Miles.

Wired up the neutral start switch from the T5 transmission, wired in the MeterMatch for the fuel gauge (haven't calibrated it yet) and replacing the radio (due to failure). 

I pulled the car cover aside and put my new Hagerty insurance slip in the glove box

Coupedaddy wrote:

Yes I have my neighbor was generous enough to back into it and put a dent in it . Pray all is well with everyone

 
Sorry to hear that Coupe. I guess you've got a new name fer yer car, Orange Crush. 😯

Sorry to hear about that Coupe.

All is well here brother.

Dust, a bumper crop of dust.  Hatched 14 chickens this year and they lived in the garage till they were 5 weeks old.  Made an incredible amount of dust.

I finally finished the TCP Rack n pinion install yesterday.  Only took me a month. That included the install of the Street/Track adjustable lower control arm inner pivots. Those allowed me to get a perfect zero degrees camber adjustment.  That camber change was needed since the 3,600 mile CA bash trip resulted in almost being able to see the air in the inner edges of my two front tires. So, two new tires, new lower ball joints and a new rack were all installed.
And, during the process, the car was stuck up on top of the lift for a week waiting to get a rebuilt cylinder installed on my four post lift.
Next:  set the engine/tranny at three degrees down and the rear end yoke at three degrees up. They are at two right now. I could not do this before because the rack n pinion was right against the oil pan keeping me from tilting the engine downward. The new rack has big block mounts and sits 5/8” lower.  Still chasing the high speed vibration that comes on around 78 mph.

And, all the smoke escaped from my radio, so I am in the market for a new one, too.

Rudi wrote:

I pulled the car cover aside and put my new Hagerty insurance slip in the glove box

LOL
 

Just been fixin’ up the wife’s truck.

Remanufactured p/s pump and new hoses.
Nice to have with big tars.
Definitely appreciate the simplicity of factory p/s and factory brackets.

Need to look at options for the radiator, as it is seeping coolant.
It still has copper/brass and haven’t had problems with overheating.

Might just use black pepper…or is it black powder? LOL

Latest big project was the rebuild on the heater assy in the 65 and the modification and installation of the air cleaner and snorkel. Worked yesterday on cleaning and waxing it and took it back to the tire store to have the wheels balanced again. Been having a bit of a shake at 55-60. They got it right this time. Now nice and smooth. Had one wheel out of balance. Did a bit of paint touching up - chips, etc. Looks much better now. Will need to get back under the car - got a tiny drip from the trans area. That's next.

I had to pull my transmission because I could feel a very slight vibration.   I had the pressure plate and flywheel checked for balance and they are dead on.   Yesterday while measuring things I notice my pilot tool would not go in all the way.  Turns I must have damaged the roller pilot bearing when installing the trans.  I bent the metal part of the bearing retainer.  Pretty sure this was the source of my slight vibration.   

Then I noticed my new rear main seal had oil drips on it so I ordered a new one.  After reading up on the Teflon seals I read they are installed dry.  I lubed mine up so maybe that's why it is showing signs of leaking.

I also had to remove three of the pulleys on my CVF system.   One needs shimmed out and the other two need to have material removed so I can get a perfect belt alignment.  The tensioner pulley is off so much it's wearing the edge of the belt.  Should be able to use my friend's lath this morning to fix those parts.

Praying the seal shows up early today and not tonight.  I'm down to eight days and our son will be home on leave from India. 

Not real lately but just after Thanksgiving I installed the Viking coil-overs, a new Borgeson steering box, and a new Standard Part ignition switch.  Since the first of the year I've racked up about 1100 miles on the Heap and I think I will be happy with those mods.  The coil-overs are significantly less harsh than the old Grab-A-Track 620 springs that I had, and I was able to adjust the front up 1/2" which, combined with 1/2 degree of positive camber, I hope will eliminate a tendency for the right tire to rub a bit.
The new Borg box is one of their latest as opposed to one based on the Trooper box that I bought back in 2014.  Unlike the old one, the new one doesn't leak (so far), and has a much "tighter" feel on center whereas the old one tended to be loose, and it had been back to Borg to fix a sector leak and now had a input shaft leak.
As I said, I've been putting on the miles as I can and it appears that the new ignition switch has fixed the "Auto-Shut-Down" feature the car had developed on the Bash trip last year.  Actually, it developed that feature some time ago and I kept replacing likely culprits and due to the randomness of the problem, kept thinking I had fixed it...butt (TS&T) had not.  So I'll say that it's fixed.....so far!

Hope to see ya'all in Texas come September.

Oh, and I also fixed a small coolant leak that I've been fighting that seems to be part of a built-in issue with the AFR heads.  Won't go into details here but it's on-going and I fix it for a year or so by the addition of five or six heaping tablespoons of black pepper to the radiator....NOT POWDER, though there have been moments when it was considered.