What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]
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Took the '79 Holiday 88 out for my first drive, after fighting for 3 hours with the tire iron which is the Canadian winter, since it's outside stored and built up ice, around the left tire, spent more time in the snow than in the car I am beginning to think seriously 🤷♀️🤣🤣🤣
That said, WOW she handled well. Reminds me of my first white 83 Delta.
Since parking it, I also replaced the alternator cable with a much larger size, and installed a new battery terminal.
Engine still knocking, no change there. Plenty of oil also, and the gauge for some reason went from 40 to 20 to... 0 😒🤣🤣🤣
Never stalled on me, and the oil is still clean from when I changed it before storage.
That said, WOW she handled well. Reminds me of my first white 83 Delta.
Since parking it, I also replaced the alternator cable with a much larger size, and installed a new battery terminal.
Engine still knocking, no change there. Plenty of oil also, and the gauge for some reason went from 40 to 20 to... 0 😒🤣🤣🤣
Never stalled on me, and the oil is still clean from when I changed it before storage.
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Before I can even think about touching my Skylark I've got to get my Grandfather's LaCrosse in shape. It was nice and warm today so I got the fenders both scuffed and primed. I did a little bit of filler work on the passenger side. I didn't go insane but I got the two most noticable dings out. If it is warm later in the week I might even get them painted.
Cutting out/replacing more brittle *ss corroded wiring from the f250, making all the lights work, again. Blower motor works now, bad ground. So it's got heat now.
Bought brake parts for the k1500. The sudden no start issue with the k1500 was due to a crunchy battery cable. NOS cable i had on the wall fixed it. Truck already had a new starter so i took the newnew one back. $103 back in my pocket.
Bought brake parts for the k1500. The sudden no start issue with the k1500 was due to a crunchy battery cable. NOS cable i had on the wall fixed it. Truck already had a new starter so i took the newnew one back. $103 back in my pocket.
It's a bit of an awwww f*ck afternoon. Something must've been pretty weak in the ground, our side, not municipal. Had a saturated area and hole filled with water as I was cutting grass.
I found 2 irrigation cut-off valves, and, an odd jet pump that had a dial talking about fertilizer. On the opposite side of the house, maybe 80 ft away, was a watering controller mounted by the hot water heater and I never bothered to screw with it to figure it out because the yard needed so much other work and had many a sunken area, planned to dump fill dirt then topsoil this spring to fix them, then try to get the sprinklers going.
Well... now there's something new to figure out. Guess I'll add it to the house thread later or something.
I found 2 irrigation cut-off valves, and, an odd jet pump that had a dial talking about fertilizer. On the opposite side of the house, maybe 80 ft away, was a watering controller mounted by the hot water heater and I never bothered to screw with it to figure it out because the yard needed so much other work and had many a sunken area, planned to dump fill dirt then topsoil this spring to fix them, then try to get the sprinklers going.
Well... now there's something new to figure out. Guess I'll add it to the house thread later or something.
Despite my desire to read through the entire unabridged saga of Tynan, I wanted to take advantage of the warm weather and get these fenders painted. I got a second coat of primer on and blocked them to 400 yesterday.
I'm a bit rusty with a paint gun but they came out okay. They are too nice for the car they are going on anyways. They need a minor cut and buff but they'll look fine. The rest of the car has so many scratches it'll probably need buffed to match the fenders.
I'm a bit rusty with a paint gun but they came out okay. They are too nice for the car they are going on anyways. They need a minor cut and buff but they'll look fine. The rest of the car has so many scratches it'll probably need buffed to match the fenders.
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