The average after filling up again was 11.2 mpg A little improvement but not yet wanted outcome. will see what can be done. 

Also seems like the AC had left the "cold" outside. Will have to see if it can be fixed by refilling the system or is there a bigger issue.

Had a closer look at the AC. seems like the system is ok. all the hoses are freezing under the hood. Only place where it's not freezing is where the cold should enter the car. So at the moment my guess is that the thermostat that is checking the temp inside the car or the temperature selector is not working. One of them is saying the car is cold enough no need for additional cooling.

Also fabricated the kickdown link for the carb. The one which was included with the carb, did not catch the throttle leaver and did not kick. Bought a large washer and welded it on top of the screw intended for catching the lever. No it kicks. Additional of making a lot of noise when flooring the accelerator, it now shifts down and starts going   (try to make a picture of the new fabricated part also, at some moment)

4-5-2010

As the holidays extended the weekend to 3 days, is decided to take a trip to the garage, and tackle the window motor. Was prepared for the worst, but could get the motor out without too much effort. This time, i even didn't move the car out.

Someone had sometime ago already tried to manipulate the motor, as the door has been opened like a can:

Motor out and prepared for testing:

As it only clicked and it did not turn, decided to open it up, and see whats inside of this widget.

It was full of all sorts of dirt and crap:

The springs for the motor brushes where totally shot. Fortunately had a pen who volunteered to be the donor:

new springs in place:

The old bushings were not so rubbery anymore and also cracked:

Fabricated new ones from a hose:

End result was not bad at all :

and it's alive:

Only thing to do, was to make it go back somehow

As the window motor did not take near as much time as expected in the beginning, decided to fit a new door lock motor also. Went to a shop and bought an universal lock. Then put it inside the door to see what need to be done. It needs to be connected to the lock system and fixed in place like in the mock-up:

Once again turned to my favorite material - aluminum:

A lot of fiddling around, as I'm totally useless with my left arm. And there was only one way to do it:

And ready it was:

Now i can probably perform open hart surgery with my left arm and eyes closed  

As a result all the windows work for the first time and also for the first time i can open the passengers door from the button.

Also started up the car after standing trough the winter. Just the matter of turning the key (when the fuel was pumped up).

For the next time there is oil pump change in the to-do list. Fortunately my friend is going to change it also on his ranchero, so i'll know exactly what need to be done. Do i have to take out the engine, or is it enough to just lift it a bit. Will see. Probably next time i'll visit the garage, is going to be the time to wake the beast from it's sleep and make a little ride to cough empty the pipes