What did you do to your 2002 today !

[BarneyT]

Today we are taking these two to their wedding, like always hoping for a good/ long relationship…they are planning to move in on my Ceylon car soon…it started last night!

[Lorin]

3 hours ago, BarneyT said:

Today we are taking these two to their wedding, like always hoping for a good/ long relationship…they are planning to move in on my Ceylon car soon…it started last night!

Goodness Gracious! Is there a condition that is the opposite of arachnophobia?  I think I might have it !

[its55]

I'm in "stuck mode" until I figure out what to do about my radiator - repair, replace with an OEM or go w/ a non-original aluminum ... preferably I'd like a nice, used leak-free OEM for a hundred bucks!  Don't laugh, I just missed getting one ...

[danco_]

6 hours ago, its55 said:

I'm in "stuck mode" until I figure out what to do about my radiator - repair, replace with an OEM or go w/ a non-original aluminum ... preferably I'd like a nice, used leak-free OEM for a hundred bucks!  Don't laugh, I just missed getting one ...

-1 for a bright aluminum radiator in an otherwise tasteful engine bay! 

[BarneyT]

  Finished the brake hydraulic system, couldn’t resist a test fit of my spider wheels…

[Zeke]

Just in time for Halloween 

[chargin]

Helping a friend get ready for SoCal Vintage 

 

In reverse order 

Ready to drive home

 

we doubled the layers in critical areas 

 

Some POR 15 after cleaning up some surface rust

 

A new Walloth panel to keeps the passengers' feet from dragging on the street 

 

Pulling out the original hard bottom layer 

 

1974 tired carpet OUT

 

Not included were the additional creep projects that also "Had" to happed in process 

 

 

 

[Ratty76]

18 minutes ago, chargin said:

Helping a friend get ready for SoCal Vintage 

 

In reverse order 

Ready to drive home

 

we doubled the layers in critical areas 

 

Some POR 15 after cleaning up some surface rust

 

A new Walloth panel to keeps the passengers' feet from dragging on the street 

 

Pulling out the original hard bottom layer 

 

1974 tired carpet OUT

 

Not included were the additional creep projects that also "Had" to happed in process 

 

 

 

Dope steering wheel!

[flagoworld]

Well that took way longer than expected. The hardest part was removing the flex disc bolts. They were pretty chewed up already and I ended up fitting a 1/2” socket on them instead of 13mm. Every so slightly tighter fit and with that i was able to grip enough to unscrew them. Definitely getting some new nylocs. After that I tried my best to push the upper flex disc link up the shaft, but it would not go past a certain point and there wasn’t much room to pry. Finally just said “fuck it” and spent all of 10 minutes pulling the under dash panels off and unscrewed the column bolts. A little yoink on the steering wheel and POP! The flex joint separated and I was able to pull out the steering box. Now to clean it  up and replace those seals! Of course that pitman arm is going to be a task all its own. Plenty of posts about good things to try so not too worried.

 

 

[pd_55]

@flagoworld I just finished removing, cleaning, resealing and installing my steering box. The steering arm just needed a bunch of free-all and my harbor freight 3 jaw puller did the job. I just needed to grind the hooks down to get them to fit between the arm and box to provide good enough purchase.

 

But what’s the most frustrating is that I replaced the seals with the IE kit and I still have drips under the car from the steering box. Not pulling it off again though.

[bergie33]

14 minutes ago, pd_55 said:

@flagoworld I just finished removing, cleaning, resealing and installing my steering box. The steering arm just needed a bunch of free-all and my harbor freight 3 jaw puller did the job. I just needed to grind the hooks down to get them to fit between the arm and box to provide good enough purchase.

 

But what’s the most frustrating is that I replaced the seals with the IE kit and I still have drips under the car from the steering box. Not pulling it off again though.

I did the same, but don't have it in the car yet.  I think my drips, maybe yours too, are coming from the metal plate shims under the square cover.  It was recommended to use some copper gasket spray to seal those up.

[Zeke]

Repairing my old door brake

[flagoworld]

7 minutes ago, bergie33 said:

I did the same, but don't have it in the car yet.  I think my drips, maybe yours too, are coming from the metal plate shims under the square cover.  It was recommended to use some copper gasket spray to seal those up.

 

I’ll look more after cleaning but it looked completely dry around all those parts. The input shaft seal is what was clearly leaking bad.

[flagoworld]

24 minutes ago, pd_55 said:

@flagoworld I just finished removing, cleaning, resealing and installing my steering box. The steering arm just needed a bunch of free-all and my harbor freight 3 jaw puller did the job. I just needed to grind the hooks down to get them to fit between the arm and box to provide good enough purchase.

 

But what’s the most frustrating is that I replaced the seals with the IE kit and I still have drips under the car from the steering box. Not pulling it off again though.

 

I’ll careful to check for pitting on the shafts, and to check the other gaskets to make sure they arent leaking 😭

[pd_55]

@bergie33 Wish I knew that before reinstalling. Lol. I did take the plates off and cleaned them well, but a little sealer wouldn’t have hurt I guess. I don’t see drips from there, but will keep an eye on it.