Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! September 29, 2010, 11:17:02 AM Just kidding folks. But at a perfect time for a major swap/swaps, nothing of the kind is taking place. I have begun tearing down the nose of the red car for the purpose of patching some rot I found in the subframe just above the spring bucket on the driver's side. Everything has to come out, K-member included of course. While Im at it, I'll scrub the living hell out of the entire bay and touch up a few spots that just have surface rust. And, the same goes for the engine. Whole thing will be cleaned up. I want to open the hood and see something as close to, say, thunderjet's car as possible LOL. So rest assured that I'll probably be freaking out once I get the remaining stickers from 50resto that need to be replaced (fan shroud, maybe the A/C one), as I did when I got the one for the airbox Tranny is out, low oil sending unit has to be removed and then the engine is ready! Probably borrowing my friend's motor crane this weekend. He's actually the individual that will be fabricating and welding in the frame patch as well. I saved some pics from Jerry's thread awhile back of when he did his subframe just in case they might come in handy. Something else sure to get you laughing: this summer on craigslist I found a Snap-On ACT-3000 R-12 machine, with 17 lbs of R-12 included for $300. And it's even got a perfect user guide and VHS TRAINING VIDEO!!!! :hick: And a week later found a guy asking $70 for 3 12-oz cans of it and a hose to hook it up. Brough $50 cash with me lol. Guy took it! SO...yup I think I might have enough to charge the system. Cross your fingers.... Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #1 – September 29, 2010, 12:43:40 PM You want it to look like this?Just a tip. While you have the inner fender liners off paint the outside of the strut towers. It makes the wheel well look better;) Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #2 – September 29, 2010, 12:46:37 PM You are an ass. I hate you. DIE DIE DIE DIE :flame: lol Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #3 – September 29, 2010, 01:35:25 PM if there was such a thing as too clean, that would be a prime example hahahah Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #4 – September 30, 2010, 01:05:56 AM Oh man, the drool nearly escaped my mouth that time looking at your photos thunderjet. Maybe sometime get my cat looking like that. Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #5 – September 30, 2010, 01:24:33 AM Quote from: thunderjet302;337154you want it to look like this? just a tip. While you have the inner fender liners off paint the outside of the strut towers. It makes the wheel well look better;) drool drool drool! Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #6 – October 01, 2010, 12:18:22 AM Quote from: ZondaC12;337156You are an ass. I hate you. DIE DIE DIE DIE :flame: lolI'm trying to inspire you to clean the Cougar up;) Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #7 – October 15, 2010, 01:51:55 PM Oh dont't worry I'm not skimping on anything I wanna be proud when I flip the hood up.... UPDATE TIME!!!!! yay!! Today got the K-member out. Broken off bottom coil on the passenger side, naturally lol. This is it. Everything's exposed now. Just a matter of when Kevin The Bodyman (very original unique sounding superhero name I know!!! :hick:) can cmon down and we'll get the frame done. Passenger side I'm not sure about. I should take pictures of the bolts. Wow. All four shock tower bolts were rusted away almost 1/4 of their thickness. Sometimes I feel like I want to burn this thing. I know we've all been there. But then I remember Jerry's car and I roll my eyes and think how unreasonable I'm being LOL. Still just angering to think about. The passenger side rail looks great but I can feel with my finger the one bolt tube inside is crumbling apart. :rolleyes: I guess we'll cut that side apart too. Maybe just from the inside of the rail to inspect it or something. Either way, once the metalwork is done it's cleaning cleaning and more cleaning. Can't wait to be there! Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #8 – October 15, 2010, 03:21:41 PM I gotta do the same with my convertible GT and im soooo not looking forward to that. Good luck with yours though and thunderjet your engine bay is B-E-A-uuuuutiful lol. Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #9 – October 15, 2010, 06:56:40 PM California=awesome :DThat's not that bad. I've seen much, much worse. It's a simple, easy fix. Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #10 – November 04, 2010, 07:37:48 PM Recent progress.... Here's a picture of random cleaned-up parts LOL. I'd show the painted sway bar but that's wrapped in tissue paper as well like the front fender. :D I have the pass. side splash apr0n out, and have to get the fuel lines out of the way and the brake hose mount, etc so that rail is open to access as well, then I just have to say the word and the subframe on both sides can be fixed. Just got a nice set of GT40's today, probably sending out my intake to TMoss tomorrow. So pretty soon the top end will be swapped once again, with blockoff plates all over *everything* so I can degrease and sandblast the block outside. Then it will be ready to just drop in. It's funny as this was supposed to be a fall/winter project but I'm trying to get more done before it gets really cold because my mom won't allow me to buy a propane or kero heater for the garage. (I think I've bitched about this before? ) It seems like as time goes on I get less and less tolerant of the cold. I dread working out there once again in just over 50 degrees with ice-cold tools in my hands. Maybe if I land the job I'm waiting to hear back on, I might "bust outta this joint". But that's another story for another day. Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #11 – November 04, 2010, 10:14:17 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;337154You want it to look like this?That master cylinder is pretty gnarly lookin :flame: Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #12 – November 05, 2010, 03:55:27 PM Quote from: sarjxxx;340618That master cylinder is pretty gnarly lookin :flame:Yeah the master is stained by something that simple green won't take off. Zonda are those GT40s going to work with stock SO pistons? I think you might be clsoe to hitting a valve.... Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #13 – November 05, 2010, 04:04:14 PM Quote from: thunderjet302;337154You want it to look like this?Just a tip. While you have the inner fender liners off paint the outside of the strut towers. It makes the wheel well look better;)You didn't smooth out the mold line on your intake... It keeps Vinnie from getting a good night sleep...lol Quote Selected
Take it apart and put it back together for no reason!!! Reply #14 – November 05, 2010, 04:23:07 PM Jerry isn't joking. I WILL stay up late worrying about the mold line.I'm already freaking out. Quote Selected
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