Got the old rear springs and lower control arms out, the old springs have a rubber spacer in the bottom coils, plus another spacer fastened on a coil. It was still shorter than the new spring.
This car must have spent a lot of time in a dry place, most of the bolts are not pitted at all and came out of
the bushings easily.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
As part of the headliner job, got the rear glass out of the 65 and most of all the urethane sealer removed. What a sticky black nightmare that stuff is (but certainly effective).
Pulled out the old package tray. It appears the glass is a replacement, found some small pieces of glass behind the tray corner.
Glass is still in ok shape, so it'll go back in. Will clean up the channel corners. POR the channel.
Was surprised to discover that what is designed to look like a part of the lower inner reveal molding, is actually part of the channel.
So will need to paint and clear it before everything goes back in.
Remarkably, still have a reasonably intact left side, always dust, never reproduced, carved from Narwhal tusk sedan molding corner.
I wonder if I could get it 3D additive reproduced? Make my own or sell my soul for a good right side piece?
Anyone have one, I think 2 and 4 door sedans might share these parts. Any ideas?
Mother nature dropped two good sized spruce trees in my woods this winter so I spent the day de-limbing them and cutting them into 10 foot lengths. Next the Old Chevy dragged them up to the shed. I'm going to buy one of those portable sawmills that utilize a chainsaw and make some lumber for some outdoor projects I have planned.
I'm trying to get all my "woods work" done before mosquitoes hit (in about 2 weeks)..
You'll get some good lumber out of those Todd. Let us see how you make out.
I'm very interested in this as we have 48 acres in Gaspe, and most of it is forest with some nice trees. It's my hope do do the same. Mill enough to assemble a small screened in porch.
We'd hire the portable mill to come. It's 60 bucks and hour and only when cutting.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
I made a chainsaw mill when I had my 100 mile property. It was a carriage with a track that the saw would roll down. Also have a bud with a real mill. Don't want to rain on your parade.....but you get a lot of slab wood before good wood. From what you started with to what you ended up with in sizable lumber. You will get a few good posts out of those. Better for 4x4 or 6x6 than 1x stuff in my opinion....
There is a thing to be said about black and white..before colour. Just noticed.. what tires are those!!!!!! Everyone runs a white letter T/A. I painted my Tiger Paw cause I couldn't find anything different!
Thanks for the info. Posts are primarily what I want so that should work well for me.
hawkeye5766 wrote:
I made a chainsaw mill when I had my 100 mile property. It was a carriage with a track that the saw would roll down. Also have a bud with a real mill. Don't want to rain on your parade.....but you get a lot of slab wood before good wood. From what you started with to what you ended up with in sizable lumber. You will get a few good posts out of those. Better for 4x4 or 6x6 than 1x stuff in my opinion....
Changed the PTU (Power Transfer Unit) lube in my Explorer today. Apparently a weak (and very expensive) spot in these things if they fail. The shop wants $300 to do it. Yea right.
Guys on line have horror stories of these things giving out. The unit is surrounded by the engine, exhaust and transmission, and has no cooler and contains less than 1 liter of lube. Ford claims they are lifetime lube. Ya right again. So at 120K and expecting lots of long drives this summer I thought I'd change it.
Of course Ford provides only the drain plug on this model. Some have only the fill plug! Give us both please. So the current best practice is to remove the short vent tube and breather from the top of the case nipple, and add 2' length of 5/16 fuel line up to the top of the engine. Not too bad to place it, I'm good at reaching into tight spots. zip tie it up top so it doesn't pop off.
So I drain the oil, fairly easy, and the oil comes out looking pretty clean! A little iron on the magnetic plug is all. What gives internet? I trusted you that it would be bad. I've seen images of pure black metallic when guys have changed it...
Refilling again apparently takes overnight, as the air coming back up shares the tube with the oil. I used Pennzoil full synthetic 75w-140. $29 dollars a liter. What a deal eh?
So here she sits on the IV drip. All for a piece of mind I guess.
Darn Covid! It's bad enough with all the restrictions. Then we have this awesome snow in the middle of April! I decided shove this, I'm building a snowman. Once I got there I realized I didn't know how to build a snowman so I built a piston instead.
Yes, it's not often you guys ship us snow but you sure did a great job this time and we are VERY thankful for it. We were heading down a serious drought path so far. I was getting worried for the farmers and scared of forest fires in the Canadian Shield.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
Darn Covid! It's bad enough with all the restrictions. Then we have this awesome snow in the middle of April! I decided shove this, I'm building a snowman. Once I got there I realized I didn't know how to build a snowman so I built a piston instead.
Thats hilarious, love it!
Yup you must be retired with all that spare time!
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MY BEAUMONT HAS 4 STUDDED TIRES AND 2 BLOCKHEATERS......AND LOTS OF OIL UNDERNEATH. The other one has a longer roof.
Well I'm building a fence for my hot rod building buddy. Ill show you the different posts and fasteners you can use when he is supplying.
Are they aluminum posts? Probably cheaper than wood right now.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
The snow was just too good, I couldn't resist! Plus it was fun because the 3 boys next door, ages 11-16 all came and helped for a bit.
I'm thinking the wrist pin is maybe a bit undersized for the bore...
You win the 2021 Piston Cup.
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Pretty warm day yesterday, I threw a connecting rod.
Must have been torqued wrong, what did you torque it to? Or maybe it was chinese junk?
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
