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Finally, after dragging the car with us from South Carolina, to Ohio, than back to El Paso, over the course of say maybe... 12 years (not sure. heh.), it is finally running.

Just need to fix a couple other things here and there, but I was finally able to drive the car I have always wanted to drive since I was in kindergarten. Unfortunately, I'm headed off to college in about 2 months, so it's going to be parked for another while until I get my dad to start working on it again.

I love this car. Sure, it doesn't look like much, but I love it. It's a blast to drive even though it is picky about how you shift gears.

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I think the engine must be out in that pic. Check the blocks under the rear wheel.
 
mgb4tim said:
BTW, why is the front end so high?
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New springs need some time to wear in, I guess.

Have to use the blocks since we took the hand brake cable out since the rear brakes we're locked. I think the tire skid on the driveway from when we had to drag it out of the garage with the Jeep is still there.
 
Did you fully tighten the suspension nuts & bolts (the ones for the bushings) before you put the full weight of the car on the suspension?

If I'm not mistaken, you should not fully tighten the bushing nuts & bolts until you have the full weight of the car on the suspension. Also, if the bushing nuts & bolts are tightened with the suspension unloaded, then the bushings have a tendency to provide a little extra lift, and possibly torque themselves in a way to cause them to prematurely wear out.
 
Nunyas said:
Did you fully tighten the suspension nuts & bolts (the ones for the bushings) before you put the full weight of the car on the suspension?

If I'm not mistaken, you should not fully tighten the bushing nuts & bolts until you have the full weight of the car on the suspension. Also, if the bushing nuts & bolts are tightened with the suspension unloaded, then the bushings have a tendency to provide a little extra lift, and possibly torque themselves in a way to cause them to prematurely wear out.
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I believe we did. I'll probably check it out later this week. Would loosening them and then tightening them back now make a difference?
 
Crusher said:
I believe we did. I'll probably check it out later this week. Would loosening them and then tightening them back now make a difference?
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Assuming they were tightened while in the air... yes.
 
after you loosen them, you might want to give the car a couple of good bounces before you tighten them back up. That should help the bushings seat into their normal position with the suspension loaded.
 
Ok. Will do. Thanks guys.

I can't wait until this thing is completely done, but it's going to be a long while.
 
Completely done is an arbratary term.

They don't ever seem to get to that point.
 
jlaird said:
Completely done is an arbratary term.

They don't ever seem to get to that point.
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Hah. Yeah. First it was the engine rebuild, than the clutch, getting it to run, rebuilding the clutch slave cylinder, rebuilding the clutch hose, and than replacing the fuel pump. I'm just waiting to see what decides to stop working next.
 
Oh at some point you will have a solid runner, no question about that.

It is just that I always seem to have a short list of things to do or that I would like to do.
 
We had a short list, just the simple stuff. Never really though about what would happen or what else would need replacing since we didn't think about what might break or would break in the process of doing everything we needed.

I've come to the conclusion that the only thing the car doesn't have is rust.
 
And that is one heck of a start.

Just go through each system as you feel up to it.
 
Love it when a plan comes together!
 
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