Intro from Montana: '73 2.0L rustoration thread Options

[76-914]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) Good job. Rebuilding alternators is easy. Taking them apart is an entirely different animal. If you ever have the opportunity: watch the Bat's leave their nest in Austin or Round Rock Texas some summer evening. It's one of Natures miraculous events that should be seen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[bbrock]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) Good job. Rebuilding alternators is easy. Taking them apart is an entirely different animal. If you ever have the opportunity: watch the Bat's leave their nest in Austin or Round Rock Texas some summer evening. It's one of Natures miraculous events that should be seen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Thanks and boy is that the truth! Once she is apart and cleaned up, the rest is a piece of cake.

Spent a very nice evening with the wife a few years ago eating dinner while watching the bats emerge from the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin. It was a bucket list item. Check. Next time we are in The Hill Country, we'll make a point to visit Bracken Cave to watch the even bigger show.

[bbrock]

Brent,

To the point of our conversation about metal working and shrinking in particular, here is a picture of a little shrinking bowl I made out of scrap Oak.

My homemade shrinking tines are sitting on top. These are used to "tuck" the material by inserting the sheet metal between the tines and then giving it a sharp twist to "fold" the material into a small triangle shaped teepee formation.

Then use the shrinking bowl to "push" the teepee together and downward.

Works miracles for shrinking metal.

Thanks for the pics Phil. I will probably follow up with questions. That project is probably going on hold for a few months while I focus on getting the exterior of the chassis painted.



Received a set of plated rear caliper housings on Saturday. Apparently USPS does not want me shipping calipers though. I shipped 5 calipers (2 fronts from @sixnotfour , 2 rears from @mb911 , and my 1 early rear that I think is still good). Only 4 calipers arrived at PMB... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) They were double boxed in a large flat rate box, packed tight, and wrapped with fiber reinforced tape. Package was 34 lbs. 14 oz. when weighed at the Bozeman post office. Half the max weight for allowed for a flat rate box. Calipers weigh about 6.5 lbs each so there is little question there were 5 of them in that box but then I got a call from Eric saying only four arrived. Regardless, Eric gave me a generous credit for the calipers so I wound up breaking even after the USPS insurance payment for the other lost caliper and generous donations of cores. I'm going to call it good.

Enough complaining. On with the show. Here's one of the housings ready to receive the pile of parts to make it a caliper again.



Assembling calipers is a breeze thanks to @Eric_Shea 's great tutorial vid.





And on the car almost ready for action. Just need to set vent clearances before putting the wheels back on.





Should have the fronts before too long and then I get the scary job of getting the car back on the ground.

[Eric_Shea]

Brent,

Looks like we mistakenly sent you a b-stock nose section. If you don’t mind, I’d like to send you another.

[bbrock]

Brent,

Looks like we mistakenly sent you a b-stock nose section. If you don’t mind, I’d like to send you another.

@Eric_Shea I was looking at that earlier but wasn't going to complain (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . That would be great. I'll send this one back. Do you have any use for any of the housings that got too much acid? I'm guessing not but thought I'd check. Going to scrap otherwise.

Thanks for the great service. I really owe you!

[bbrock]

Finished a small chore for the distributor. I bought a plain Bosch rotor from 914Rubber since my Pertronix has a built-in rev limiter.



The Bosch rotors have a 1k ohm resitor inside that will apparently eventually fry if a high output coil like the one I have is used. With my luck, that would occur when I was trying to evade Johnny Law. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)



There is a great how-to to mod the rotor to remove the resistor. You can also buy a modded rotor from aircooled.net but they are too spendy for this CSOB.

Check the tutorial for details. Here's mine after I wallowed it out and soldered a 12g wire in.



And now there is 0 ohms resistance.



Last step was to refill the cavity with epoxy potting compound.



Aside from a couple small nicks on the ceramic from not having quite the right shaped Dremel bit on hand, you'd never know anything had been done to this.

[bbrock]

Hey guys and gals out there in 914land, this next number goes out to @914_7T3






What's the significance of 61? Well, it's obviously 26 better than 35 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) but eight less than the holy grail (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Most important... it's legit.



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[bbrock]

Brent,
I’m loving every minute of this thread.
Sorry bout the snow, we’ve had a month of rain. “Waiting for the sun” cue the Doors.....
That coil set-up. Very slick!
Keep at it.

Doors – Waiting For The Sun Lyrics
At first flash of Eden, we race down to the sea.
Standing there on Freedom's Shore.
Waiting for the Sun (3x)
Can you feel it now that spring has come.
And it's time to live in the scattered sun.
Waiting for the Sun (3x, pause, again slower)
Waiting.... Waiting.... Waiting.... Waiting.... (2x)
Waiting for you to - come along
Waiting for you to - hear my song
Waiting for you to - come along
Waiting for you to - tell me what went wrong
This is the strangest life I've ever known.
Yeah! (Riff 8x)
Can you feel it now that spring has come.
And it's time to live in the scattered sun.
Waiting for the Sun (3x)
Waiting... For... The suuuuun. (Riff 2x)

Speaking of The Doors... I finally got around to cleaning up the doors I got from @914work that @Kelty360 delivered last year. Multiple coats of paint in every color to remove.



These doors have had non-stock mirrors on them. Creative mountin on the passenger door to be fixed. Luckily, they didn't mess with the hidden mounting nuts.



The drivers door got a set of rawl plugs jammed into the mountin holes. That's right, I said rawl plugs you wankers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)



I started with chemical stripper to get most of the paint off.



Of course, that revealed a hidden surprise on each door. Looks like they got the old slide hammer treatment to pull a couple creases. That might be typical sloppy body work from the 70s or 80s, but I have to cut them a little slack because that 2-ton crash bar is right behind these blocking access to the back side for a dolly. I'll see what I can do with a shrinking disk and spoon but will probably wind up having to put filler back in.





Then to media blasting. Only got one door done. Blasting sure is fun... NOT!

[bbrock]

[Superhawk996]

How you car still has these ID numbers on it is beyond me. Here in midwest all I see is rust. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Doors are coming along nicely. Keep going!

I sympathize with the blasting is not fun. Been too hot and humid here to even attempt it.

[bbrock]

I discovered that the front trunk lock was binding when the handle was bolted in place....

Aren't those two fasteners supposed to be Allen-head screws?

--DD

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I'm with you Dave.

Y'all gonna get off my case now, or do you want to complain about the finish? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[bigkensteele]

I discovered that the front trunk lock was binding when the handle was bolted in place....

Aren't those two fasteners supposed to be Allen-head screws?

--DD

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I'm with you Dave.

Y'all gonna get off my case now, or do you want to complain about the finish? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

According to my very original car, they should be yellow cad... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

[bbrock]

I discovered that the front trunk lock was binding when the handle was bolted in place....

Aren't those two fasteners supposed to be Allen-head screws?

--DD

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I'm with you Dave.

Y'all gonna get off my case now, or do you want to complain about the finish? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

According to my very original car, they should be yellow cad... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

Wise guy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

I will have to fix that though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)

[914_7T3]

Hey guys and gals out there in 914land, this next number goes out to @914_7T3






What's the significance of 61? Well, it's obviously 26 better than 35 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) but eight less than the holy grail (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

Most important... it's legit.



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Damn Baby Yeah!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Wish I had 26 more...................

[euro911]

I've kind of been out of the loop here ... just brushed up on the last 4 pages of your progress. Looks like you've made a lot of progress since May (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

Shan't be long now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[bbrock]

I've kind of been out of the loop here ... just brushed up on the last 4 pages of your progress. Looks like you've made a lot of progress since May (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

Shan't be long now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Thanks Mark. I've faced the reality that a test drive this fall is now out of the question. Summer is rapidly slipping away here and new work obligations are competing for time. My "must do" objective now is to get the exterior of the chassis prepped and painted before snow and cold settles back in. If I get that done, I should be able to finish everything else inside the garage over the winter for a maiden voyage next Spring (IMG:style_emoticons/default/silver914.jpg)

[David Billo]

...Here's one of the housings ready to receive the pile of parts to make it a caliper again.

Wow, your garage furniture is way nicer than mine!

[bbrock]

Wow, your garage furniture is way nicer than mine!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Yyyyeah... about that... A couple weeks ago my wife and I were at a dinner party and I head the subject of my car come up on the other side of the room. Then I see my wife whip out her phone and start flipping through pics while everyone laughed. I'm thinking... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) I didn't know she had taken any pics of the car. I work my way over to see what she's showing and see pic after pic of every time the project had spilled over into the family room. Not one pic of the actual car, only parts scattered around the family room. I said, "What the hell!!!??? You've just been documenting every time I make a mess???" Beaming with pride, her answer was simply, "Yep!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Moving on... These just arrived from our friends at PMB. Two front caliper shells and 2 a-stock rear nose pieces as Eric promised. Not that there is any doubt about what a stand up guy Eric is, but scroll back a few posts to see where he noticed the b-stock noses in the pic I posted. Absolutely stellar commitment to his craft.

[sixnotfour]

laugh.gif Yyyyeah... about that...

how i staged our house sold in wa state....REagent wasn't impressed...
it had alot of working space so I thought it appropriate...

calis look great.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[bigkensteele]

Wow, your garage furniture is way nicer than mine!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Yyyyeah... about that... A couple weeks ago my wife and I were at a dinner party and I head the subject of my car come up on the other side of the room. Then I see my wife whip out her phone and start flipping through pics while everyone laughed. I'm thinking... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) I didn't know she had taken any pics of the car. I work my way over to see what she's showing and see pic after pic of every time the project had spilled over into the family room. Not one pic of the actual car, only parts scattered around the family room. I said, "What the hell!!!??? You've just been documenting every time I make a mess???" Beaming with pride, her answer was simply, "Yep!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

LOL! My wife feels similarly about the fact that I have turned part of our nicely finished basement into my upholstery shop. In her defense, these have been down here waaayyyy too long.