What did you do to your 2002 today !

[AustinOski]

Just put in Continental branded stereo (advertised as VDO), from Turner. A bit anemic compared to Kenwood that was in there, but form over function this time. Has BT streaming, BT hands free and USB charging. The basics.

 

Also, 2 rear tires. Waiting for two fronts. They “lost” one.

[jp5Touring]

New rear IE urethane spring pads, Condor Speed rear tow hooks and cleaned up the copper fuse tabs, nice and shiny.?

Also ran wire for AEM afr gauge,need my Son to weld up the O2 bung.

[Half Moon tii]

5 years later and the engine is complete!  Now I just need the body back from the paint shop.  I think my return spring is toast...

['76mintgrün'02]

I just installed a custom rear view mirror cover

 

 

I put two of them on the old Subaru as well.  Here is the reason.

 

 

The little juncos leave quite a mess, while defending their territory  from  their  own  reflection.  

 

(googled image)

 

I wonder what he'll do with all his free-time today...

 

Tom

[Vicleonardo1]

Hey Tom, 

I hope that works out. Most of our flying friends around here would shred that to line their nest.

Question: What size sock is that?....

 

['76mintgrün'02]

I cut off the lower part of an old AlpacA sock.  Size men's large.  

 

( alpaca socks are the most comfortable socks  in  the  world ).

 

 

edit--

Speaking of nests, this little finch sure found some nice fluffy building materials and a fine place to put them!

 

That's out in the greenhouse (garden shed, these days). 

 

I'm sure they've hatched by now.  I should go take some more photos.

 

 

Tom

Edited June 14, 2020 by '76mintgrün'02

[Vicleonardo1]

We've got Alpaca's all over Oregon. 

I haven't seen any of them wearing socks though.....?

[irdave]

On 6/13/2020 at 9:08 AM, AustinOski said:

Sheepishly posting, having Terry Sayther do the work while others are doing their own metal fabrication...

 

...

 

No way bud, this is all just fine.  Get the car working and running properly- it's so much more enjoyable when it's all working right.  No shame in paying an expert.  We may all have different skills, but we all love driving our cars.  Get it running and enjoy it!  (I think many of us have no choice but to figure it out ourselves because there's no one around to simply pay to have it done...)

[BarneyT]

Went on a great drive in the Texas hill country between Austin and San Antonio With The Tejas chapter...thanks to Paul Goldfine for the pictures.

[AustinOski]

On 6/14/2020 at 11:31 AM, irdave said:

 

No way bud, this is all just fine.  Get the car working and running properly- it's so much more enjoyable when it's all working right.  No shame in paying an expert.  We may all have different skills, but we all love driving our cars.  Get it running and enjoy it!  (I think many of us have no choice but to figure it out ourselves because there's no one around to simply pay to have it done...)

 

@irdave - Thanks for the support. Hey, I did fix a jammed door lock/handle yesterday, cleaned-up some surface rust under the moisture barrier in the door, added some butyl to the inner panel and didn't figure out why the window is sagging towards the read of the car as it's rolled-up - there is some movement in the guide at the rear. Oh, wait, I pictured it in my head as I typed. I may just have an idea!

 

And, maybe most importantly, I took a friend for a ride yesterday. He laughed he was having so much fun! I may have exceeded the posted speed limit once or twice!

Edited June 15, 2020 by AustinOski

[Highnote1]

Going in for paint July 1!

Fixed some rot in trunk that was hiding. Little more work than I thought but got it!

 

 

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, Highnote1 said:

Going in for paint July 1!

Fixed some rot in trunk that was hiding. Little more work than I thought but got it!

 

 

Curious. What year is your car? My ‘76, for which the only other rust was on the front fenders, had that box section between fuel tank and right rear quarter rusted out. And, it had pretty much rusted out by 1981!
 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

[Highnote1]

19 minutes ago, Conserv said:

Curious. What year is your car? My ‘76, for which the only other rust was on the front fenders, had that box section between fuel tank and right rear quarter rusted out. And, it had pretty much rusted out by 1981!
 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

76!! I was very disappointed to find it and the cause being the bracket underneath it Holding grime that looked like a bad idea from the factory to me. Was that add on bracket a “safety” add on? Would have loved to have not had that down there. It was also hard to remove gently. Quite a mess. I’m tired. 

[flagoworld]

Finished cutting out and test fitting the underdash panels. Next I have to cover them in vinyl.

 

Also picked up a couple edis ignition capacitors [condensers] from the junkyard. I installed one and appear to have noticeably decreased my ignition noise. The factory systems all have these capacitors because otherwise theres a lot of flyback voltage spikes getting pushed back into the coil supply line. TIL.

 

 

 

 

[Conserv]

2 hours ago, Highnote1 said:

76!! I was very disappointed to find it and the cause being the bracket underneath it Holding grime that looked like a bad idea from the factory to me. Was that add on bracket a “safety” add on? Would have loved to have not had that down there. It was also hard to remove gently. Quite a mess. I’m tired. 

The component below the floor was originally a closed box section, reinforcing the floor in the event of a collision. It was approximately a foot long. It might have had a drain, but, despite having had my ‘76 from new, I never examined that particular area — wedged between the fuel tank and the quarter — until I found a rust hole in the underside of the box section, which might have originated around a drain.

 

Virtually every ‘76 I’ve seen has a rust issue around this box section.

 

Regards,

 

Steve