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77 Pontiac · « **Reply #840 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:36:52 AM »

Just installed a heater cutoff valve.. Looking forward to testning that mod in the summer

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #841 on:** December 30, 2015, 07:13:48 AM »

Quote from: Box on December 30, 2015, 01:13:40 AM

Want to rebuild mine too? I pay in cash and booze.

HA! I'm having enough trouble with mine. Matter of fact, time to update the resto thread sometime today.

72projectbird · « **Reply #842 on:** December 30, 2015, 10:26:37 AM »

It snowed yesterday, about 3 inches with a lot of ice mixed in. I took the 71 out and did some doughnuts and drifts

kali_74TA · « **Reply #843 on:** December 30, 2015, 01:25:15 PM »

Quote from: 72projectbird on December 30, 2015, 10:26:37 AM

It snowed yesterday, about 3 inches with a lot of ice mixed in. I took the 71 out and did some doughnuts and drifts

haha, should have recorded this snow adventure and posted up for us to see

77 Pontiac · « **Reply #844 on:** December 30, 2015, 01:29:20 PM »

Quote from: 72projectbird on December 30, 2015, 10:26:37 AM

It snowed yesterday, about 3 inches with a lot of ice mixed in. I took the 71 out and did some doughnuts and drifts

Cool

they dont throw salt on your roads in the winther? Or are you just going to wash the car afterwards?

« **Reply #844 on:** December 30, 2015, 01:29:20 PM »

72projectbird · « **Reply #845 on:** December 30, 2015, 02:47:54 PM »

Quote from: kali_74TA on December 30, 2015, 01:25:15 PM

haha, should have recorded this snow adventure and posted up for us to see

I think my brother recorded it. I'll have to get it from him.

Quote from: 77 Pontiac on December 30, 2015, 01:29:20 PM

Cool they dont throw salt on your roads in the winther? Or are you just going to wash the car afterwards?

They usually salt and sand, but for whatever reason they didn't yesterday. I took full advantage of it.

Casey · « **Reply #846 on:** December 30, 2015, 03:27:19 PM »

Quote from: DeCaff2007 on December 30, 2015, 07:13:48 AM

Quote from: Box on December 30, 2015, 01:13:40 AM
Want to rebuild mine too? I pay in cash and booze.

HA! I'm having enough trouble with mine. Matter of fact, time to update the resto thread sometime today.

Aww oh well... I can't find anyone near me that's reputable and knowing at least one of them doesn't know what they're doing doesn't instill confidence. For everything involved in a manual conversion I've considered finding a V8 5-speed third gen with a bad motor and just transplanting my engine into it, then either hold onto or sell the '79 as a roller.

FormTA · « **Reply #847 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:27:17 PM »

Swapped out the water pump on the LS in my 79 that I ruined by drilling a hole for the stock temp see ing unit in the wrong place. Easy job but $130 ish mistake.

Ford5of5 · « **Reply #848 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:28:52 PM »

Today I finished filling up my Xmas present:

Then I did this to my '79:

Then my dad told me he bought this:

roadking77 · « **Reply #849 on:** December 30, 2015, 04:42:31 PM »

Nice tool box, I had my eye on one of those but it was a bit pricey. Looked like it was well built though! Nice Mustang, years ago there was an old timer steel guy/welder, had a caddy and his work truck painted that same colour. Had the Pink Panther painted on the back.

Casey · « **Reply #850 on:** December 30, 2015, 05:33:57 PM »

Was about to ask if it was for breast cancer awareness then saw the ribbons on the quarter glass, I think that's cool.

Ford5of5 · « **Reply #851 on:** December 30, 2015, 06:19:48 PM »

You know the joke that they are all pink on the inside? This one is pink on the inside too. Not that cool! LOL. I cant even make fun of the previous owner because 1 the car is a repo and 2 the po may have had cancer. So, we're gonna have to make fun of my Dad. New Years at our house will be a blast. He's got 5 sons and a wife the swear like truckers at an open bar. It'll be a blue roast, for sure.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #852 on:** December 30, 2015, 09:39:49 PM »

Quote from: Ford5of5 on December 30, 2015, 06:19:48 PM

You know the joke that they are all pink on the inside? This one is pink on the inside too. Not that cool! LOL. I cant even make fun of the previous owner because 1 the car is a repo and 2 the po may have had cancer. So, we're gonna have to make fun of my Dad. New Years at our house will be a blast. He's got 5 sons and a wife the swear like truckers at an open bar. It'll be a blue roast, for sure.

LMAO!! I was just thinking that SAME thing, except I was thinking it for a different reason. Nothing to do with the interior. To me, it's because only pussies drive Rustangs.

Casey · « **Reply #853 on:** December 31, 2015, 12:56:45 AM »

There's a newer Camaro that's local and is done up the same way with everything pink and the ribbons and etc... I think it's pretty cool to show support for a loved one like that.

Side note I like the Mustang, from '64-69 and then from '11 to present is pretty nifty. I was looking into the SN95 but the Cobra I tested my knee didn't agree with the clutch, I'd have to do a hydraulic clutch conversion. Though between that and all the suspension work needed I'd be better off finding the proverbial needle in the haystack that is a manual F-body.

TA6.6Liter · « **Reply #854 on:** December 31, 2015, 10:37:05 AM »

Got back to working on my dash. Trying to recreate the bead around the gauge cluster and filling in some low spots that I cut through during sanding.

« **Reply #854 on:** December 31, 2015, 10:37:05 AM »

mark369 · « **Reply #855 on:** December 31, 2015, 04:41:13 PM »

Fixed someone else's screw up! They took the nuts off the ball joints without removing the cotter pins! Whish I would have noticed that before I started putting the car together! I drilled out 4 of them today on the car. At least I did not have fenders on it.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #856 on:** January 01, 2016, 09:09:14 PM »

Today I... woke up a lot later than usual. Didn't get to bed until after 3 AM (good New Years party

). Then I decided to get some things done around the house. Namely, cleaning out the basement and tearing down an old, defunct light fixture above my fireplace. After I tore that out, I hard wired in a CO detector for the propane heater.

Now, if anyone recalls, I'm storing a friends motorcycle in my garage for the winter. I went to start it up a few days ago and it was deader than dead. I jumped it with my DD and it turns out both the battery and the plugs were in need of replacement. I've NEVER worked on a motorcycle ever in my life. I'm thankful for Google and Wikipedia at the moment, lol. Turns out my friends bike was only made for 2 years. 82 and 83. Stupid Honda's. Well, luckily I was able to get a new battery and plugs for mad cheap @ work. I didn't know that motorcycle batteries actually come with the acid in a separate bottle, and that you have to pour in the acid and charge it yourself.

Well, all is said and done now. The battery is reading a strong 12.90 and the manual calls for 12.70. Tomorrow after work, the battery and plugs are both getting installed. Should fire right up.

TA6.6Liter · « **Reply #857 on:** January 01, 2016, 10:04:00 PM »

With help from my wife, we cleaned up the wire harness, removed 39 years of dust and grim. Half the fun was figuring out what connectors went to what.

scarebird · « **Reply #858 on:** January 02, 2016, 01:02:50 AM »

Relocated the PCM in the TA.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #859 on:** January 02, 2016, 08:12:31 AM »

Quote from: scarebird on January 02, 2016, 01:02:50 AM

Relocated the PCM in the TA.

To what purpose?

akcamaro · « **Reply #860 on:** January 02, 2016, 10:40:32 PM »

Because of global warming, today I took the subframe of my 73 out onto the snow covered lawn here in Anchorage, and pressure washed 43 years of grime off of it. Normally it would be 10 degrees outside, but today it was in the 40's.

scarebird · « **Reply #861 on:** January 02, 2016, 11:09:05 PM »

Quote from: DeCaff2007 on January 02, 2016, 08:12:31 AM

Quote from: scarebird on January 02, 2016, 01:02:50 AM
Relocated the PCM in the TA.

To what purpose?

It was interfering with the AC compressor, then the hood.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #862 on:** January 03, 2016, 09:46:52 AM »

Quote from: akcamaro on January 02, 2016, 10:40:32 PM

Because of global warming, today I took the subframe of my 73 out onto the snow covered lawn here in Anchorage, and pressure washed 43 years of grime off of it. Normally it would be 10 degrees outside, but today it was in the 40's.

Same here. Very mild winter.

Casey · « **Reply #863 on:** January 03, 2016, 02:17:45 PM »

Nothing new outside of having someone that's dropped by before drop by again because they lost my number, that and they have RX-7s and a Miata to trade. I could go for another Miata I'll never drop the top on.

Hi Ho Silver T/A · « **Reply #864 on:** January 03, 2016, 02:52:50 PM »

Got the passenger side spindle, spring, upperand lower control arms off. Now I have to start cleaning and prepping them for paint.

Casey · « **Reply #865 on:** January 07, 2016, 05:00:05 PM »

Well, tomorrow afternoon I may be sans Firebird.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #866 on:** January 07, 2016, 09:37:46 PM »

Today I... went to work (what else is new) and when I got home, I realized my inspection is up this month! CRAP. This gave me some motivation to find my exhaust leak. Turns out the exhaust pipe to muffler gasket I got from the DEALER was bad! $12 for a gasket that didn't even last 3 months. So I did what I could with that, then threw a tune up into the womans Jeep. She needed spark plugs real bad. They were so worn that the spark gap was 0.060 - should have been 0.040! After that and an oil change with Mobil 1 oil and filter, topped off all the fluids, checked the tire pressure... should be ok for another 5000 or so miles.

Pats TA · « **Reply #867 on:** January 10, 2016, 07:16:06 PM »

Yesterdav I spent the day with my grandson. We went to the Delmar train museum.When we left there we went to see some real train engines.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #868 on:** January 10, 2016, 08:48:37 PM »

Quote from: Pats TA on January 10, 2016, 07:16:06 PM

Yesterdav I spent the day with my grandson. We went to the Delmar train museum.When we left there we went to see some real train engines.

You look young for being a grandfather.

Today I... went to work for 8 frikken hours. I'm leaving for an out of state work site tomorrow so I'm going to be down to one job for awhile

Also, when I answered the phone at one point today, it was absolute PROOF of why weed is, and should always be, ILLEGAL!

I won't type in all the details of the phone call, but I will say that the guys voice slurred, he was taking deep breaths in and out, and it took a good 5 seconds for him to get out the next word he was trying to say. I could definitely hear the "high" in his voice.

So wrong, so disgusting, and so depressing that people have to smoke that garbage.

Pats TA · « **Reply #869 on:** January 10, 2016, 09:00:27 PM »

Thank you, I have 3 grandchildren that keep me shape when they come to visit. But by the time they leave I am exhausted. Especially when we are watching all 3 at the same time. I want to ride the 4 wheeler, I want to play pool, I want to play ping pong, well you get the ideal.

solargold · « **Reply #870 on:** January 11, 2016, 04:50:14 PM »

Bought a CB antennae and hooked up the CB. Bandit Run ready!

scarebird · « **Reply #871 on:** January 11, 2016, 10:28:57 PM »

Refined the prototype LS3 scoop airbox for production. Another much bigger vendor showed great interest in this product so we changed a few things so it will work.

72projectbird · « **Reply #872 on:** January 12, 2016, 10:59:46 AM »

That's really cool! Right now my shaker is mounted to the hood, but the plan is to mount it to the engine this year.

se1979ta · « **Reply #873 on:** January 12, 2016, 10:20:32 PM »

Well not today, but Sunday I finally had a chance to take the '79 out for a short drive

I think the last time I drove it was in August.

Casey · « **Reply #874 on:** January 13, 2016, 05:54:23 AM »

Quote from: DeCaff2007 on January 10, 2016, 08:48:37 PM

I won't type in all the details of the phone call, but I will say that the guys voice slurred, he was taking deep breaths in and out, and it took a good 5 seconds for him to get out the next word he was trying to say. I could definitely hear the "high" in his voice.

So wrong, so disgusting, and so depressing that people have to smoke that garbage.

Almost as bad as the people that depend on readily available and legal alcohol.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #875 on:** January 14, 2016, 05:26:35 PM »

Quote from: Box on January 13, 2016, 05:54:23 AM

Quote from: DeCaff2007 on January 10, 2016, 08:48:37 PM
I won't type in all the details of the phone call, but I will say that the guys voice slurred, he was taking deep breaths in and out, and it took a good 5 seconds for him to get out the next word he was trying to say. I could definitely hear the "high" in his voice.

So wrong, so disgusting, and so depressing that people have to smoke that garbage.
Almost as bad as the people that depend on readily available and legal alcohol.

To some extent, I agree on that. I down a few myself every now and then, but I sure as Hell don't wake up and take shots.

TA6.6Liter · « **Reply #876 on:** January 14, 2016, 07:06:57 PM »

Reserved a room for the Nats.

Vroom_vroom · « **Reply #877 on:** January 15, 2016, 05:06:05 AM »

Started swapping out my incandescent bulbs to leds,really liking the crisper gauges at night

.

Casey · « **Reply #878 on:** January 15, 2016, 03:45:14 PM »

I spot a gear lever, gimme.

DeCaff2007 · « **Reply #879 on:** January 15, 2016, 08:08:14 PM »

Quote from: Box on January 15, 2016, 03:45:14 PM

I spot a gear lever, gimme.

LoL! Same here!

« **Reply #879 on:** January 15, 2016, 08:08:14 PM »

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