What did you do to your four eye today? 2017

[Tcapper]

Got my vintage air working and polished her up for a show today.

[Mikestang]

I like it! Here's an older pic of mine:



For things I did today to it... Got a warranty replacement Edelbrock 1725 fuel pump being sent to me since the one I just put on it isn't keeping up with the fuel demands.

Cale

Nice looking ride

[vxr500]

Got my vintage air working and polished her up for a show today.

Beautiful color combination

[gr79]

On way home from car show, dusk.
Turned headlights on.
Graphic display LED lit.
At first, looked like low fuel. But at 1/4 tank?
Closer look indicated running light outage.

Pulled into nearby parking lot.
Ah Ha pass side tailight, innermost bulb inop.
Opened hatch. Pushed back trim panel. Wiggled the bulb connector.
Taillight bulb lit. LED went out.
What a great item that display is. And after almost 40 years of operation. 40? sheesh.

[Tcapper]

Thanks a lot.

[Basin Motorsports]

I am about to swap the pedal assemblies from a 4-cylinder set to the later model V8 set. I took a little time to disassemble the V8 set, paint the bare meta, then reassemble with a little grease. They came out pretty nice (but I'm biased).

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[NY5speed]

^ looks good, I gotta do the same for my 92 soon.

[dtmilsap]

New Ford thermostat housing and motorcraft thermostat arrive today.

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[erratic50]

Sunday we replaced the terrible and overpriced failsafe theremostat with a normal but new one on my sons 86.

We also started chasing a shake/vibration problem at speed.

Verified the front wheel bearings are ok.... brakes are nearly shot but they will wait as nobody has decent pads on hand.

Found some rear lugs not torqued properly.

We were zombie tired when we put the T5Z in. Driveshaft was not on flange quite properly -- there was crap in the center of the flange where it connects to the pinion flange.

Cleaned it up after nearly busting up my face and teeth.... the shaft was stuck on. it slipped out of my hand as it finally released. Ended up with a deep bruise on my nose, a sore lip and tooth, and a sore chin. Oh and a terrible headache. Lucky!

At this point it's either the front U joint on the driveshaft or the T5Z tail bushing.

[wraithracing]

Pulled the tank out of my 82 RS to verify that I need to replace it. Verified the sending unit works . . . well mostly.

[Haystack]

Removed a cloth seat with a broken seat base. Only other seats i have, don't have the mini console that attaches to the seat. Got to drill a bunch of holes, add some wiring, remove the ashtray slider and added a center stack mounted cigarette lighter. Drilled a bunch of holes in the floor to mount the console, cut away carpet to mount it, blew the interior light fuse on accident shifting two wires, then fixed that. Added console obviously, then ran all my charging cables and dash cam stuff underneath. Spent about two hours wiping everything that was dusty down, still gotta vacuum out the inside.

Now i have a silver dash plate, with a wood grain center stack around the radio, a dark blue leather gt style seat (only shortcut i took, didn't wire up the inflatable part, i never use it) a dark red console with a regular red lid, a brown sun visor and the rest of the original grey cloth interior.

[gr79]

Gave the Cobra a rest today. Drove the Ranger. Beautiful weather day.
Having fun driving the truck again since installing a new Core Hurst shifter.
Out and about doing errands and taking care of car repair items across town.

Pete's Auto Upholstery & Trim Taylor, MI.
Main stop of the day.
Had Mustang's Procar/Scat vinyl drivers seat bottom middle seam resewn.
Was gonna do it. Glad i did not. Let the pros do it.
Got there at the right time. Was quickly sewn as i waited! Double stitched.
Great people, perfect job. Highly recommend.


Taylor Auto Salvage Taylor MI
Cannot pass this u pick yard without a visit, when time allows.

Found a 79 Capri. And one of decent shape.
4cyl 4sp non-rs regular hatchback burgundy interior, no console.

Snagged an antenna assy (no mast);
And a very good rear hatch rubber weatherstrip.
Could not see any rust on either front frame rail, in or out. Amazing. Great donor car.
Ft bumper and cover, side moldings, windshield, door trim panels, were taken.
Decent doors, side glass.
Dash intact. Lots of velcro on dash top like for a cover.


Last, My Mechanics Place DIY Auto Repair Garage Livonia MI
A local Corvair club get together. 7-8 cars, 1960-1968.
Interesting. Look great with Camaro Z/28 rims, 205/60/15

[5.0 bird]

We pushed the Mustang parts car into the carport to start pulling the motor out of it!






The Zephyr recipient patiently waits

[Walking-Tall]

Reduced Holley's idle air bleed diameters 0.005", to counter what seems to be "winter" fuel (ever so slight "trailer hitching" (lean - speeding up, slowing down, at steady light throttle application)) at the gas stations already...

[gr79]

Reduced Holley's idle air bleed diameters 0.005", to counter what seems to be "winter" fuel (ever so slight "trailer hitching" (lean - speeding up, slowing down, at steady light throttle application)) at the gas stations already...

May get more fuel mileage due to easier evap of fall fuel blend and warm weather.

[wraithracing]

Bought a new to me set of wheels for my 82 Capri RS Resurrection.





Set of 16 X 7 Enkei Mesh Wheels in Silver. They need some polishing of the hoops, maybe some paint on the centers, but they are straight, true, and no curb rash. Should look pretty sweet on the Capri!

[erratic50]

Those are great! Congratulations on the find!

[HurricaneJesus]

Bought a new to me set of wheels for my 82 Capri RS Resurrection.





Set of 16 X 7 Enkei Mesh Wheels in Silver. They need some polishing of the hoops, maybe some paint on the centers, but they are straight, true, and no curb rash. Should look pretty sweet on the Capri!

Dammit. I've been looking for some of those since I bought my four-eye. They don't exactly show up on my Craigslist everyday...
Good find!

[Basin Motorsports]

I was able to work on a lot over the last week as I took a week of from work and got to work in the garage a little every day. I recovered my '92 parcel shelf in black (was done in gray previously), working on the taillight resoration at the moment, started tinkering with the widebody kit, completed the Boom Mat install on the floor and laid out all my wiring harnesses. I need to remove all the unneeded circuits in the '80 and '92 harnesses to get down to a slim harness for all (combining both into one).

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[HurricaneJesus]

Replaced these things. The ignition switch was kinda hanging there and fell apart in my hands.
Hey! I have brights now!

[wraithracing]

Installed the Enkei's on the RS today. Need to drop the ride height a bit, some better tires, and obviously some paint, but looking better already!

[84zorro]

Installed the Enkei's on the RS today. Need to drop the ride height a bit, some better tires, and obviously some paint, but looking better already!

Looks awesome Trey!!!

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[81coupe]

Nothing much, just enjoying the summer weather so far. Rock on.

[4-barrel Mike]

...just enjoying the summer weather so far..

60*, cold & drizzly in Portland today. Furnace on (in summer!) the earliest I can remember. Hey, Al! Send some of that global warming to the PNW!

Mike

[erratic50]

Spent hours and hours trying to track down 1985 Saleen specific parts.