Fletcher

9 hours ago, irdave said:

I have some freshly redone stock seats from a '76 I'm selling, as well

I’ve long dreamed of a road trip to Colorado.  Now if only Covid would go away. 

Ospho’d some rusty patches along the trim line. Installed a seat that actually has some upholstery on it.  Headrest is different.  Kinda like it better.  Will see if I can hunt down a matching passenger seat.  Ran it for awhile.  Still no title though. Only drive it in my dreams.  
 

Pulled the Recaro my car came with out and put in a seat from a 73 I found.  
 

it’s it worth the price of admission to get the Recaro reupholstered/restored?  In Seattle Metro shop recommendations?

The guy that sold me the other seat said this old Recaro is unicorn rare (his words( and advised to hold on to it.  This unicorn has been to the wars though.  Looks like it needs new everything...

thx ??
 

Cut away some of the rot.  Not much but all I had time for this weekend.  
 

Pulled the trim off and started working on the rust beneath while my son pulled out the rear seats and began work on the floor.  
 

Also, sunroof still works ??  Floor mats need a serious scrubbing.  These seem intact other than the drivers side on the gas pedal side. 

@rocketman recommend I do it after he drove it here from Sonoma.  Said it was was “missing” when accelerating.  He’d fixed or replaced everything but the coil when he put the engine back in, so felt the coil needed replacing.  
 

I have a little multimeter somewhere.  What should look for on the old one to judge it good/bad?

I recently replaced the ignition coil with a new Bosch one. One of you fine people told me to keep the old one if it says “Germany” on it.  It does and I did. What is the significance of that though?  Is it valuable even though it doesn’t work very well anymore?  Thx ??

Replaced the hose on the cold air intake. Clamped it because the old one had worked it’s way off at the winter box end and had a close encounter with the fan

No longer seeking this part at this time.  Thanks

My 76 02’s hood is rusted out along the front edge and rusty around grills & centerline.  Interested in finding one that is in better shape  Thanks!

This thread is older, but anyone have recent experience with AIR hoods (Fiberglass or CF)?  I was looking at this one (while I continue to look around for a cheaper solution):

https://www.americaninternationalracing.com/product/front-hood-4/ I inquired with them and they say it's available.

Thanks!

Oh, that’s what color you are..  oxidized and rusty you may be, but also you were filthy ?

1 hour ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

The square tail light cars have a resistor wire feeding the coil.

I largely didn’t understand the response. Lack of knowledge on my part though.  The response was awesome.  Thank you.  I conferred with my 02 mentor @rocketman via text and this was his reply:

”He is correct. However, I found problems with that very wire being overheated, last Sunday morning, as I was preparing to depart. Because the points were previously replaced with the electronic switch(Pertronix), there was no  need for the resistor wire, so I replaced it.”  & “Hence I I didn't tell you  to do this task, and in fact it's  why I knew you could simply bolt this coil in place!”

thanks for the guidance, if it hadn’t already been done I’m sure I would have been flummoxed when just rewiring it as it was didn’t work.  ?

30 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

It will allow you to pull up part numbers so you can google-up suppliers to choose from

as I dig in to that, I wind up here.  Part found in these vehicles.  I gather mine would be one of the US ones, but which?  What do the “(xxxx)” numbers correspond to?  Thanks!

2 hours ago, Conserv said:

Below: ‘76 49-state version with original exhaust manifold and heat shield.

The weather here in the Northeast turned yesterday morning, so I moved the ‘76’s winter/summer lever to the thermostatically-controlled “winter” position.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

where can I get a new one of these?

3 hours ago, dlhoovler said:

It won't have the fitting for the box, but it does help to avoid cooking your spark plug wires

Ah!  @rocketman, told me, when making upgrades specifically, not to throw this particular set of spark plug wires away as they have heat protection built in.  Now I know why.  Thanks!

The little black plastic box that the intake is connected to at the top of the picture has what appears to be another place to connect a hose coming out the bottom of it.  Is something missing here?  Thanks!

7 hours ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

Did you bypass the resistor wire that went to the original coil?

 

(It has a clear jacket and looks like a yellowed strand of speaker wire).

nope.  I just matched the wires to their positions on the Bosch that was there. Not sure if it was original or not.  Seems to run happily enough.  What’s it do?  Thanks!

Installed new coil and removed the diving boards fore and aft ??
 

Going with Mike’s Strip Calk solution.  Thanks!

This post is a couple years old, so I assume these are no longer available? 

I need to patch this and obviously need the windshield out to do it.  The seal seems to be joined at the bottom middle by what looks to me like a big staple.  I’ve read a bit about the rope trick, but that seems oriented towards getting the windshield back in again, how do I get it and the seal out intact?  Someone mentioned spraying the seal with silicone to soften it up before attempting to remove the glass?  Once staple removed and seal softened do I then push the glass out from within and if so do I start at one of the corners?  Thanks!

4 hours ago, irdave said:

Personally, I try to limit my projects to being able to have it back on it's wheels at the end of the day- way less overwhelming that way.  And I can drive it.  I like driving it.  Have fun.

That sounds like an excellent way to go about it.  Thanks!

1 hour ago, airborne85 said:

Fletcher

 

That's an absolutely beautiful car..Rust is relative especially Bay Area rust......You can probably run that thing without fail for the next 10 years with or without the rust..

 

Have fun. You've saved a good'un

 

All of my 02's have Bay Area rust. All of them run great and the rust is sexy......Some folks call it Patina

 

Enjoy the car..Fix the rust someday...if you'd like..

 

For me I'll be driving my rusty daily driver to work tonight...like i stole it?

 

ira

Thanks, Ira!  That's awesome!

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