The Challenge:
Take a car that you have never driven (except for 10 mintue test drive) or worked on or even barely seen before...
Completely tear down every nut and bolt on car to bare body!
Sandy blast, repaint, reassemble exterior and interior.
Completely tear down engine
Clean, rebuild, reassemble engine (tricky part because old wiring was a mess, fuel pump was running off coil, cold start valve running all the time, temp sensors were disconnected, fuses blown, hoses missing....you get the point)
Install engine
Install all new hoses and fuel lines (harder than it sounds)
All done in 17 months 22 days
and then......and then....
The Result:
pour gasoline into tank
get two fire extingushers just in case....
install battery
turn key......and then....and then....
wait for fuel pump to prime and shut off.....done
depress clutch (even if car is on axle stands)
turn key one more notch......nothing.....try again....nothing...back key off to off position and try again....nothing
crawl under car to look at starter, ah ha. solinoid wire was off.
get into car and turn key
It didn't take but 1 1/2 seconds and bang bang, as in chitty chitty, and it was running!:rockin:
It's a little noisey but I still have to time it and test run it and bring it up to temp but for now....IT"S ALIVE!!!!!
I have one beer left in the case and I am now going to celebrate.
Thanks to all on this site who have helped me along the way. I salute you!
Party on dude!
I felt all warm and fuzzy reading your post
Congrats!!!!
Man you rock!
I am in the same boat (minus the ten minute test drive), and I have not even finished taking mine apart (almost though).
Did you blast with sand or some other media? I will be at this point soon and for financial reasons I see blasting as my only option. Did you look into any of the less conventional media like soda or dry ice?
Again congrats! I can only imagine what it is like to sit in a teener with an actual seat, and everything else no less.
-Pete
Congrats Doug.
It sure is a nice feeling the first time.
'grats!
Congratulations! It's such a wonderful thing when it work like this. It's worth all the hard work
That will be the best beer you will ever drink!!! Excellent job. Love it when a project comes to a satisfactory conclusion.
Steve Hurt
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