1981 244 GL High MPG - daughter's first car

[Jack]

I blasted most of the suspension parts

burned out the rubbers

took the bushing sleeves off front CAs

blasted again

 

[brendon_ak]

Nice work! Does this have the old solid rotors on the front? Are you going to swap over to the vented ones?

 

[Jack]

Nice work! Does this have the old solid rotors on the front? Are you going to swap over to the vented ones?

thanks, It does have the solid rotors. Pads and rotors look like they were just replaced. I have a stash of calipers for vented rotors (also rotors). If I'm going to have to rebuild the stock ones I'll probably "upgrade" to vented

Today
New brake lines and pcv drain came in the mail. I'll try and install the oil pan tomorrow

coated most of the parts I have at work

pressed in poly bushings using my old press, it got tricky holding the trailing arms (I had some extra ones at work) and using the press

 

[brendon_ak]

Damn all the stuff people don't see are going to be nicer than the exterior!!

 

[Jack]

Damn all the stuff people don't see are going to be nicer than the exterior!!

Thanks most of my cars look scrappy outside

today I received a very nice gift in the mail #vonheck sent me two free coronas, unexpected!

made me some reinforcement plates using a cnc plasma table at work, I need to order new upper mounts

got home at dusk so I only got to work in the garage.

cleaned the oil pump

installed new oil pan gasket, oil pump seals, pcv box and drain hose
old parts were crusty

unsneezed the washer pump by cleaning it

 

[Nagrom]

way to half ass it Jack, I thought you'd put a little more effort into this.

JK, whens pebble beach?

 

[philski o'flood]

man the traffic on the drive home looks brutal

 

[Jack]

way to half ass it Jack, I thought you'd put a little more effort into this.

JK, whens pebble beach?

I put on my full ass hat daily thank you very much

man the traffic on the drive home looks brutal

you have no idea, sometimes I come upon drivers going 65 in the left lane when Im doing 75.. it's terrible

Not much progress today, Friday and there was a big job that came in today. I finished blasting the other strut and started blasting one of the wheels. Started cleaning the fuel distributor distributor, wur etc

maintain your pcv kids

WHAT IS THE BALL BEARING FROM?

I use this to clean almost everything, you can get it for cheap at Home Chepo
La's Totally Awesome All Purpose Concentrated Cleaner Degreaser

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I still need to go back and clean some more

 

[Jack]

I left town for the weekend so I didn't get much done, a little on Friday and some today

as Philski says "the commute it brutal." The roads around here are terrible dont even bother driving here
featuring world smallest mountain range Sutter Buttes

started to install the used updated wiring harness I got from #swedishiron.com

getting the suspension back in. Im waiting on strut mounts and boots to show up

a while ago I redid a bunch of turn signal assemblies and today I dug it out

even the wiring on the assembly is trash

looks like someone repainted one that came with the car

 

[bobxyz]

WHAT IS THE BALL BEARING FROM?

Didn't they use a little ball bearing to block off (aka anti-tamper) the mixture adjustment hole?

 

[nibroc]

thanks for the pics

 

[Jack]

Didn't they use a little ball bearing to block off (aka anti-tamper) the mixture adjustment hole?

that makes sense, the adjustment hole looks like it's been messed with

thanks for the pics

I'll keep them coming

only got the front struts done this weekend and some more under hood cleaning. New lower bjs installed

 

[Jack]

Daughter decided she likes the quad square lights better. I rebuilt these a while back, new adjustment clips, everything cleaned up and powdercated

new t-clips and I had the springs zincked awhile back

once the car is on the ground I'll need to aim them

cleaned the other side but I didnt install the headlights because I need to fix the battery mount

 

[240 240]

Daughter needs a first car; she really wants a wagon but all the ones I have are Turbo or too valuable as first cars

then proceeds to spend $1 million dollars on parts and time

 

[Jack]

then proceeds to spend $1 million dollars on parts and time

I coat this stuff at work during paying hours
Bushings $400
Wiring I don’t remember ~100
Upper strut mounts and boots 120
Ipd lines 85
I had everything else so far

Do it right the first time

 

[Jack]

today

decided to go with vented rotors

calipers could use a rebuild, I need to order a gasket kit

started to pull the interior
driver seat bottom foam is toast

no rust but the drain puck? was pushed up because people dont know how to lift cars

 

[240 240]

I coat this stuff at work during paying hours
Bushings $400
Wiring I don’t remember ~100
Upper strut mounts and boots 120
Ipd lines 85
I had everything else so far

Do it right the first time

how much spent on meth? cuz there's no way you haven't spent 200 hours on this.

 

[Pietercc]

Daughter decided she likes the quad square lights better. I rebuilt these a while back, new adjustment clips, everything cleaned up and powdercated

new t-clips and I had the springs zincked awhile back

once the car is on the ground I'll need to aim them

cleaned the other side but I didnt install the headlights because I need to fix the battery mount

If you're willing, I'll take the damaged rounds. you can have the Rare black square bezels if you want. Jimmy came on the wrong day otherwise he would already have them.

 

[Jack]

If you're willing, I'll take the damaged rounds. you can have the Rare black square bezels if you want. Jimmy came on the wrong day otherwise he would already have them.

How is this a good trade for me

 

[Jack]

how much spent on meth? cuz there's no way you haven't spent 200 hours on this.

Colombian coffee only

Maybe 50 hours total so far