Just moving along on the wifes bronco, 10 months in but the end is near. Ton of metal work done on this and doors and gaps are notoriously bad on these so I spent many hours on them.
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
Today I am working on a mobility scooter. It has a fault code for motor voltage. From the Internet I learned that the most likely cause of this code is a short or open circuit in the drive motor. I have found that the brushes are stuck in the brush holders and I have the motor through bolts soaking with penetrating oil as they also dont want to cooperate. I am impressed by the suspension system in this scooter though.
It's a bit cold and rainy today however I managed to get my snow tires mounted on the Accord plus scout the property to find any dead trees that fell during Fiona. I wouldn't mind having a bit more seasoned wood this year. We found two good sized dead trees down- one a White Birch, the other an Aspen. Hopefully we'll get at least one of them cut and split this weekend.
I still can't get over the carnage in our woods.
Since I haven't been able to sell our 97 Silverado (unsafetied) I figured I'd give it an inspection of my own before I take it in for a safety. All 4 ball joints were tight but the top ball joint boots weren't holding grease (cracked) so I replaced both uppers. Put on new disc pads right away also. The old ones likely would have passed safety but since I had the wheels off and saw they were worn, figured might as well. Put on the new front brake hoses that I bought years ago and forgot about, they were under the seat in the truck when I was cleaning the interior the other day! Repacked front wheel bearings while I was in there too. Bleed the brakes tomorrow and as long as that goes well I think it will pass a safety with flying colours.
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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
Heading to a workshop this morning titled "Creating Climate Resilient Forests & Hurricane Forest Management" which should give me insight on what trees to plant to replace the dozens we lost. Later I hope to remove a couple of large dead trees that went down in our woods hoping the wood is dry enough to use in the wood stove this year.
Not sure I'll ever even do the dual conversion but I just unwrapped the NOS 1967 Parisienne/Impala dual master cylinder I bought. Figured I'd grab it while I could find one because it seems manual drum brake cylinders aren't as easy to find as the ones for disc brakes.
I remember buying a NOS plate for my 69 Laurentian but never did adhere it in place. I think I used 2 way tape over top the plastic that covered the adhesive. It's likely still on that car the same way!
I think you have to basically come up with a way that nice plate can expand free of the base when you mount it. The sun hits that aluminum, it gets really hot, and it grows a lot. The glue comes away in certain areas, and the plate buckles and deforms.
I'd affix a minimum of pins on the back of that metal trim, drilling corresponding holes in the bezel slightly larger than the pin. Place felt squares over the pins. Then secure the pins in the back where they come through, in a way they can actually slide around when it grows. Basically allow it to float.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Nothing worse to see a boat dry docked after a good wind.
-- Edited by GrtDanes on Monday 5th of December 2022 08:36:29 AM
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