Alot of you know the story on how this Pinto came around, but if not you can read about it here http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,13700.0.html (http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,13700.0.html) . Shortly after Fred got the wagon, he put it up for sale! I started wheeling and dealing and that led to this! (See page 18 of this post, http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,12372.0.html (http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,12372.0.html), and here is my post on it.. http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,14157.0.html (http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,14157.0.html) That was the beginning of my project!
Today, only the second day that I have had it, we washed the outside and pressure washed the motor area. Then I detailed the inside!! After that we put it on the lift and took the rims off so we can find some better tires for them. Then hubby and our friend went to work on pulling the motor! They got it ready for removal and will pull it tomorrow night!!!
Now for the pics!! LOL
Pressure washing under the hood!
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When the wood paneling is wet, it doesn't look half bad!! :D
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Look at the gunk coming out from under the trim!!! And we didn't even get it all out!! Yuck!!
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After the bath,
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Here is the inside before detailing!
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Is this how you wagon owners clean your rear carpet? LOL It did save a lot of time! LOL
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This is the best looking dash out of all 10 or so Pintos that I have had!! It does have a dash pad on it though, that is what the black tabs are!
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After the detail job!!
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And finally, the guy's working on getting the motor ready to pull!
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The motor almost ready to come out!
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Well that is all that we got done today! Tomorrow we will pull the motor and start stripping the motor that is going back in. I will paint the new motor then they will be able to drop it in. Before that though, we will roll the car back out and re pressure wash under the hood with no motor in it!
That's all for now!!!
Lookin good Kim! Can't wait to see this one all dressed up! :)
Kim,
I don't know whether this will help you any or not, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Back when I was in the car business (30+ years ago), we were usually able to rejuvenate faded woodgrain on wagons with a product called NuVinyl. If the panels looked okay when wet, that was a pretty good indicator that this product would bring them back to life. It isn't a permanent fix, but each application will last for a month or so. Don't even know if the product is still available, but if it is, and you're striving for originality, it might do the trick. I haven't tried (because I don't have a wagon) but I suspect Mother's Back to Black may give you a similar result if NuVinyl isn't available. Good luck with your project!
Dwayne :smile:
That looks like a really good start on a neat project. keep us informed.
jim
Quote from: dga57 on January 11, 2010, 01:48:53 AM
Kim,
I don't know whether this will help you any or not, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Back when I was in the car business (30+ years ago), we were usually able to rejuvenate faded woodgrain on wagons with a product called NuVinyl. If the panels looked okay when wet, that was a pretty good indicator that this product would bring them back to life. It isn't a permanent fix, but each application will last for a month or so. Don't even know if the product is still available, but if it is, and you're striving for originality, it might do the trick. I haven't tried (because I don't have a wagon) but I suspect Mother's Back to Black may give you a similar result if NuVinyl isn't available. Good luck with your project!
Dwayne :smile:
I initially thought of using brown shoe polish. After washing it and seeing what it looks like wet, I think back to black would work great! BUT, gosh darn hubby thinks and wants me to use the brown shoe polish! I figure I would try a small section and if I don't like it, I will go with the back to black!!!
A little bit of "carpet in a can" will make that interior shine. Anyone in the used car business knows what I am talking about ;D (it's spray paint)
Grats to you on the wagon, Now we need to find someone to get fred's bobcat Since Ive lost hours and money i wont have it to buy the car. and tax season is no help as all that goes to Child support for my 8 year old daughter.. sigh.. i might end up having to sell my wagon as well. i dont know yet
As a woody owner DO not use shoe polish!!!! Try Eagle one wet wax .
Forst coat spray on a rag and wipe it on nex day or latewr that day dot it again . third ofr 4th time spray it on the the vynal then wipe it off. just give it time in between eack caot to soak in. anyone who has seen mine in person would agree how well it works.
after several applications you can use a buffer very lightly i only do that about once a year. after a very haevy rain it will wash off but come back very easy.
at one judged show i was ask it it was still the original and the added they had never seen 30+ yr. old vynal look so nice.
Quote from: phils toys on January 11, 2010, 04:29:01 PM
As a woody owner DO not use shoe polish!!!!
Oops, to late! LOL I just got done using shoe polish! It looks better! If I don't like it after it dry's I will wash it off and go the other route!
On that note, I don't think there is much one can do with this vinyl to make it look that good! It is all cracked and sundried! From a distance it doesn't look bad, but once you get up close you can see all the cracks! I'm cool with it though! LOL Gives it character!! ;D
Here are some pics of todays work so far!
First off, got some seat covers!!
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Starting to use the shoe polish! See all the cracks!
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Half was done.
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That side is done!
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The back and other side is done!
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How do you polish your chrome? This is the best way!!! On a lift!! LOL ;D ;D
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Thats all I got done for now! Had to stop to go feed all the animals!! ;D
Quote from: 78squirewagon on January 11, 2010, 02:01:51 PM
A little bit of "carpet in a can" will make that interior shine. Anyone in the used car business knows what I am talking about ;D (it's spray paint)
I saw a post where someone restored there carpet, someone gave them a "secret tip" (something like that, lol) on how to do it! I can't remember if they ever said how they did it, but maybe your suggestion of "carpet in a can" is it? I wasn't sure so I haven't tried that yet!
In fact I was going to ask on the forum how others have done it!
I will ask in the FAQ section so others that don't read the "Project" threads can read it and get tips too!! ;D
that is how pintony did the flying pinto last year carpet in a can
the shoe polish put a coat of color on it but did nothing for the vynal the cracks are how the judge was able to tell mine was originag they are not as bad as yours though
phil
I'm so jealous of the lift, Kim! lol
Quote from: dave1987 on January 11, 2010, 08:49:02 PM
I'm so jealous of the lift, Kim! lol
I have to say I really love it!! Specially with waxing. No more bending over to get the low parts!!! ;D ;D
I would to! lol
One day I will have one, one day....Guess I should get a house first huh? :P
Well, not much to update! Last night we got the motor out,
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and the tranny separated from it!
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We still need to strip some more stuff off of the donor motor, then I can paint it and start putting things back together!!!
Way to Go Kim..
You guys are PPM (Pinto Processing Maniacs) ;D
I'm also envious of your lift, Hmm ...Outdoors on the RV Pad, Nah I like Warm and dry too much :smile:
Pintosopher ..
BTW, I like the Zazzle store thing , decisions decisions :amazed:
Young Jim Orielly aka: JimsPinto had a post on dying carpet with great results.
FrankBoss
Today I managed to pressure wash the motor and the engine bay! Then I was able to paint the motor. It has been drying for the last hour or so, so I am hoping we can start putting things back on it tonight!!
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Kimmy, she really is a beauty. I still wish she were mine...
What was wrong with the old engine? I see there's no kicking filly in the door inner panels. Is she really that shiny or is that the bath water? I'm a little (okay ALOT!) jealous! lol.
Did I email you that woodgrain info from the Hemmings Getting Started magazine insert?
Yah, that is bath water! LOL Although I have been waxing her and she is coming out very nicely! I need to put some more umph into it, but I think she will be nice and shiney in the end!!! She is going to be a real nice driver.
The other engine was fried! The PO drove it home with no water in the radiator and it just got to hot. It still turned over, but had no compression or had compression leaks, can't remember what hubby called it! LOL
We are currently trying to find a flex/flux (?) plate. The one that was originally on the tranny had bolt holes that were not quite round anymore! LOL
Will update when something else happens! LOL
Not much to update tonight!
Tranny guy had to order a flex plate and it won't be here till Monday! So the engine and tranny get to sit out a few more days!
I did take out the old stereo and put in one of my old cassette decks! ;D I wouldn't have done it if the old one would have worked ok, but the volume was staticky when trying to adjust it! It was an old Clarion though and I thought it was pretty neat. Oh well!
Here's the deck I put in!
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Hubby bought it for me about 10 years ago! I love purple and had to have this deck. I had it on my Buick for a while, but pulled it out when I sold it and it has been sitting on the shelf since!
Then I had to drag out the sewing machine!
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Made me a patch!
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I only got the back half of the patch sewed in tonight! I will finish it tomorrow! Last time I did a headliner like this all in one night, my wrists hurt for a week! LOL It's hard to sew upside down! LOL
It's hard to do most thing upside down!!! :lol:
Dwayne :smile:
Quote from: dga57 on January 16, 2010, 12:23:34 AM
It's hard to do most thing upside down!!! :lol:
Dwayne :smile:
Unless you're a bat! lol Or a sloth! :lol:
I only got the back half of the patch sewed in tonight! I will finish it tomorrow! Last time I did a headliner like this all in one night, my wrists hurt for a week! LOL It's hard to sew upside down! LOL
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Kim why didnt you just turn the car over? ::)
Kim why didn't you just turn the car over? Cause she did`nt have the key she was using a sewing needle...... :hypno:
Quote from: smallfryefarm on January 17, 2010, 08:05:47 AM
I only got the back half of the patch sewed in tonight! I will finish it tomorrow! Last time I did a headliner like this all in one night, my wrists hurt for a week! LOL It's hard to sew upside down! LOL
Kim why didnt you just turn the car over? ::)
I thought of that, but the roof rack already has a dent in it and I didn't want to make it worse! LOL That and hubby was planning on doing that with the Morris Minor about 10 years ago! I'm still waiting for him to build the "roll" cage for it. Don't want to wait 10 years or more for him to build one for the Pinto!!! LOL
Quote from: pintogirl on January 17, 2010, 12:45:08 PM
I thought of that, but the roof rack already has a dent in it and I didn't want to make it worse! LOL That and hubby was planning on doing that with the Morris Minor about 10 years ago! I'm still waiting for him to build the "roll" cage for it. Don't want to wait 10 years or more for him to build one for the Pinto!!! LOL
Kim ,
Would that be like a Rolling cage around the whole car or a "rotisserie" that bolt up in place of the Bumpers? Rotisseries are less complex and use less space. Besides you can "roast " other food items at a BBQ :lol:
Pintosopher....
Quote from: pintosopher on January 17, 2010, 01:16:32 PM
Kim ,
Would that be like a Rolling cage around the whole car or a "rotisserie" that bolt up in place of the Bumpers? Rotisseries are less complex and use less space. Besides you can "roast " other food items at a BBQ :lol:
Pintosopher....
LOL, actually yes, that is what he was going to make for the Minor! It was going to bolt the hubs of the wheels though! Then it would have gone all the way around the car so we could roll it over and fix the floors from the bottom!! LOL
Ok, so I am bored and I thought what better thing to do then to update my thread! LOL Although not much of an update! Again, just bored! LOL
Today I attempted to get the last screw out of the roof rack, and failed again! LOL
I also waxed the hood and bumper areas. Then our friend that owns a Radiator shop came over and I gave him 2 radiators. He asked if I wanted them both fixed, I said if they were worth fixing. He said it was free, might as well!! LOL So I said sure fix them both!! LOL
So tomorrow I should have the flex plate, I hope, and then by mid week I should have the radiators back. Wed. is also the day we go and register the car(s). So I am hoping to take Bella out for a test drive by Friday!!!!
Ok, done with the bored update!! LOL
Today we tried to get the Squire registered back into CA. Fred had a title only done in AZ. I am trying to keep the blue and yellow original CA plates on it.
I had it verified with the plates on the car so at least that will hopefully help. I was a complete idiot and forgot the verification form at home!! UGGGHHH. So that set me back!
I also found out that I will need to make photo copys of the license plate and add that paper to all the paperwork I have. I'm also going to make a photo copy of the last registration showing the plates were registered to the car back in 98. (all though they have that info LOL) I figure any and all stuff I can send will help!
Anyway, so now I have to wait till next Wed. (that is the appt. time for the tow yard, no long lines that way lol) and take the AZ pink with info on the back, copy of license plate, copy of old reg, and verification form all back to DMV. Then they will have to send all that paperwork into DMV Headquarters. Headquarters then has to decide if they will allow me to keep the blue plates! I have no idea how long that process takes, but DMV lady told me to wait till next Wed. to get moving permit sticker. It will be good for 3 months. If I got it today, it would only be good for the rest of this month I guess! Didn't quite get that, but I figured I would wait. Pinto isn't drivable right now anyway! LOL Hopefully it will be by next week! I had planned on it all ready being ready, but a bad flex plate has held me back!
So everyone send good ju ju for having DMV approve my blue plates!!!! I would much rather keep them then have to go to the white plates!
Ok, now, I have to do a little rant. Why in the world is it so hard to assign plates that are already made, and in one's possession, back onto a car?? ?? I mean if we have plates and they are both in good condition, what is the big deal? I would think it would save money and resources for making a new plate. I mean, wouldn't that fall under "recycling" ?
Ok, rant over!
Stay tuned....!!!
I know how you feel Kim. My mom bought my 67 Mustang coupe new in Oregon. We moved from Oregon to Idaho in 1975ish. For the first couple years my mom kept the Oregon plates and just updated them when we would visit my Grandparents. Around the third year she broke down and got the Idaho plates and tucked the original Oregon plates away. We moved the car back to Oregon in 82. Mom gave me the car in 85 for my 14th birthday. I started to fix it up then. It was road worthy in 87 so out came the original Oregon plates and we went to the DMV. Aparently in Oregon, once the car moves out of state, they wipe the record from the computer. Eventhough nobody else had that plate number, the DMV would not let me register the car with the original plates. I could not even register it as an antique because it was not officially 20 years old then. I had to wait till the end of the calander year for it to be 20 years old in the mind of the DMV and that was not going to happen. After being shot down at two different DMV offices, I decided to see if I could get personalized plates for the car with my old number. Instead of getting the plates, I would use my original ones? I went to a small office and lucked out. The lady I got knew what I wanted to do and made it work in the system. I had to pay for personalized plates initially but when I renew the tags, I pay for the standard plate fee instead of the personalized fee. I was so happy.
Good luck to you......
Well, not much to report, but I figured I would report it anyway! LOL
The motor is in and on it's way to being all hooked up!
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I'm hoping we will have it ready to fire up tonight!!! Then we need to check brakes and all! Also I am going to call around for some whitewall tires!!! ;D
Will update when we get more done!!
Well!? Did she fire up? Inquiring minds want to know! lol.
Quote from: blupinto on January 29, 2010, 10:31:37 PM
Well!? Did she fire up? Inquiring minds want to know! lol.
They didn't work on her tonight! >:( She still needs hoses and stuff hooked up. I'm hoping hubby will work on her over the weekend!
Kimmy, does she have a flex fan or her normal fan? If it's a flex one be careful when you install the radiator hose (top). Last year I bought brand-new hoses for Wildfire and two days after installation the hose got a leak. On inspection it showed that the hose was close enough to the fan blades to eat a hole in the hose. That was almost $20 out the window. Is the ebgine bolted in and attached to the drivetrain? Again, too bad I don't live nearby. :D C'mon Hubby! Help the wife out!!! lol.
It's just the stock fan, but yah we will make sure it isn't to close! Yah, the engine is all bolted in and the drivetrain is all hooked up. Just a matter of hooking all the life lines up! Hoses, vacuum lines, and little stuff like that. It's not just a simple plug and play though. We took a 74 motor out and put in a 77 so some things don't exactly match up, as far as I know. I havn't got into it that much yet. Working the crazy hours I work durring the week, I don't spend much time out in the garage. It may be easier then I am portraying??
I am hoping I can talk hubby into working on it tomorrow, that way I can help and hubby's friend won't be here!
I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow night! LOL
Hmmm... The engine is from a '77, a year Pintos had catalytic converters. Radiator hoses are pretty straightforward, but the vacuum lines have always confounded me. Ask the experts! lol. If WF could be there, at least her engine compartment could be a guide. Well, Juju sent that it'll all work out... this weekend! lol.
Well, we didn't get to much done over the weekend. I was hoping for more, but really some of it wasn't hubby's fault! LOL
Hubby suprised me after going to breakfast. He took my to the tire shop and we got a quote on some white wall tires. Hubby said that would be ok although it is the most he has ever spent on tires in a long time!! LOL We payed 240 bucks installed and balanced. THey had to order them so we went home and pulled the wheels of the car and cleaned them and then painted them black. Once we got done with that we dropped them off at the shop. I called at about 3pm and they still weren't done. Then they finally called at 4.30 and said we could pick them up. Thing was, we were busy cleaning garage and they closed in an hour. We chose to leave them there till Monday!
Then today I pulled the drums off and we decided to get new shoes and wheel cylinders. I called 2 places and neither had all the parts in stock, would have to order them. So I now have to wait till Tuesday to finish that job. Now I will have wheels back on Monday but can't put them on till Tuesday! LOL
Than FINALLY, I started working on getting the motor all hooked up!!!!
Got to protect those fenders!! ;D
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The motor, fan, and radiator are all in and hooked up. Now it is down to just trying to figure out where some hoses and wires go!! Then finally the test of trying to start her. I'm hopeing that will be tomorrow, but it is hard to say! Hubby works at his own pace! LOL
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Oh, and in the pic above, I have hoses going to places they don't go! LOL I was just hooking hoses anywhere! LOL We need to figure out what is smog related and plug that stuff off. I'm going to go buy some plugs so things look neat!! I hate when you see hoses with screws screwed to them! LOL
Getting closer!!!!! ;D
Would it help if I took a picture of Wildfire's engine?
Quote from: blupinto on January 31, 2010, 09:14:24 PM
Would it help if I took a picture of Wildfire's engine?
We'll, I'm not sure. I have a 77 motor in a 74 car! LOL I am kind of using the 77 CW as a template, but it has issues too! LOL It's hoses and wires have been hacked on before. It is still helping a bit!
If you want to take pics tomorrow that will be fine, just take the air cleaner off and take somewhat close ups of the both side!!! :D
Thanks!
The air cleaner's off already so if you want I can take a pic tonight. It's up to you. ;D
Quote from: blupinto on January 31, 2010, 09:23:56 PM
The air cleaner's off already so if you want I can take a pic tonight. It's up to you. ;D
No, wait till tomorrow. I would probably come out better in the day light!!! ;D
We are done for the night anyway! Won't start back on it till hubby gets off work tomorrow!
Right side...
...and left side...if you're facing the front of the car. Hope this helps!
Quote from: blupinto on January 31, 2010, 09:58:57 PM
Right side...
Actually a more close up and standing in center of the of fender would be great! I need to see where hoses are suppose to go! Although we are not going to worry about smog hoses. I just need to know what hoses are for making the motor work right!
Thanks Becky!!!
Sorry! I wanted to get everything in one pic! Because there are lines everywhere, just where do you want the camera to focus? I'm afraID IF i GET TOO CLOSE UP i'LL INADVERTENTLY CUT SOMETHING OUT. dRAT. i ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE 54353! CAPS LOCK BUTTON AGAIN!
Quote from: blupinto on January 31, 2010, 10:17:34 PM
Sorry! I wanted to get everything in one pic! Because there are lines everywhere, just where do you want the camera to focus? I'm afraID IF i GET TOO CLOSE UP i'LL INADVERTENTLY CUT SOMETHING OUT. dRAT. i ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE 54353! CAPS LOCK BUTTON AGAIN!
Take 2 pics, one of front half close as you can to get hoses, and then take one of the back about the same distance as you did the first!! :D
I'll try...
Front...
... and rear. My battery wouldn't let me take the third pic (the firewall). Sorry. I hope these will help.
Well, kind of! LOL It's hard to see stuff in pics anyway! I will try to basically go off of the CW's stuff. That and I think alot of the hoses are for smog purposes, so I will not be using most of them. I think my main worry will be vacuum for the tranny and the distrbutor!
Thanks for trying though!!!
Sorry it didn't help. That's why I asked where you wanted me to specifically aim... maybe I could've gotten a helpful shot. Again, too bad I'm not closer and I could bring Wildfire to assist in hose and wire hook-ups... well some anyway. There may be stuff related to the catalytic converter on the '77. '74s didn't have cats.
Quote from: blupinto on January 31, 2010, 11:01:07 PM
Sorry it didn't help. That's why I asked where you wanted me to specifically aim... maybe I could've gotten a helpful shot. Again, too bad I'm not closer and I could bring Wildfire to assist in hose and wire hook-ups... well some anyway. There may be stuff related to the catalytic converter on the '77. '74s didn't have cats.
Not your fault Becky!! It is hard to describe how to take the pics to you via typing! LOL
Basically I wanted you to move just a bit closer to the motor so your camera frame is showing, lets say in front of the carb to the front of the motor. It would show all the way from the top to the bottem of the motor (well kind of, lol) . Then the other pic would have been from the carb to the back of the motor, still showing the top and bottem. It wouldn't be so close that you could only see a few hoses, but close enough to where you could kind of define some of them!
Like I said, it is hard to describe! LOL I am confused just reading what I wrote above! LOL If I really need more pics, I will take some of how I want you to take it!! That way you have a better idea of what I want!!!
Thanks again!!! :D
Because the carburetor is closer to the rear of the engine (ok it's AT the rear! lol) to get a close-up it would've cut off the front of engine. There weren't all that many hoses on the '74. I got a close-up of the tee that goes over the valve cover near the sparkplug wires and hoped the carburetor lines were clear. Naturally there's fuel lines too... I just needed specific places. Oh well, there's tomorrow (after I get more batteries! lol.)
Quote from: pintogirl on January 31, 2010, 09:10:03 PM
Well, we didn't get to much done over the weekend. I was hoping for more, but really some of it wasn't hubby's fault! LOL
Hubby suprised me after going to breakfast. He took my to the tire shop and we got a quote on some white wall tires. Hubby said that would be ok although it is the most he has ever spent on tires in a long time!! LOL We payed 240 bucks installed and balanced. THey had to order them so we went home and pulled the wheels of the car and cleaned them and then painted them black. Once we got done with that we dropped them off at the shop. I called at about 3pm and they still weren't done. Then they finally called at 4.30 and said we could pick them up. Thing was, we were busy cleaning garage and they closed in an hour. We chose to leave them there till Monday!
Then today I pulled the drums off and we decided to get new shoes and wheel cylinders. I called 2 places and neither had all the parts in stock, would have to order them. So I now have to wait till Tuesday to finish that job. Now I will have wheels back on Monday but can't put them on till Tuesday! LOL
Than FINALLY, I started working on getting the motor all hooked up!!!!
Got to protect those fenders!! ;D
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The motor, fan, and radiator are all in and hooked up. Now it is down to just trying to figure out where some hoses and wires go!! Then finally the test of trying to start her. I'm hopeing that will be tomorrow, but it is hard to say! Hubby works at his own pace! LOL
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Oh, and in the pic above, I have hoses going to places they don't go! LOL I was just hooking hoses anywhere! LOL We need to figure out what is smog related and plug that stuff off. I'm going to go buy some plugs so things look neat!! I hate when you see hoses with screws screwed to them! LOL
Getting closer!!!!! ;D
Kim,
Tell your husband he should consider himself fortunate. The last time I dropped that amount of money in a tire store, it was for ONE tire... an OEM replacement for the tire that blew out on my '07 Lincoln Mark LT 4x4 pickup. OUCH!!!
Dwayne :smile:
i want your tire company, i payed 280 js tfor the rear tires on my car. plues 240 for the fronts.
Here's her new shoes!! Just can't put them on till after tomorrow. Her new "insoles" (brakes)lol will be in by then!!! ;D
Went with blue walls! LOL
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Well, we are in the turning the engine over stage! LOL
Someone got ahead of herself ( don't know she could be, lol) and bought new plugs, wires, cap, and rotor for a 77 distributor, not knowing hubby was planning on putting the 74 distributor in. So when we first started to turn the motor over he had the tall cap for the 77 on the 74 distributor. Well that led to the car flooding because it wasn't getting spark. Once we put the old cap and wires on the 74 distributor we got spark and it tried to fire but it was to late. Just to flooded!
I will buy new cap rotor and plugs for the 74 distributor on Wed. to try again Wed. night! Tomorrow is out because hubby's boss takes everyone out for dinner! Bummer! LOL
Getting closer!!!!
grats kim, im glad you get to work on yours. i wish i could. i plan to next weekend as this one is full
IT"S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!! (http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/cheerleader.gif) She even started right up with just a turn of the key, and no choke is even hooked up to her!!! Ran smooth too for the short time she ran!!
It's alive!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdfxe62Q2y0#)
The people you here are my husband and his kid! Hubby didn't want to leave it running long because there is no water in it yet!
Sad part is, they have to take some stuff back off, and put more stuff back on! So I can't even take it for a test drive yet! :( They need to fix a small exhaust leak at the head on manifold conection, also need to fix where the exhaust pipe hooks up. Then because we used the carb with the water type choke, we have to ad the hoses to that.
So it is looking more like the end of next week before she can go for a maiden voyage!!
I had to hit replay- I didn't realize she was running til the end of the first play. I was listening for the engine starting! lol.
nice job. there.iam getting ready to convert mine from the water heated choke to purely electric choke.parts came off of a 79 wagon that came into our local pic and pull yard here. keep up the good work. harold
Very nice! Glad to see she runs, and smooth too!
Can't wait until my wagon starts to look nice again like yours kim! It's getting there, just need to finish the rest of the motor and exhaust problems/fixing, and clean up the interior, but all in all, it's going to be a lot of work until I Get to where you are!
Quote from: cromcru on February 06, 2010, 09:26:58 PM
nice job. there.iam getting ready to convert mine from the water heated choke to purely electric choke.parts came off of a 79 wagon that came into our local pic and pull yard here. keep up the good work. harold
I would rather have the electric choke but Hubby is in charge of this process and doing the work, so I don't want to complain to much. Although I did a little! LOL I may not need a choke anyway! LOL She sat all night and pretty much most the the morning and hubby just reached in and turned the key and she fired and ran!! The Ghost I have to pump gas a few hundred times (ok, just a few times), then I have to keep giving her gas till she warms up a bit. She has the water type choke! I hate it! Course it may just be an adjustment issue on her, but we haven't looked into it yet! I just suffer through having to keep the gas on her for a bit! LOL
Quote from: dave1987 on February 06, 2010, 09:30:33 PM
Very nice! Glad to see she runs, and smooth too!
Can't wait until my wagon starts to look nice again like yours kim! It's getting there, just need to finish the rest of the motor and exhaust problems/fixing, and clean up the interior, but all in all, it's going to be a lot of work until I Get to where you are!
Actually I just lucked out! Fred found a really decent shape car and I was in the right place at the right time for her! She was in good shape from the get go! Just needed some Clorox Clean Up and Upholstery conditioner!! LOL
Well, Bella is officially off the lift! She hasn't seen the light yet though! We checked fluids and she is a quart low on oil. I need to go buy some tomorrow. Also she was low on Tranny fluid. Jack put some in till the stick read full, but when I went to test her movement later in the night, she doesn't want to take off right. She has to rev up a bit before she will move. Hubby said she could need some more fluid because of the torque converter being new, it may take a little to fill that up. I am hoping he is right. I sure hate to have to start all over again on the pulling of the motor and tranny again! I will find out tomorrow, when I let her warm up and drive her back and forth in the drive way! I will check fluids again!
Well, send good ju ju that the tranny is ok!!!! ;D Tomorrow may be her maiden voyage!!!! That is after we get back from picking up the 72 Pinto!!! ;D ;D That's another story! LOL I will tell it tomorrow after I get home with the car, in a new thread that is!! :tgif:
Kim,
Good cross-country transmission ju-ju aimed right at'cha!
Dwayne :smile:
Kimmy, put her through all the gears. Then check the fluid. Also, check fluid when it's warm. Good JuJu headed north! ;D
Well, took her out today! Good news is, tranny was just low on fluid. I added more and she shifts and moves perfectly!
Now for the bad news! She smokes like a mad dog! Mosquito killer! LOL It is white smoke. She also pings pretty bad when you try to make her go at a decent rate of gas. I think the 2 may be linked! LOL Hubby timed her by ear and he now needs to do it right! LOL Also she is very scary when stopping! Her brakes pulsate. Steering kind jingles when braking. This could possibly be do the the rusty rotors. I will carefully drive her around the neighborhood for a while (once she is running better) to see if brakes will get better, if not, she will need to rotors and pads!!
She is now back in the garage waiting for hubby to get home and re time her. He also wants to check the thingy on the manifold that has something to do with tranny. He says if it is bad it could cause tranny fluid to leak into manifold and cause the smoke! ??
I do have to say she sound pretty good while idleing!! LOL
Now send ju ju that we can get her running in tip top shape!
Sounds like your rotors could be warped. You might want to have them turned. Also if they are warped then possibly the floating pins of the calipers could be dirty and needing a light lube. Sounds like you are close to getting all the kinks worked out. Nice work!
Hubby played with timing last night and today I took her for another test drive! She still pings when excellerating and also still smokes like a big dog! :( Hubby say's that he wants to hook a vacuum tool up to the tranny vacuum line to see if the part is leaking tranny fluid through and into the exhaust. If not, then he will pull the valve cover off the motor and have a look at everything under there! Oh, also wants me to go get some octane booster to see if that will help the pinging!
Monday night is when all of this will take place. So for now Bella is outside visiting the other Pintos! LOL I did drive her around the block again today, smoke and all! LOL She drives really great and sounds so good and quiet at an idle! Now if we can get her quieter while excelerating and less of a mosquito killer, we will be doing good!! LOL
What octane gas are you putting in?
Quote from: blupinto on February 13, 2010, 11:07:17 PM
What octane gas are you putting in?
Well right now she has gas out of some car that cleared lien at the yard! LOL So I have no idea what octane that person used! LOL
I normally just put 89 in my other Pintos and they are fine. I really think this pinging is either something wrong with motor, or it just needs to be ran for a bit. Who knows how long the motor sat before being ran again!!!
We will find out more on Monday! I'm not letting hubby start on his truck till I can drive Bella, smoke free and a little less pingy!!! LOL
Keep pluggin' away at her... sounds like you're almost there!
Dwayne :smile:
I finally have an update on Bella!!!! Well two kind of! LOL
First of all we are back at work on her. Trying different carbs! Hopefully I can get one to work! LOL
The really good news just came in the mail today!!!! I finally heard back from DMV on my request to keep the original CA plates. (remember Fred reged in AZ which made it to where I had to ask CA DMV if I could keep the CA plates).
The sent me a letter and a form to fill out. The letter said that I need to fill out the Application for Registration, and send it and an original of a registration paper that showed that the car was registered in CA.
Now the stupid part. I tried to get the lady at DMV to send the original Registration in when she sent all the other paperwork, but she handed it back to me. She also didn't have me fill out the App. for Reg. while I was there. This would have saved a lot of time if she would have known what she was doing!
The other stupid part is, don't they have records of this car being registered in CA?? I mean they pulled it up when I was there and even told me that the PO had it on a non op! What a waist of time to have to do this!
Anyway, I have the paperwork they requested in the envelope that they sent me ( no they didn't pay the postage back, I had to put a stamp on it ) and it will be going to our main post office first thing in the morning!!! So hopefully I will be getting current tags in a few more weeks!
My temporary reg expires around the 20th of this month so I am going to take a copy of the letter they sent me to DMV when we go to take care of some other DMV stuff on the 29th. I should be able to get another Temp to hold me over till they get the paperwork they requested!!!
So now I really want to get her running!!!! :D :D
Kim I titled only no reg.. So how is my wagon looking :lol: Fred
Quote from: Fred Morgan on April 16, 2010, 07:11:11 PM
Kim I titled only no reg.. So how is my wagon looking :lol: Fred
I know Fred. Just trying to explain in easy terms! LOL That and it didn't matter that you did title only, CA DMV still wouldn't just let me keep the plates because technically they should have been removed when it got titled in AZ. According to them that is! LOL
Your car is still not running! I am hoping Bob will get it going tonight. We swapped the carb from the blue car (Mad Max) which ran fine on her. Some reason it doesn't do fine on Bella. We did r&r the choke and hubby has been playing with it thinking it was put on in the wrong position. She will start and die. If you keep the gas on her she will run but as soon as you let off the gas, she dies.
I bought a NOS carb on ebay and it arrived yesterday. It is missing a simple smog related part (atleast that is what I think it is). So that will be easy to take off a different carb and maybe being never ran before, it will work?? I sure hope so at least! I want to drive her so bad!!! ;D
Well I guess DMV denied my request to use the original blue CA plates on my car. The sent me new plates and registration.
I am kind of ticked because they said that all they needed is an original registration paper showing that the car was registered to those plates before. I sent my original in, and now they send me new plates. I'm going to try to fight this one.
Now I need to try to figure out who to contact about this. I will go to the website and hopefully find an email. If not I will have make an apt. at there office and go from there.
Another option my hubby suggested was if they don't let me put the blue plates back on, then to ask for Historical plates. That way we can still have the blue plates, but have the others to be legal. I haven't researched historical plates yet, so I don't know what or if there are any restrictions or whatever to have them!
I'll let you all know what happens!