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> 73 2.0L Progress Thread, Engine Teardown
dlee6204
post Apr 30 2009, 05:52 PM
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Its that time of year again so I'd thought I'd start a progress thread to help keep me motivated. I bought this car last summer as a nicer project car for me to work on and eventually be able to drive. My goal for this summer is to repair all the rust on the car and to get it running. I'll end up painting it down the road either the original Marathon Blue Metallic or Ravenna Green. I've been collecting parts all winter so hopefully I should be good to go. I've done a little work on it already but I'll bring everyone up to date. Feel free to comment, ask questions, make suggestions, tell me what I'm doing wrong or anything else for that matter. Enjoy!

Here is the car when I first picked it up. The car came fully optioned and even came with SS heat exchangers and a running two liter engine. The car was wrecked at some point and had a crappy repair done to it but I am still trying to figure out what happened. Both the driver's front corner and the driver's rear corner had damage but the door and rear quarter seem fine. I will find out more once I start stripping some paint and bondo. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)


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The interior was about a 4 on a 10 scale however the dash is crack free! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
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The rear floor pan is shot and I knew that before I bought the car. The previous owner patched the floor at some point and installed three new seat brackets over the bad metal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I ordered a new floor pan and a fourth seat bracket from AA today.
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dlee6204   73 2.0L Progress Thread   Apr 30 2009, 05:52 PM
dlee6204   Oh and I also installed the heat ducting on the ca...   Dec 13 2009, 10:43 PM
silver74insocal   wow waht a great thread thanks for all the info .....   Dec 14 2009, 12:06 AM
maf914   Doug, Nice work. It looks like you are making go...   Dec 15 2009, 02:02 PM
dlee6204   Thanks Mike. The tires are Goodyear Eagle GT...   Dec 16 2009, 02:43 PM
dlee6204   I actually don't have any more pictures of t...   Dec 16 2009, 06:03 PM
dlee6204   I actually don't have any more pictures of t...   Dec 16 2009, 06:03 PM
dlee6204   I haven't been able to do much with the car ye...   Dec 19 2009, 02:57 PM
dlee6204   Christmas came early yesterday. I got a tow bar a...   Dec 22 2009, 03:41 PM
dlee6204   I also got the tires mounted today :D The ...   Dec 22 2009, 03:51 PM
dlee6204   Not much progress but lots of a driving! :dr...   Dec 28 2009, 10:22 AM
dlee6204   And here it is in the car. I still need to clean ...   Dec 28 2009, 10:25 AM
dlee6204   I'm planning on taking the car out of town for...   Dec 28 2009, 08:16 PM
bcheney   Just checked our your thread for the first time. Y...   Dec 29 2009, 06:43 AM
dlee6204   The LED strips I used were the FLB30 series from S...   Jan 7 2010, 07:12 AM
dlee6204   So I got back from my trip on the 2nd and have bee...   Jan 7 2010, 08:23 AM
dlee6204   So as some of you know I had a little accident in ...   Feb 23 2010, 07:14 PM
Jon Fernandes   :clap: Looks like its coming along. Let me know if...   Feb 23 2010, 07:18 PM
dlee6204   And that's pretty much all I got done this pas...   Feb 23 2010, 07:27 PM
dlee6204   Thanks Jon. I'll keep that in mind. :beer2:   Feb 23 2010, 07:28 PM
dlee6204   I started to repair the rust in front of the winds...   Feb 27 2010, 05:57 PM
dlee6204   :sick: The damage...   Feb 27 2010, 06:00 PM
dlee6204   Ah, I like new metal   Feb 27 2010, 06:03 PM
dlee6204   Here it is with new gaskets. And I finished we...   Feb 27 2010, 06:14 PM
dlee6204   That's all of the pictures for tonight. There...   Feb 27 2010, 06:19 PM
dlee6204   More Progress! So at one time there was rust ...   Mar 4 2010, 08:07 PM
dlee6204   Most of the trunk floor out. This is as far as I ...   Mar 4 2010, 08:12 PM
dlee6204   Lot of progress has been going on I got most of t...   Mar 10 2010, 10:04 PM
dlee6204   Today I started to address the damage in the rear....   Mar 10 2010, 10:21 PM
dlee6204   We're sort of going back in time. Yesterday I...   Mar 10 2010, 10:26 PM
Jon Fernandes   Doug, great metal work!   Mar 10 2010, 10:29 PM
dlee6204   I stripped the door of its layers and layers of pa...   Mar 10 2010, 10:31 PM
dlee6204   And after a few more layers, we are good to go :t...   Mar 10 2010, 10:45 PM
dlee6204   Stripped passenger side fender with the filled in ...   Mar 10 2010, 10:51 PM
dlee6204   I also took out the gas tank and all ventilation d...   Mar 10 2010, 11:05 PM
watsonrx13   Doug great job. :sawzall: What brand of body fi...   Mar 11 2010, 05:59 AM
dlee6204   I'm using Evercoat products. I haven't ...   Mar 12 2010, 10:09 PM
dlee6204   I finished welding up the rear fender today. I...   Mar 12 2010, 10:31 PM
dlee6204   Gutted front trunk I also stripped the front ho...   Mar 12 2010, 10:36 PM
dlee6204   I somehow roped a friend into coming over and givi...   Mar 12 2010, 10:39 PM
dlee6204   Stripped the other fender too and started the b...   Mar 12 2010, 10:43 PM
dlee6204   Only thing left to strip is the engine lid. Prett...   Mar 12 2010, 10:48 PM
SUNAB914   Doug, how humbled I am after going through your th...   Mar 19 2010, 06:49 AM
dlee6204   Doug, how humbled I am after going through your t...   Mar 23 2010, 07:21 PM
dlee6204   Update: I don't have any new pictures of the ...   Mar 23 2010, 07:26 PM
dlee6204   More progress... I finished welding up the rear t...   Mar 28 2010, 11:13 PM
dlee6204   Here is the driver's side door after some fill...   Mar 28 2010, 11:21 PM
dlee6204   After I sand this down, this should be the last of...   Mar 28 2010, 11:41 PM
dlee6204   Found some more pictures :) I welded a piece to...   Mar 28 2010, 11:52 PM
FourBlades   You are kicking some ass on that car! You wil...   Mar 29 2010, 08:17 AM
Root_Werks   That is some really good progress. Can't wait...   Mar 29 2010, 12:29 PM
dlee6204   I finished up with sanding the doors, trunk lids, ...   Apr 3 2010, 08:29 PM
dlee6204   One more :)   Apr 3 2010, 08:33 PM
al weidman   There is some serious talent in this "World...   Apr 3 2010, 11:50 PM
dlee6204   Ah, you have a quite a while before I even touch...   Apr 4 2010, 10:24 PM
dlee6204   Here are some pictures in the daylight. This was ...   Apr 4 2010, 10:28 PM
rick 918-S   :headbanger: :popcorn:   Apr 4 2010, 10:32 PM
dlee6204   After the first two coats of primer I sanded every...   Apr 4 2010, 10:46 PM
dlee6204   Two more... Next weekend I will flip every...   Apr 4 2010, 10:49 PM
Phoenix914   Although I am disappointed that you aren't sti...   Apr 5 2010, 07:45 AM
Root_Werks   Well, at least you're doing the color change r...   Apr 5 2010, 09:02 AM
hi4head   Way to go Doug! I came by to check on your sta...   Apr 5 2010, 07:31 PM
iamchappy   Ravenna, Major Stokage.......   Apr 5 2010, 07:52 PM
dlee6204   Yesterday it was too cold and rainy here to paint ...   Apr 10 2010, 03:12 PM
dlee6204   A few more...   Apr 10 2010, 03:14 PM
dlee6204   :hyper:   Apr 11 2010, 12:52 PM
dlee6204   Okay there's some good new and bad news. The ...   Apr 12 2010, 04:36 PM
dlee6204   The bad news is that I really sucked it up when ap...   Apr 12 2010, 04:42 PM
dlee6204   Some more   Apr 12 2010, 04:44 PM
arkitect   Doug, Very cool build, I've got about half way...   Apr 12 2010, 10:49 PM
dlee6204   Thanks Dave. I butt welded the longs which probab...   Apr 13 2010, 07:03 AM
Root_Werks   Very cool, looks like it's moving along nicely...   Apr 13 2010, 10:41 AM
gothspeed   Very inspiring!!!! You are doing a...   Apr 17 2010, 03:48 PM
Limesoda   Absolutely amazing. I am in awe. I just got a Rave...   Apr 17 2010, 06:46 PM
dlee6204   Big Update! After messing up applying the cle...   Apr 18 2010, 07:32 PM
AndrewP   Did you install the windshield yourself? Andrew   Apr 25 2010, 10:10 AM
corsepervita   Diggin' the green. Very nice.   Apr 25 2010, 10:41 AM
dlee6204   Yes but my father gave me a hand putting in plac...   Apr 25 2010, 02:25 PM
dlee6204   I've been meaning to post an update but I have...   Apr 25 2010, 02:36 PM
oz371   I've been meaning to post an update but I hav...   Apr 25 2010, 02:43 PM
AndrewP   Definitely inspiring.... Andrew   Apr 25 2010, 03:45 PM
FourBlades   That is frickin beautiful!!! :trophy:...   Apr 25 2010, 05:00 PM
dlee6204   I just realized that its been exactly a year since...   Apr 27 2010, 08:26 PM
dlee6204   After all the work...   Apr 27 2010, 08:32 PM
dlee6204   I even toyed with the idea of adding a lug...   Apr 27 2010, 08:39 PM
dlee6204   I *might* be taking my car on a long trip coming u...   Apr 27 2010, 08:53 PM
Root_Werks   Looks great! I like the color, that's ver...   Apr 28 2010, 08:54 AM
dlee6204   Well I got the transmission changed out yesterday ...   May 1 2010, 10:11 PM
dlee6204   I got a lot of smaller stuff done today. I adjust...   May 2 2010, 09:59 PM
Gudhjem   What a great thread. It does make me feel pretty ...   May 6 2010, 01:05 PM
dlee6204   None of the stuff I used was water-based. Every...   May 13 2010, 08:22 AM
dlee6204   I have been meaning to update this. I ended up ta...   May 13 2010, 08:38 AM
rsrguy3   Look's SWEEEEET! Now, you gotta cut those ...   May 13 2010, 10:35 PM
dlee6204   So I've started to get the slightest hesitatio...   May 15 2010, 01:30 PM
dlee6204   Ahh it appears that way before me, the timing was ...   May 15 2010, 02:14 PM
dlee6204   The car drives like sooooo much better now. It id...   May 15 2010, 10:23 PM
dlee6204   Well the other night I had the most interesting en...   May 17 2010, 09:54 PM
Root_Werks   Chicks and 914's are always a great combo. :D...   May 18 2010, 05:05 PM
shoguneagle   excellent, excellent, excellent!!! I ...   Jun 13 2010, 10:10 PM
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