What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]
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Absolutely. And the weather was perfect for a visitor/buyer.
Friday was overcast, light mist, rarely any actual rain of note. Except for some extremely cheap parts, there was no point in worrying about 'first day buying' because the crowds were low.
Saturday was nice weather except for a single thunder shower about 5 minutes long. Everything I mentally marked Friday was still there, except, cheaper, and, a bunch of guys who didn't come or hadn't set stuff out Friday had stuff available Saturday as well.
Selling the one firebird dash will cover the costs of the other plus the weather strips. The truck stuff is cheap and easy money. I'll be using the caps on some wheels to sell, and the two emblems more than pay the costs of all the truck stuff combined.
All in all, a cheap but successful trip. And it wasn't even very expensive. Just stop for gas once each way in Virginia.
Replaced the broken mirror on the Buick LaCrosse today.
This has been a frustrating experience. The first time I painted it, the basecoat turned cloudy and whitish. I assumed the humidity was at fault.
So I sanded it back down and sprayed it again. This time it looked good but when I put it on this morning, the clear was dry to the touch, but soft enough to leave finger prints. I'm hoping that it hardens after a few days and I can wetsand the prints out of it, but I'm too fed up to try and paint it again. I'm not sure if this is a user error, environmental issue, or a bad can of paint. Same stuff I used on the fenders.
Hopefully it cures and I can polish it but if not, like my dad would say, a guy on a fast horse won't notice it.
This has been a frustrating experience. The first time I painted it, the basecoat turned cloudy and whitish. I assumed the humidity was at fault.
So I sanded it back down and sprayed it again. This time it looked good but when I put it on this morning, the clear was dry to the touch, but soft enough to leave finger prints. I'm hoping that it hardens after a few days and I can wetsand the prints out of it, but I'm too fed up to try and paint it again. I'm not sure if this is a user error, environmental issue, or a bad can of paint. Same stuff I used on the fenders.
Hopefully it cures and I can polish it but if not, like my dad would say, a guy on a fast horse won't notice it.
Don't think of it as fingerprints that left a defect, think of it like an artist's signature on a painting.
I got a call today from Firebird Central. Looks like they can't fulfill the order for a re-built 1967-8 tilt column. Good thing I restored the collapsed one I had because there are NO cores out there that they could find. The wife will be happy that big money will be refunded. 
I dragged home another project yesterday. 2011 Limited with low oil pressure. Even with a probable engine replacement needed, the price was too good to pass up.
It'll probably just sit for a month or so. Too much other stuff going on at the moment.
It'll probably just sit for a month or so. Too much other stuff going on at the moment.
Brought my S-10 into Bay One for its annual list of things to repair/replace/rehab/renovate/to do. Most of this summer is the ignition system; coil, cap, rotor, wires, plugs, then a round of sanding and repair on the box sides around the eyebrows for the wheels. then a newer front bumper to replace the one that is terminally infested with rust worms. After that, check the frame for abrasion on the paint work from last year and touch it up where/as needed.
My bike is waiting on a kit for the rear master cylinder; no idea when that will show up or if it will ever show up.
Most of what I will get done has to be jammed into the days that I am off, which are becoming fewer and fewer this summer because we are short handed and I am the bottom of the call in barrel. Once they assign me shifts, there is no one else, the barrel is empty. People just don't want to work, even if only periodically to add a few more bucks to the budget for non-essentials? like new washing machines and refrigierators.
Nick
My bike is waiting on a kit for the rear master cylinder; no idea when that will show up or if it will ever show up.
Most of what I will get done has to be jammed into the days that I am off, which are becoming fewer and fewer this summer because we are short handed and I am the bottom of the call in barrel. Once they assign me shifts, there is no one else, the barrel is empty. People just don't want to work, even if only periodically to add a few more bucks to the budget for non-essentials? like new washing machines and refrigierators.
Nick
Okay, someone, anyone, For the S-10 distributor rotor, two small screws hold it down, T-15 torx head and 3/16ths of an inch, maybe, of thread. ANYONE know the exact wire gauge and thread pitch for these? I had one escape down the rabbithole behind the engine block today and the only way I could replace it was to buy a complete rotor. These screws seem to have no part number for them alone in the aftermarket, but a generic equiv might work if it is not metric.
Right now the plan is to wait until the unit is up and jack standed for it's oil change to use a magnetic probe and do a hunt and seek exercise around the top of the t-mission to see if it got caught in the wiring harness or accumulated crud up there. Trtied the short air gun but all that proved was it it had not found its way to somewhere it could cause trouble.
The old cap and rotor were junk to the point where the rotor contact tab was about gone and the screws had rusty heads. Lots of years of cold weather and short range driving .
Suggestions?? Thx.
Nick
Right now the plan is to wait until the unit is up and jack standed for it's oil change to use a magnetic probe and do a hunt and seek exercise around the top of the t-mission to see if it got caught in the wiring harness or accumulated crud up there. Trtied the short air gun but all that proved was it it had not found its way to somewhere it could cause trouble.
The old cap and rotor were junk to the point where the rotor contact tab was about gone and the screws had rusty heads. Lots of years of cold weather and short range driving .
Suggestions?? Thx.
Nick
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