Spent the winter rebuilding the front end and alignment.  After driving it quite a bit I now plan to recheck camber and toe, set pressure on new tires, check AC discharge temp...it seems a bit high..., change the oil, gather up my usual supply of electrical/electronic parts and the tools to install them.  If time allows, I may smear on a fresh coat of Harley Wax against the onslaught of Michigan bugs we're sure to encounter.

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Not in thrash mode just yet, but need to finish the rear side trim panels which will hold a couple of 6.5" speakers and 2" tweeters.



My boy and I just finished the door trim panels which took way too long to complete.



I too mounted my O2 gauge in the glove box. For as often as I use it, thought that was as good a choice of any.

Seeing how my home is at 400 foot elevation, guess I'll need to swap out the carb jets for driving the higher elevations.

Ya, that's what I thought also until I pulled the plugs and stuck a bore scope in the cylinder to look at the top of the pistons. It was running way too rich. 

The fact that the car ran reasonably well, didn't smell too much like unburnt fuel, but in reality deposited a bunch of carbon on the plugs and piston tops was the reason I installed an O2 sensor and gauge.  I don't recall the exact number,  but I dropped the primary jet size at least 4 sizes from the Ft Walton trip.

Finally got fed up with the T10's bad behavior.  Grabbed the T5 and associated stuff off the shelf and jumped in.  Should have the new d/s by Thursday.  All the other things on the Thrash List have moved down at least one notch....., due to the T5 swap WYAIT policies.....

Yep after years of intermitent electrical problems, note split harnesss under console/rug  .  Now after this fix I can install new under dash ac unit and get charged up.  

Last edited by Don (5/17/2019 8:27 AM)

TimC wrote:

Finally got fed up with the T10's bad behavior.  Grabbed the T5 and associated stuff off the shelf and jumped in.  Should have the new d/s by Thursday.  All the other things on the Thrash List have moved down at least one notch....., due to the T5 swap WYAIT policies.....

    My T10 I had in my 69 Mustang sounded like an old Grain Truck Transmission.  When I switched to a t5 it was much quieter. 
 

I got my dashboard back together finally!!!  Don, sure hope you get your ac in there. Don’t want to see a Honda in my rearview mirror all the way.

The new intermittent wipers work great. Thanks to all who had input into putting that together.

MS wrote:

The new intermittent wipers work great. Thanks to all who had input into putting that together.

 
How fast is the motor?  My wipers in the down pour we had today would be unacceptable. Compared to my truck.

My wiper motor is from a 69, so probably same two speeds as your 70.  The original in my car was a single speed, so I think I can expect a huge improvement.

At least, an improvement in their historical performance. On the Colorado bash trip, coming off the Million Dollar Highway, we experienced blinding rain. I could not see the hood of my car, and my passenger side wiper blade kept sliding out of the wiper arm. And you could not shut the wipers off to fix it with the car running.  And Sherry got tired of hanging out the window to push it back in position!!!

So, this year I say.... Bring on the rain, baby!!!  I’m ready for you!

The car looks great, Don, and so does the Shop.  Not like certain so-called work spaces we've seen pix of in SoCal.  Your's is obviously a space where actual work gets done.  LOL

See ya soonly.  Have a safe trip.

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Looking good Don.

Sheryl broke my 52 year old window crank assembly!! Time to instal the power window kit I bought last year.

Last edited by Bolted to Floor (5/24/2019 10:38 AM)

Bullet Bob wrote:

I thought my Bash Thrash was done back in February.  Well, maybe not so.  Last summer the heap started doing an occasional stumble and a couple of times it just plain shut off.  Always restarted immediately and the way it acted I thought it was maybe a little water in the tank so while I had it in the shop for the front end rebuild last winter I drained/flushed the tank and raised the fuel pickup an inch...had it right in the bottom of the sump.

Put it back on the road in the spring and it seemed to be great.  Ran it all over and took in on a couple of 100 + mile trips with no issues.  The other day the gremlin came back...died as I was pulling in the garage.  Re-started, ran for about 5 second and died again.  Re-started and ran for about 10 minutes 'til I shut it down and went in the house. 

So now I'm chasing possible electrical snipes.  Found a very loose terminal on the socket for the EEC relay which may have been the bug.  Right now I'm driving it every chance I get to see if it acts up again.

If I ever do another car it will STONE STOCK right down to the rusty floors and four-wheel drum brakes with the fruit jar MC.  

I'M NOT KIDDIN'.

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