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| Got the horn bolts/star washers corrected. |
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| Driver-side horn |
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| Correct 487 horn |
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| Correct "6D3" date code |
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| Tires all aired up |
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| We need some front-end bushings ASAP |
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| We've got a damaged front-end bushing |
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| Turns out, the door jamb screws s/b Trophy Blue |
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| The very top (black) screw and very bottom (black) screw need to be Trophy Blue as well |
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| Spray it |
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| All spray'd |
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| Final correct carpet screws added |
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| New tool improvised to clean the final 2 spark plug boots/insulators. |
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| Deep down below the A/C |
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| The half-shafts had been painted silver. We removed all the paint, and this is the end result. It almost still looks painted, but that's bare metal! |
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| We used paint stripper to remove the silver paint, only to find black paint underneath! More paint stripper to remove the black paint. |
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| That paint stripper is crazy corrosive! Took it off, of course it also ate through our gloves too! |
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| 1/2 way done with the passenger side... |
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| Rear stabilizer bar mounting clamp s/b semi-gloss black. |
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| Removed & prep'd |
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| Painted |
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| Re-installed. |
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| Screws on wiper/washer were too long. Here they've been removed. |
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| New, shorter screws, re-installed! |
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| Lots of radiator work today as well. |
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| Re-spray'd the fins that were showing corrosion |
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| Drained the radiator fluid in prep for changing the lower hose clamp |
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| Lower hose clamp replaced...leak fixed. |
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| Power steering fluid cap s/b semi-gloss black |
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| And now it is! |
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| Removing the spinner caps on passenger side |
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| Notice: Red/White/Blue in counter clockwise order. S/B clockwise... |
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| Correct cap placed in spinner. Shipped the old one's back to Mike Z. |
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| The top "caps" s/b the exterior car color. Note "Thumper" has them dark blue (interior color). |
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| Also, the 2 screws s/b Trophy Blue as well |
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| Painted 'em |
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| Top caps painted. Check. |
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| Top cap done, now we moved below (see steel striker plate?) - It needs a hint of Trophy Blue overspray. |
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| Covered everything |
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| Shot a little overspray |
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| Rear fuel line. Hard to see, but we noticed the fuel line hose is cracking! Gotta replace it. |
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| See cracks near hose clamp? |
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| More cracks near this clamp too. |
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| Another judging sheet ToDo. The bottom washers were upside down, and the rubber was upside down. |
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| Corrected both sides. |
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| Reinstalling rear suspension |
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| Horns were missing star washers...and then we noticed the bolts were wrong too. Gotta order those. |
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| Passenger horn date code |
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| Note small amount of overspray on striker plate. |
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| Up on the rack today - started some undercarriage work. |
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| Had to removed the D.O.T. stampings from the brake lines |
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| The undercarriage was surprisingly greasy. Got it all cleaned up and reviewed the judging guide for some more doable ToDo's before Vegas. |
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| No more D.O.T. |
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| I'd never noticed it has "POWERGLIDE" stamped on the tranny |
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| It just got too dam hot today. Jerry & I quit early on Saturday and hopped in the pool! |
