Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #405 – January 28, 2023, 08:59:26 PM Holy shiznit that sucks! Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #406 – January 30, 2023, 09:58:32 AM Yikes!Thank the big Guy that didn't hit anyone. Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #407 – January 30, 2023, 10:27:44 AM Whoa!!! That is rediculous. What size hole? Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #408 – January 30, 2023, 12:38:14 PM Quote from: mcb82gt – on January 30, 2023, 10:27:44 AMWhoa!!! That is rediculous. What size hole?About 9mm.The metal's also pushed down about 1/4" around the hole. Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #409 – January 31, 2023, 08:38:03 PM Had an hour after work to get the T5 out.I need to drop the starter so I can get the bell off and remove the clutch and flywheel.Still fuming about the hole in the top of the car... Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #410 – February 04, 2023, 01:10:25 PM Quote from: Chuck W – on January 31, 2023, 08:38:03 PMStill fuming about the hole in the top of the car... Yeh...goes without the need to be said...idots WITH guns far outweigh those owners who are responsible.Thankfully none of yous were hurt. Too bad you can't find the little ass hat(s) that did it... and: Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #411 – February 04, 2023, 02:38:36 PM Got out on the car again for a bit this afternoon.Got the rest of the clutch bits removed.The old clutch doesn't "look" too bad, I know it was slipping.Very slight leak at the rear main, so that's going to get replaced while I'm in here.Next I turned my attention to the interior, so I can have access to work on the hole.Wrestled this thing out. Not very easy with the cage.Here's the hole from the inside. Haven't found the slug yet, but did see where it impacted/scuffed the headliner board.Spent a little time knocking it back up a bit. Going to zap that hole closed and smooth things out.I'm probably just going to do the best I can to recoat this and blend it. I don't have the time or inclination to have the whole roof of the car repainted right now.After trying to contort my mid-50's body around in the back seat area to get interior panels loose, I'm about 75% decided that I'm going to gut and rework the rear of the cage and get the rear seat back in this. This cage is dumb. :p Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #412 – February 12, 2023, 02:40:08 PM Got the clutch replacement all wrapped up today. Nothing exciting to look at, so no pics.With this, the fan wiring, and the door strikers done, this original scope of this project is completed.Now, I have to deal with "Part 2".This is going to include:- Fixing roof hole- Reworking rear cage bars and reinstalling the rear seat.- Relocating battery to trunk from the rear seat area.- Fix driver window, as it looks like one of the attachments of the glass to its holder has broken, so it tips around a bit.Time to start hacking and grinding... Quote Selected 4 Likes
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #413 – February 18, 2023, 02:14:27 PM Started to tackle the cage stuff today, as I wound up with some extra time I wasn't planning on.Wrestled the driver side rear interior panels out (Man, I didn't leave myself a lot of working room when I did this originally...) and this is what I'm starting with.Why, oh why?Broke out the saw-zall and took the first step.Gotta do a couple more things before I chop out the rest and then get to grinding things smooth, but we're underway. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #414 – February 19, 2023, 05:17:28 PM Before I do any more cutting on the cage, I figured I'd pause and get the car resting on it's suspension.I wanted it up off of the ground a bit, so I threw together a set of wheel cribs from a bunch of lumber I had sitting around.This will make working around it a bit easier. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #415 – February 26, 2023, 05:50:54 PM Back in action with the saw today for a bit.All unneeded tubes out and now for the really nasty bit of grinding things smooth. Quote Selected 3 Likes
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #416 – March 02, 2023, 06:57:05 PM Ugh. Grinding in a cardboard copuppies kinda sucks.Only 3 more spots to do... Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #417 – March 02, 2023, 09:47:16 PM Looks good and pretty soon it will be one left then prep for paint, paint, and done. Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #418 – March 03, 2023, 07:50:54 AM That is cleaning up nice. Look on the bright side, at least it isn't 90°+ outside and humid. Quote Selected
Re: Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #419 – March 04, 2023, 05:04:07 PM OK, I decided that I was going to get this stuff ground down today. I first went through with the cut-off wheel to get as much of the tubing bits out of the way, so I was mainly just dealing with weld clean-up.Enclosed myself in a bunch of cardboard and had at it.I then went back with the flapper disc to smooth things up a bitThen I spent the next 20 minutes or so dealing with clean-up of all of the metal dust... Once I get the new tubes sorted, I'm going to come back in and make another smoothing pass at things before paint.Glad that bits over. Quote Selected 5 Likes