The replacement of the front suspension is going full speed. Just a few road blocks to get through.
Heres the wagon under the carport and jacked up for the rebuild. Was a nice late fall day.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/miscpics2/websize/Pintoundercarportfall.JPG)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/miscpics2/websize/Pintoundercarportfall2.JPG)
Here it is with the "walls" up during a snow storm.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/miscpics2/websize/plasticgaragefrontsnowstorm.JPG)
The inside. I have a propane heater so I need that fire extinguisher there. I hope I never have to use it.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/miscpics2/websize/pintoinplasticgarage1.JPG)
More coming
This is the front passenger side. The caliper and brake lines are going to be replaced and I didnt want to deal with the brake fluid mess so Im letting them hang for now. The rack is giving me a hard time. A bushing sleeve is frozen to the bolt.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/miscpics2/websize/passengerwheelwellbare.JPG)
The new moog spring on the right appears to be the same dia. and have the same amount of coils as the original spring. The old spring is collapsed a little.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/miscpics2/websize/pintofrontspringnewoldcompar.JPG)
Im also having a hard time getting a drivers side upper arm hold down(?) nut to budge. Ive tried rust desolvers, heat and a breaker bars and now its getting stripped. Im just going to use a nut splitter to get it off.
I cant wait for assembly. ;D
i'll be doing this in the spring.....looks like fun! :'(
I replaced all the front bushings in mine too. What a pain in the butt. Man I hate snow! >:( I hope you don't go through all that work and end up burning that thing up...j/k. Good luck with the rest of it.
SVOwagon
Jeff
Your car looks to be in better shape than my wagon.
You shuld have more fun and less cussing than me.
SVOwagon
Ha ha I hope I dont burn her up also. Ive already had a couple flare ups but I think the tank was a little too full. The heater was working fine today.
I dont have the sandblaster yet. It should be here Monday or Tuesday. I also dont have any cleaning solution in the parts washer. So I decided to pull the engine and trans. I had to go buy an engine hoist. Lucky there was a folding one I got for a good price close by. Now I dont have to rent one. Its going to save me a lot of hassles.
The engine and trans came out smoothly. Im starting to jump ahead of the schedule. Its that or risk not being done on time. I know the new wire harness is going to take a while. One good thing is it looks like I wont have to replace all the hard brake lines. Also every thing looks pretty solid. Not much rust.
Looks like you're well on your way to building a nice car. Are you going to do a restoration or a resto-mod? I'm dragging mine kicking and screaming into the 21st century on some things others I'm leaving nostalgic
Thanks streethorse.
Resto-mod. An 88 Turbo 2.3 and T-5 trans are going in. 2" drop spindles, and fuel cell. Eventually a 71-74 fiberglass front clip will go on. Not a one piece. I have 92 Escort Tail lights that are going to be swapped in. Fiberglass 71-72 rear bumper.
Check the wagons gallery here
http://imageevent.com/pandbz/1979fordpintowagon?n=1&z=9&p=0&w=0&x=1&m=39&c=3 (http://imageevent.com/pandbz/1979fordpintowagon?n=1&z=9&p=0&w=0&x=1&m=39&c=3)
The pics look great. The car looks to be pretty solid, littlie panel rust but none on the frame work. That's a big plus. Mine was virtually flawless before I started. It has zero rust and had just a couple of ding in the fenders and doors so I sortta cheated.
The engine and trans are a little hard to see on the ground.
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/1979fordpintowagon/websize/redpintoengineout.JPG)
I plan on getting a lot done next week when its supposed to warm up to the low 30s.
COLD!!! >:( you want to hear about cold...I haven't seen above 0 in about a week. The averge has been around 20 below...NO LIE!!! We set (Moorhead MN) a record of -30 here about 2 days ago...now that's cold!!!
Glassman,
What are you going to do with the original 4spd you yanked out of your car? I'm looking for a good rebuildable core for my '80 Squire so I don't have to have the car down long to rebuild the trans. Let me know. Enjoyed the "chat" on Tuesday.
Quote from: 79panel on January 29, 2004, 09:27:51 PM
Glassman,
What are you going to do with the original 4spd you yanked out of your car? I'm looking for a good rebuildable core for my '80 Squire so I don't have to have the car down long to rebuild the trans. Let me know. Enjoyed the "chat" on Tuesday.
Im not sure. By "core" do you mean just the case or gears too? On Evil-Bay there are a couple rebuilt 4 speeds for around $50.00. If those dont spark your interest maybe we can work something out.
Chat was fun. Its a little late at night for me but maybe we can set up earlier times or different days.
The next time I feel like chating Ill post when Im in the room. Otherwise Ill be there about 8PM EST on tuesday.
By core, I meant a full transmission that is in decent enough shape to be rebuilt with bearings and synchros. The reason I was interested in your trans is because it came out of a wagon. According to my Ford parts books, the trans in the wagons have different gear ratios and I wanted to use the trans in my '80 Squire and stay with the original ratios.
The earliest I could probably get into the chat room Tuesday would be around 8:30 your time as it's only 5:30 here in California.
I noticed you mentioned you live in New Hampshire. When I was a boy living in Mass and then RI, we used to go up to Keene to visit friends.
I thought I replied to your last post. Ooops sorry.
Do you want the bell too? Shipping to Cali. is going to be pricey. Id probably want $25.00 for trans and bell. Plus shipping.
Keene is about 45 minutes West from where I live. Its beutiful up here but winters are just too long. We're going South. ;D
Im removing the old balljoints and cleaning the heavy rust off the a-arms. I should be ready to start blasting soon. Oh yeah. I stuck a new balljoint in one of the lower arms and put a spindle and rotor on to see how things fit. Everything was fine. New Pics will be posted soon.