73 2.0L Progress Thread, Engine Teardown |
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73 2.0L Progress Thread, Engine Teardown |
dlee6204 |
Apr 30 2009, 05:52 PM
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Howdy Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-April 06 From: Burnsville, NC Member No.: 5,956 |
Its that time of year again so I'd thought I'd start a progress thread to help keep me motivated. I bought this car last summer as a nicer project car for me to work on and eventually be able to drive. My goal for this summer is to repair all the rust on the car and to get it running. I'll end up painting it down the road either the original Marathon Blue Metallic or Ravenna Green. I've been collecting parts all winter so hopefully I should be good to go. I've done a little work on it already but I'll bring everyone up to date. Feel free to comment, ask questions, make suggestions, tell me what I'm doing wrong or anything else for that matter. Enjoy!
Here is the car when I first picked it up. The car came fully optioned and even came with SS heat exchangers and a running two liter engine. The car was wrecked at some point and had a crappy repair done to it but I am still trying to figure out what happened. Both the driver's front corner and the driver's rear corner had damage but the door and rear quarter seem fine. I will find out more once I start stripping some paint and bondo. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) The interior was about a 4 on a 10 scale however the dash is crack free! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) The rear floor pan is shot and I knew that before I bought the car. The previous owner patched the floor at some point and installed three new seat brackets over the bad metal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I ordered a new floor pan and a fourth seat bracket from AA today. |
dlee6204 |
Dec 1 2009, 12:12 AM
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Howdy Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-April 06 From: Burnsville, NC Member No.: 5,956 |
It started to get chilly here at night so I added heat to the driver's side of the car. The passenger side will get done eventually. I also added a front valence, rocker panels, a stereo system, replaced the ignition switch, wiper stalk and many other small things.
And now some of the things that need work: - The transmission is hard to shift and grinds when going into some of the gears. I have tried to adjust the linkage and and clutch will no real success. I am leaning towards the transmission itself so that might get replaced sometime in the near future. - The driver's side rear has a camber issue. I'm going to swap out the trailing arm with a spare to insure it is not bent. -Emergency brakes/ rear calipers need adjustment. -Fresh air fan does not work. I cleaned the contacts but that didn't work. I will get around to replacing the fan. -Passenger side needs heat ducting -Wheels & tires need to be finished -New axles need to be installed. -Front steering pan needs to be painted and installed. -Driver's door doesn't want to close some of the time. -Interior light doesn't come on when door is open. The door switch is suspected. -License Plate Lights need to be installed. -Defrost illumination light doesn't work -Clock doesn't work To be continued... |
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