T-Series It runs!

[Sarastro]

I finally started the TD for the first time this morning and made a 15-second Quicktime video to memorialize this historic occasion:

https://www.nonlintec.com/mgtd/engine/MVI_3467.MOV

The website for the restoration is https://www.nonlintec.com/mgtd, and there you can find all the painful details, if it interests you.

Now I can install the rest of the body pieces and start on the interior and electrical wiring. At this point, the mechanical work is finished. It feels good to have the end in sight.

 

[drooartz]

WOOHOO! :banana: :banana: :banana:

 

[DrEntropy]

Always good to actually SEE progress on a long slog project!

 

[PAUL161]

Good for you Steve! Glad to hear your making progress! PJ

 

[Sarastro]

Yes, I have to say, it feels pretty good. I now can put the rest of the car together and know that the engine will at least start and run. It's really easy to see how people so often lose momentum with projects like this--there's so much to do, and long periods of time making what seems to be very little progress. And a lot of it really isn't fun--trying to clean unspeakably cruddy car parts, removing broken bolts, things that should fit perfectly but just don't, and so on. Seeing the engine run finally shows that, yes, something really is happening.

 

[PAUL161]

I have 4 fenders and 2 running boards on the TF that a previous owner, years ago, had them undercoated. Looks like a pro job as it's almost a quarter of an inch thick in most areas and hard as a rock. I finally got one rear fender cleaned of the stuff after hours of work, actually three days. The fronts will probably take a week each. Not fun! PJ

 

[mikephillips]

Some heat makes underseal much easier to remove. I've used it with a putty knife and it will practically fall off when working in squares of about 6"x6" at a time. But if you do this be careful as too much will also bubble the paint.

 

[JPSmit]

While I haven't used it on the car yet, I bought an oscilating tool, in part because others have talked about how the scraper speeds up that job

https://www.harborfreight.com/variable-speed-multifunction-power-tool-67537.html

 

[PAUL161]

While I haven't used it on the car yet, I bought an oscilating tool, in part because others have talked about how the scraper speeds up that job

https://www.harborfreight.com/variable-speed-multifunction-power-tool-67537.html

JP, I have one of those and never gave it a thought of using it. Only thing that would concern me is, inside the fender is curved and on the thin metal the square end of the blade might create a problem. I made a scraper by curving the blade to match the curvature of the fenders. Works very well, just a long boring process. PJ