Well..., school is out (I'm a college instructor) and I jumped right into the Turbo Pinto project. After sitting for four years the Turbo Coupe started right up. I cleaned it off and started disassembly. The engine and trans are out. Cutting the radiator support sure helped. It came straight out.
Today I pulled the dash, computer harness etc.. Man, even if I really wanted to keep the T/C the rats "toileting" in the HVAC system would have ruled that out. :reek: That's kind of sad since the car is essentially free of rust (but not reek).
I wanted to post some pictures, but every time I directed towards the attachment location the whole page would close automatically. Any ideas? I disabled my virus scan. Regular email sends pictures.
Tom
hmmm, well, not sure what to tell you on loading the pictures, as I am not the most computer savvy, but I hope someone here can help you out. It sounds like you have an awesome project underway, and I hope that you do get to post pics! I love those turbo Pintos, and cannot wait until someday when I can finally do my own.
Hi Tom, did clutch and brake pedal work out and is there realy a thousand oak's out there. Fred. ??? :)
Hi Fred,
I haven't gotten that far yet, but I'm sure the pedals will be fine. My greater concern is that the T/C is set up for a hydraulic clutch. Hence the hydraulic system pushes back, while the cable system Pinto pulls forward. It all has to do with the placement and length of the clutch fork.
I haven't pulled the trans yet. I'm hoping I can adapt the cable style fork and then just fabricate an adapter for the cable. For that matter I was considering fabricating an arm that would pivot and thus use the cable to push the current lever. I'm not sure how the leverage issue would be considering the shortness (and thus effort) to make that idea work.
Yes, we have plenty of oak trees. Almost all of them are tagged and accounted for. There are drip line building rules, 4" maximum cut rules etc.. It WAS a nice place to live, but at 125,000 plus - and growing it's getting crowded. For being 45 minutes to LA (no traffic) and still having to pass "countryside" to get here I guess that is still the big draw.
Tom
Seems like a lot of work to get the hyd. stuff mounted and/or modified, but if you are into that sort of stuff.....
I have used both style cable bells with ease. The bellcrank one I used with a new cable mount on the metal bracket that connects the block and the bottom of the bell on the drivers side.
Bill