I thought this may be a fun topic to start here. They do it over at a VW site I go to and it is a lot of fun to read what others do. It also gives someone that doesn't want to start a build thread on their Pinto, a chance to share what they have done.
I'll start if off. :D
Today I installed a heater core in my Yellow Pinto, TWICE! LOL
When I first got the car it was missing the heater core and the front cover to the heater core box. (Don't know the name of that box! LOL) So today I got into the Pinto shed and dug out another box. I got the heater core out of the box and went to put it in mine. Then I realized that the heater core doesn't stick through the cowl. UGGGGGHHHH Had to pull the remainder of my box out of the car. That was not fun. Got it out, put the new, aka used, heater core in and put the cover to the parts box on my box. All good! Installed it all back in the car, again, not fun. Pretty much had it all hooked up and drip, drip, drip. UGGGGHHHH. Out it came. Found another complete unit in the Pinto shed and here is how I decided to test it before I put it in the car. :D
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I hooked up the water lines and started the car. Ran if for about 10 minutes, then once I was satisfied the heater core didn't leak, I proceeded to pull the old one back out and install the good one. When trying to put the new one in, I broke the ducting for the floor off the one end of it. Pulled it back out of the car and grabbed one off of the other box and finally got it all back together. No leaks! :D
We also pulled the broken windshield out. Tomorrow Jr. is going to come over and install a new one for us. Then I get to start driving it to work for a few days. :D
So that is what I did to my Pinto today. What did you do to yours?
If this thread takes off, I will see if we can make it a sticky. Want to see how it goes first though! :D
Kim I always pressure check rads and heat cores first ! Fred :)
Quote from: Fred Morgan on November 10, 2012, 08:44:02 PM
Kim I always pressure check rads and heat cores first ! Fred :)
Thanks Fred! Fine time to tell me now! LOL It only took one time to learn on this one. :D
Today mine was actually uncovered and driven for the first time in 6 months. It is my winter driver. Car ran well i just had to get used to it again. I had to relearn driving a stick...
Quote from: 78txpony on November 10, 2012, 08:49:37 PM
Today mine was actually uncovered and driven for the first time in 6 months. It is my winter driver. Car ran well i just had to get used to it again. I had to relearn driving a stick...
I'm lucky, my yellow one is an automatic. :D If things go well with it this week, I may end up driving it to work and back all winter too! :D
Kim ask Bob he knows I take them to 16 pounds. Fred :)
Quote from: Fred Morgan on November 10, 2012, 08:58:42 PM
Kim ask Bob he knows I take them to 16 pounds. Fred :)
I just hooked mine up to the car as seen in the pic. Figured after 10 mins. of running and not leaking, it was good to go! :D So far so good! :D
I put a new car cover on my blue 73 and aired up the tires.
I just had my carb rebuilt and had to fine tune the fast idle screw and then the curb idle. Now from a cold start, just set the choke with a quick pump, sit back and hit the key, she fires up on full choke, light tap and she comes back down to a fast idle with a little choke. After about a minute, another tap brings her down to the last step on the fast idle cam, ready to drive. Nothing sweeter, I love it!
Dave
I didn't do anything to ANY of my Pintos today except drive a reluctant Ruby RedHot to Starbucks and later Ralphs store. I WAS going to clean out Moxie Blu's cowl out (you can probably imagine all the stuff sitting piled in there after years of living under a pine tree) but I can't find her keys!!! AAAARRRRGH! I had them earlier this week but who knows what I did with them!? I know I needed to "batten down the hatches" due to the rain my area was expecting but the keys disappeared since. I was planning also to remove her instrument cluster again and see why the lights don't work but even if I could find the keys I may be going up north to help my Dad and his wife move house.
As a matter of fact, today I decided to take the valve covers off, pull the plugs out and go through the valve train.
This 612 HP V8 302 motor has a Hartland Sharp top end with 3/8 screw in studs, guide plates, 1.6 to 1 roller rockers and stud girdle. The valve lash is adjusted to zero for the high lift hydralic roller cam, and then locked down at 1/2 turn past zero.
Did the compression check on each of the 8 cylinders. Driver side varried between 155 and 165 PSI with very minimul leak down. Passenger side varried between 160 and 170 PSI also with minimum leak down.
SO all is well with the top end and with the pistons. Tomorrow will put it all back together.
DIck
i opened the garage door and let the light touch it ;D ;D
brad :)
Quote from: beaner on November 10, 2012, 10:58:33 PM
i opened the garage door and let the light touch it ;D ;D
brad :)
LOL, sometimes that is more then what I do to mine in a day! LOL
Last week I not only let the sunshine touch some of my Wildfire buried in the garage, but I had to go on an expedition of sorts to get to her driver side door to open it and retrieve the '74 Pinto owner's manual out of her glove box to put in the '74 Squire wagon. lol
im in the middle of installing my 93 2.3 t5 into my 74 pinto station wagon.i started the install using my 75 mustangII d5 bell housing but due to not getting enough adjustment to engage the clutch properly im now installing my foxbody bell housing.and from test fitting shows to be alright. everything went in fine.using my t5 driveshaft,front u-joint for 93 mustang,rear u-joint from 75 mustangII 2.3..only other issue i see is the speedo cable.im going to take my pinto one in and have the bottom half change over to the t5 style..when i got my d5 bell. it came with the spacer plate, bellhousing, clutchfork,throwout bearing and clutch ball stud. it did not come with the flywheel.i dont remember if the 75 model year used a small spacer behind the flywheel or a thicker plate.ill report more later
Quote from: beaner on November 10, 2012, 10:58:33 PM
i opened the garage door and let the light touch it ;D ;D
brad :)
That's more than I did with mine, although it did see a little sunlight last Saturday!
Dwayne
i dreamt that i owned one! :-[
I took mine to the hardware store and then to my nephews. Trying to take advantage of the time before the snow starts.
Drove mine to work yesterday and gonna drive it to Church today :D
I washed ,detailed and waxed one more time before winter. :( Took it for a drive nice day....parked in the garage and covered.....Kirk
I'm going to wash mine today when it warms up. Right now it is like 42 degrees!
Then I will put her to bed, she needs a rest after going back and forth from Yucaipa to Glen Helen for six days straight!
It sounds like you got Pumpkin's leaks fixed!!! YAY!!! ;D
Becky, you're gonna die...I mean die!!! I mean die because you understand cars more than I do.....
no, I have not fixed the transmission. No money. I just don't put any more fluid in it because it leaks as fast as I put it in!! I mean, you know, it messes up parking lots and people's driveways and stuff. That is not cool.
She is making some weird noises down there now!!!!
I have been driving around a long time like this......Beck y, I was going to get it fixed but then situation at work changed. That was my next thing I was going to have fixed, even before the leaky waterheater at my home!
Yesterday started one of them up and move it out side the house , made a few laps around the block before parking it, so That his other brother it can start been taking the motor apart and getting it ready for the stampede.
I spend like 2 hours tuneing it because Is running really bad. I hate that the webers got to be tune every time you want to drive it.
I did have a tunnel haul race boat. Talking about tuning it had 9 carbs. ! Fred
:oHolly cow. I have to side draft and I'm always complaining when I go to the track or even start the car. I can't complain any more. :-X
JENNIFER!!! PUT SOME FLUID IN THERE FOR THE LOVE OF DOG!!! NO WONDER SHE"S MAKING NOISES!!! YOU'LL MESS UP THE TRANNY!!!
Today I pulled out the instrument cluster of Moxie Blu (pictures later) and attempted to clean out her cowl (not very successful) but STILL NO KEYS!!!
Alas, I have to go up to Dad's place, so I can't do much more for now.
Looked at the snow outside and then went in the garage and rolled up the driver's side window. There is always next year.
Quote from: blupinto on November 11, 2012, 03:28:46 PM
JENNIFER!!! PUT SOME FLUID IN THERE FOR THE LOVE OF DOG!!! NO WONDER SHE"S MAKING NOISES!!! YOU'LL MESS UP THE TRANNY!!!
Becky, you crack me up! I actually read dog as God! But the Pumpkin and owner look like rubes when there are leaks under it! Of course, now she sounds like a hillbilly rube car!
I suppose I could put some in, but it will come right out! :P
Thursday & friday I sorted parts & filled Callisto with all her goodies & the '74 wagon body that Pinturbo75 brought me last week with everything else Pinto to clear my garage. Now I can strip the '77 parts car & '87 Mustang parts car indoors this winter. When those are chopped & scrapped I can pull Callisto inside & get some more work done.
Today I ran around in the '76 wagon a bit before taking it to work. There it will sit for a month untill my semi needs serviced.
Sat in the wagon Sat. and made motor noises as it is
awaiting more parts for the turbo motor.
Put both cars up their skates,pulled the batteries ,topped off the tanks,and covered them up. Good night until late Aptil 2013.
I got mine ready for the trip to DE to the new owner...hate to sell it, but hate letting it sit, too.
Drove mine to work last night. Was the first time being able to use the heater since I put the heater core in over the weekend.
Question, how hot does a Pinto get when it comes to using the heater?? It took mine about 10 miles (half way to work one city streets, 50mph avg.) to even feel somewhat warm. I would say it only got to about luke warm the whole time. On the way home it seemed to blow warm air faster ( only had 4 hours between parking and going home) but again, it never got over luke warm.
I'm thinking maybe it is missing it's thermostat. Causing it to not really get warm in the time it is running. Takes me roughly 30 mins give or take to get back and forth to work. Hate to say it, my VW bus warms up and blows hotter then my Pinto! LOL
We removed the seats/ carpet / and am disassembling the dash. cleaning the floors and doing rust repair.
SAT:Well, I drove the turbo 80 to the parts store to get a new fuel filter for the 76. Then I removed the broken fuel filter from the carburater of the 76.(Don't Ask)
Today: 76 run like Crap, Cannot get it to stay running.( Drove it around 50 miles to and from work this way) Boy oh Boy was that fun.
Tues: Will be driving the 80 turbo back and forth to work till Saturday.
Quote from: pintogirl on November 12, 2012, 02:08:42 PM
Drove mine to work last night. Was the first time being able to use the heater since I put the heater core in over the weekend.
Question, how hot does a Pinto get when it comes to using the heater?? It took mine about 10 miles (half way to work one city streets, 50mph avg.) to even feel somewhat warm. I would say it only got to about luke warm the whole time. On the way home it seemed to blow warm air faster ( only had 4 hours between parking and going home) but again, it never got over luke warm.
I'm thinking maybe it is missing it's thermostat. Causing it to not really get warm in the time it is running. Takes me roughly 30 mins give or take to get back and forth to work. Hate to say it, my VW bus warms up and blows hotter then my Pinto! LOL
2 things to check. First make sure the water flows from the engine to the bottom heater core tube then exits the upper. This keeps the core full & removes trapped air. Then make sure the air door that the cable moves from cold to hot is actually moving fully to the hot position. If it's part way open it allows cool air from the cowl into the heater.
Quote from: Pinto5.0 on November 12, 2012, 06:11:35 PM
2 things to check. First make sure the water flows from the engine to the bottom heater core tube then exits the upper. This keeps the core full & removes trapped air. Then make sure the air door that the cable moves from cold to hot is actually moving fully to the hot position. If it's part way open it allows cool air from the cowl into the heater.
Well I know that both upper and lower hose get warm. So I am guessing it is flowing right? I will check the door. I'm pretty sure it is closing all the way, but I will make sure.
Quote from: pintogirl on November 12, 2012, 06:58:18 PM
Well I know that both upper and lower hose get warm. So I am guessing it is flowing right? I will check the door. I'm pretty sure it is closing all the way, but I will make sure.
The hoses will still be warm with air trapped in the core. This issue has driven me nuts on my ex-wifes '02 Villager. I finally put a flush/fill connector in the heater hose & I fill it with a squirt bottle to get the heat working.
My guess is the door is hanging open a little though.
Friday pack everything from the pro-street and all the tools. sat. destroy 2 Mazda miatas, and take the pintos and tools to the new shop. today still moving things from one shop to another. i hate moving the shop.
I spent about 14 hours over the last week stripping the '77 parts car. I'm re-using nearly the entire car to assemble my other 3 so I'm saving every nut & bolt. This is gonna take awhile.....
Quote from: cabecho on November 18, 2012, 05:28:05 PM
Friday pack everything from the pro-street and all the tools. sat. destroy 2 Mazda miatas, and take the pintos and tools to the new shop. today still moving things from one shop to another. i hate moving the shop.
If either of those 2 Mazda Miatas have good tops, I'll take one! LOL
they were good but not any more. lol
if you need one i can probably get you one. i have a hard top if you want one.
Quote from: cabecho on November 19, 2012, 06:06:12 PM
they were good but not any more. lol
if you need one i can probably get you one. i have a hard top if you want one.
I would love to have a hard top for "my" Miata, but they are expensive and the shipping would be a killer! LOL
I'll PM you about the soft top.
Spent friday tearing the '77 apart. Got the crossmember cut out to install on the '73, saved both inner wheelwells & got the floors out in 2 sections to repair the rusty ones in Callisto.
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Another couple days work to finish it off, some garage cleaning to do then Callisto comes inside so I can get busy. I have about 5 months to get her back on the road so I want to get started.
man keith you are not playing around you are working like a mad man on those cars!! i was in ohio last month and it was sooooo cold i didnt even want to go outside!!! take care and talk soon, still want those parts!!
eric
Quote from: bbobcat75 on December 02, 2012, 09:14:27 PM
man keith you are not playing around you are working like a mad man on those cars!! i was in ohio last month and it was sooooo cold i didnt even want to go outside!!! take care and talk soon, still want those parts!!
eric
No problem, just let me know. Yeah, I need this car outta my way so I can use my garage again.
All new front brakes lines and all.
Pulled the exhaust manifold looking for an exhaust leak.
Found the last guy did not have the manifold to pipe studs
run all the way up.So the ball and socket flange wouldnt
pull up to stop the leak.
So after getting the stud out,it is metric on one end and standard
on the other.
12mm x 1.75 on the manifold end and 7/16 x 14 on the pipe end.
Gotta love Ford.
Its fixed with 2 12mm x 1..75 x 2.5 long bolts.
went home at lunch friday and got the wagon out, hosed it down, dried it off and drove back to work...... saturday drove the wagon some more and pulled the 75 trunk out to clean the fuel filter and then put them both back in the shop....it was in the 70s both days.....:D
I had almost 6 hours before work today so I got busy.
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I saved both quarters with hopes I'll never need them. This one was decent compared to the driver side but will still need work if I ever have need of it.
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Going, going......
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GONE!!!! Whew, now I gotta clean this mess so I have room to work.
All the parts I need to use are off to the side & all the extra pieces are in my shed incase they are needed.
Used the last warm Ohio day to sort out my new parts for Callisto & put them in 3 large boxes. Also stacked my single seat frame on top of my 4 seat rail to clear some floor space. Man was that a mother without help....
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All that's left is roll her in & get to it 8)