Forum > Your Project
New project- 1977 Pinto squire
r4pinto:
More minor yet necessary progress! I did some tinkering on the wiring. I went ahead and cut off the pig tail from the 1980 harness and spliced it. Now I have two parking lights. In all honesty I’m really afraid to tackle the floor but know I will have to. I can’t sit in the car currently with that seat falling lol. The brake pedal on the 1980 goes to the floor so I will be starting to disassemble its brakes so I can scavenge parts including the newer left caliper, newer drums and other parts. I don’t know that I will install those wheel cylinders even though they were replaced in 2018. Had an experience where I installed a wheel cylinder from another car that had one for a year. It blew out and killed brake shoes. I am cutting the car up so if anything I might keep those for spares in case one blows. I do have new in box already so I’m good regardless.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
PintoTim2:
R4Pinto: any chance that your windshield on the 80 is in good shape?? I need one for the Pintaroo (wagon->pickup conversion) and 79/80 windshields are hard to find. I think you're in Ohio and I'm just a bit North of that border....
r4pinto:
--- Quote from: PintoTim2 on September 01, 2021, 06:43:05 AM ---R4Pinto: any chance that your windshield on the 80 is in good shape?? I need one for the Pintaroo (wagon->pickup conversion) and 79/80 windshields are hard to find. I think you're in Ohio and I'm just a bit North of that border....
--- End quote ---
There is 100% chance it is in good shape and 100% chance it will be sold to whomever is interested in it. Hit me up in PM. I can even take pics of it.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
r4pinto:
Well I got the new pan gasket installed but disaster struck. The metal line at the transmission fractured. I now need to replace the line. I tell you I must need my head examined for fixing a rusty crusty 77 wagon and not the almost potentially not as crusty but still rusty 80 hatchback. It still had its share of rust. Oh well. I’ll get a pair of lines made so it won’t leak again.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
r4pinto:
Electrical isn't as bad as I originally thought. The radio works intermittently, although it isn't the greatest. It has a short within, so I will be installing the radio I have in my 80 parts car. In my old 77 I had an 8 track but my 80 I had a cassette player with digital tuner. A radio I enjoyed. I will be installing that radio in the car, as well as the door speakers. I previously bought speaker grilles from a Ford Escort. I will paint them red and install them in the back of the car, so it has 4 speakers. For now I'll use the speaker box that I bought for another car. It will go in behind the back seat. Or maybe I will emulate my parents old wagon and have some generic speakers in the back lol.
Future upgrades will include a/c and maybe a 2.8V6. This weekend I will pull the transmission line so I can bend a new one and reinstall it. The copper lines are easy to bend so I will get those.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page