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4-24-2014
More work last night. Photos to come.
-Brakes look good, front and rear. Lots of life left in my rotors and drums.
-Rear drivers side wheel bearing is cooked. I understand replacement is no small feat? My budget winced.
-Lots of filth in the coolant - inside of the head is filthy. The long water pipe that runs along the side of the block is done for. It's half JB Weld and starting to disintegrate where it meets the rubber hose behind the block.
-We opened up this drain (#17 - which I expected to be the block coolant drain) and got NOTHING. What should have come out? Oil? The manuals all just say "drain".
Looking forward to some insight. Back at it again tonight.
4-25-2014
More stuff today. I hope somebody finds these updates interesting... they make me feel like I'm accomplishing something and slowly getting the car closer to being back on the road!
-Wired up the Pertronix kit and a new dist. cap/rotor. Cleaned the rusty breaker plate up.
-Replaced all four shocks - I wish I had a video of my pal compressing the old ones... the front ones never came back!
-Finished the steering rag gear/new horn wire (old one had been spliced 1500 times)
-More coolant system work - put in a new water pump and pulled the radiator to flush it. One of the sides came apart when I pulled it. I'm going to price out having it re-cored... it's not in good shape.
-Painted the wheels. Tried a few different colors before settling on 3/4 gloss black for the steelies - looks really clean with the red.
Also priced out some tire options - 175/80/15's seem pretty available.
Have a good weekend, all!
5-10-2014
It lives!!! Or, at least it did for 10 minutes or so until the fuel pump ate itself while my friend and I were trying to get the carbs dialed in.
Carpets have arrived, tires are mounted (185-65-15's), fuel pump is on order and everything (in the engine bay, anyway) is re-assembled. I'm hoping to have it back on the road by Memorial Day.
Keep your fingers crossed for me. There's a lot to be done to make that happen.
5-18-2014
Fuel pump went in with no problems. My buddy worked his magic on the SU's and it's running better than ever.
Today was electrical day - my first time working on a 12v system. More than a little frustrating given all the hack-job wiring that's been attempted over the past 50 years.
A few trouble spots remain:
- Front running lights and turn signals are acting strange. Drivers side works well, but passengers side turn signal will sometimes pull a faint signal from the drivers side runner (?) and sometimes doesn't work at all. Cleaned up all grounds and sketchy connections for the lights, but still having issues trouble shooting.
- Brake lights. Intermittent at best in the rear, even after cleaning up or replacing all applicable sockets. I think the issue is with the hydraulic switch up front. Is this a hard part to come by?