Finally got time to put the regal interior back together. Was a nice day outside so I had my buddy supervise. He passed out on the job. I was checking on him every few minutes and there was a nice warm breeze today. He's 4 months tomorrow.
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After a week of bereavement and nearly a year sitting in the same spot. Finally got most of the wiring done.
Just needs to be tidied up a bit.
At this point everything except the rear light wiring has been reworked.
Vintage Air heat is HOT and A/c is COLD!
Front wheels should be in sometime this month. Quite the list of things to finish but hopefully it can be back on the road again this month.
Just needs to be tidied up a bit.
At this point everything except the rear light wiring has been reworked.
Vintage Air heat is HOT and A/c is COLD!
Front wheels should be in sometime this month. Quite the list of things to finish but hopefully it can be back on the road again this month.
Nice day yesterday so hit some shows, had a little convoy from one show to the next
then went to meet a buddy and his wife for dinner
Tried to get the hood to pop to show my buddy the wear on the inside of the wheels and need to space them out some more but no luck. Then on the way home I notice the temps creeping up, of course the hood won't pop so have to get lucky and get her home to realize the backup cam isn't working which means the plug for the backup and fans has come out of the fuse box
Luckily it only just barely hit 200, so once it was home I got down and plugged it back in. While I was there I changed out the fuse in the back of the top radio back to what it should be and tried to straighten the radio some. We will see how it holds up
then went to meet a buddy and his wife for dinner
Tried to get the hood to pop to show my buddy the wear on the inside of the wheels and need to space them out some more but no luck. Then on the way home I notice the temps creeping up, of course the hood won't pop so have to get lucky and get her home to realize the backup cam isn't working which means the plug for the backup and fans has come out of the fuse box
Luckily it only just barely hit 200, so once it was home I got down and plugged it back in. While I was there I changed out the fuse in the back of the top radio back to what it should be and tried to straighten the radio some. We will see how it holds up
A wagon with an LS and a stick. That should be fun.
After dealing with fouled plugs and random instances of blue smoke, I threw in the towel and decided to do valve seals and re-ring the motor.
I was going to shoot for pulling the engine without pulling the hood, but stopped in my tracks when I pulled the intake:
…that looks like oil.
…and the runners are wet with oil, along with the lower gasket surface having a few small puddles…
I’m leaning towards just doing intake gaskets, as the o ring on the plastic felpro ones isn’t compressed all the way, and some parts aren’t flattened at all. Going to apply some silicone to seal it after cleaning and see if that solves my problem.
Intake and cylinder head plenum angles are slightly different, but I can’t get the correct conventional gaskets for a week, and no machine shops are open so I can get this done in a timely manner.
Really tempted to track down a set of aluminum heads at this point.
I was going to shoot for pulling the engine without pulling the hood, but stopped in my tracks when I pulled the intake:
…that looks like oil.
…and the runners are wet with oil, along with the lower gasket surface having a few small puddles…
I’m leaning towards just doing intake gaskets, as the o ring on the plastic felpro ones isn’t compressed all the way, and some parts aren’t flattened at all. Going to apply some silicone to seal it after cleaning and see if that solves my problem.
Intake and cylinder head plenum angles are slightly different, but I can’t get the correct conventional gaskets for a week, and no machine shops are open so I can get this done in a timely manner.
Really tempted to track down a set of aluminum heads at this point.
It really looks like those 2 runners aren't being separated by the gasket.
Drove it to Menards with the little guy. Throaty exhaust lulled him to sleep lol.
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I helped a buddy of mine buff out the faded paint on my Malibu. I was quite surprised at the results.
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