Took advantage of a rare late December +7°C day with no wind to do an oil change and front brake pad change on the daily driver today. No garage, so everything happens outside!
She was so embarrassed to drive it and I felt for her...but had the c 10 in the shop{no room} Finally had space to get it in!! She said the holy f word....so I know she liked it. Kinda made my Christmas more than hers. When your kids appreciate your work/time...u know u brought them up right!
-- Edited by hawkeye5766 on Wednesday 27th of December 2023 02:00:14 AM
They are great kids and your wife is pretty good too buddy.LMAO
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"The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worth while. Therefore strive for excellence, not perfection"
well got the limey car together vega gt wheels painted up yo look like viva gt wheels some pontiac/vauxhall history preserved last picture for carl its coming....
I borrowed a homemade knife this morning from a friend. It was a hard pull but it worked good. I think I sweated off about 2 pounds cutting the bottom corners and across the bottom.
Congrats Buddy that's a bugger of a job. That is actually going to be a nice car again!
One side welded in, ready for pinchweld primer. Other side just welded in, some prep needed before the primer.
Mark my words, I will NEVER do this job again, I'll farm it out if I ever have another car that needs it. If I could have found someone to do it this time I wouldn't have tackled it. I hate the job every bit as much as I feared, and more...
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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
Not as exciting as restoring a Poncho however I'm slowly getting the 05 Civic I rescued from the scrapper ready for the road. It passed inspection a couple of weeks ago so that's a big hurdle completed. The hood release handle (plastic) broke while at the ship for inspection. Usually you have to replace the hole cable however some smart thinker came up with a billet handle that attaches to the existing cable using an allen screw. $10 bucks on Amazon and a lot of grief saved by not having to replace the cable (which clips in under the drivers fender).
The power steering pump had a nasty whine. A friend of mine who has the same car with something like 450000kms told me about a Youtube video with a possible fix. Apparently the o-ring seals from both the return and pressure lines can get hard and cause a whine. So, I got the O-rings from Amazon (10 bucks) and low and behold one o-ring was missing (on the return side). The car had the engine replaced a few years ago and I assume the o-ring went missing during the swap. Noise gone! Next the airbag light was coming on. Using the paperclip method on the OBDII port and counting the airbag light flashes I determined the issue to be from the microswitch in the drivers seatbelt buckle. I found that sometimes when pressing the buckle release button the seatbelt light on the dash would not come on when released. I took it apart (had to buy special torx bits with the holes in the center to remove the screws) and cleaned the switch with cleaner and it started to work reliably. Clearing the code normally requires the Honda dealer however thanks to a Honda forum (aren't forums great? lol) there's a method to clear the code that involves a connector "hidden" in the fuse panel. You unplug the connector, short the two pins on the connector and turn on the ignition. When the airbag light goes out, you un-short the pins. The light comes back on- you short the pins. After doing this 3 times the light will stay out (if the problem has been fixed). Being a bit nervous around airbag systems I made a long harness connected to a toggle switch. This allowed me to sit in the back seat and use the switch to short the pins as required.
Wonder who figured out the pin shorting trick on the airbag? And how?
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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
wow mark hoping your problems are over thats a long time for sure cleaned up the 65 and took off the blue pinstripe,what was left of it and restriped with red/orange kinda gives some extra pop! todays job sucks crank sensor on my 04 gp,my old commuter car must go!
One of the things that always drove me crazy when I saw pictures of Ken's Grande Parisienne (which I've owned now since last May) was the way the tailpipes were hung to accommodate the big hitch he fitted on the car to pull his airstream. When I bought the car I told him he could gladly keep the hitch because I knew I'd pull it off and fix the tailpipes that were hanging down. I did this recently.
I would have bought tailpipes if I could but nobody makes them any more, it's off to a muffler shop to get them bent or fix them myself. Muffler shop was not an option as I don't even have the car safetied or licensed yet, so I took matters into my own hands. Now they are tucked up into the quarters with just the tips showing.
Drove over an hour to check out a 2004 Impala SS "Indy Edition" for sale. Only 200 were sold in Canada. Looked good in the photo and seller said there were "no issues". He was asking 3k and I thought with the supercharged 3800 it might be a fun summer driver.
Photos from seller:
These were obviously older photos. The car was ROTTEN. Fenders, doors and fist sized holes in the subframes.
Raw fuel smell, bald tires, big cut in the drivers seat. Seller is moving to Ontario and needed to sell fast. He said "Give me 2500". I said "I wouldn't give you a grand for it". He said "Give me 2000" lol
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
Soooooo many times that I've looked at. I feel your pain...