Thread: What did you do to your car today? Vol 2.0

Mr. Chiperstein... wake up.. get to it.

I hear day three startup calling your name. And that ain't happening if you don't get working!

Originally Posted by ScottyBDoggs

the new engine thats going in the car tomorrow.

Good luck with the swaperoo... work safe then burn rubber. And watch out for the road hogs whle you test 'er out.

New fuel pump ordered, along with a new fuel level sensor and rewire.


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Text update from ScottyMcChiperson..

Crank bolt fight is over, he has put two coats of paint on the SC and headers. Waiting on breakfast then it's on to swap the valve springs and pullies.

Based on my current estimations... he's starting it up either at midnight or tomorrow.

Header paint? Sheesh, how much JD yellow you buy SD?
Ya know header paint should cure for at least 7 days or else you will just burn it off in 5 minutes. Might as well slow down and enjoy your breakfast now.

Originally Posted by Booba5185

I source relay boxes from all over the junkyard all the time. Taurus's and early 90s T-birds are awesome. The Taurus relay box I'm going to use for the windows, I combined 2 of them into one so I have 8 relays in one box:

A lot of my wheeling buddy's use those boxes; they are hard to find around these parts.

.....when I did the 3G conversion (you've done that to your Bronco, right?).....

You bet. I ripped it all out when I got rid of her. Re-installed in the F-250 a few years later, then sold it.

Originally Posted by atj8

so 2 days before the meet my car decides to crack a windshield and overheat. cant find where its leaking from..only leaks when it gets up to temp. im thinking its a lower hose?

Look at the sides of the radiator tank.

Picture received from from the labor force, that's a lot of bumble bee tuna

Took the truck in for a caliper replacement, got a call it needs rear u joints, RF ball joint, lower trans cooler line, both seals where the axles go in the front diff, and an exhaust manifold stud that randomly left.

Oh joy

Originally Posted by Russosaur

Took the truck in for a caliper replacement, got a call it needs rear u joints, RF ball joint, lower trans cooler line, both seals where the axles go in the front diff, and an exhaust manifold stud that randomly left.

Oh joy

More joy when you finally watch Band of Brothers, cause it's an awesome miniseries

i was gonna post that pic, but i dont have to now.

hands were still to dirty to deal with any real pics. will have tomorrow.


engine looks damn cool all yellow and black. once you guys see it all together you will see the plan come together. theres a ton of black on it now.

That transmission though !


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no time to paint it. i did clean the hell out of it with brake cleaner.

Doesn't count. No yellow transmission.. No care


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He'll paint the next one after that cam he installed grenades his current (unyellowified) tranny.

Three hours of detailing only to find my camera isn't up to fully conveying the brilliance of the result.

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engine up and running. only its got a gcrank seal leak that needs to be fixed tomorrow, and it needs a new cat back gasket.

A while back I was hearing this weird clunk and momentary vibration when first accelerating after it sat for a while. Now I'm hearing that same noise any time I go from drive to reverse. Guess I'm gonna need to do motor mounts this summer, along with the oil pan gasket since that leak will kill a new mount.
Also I charged my ac, and it was ice cold. Now its just cool until I've been driving for like 10 minutes it starts to get cold...

Let my wife drive it to work today. That way when I get in the trims will be settled and I can get some good logs. That's thinkin' ahead.