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Fuck the Facebook group, it's your car put the intercooler where you want.

 

ha! FB does tend to bring out the trolls. However, I ended up liking it better behind the grill anyway.

 

 

I finally drove it around yesterday. The SR motor has been a little clackity clackity on deceleration, and after replacing lower bearings and verifying oil levels, and I think the noise might be a bad chain tensioner; I'm going to work on that at some point in the future.

 

Immediate projects:

 

1. Get the brakes figured out. I've got discs all around now, and they're not releasing all the way. Also, need to bleed them again.

2. Install some gauges in the car again. I've been running all of my sensors through an R33 skyline dash... which I thought would be cooler than it actually is. So I pulled it, and now I have a bunch of sensor wires dangling in the car. No tach, no speedo, no temp, no pressure... just a bunch of hope that everything is running ok! I'm going to run everything through a digital gauge cluster I'm building (arduino, raspberry pi, etc., etc.)

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Tried to install the gas tank in the Goon , having issues getting the old filler rubber (now hard cause it's old) to connect back with the tank. Also wondering if there are any better fitting hose material for the 2 smaller hoses that connect to the tank then through the framework to the tubes made to the body that go's to the canister in the rear inner quarter panel. Now my old body is hurting but what the heck. I'll now have to re figure this out. Not having any friends around to help is a drag as well. I do know it came out so it should go back in.

 

 

 

Can also try heating it (or just the end of it) in soapy water on the stove.  Works really well.  

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I used a hair drier and with the help of anouther friend we got it to line up and go in enough. I'll find out today or tomorrow when I hook up the rest of the things under the hood. Thanks for the info I'm sure I'll need it on anouther one of my cars.

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Cleaned up the plugs and leaned her out a little Fired her up and drove her to get a drink and corn dog ( 2p-5p) cheaper. I know not good but quick.

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She was so perked up after the way need cleaning and adjustment. I know she needs a cleaning (soon).

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Changed my oil.

 

While I was filling it back up I noticed this plug, green wire right behind the alt. It comes of the main harness.

Any idea where it goes?

Car still runs w/o it plugged in. Just curious?

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Is that the oil pressure sending wire, the horn you would have 2 wires, but yes looks closer to the front of the car.

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Changed my oil.

 

While I was filling it back up I noticed this plug, green wire right behind the alt. It comes of the main harness.

Any idea where it goes?

Car still runs w/o it plugged in. Just curious?

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I'm taking a guess it looks like it has 2 wires work a female flat connector connects to the passenger side horn.
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Pushed 'em out for a bit of cleaning.

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Hoped to get some of the rattle can paint off of the Sedan.

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This was all I really got.....dammit.

 

Edit: Was using a pressure washer to try and get Rattle paint off.

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Looks like its staying blue! :)

 

And if swapping horns,  the mk1 vw rabbits/scirrocos have the loudest horn ever for a stock vehicle.  They are insane when compared to any other stock horn!  Has to be an original one though.

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It feels so good when all is going good even on a stock 510!

 

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Took her out this morning. The 70 2 door has minor water leak (a small hose) but is also running great after cleaning the plugs.

 

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Next up to get the last stuff done to the Goon and de how she runs with the 32/36 DGV Weber on her.

 

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And last but not least to get this one back together fixed all up and lowered with an L20B and dule Mikuni carbs. WOW!

 

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Hoped to get some of the rattle can paint off of the Sedan.

 

This was all I really got.....dammit.

 

Edit: Was using a pressure washer to try and get Rattle paint off.

 

 

It wouldn't be cheap, but Simple Green is phenomenal for stripping spray paint without damaging the paint underneath. 

 

Could get some saran wrap, spray on the Simple Green, then stick the wrap on to keep it in place? 

 

I've done it tons of times, but by soaking them in it. Haven't tried to do a big panel, but it works, it isn't caustic, and it doesn't really stink up the shop. 

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Pushed 'em out for a bit of cleaning.

 

Hoped to get some of the rattle can paint off of the Sedan.

 

This was all I really got.....dammit.

 

Edit: Was using a pressure washer to try and get Rattle paint off.

If it is rattle can paint, it is softer than the old car paint. I have used a graffiti paint remover on painted over bicycles. It bubbles up quickly and does not hurt the enamel paint. Just hose it off

Home supply stores have it as well as Grainger,

https://www.grainger.com/search?searchQuery=Graffiti+Paint+Remover

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Had to give up for now on the Goon, I'm sure it's something stupid like I put the wrong rotor in the electronic distributor cap and it's not fireing at least it hit me later last night. Till next weekend.

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Goon is now running and driving on her own, now to bleed her rear breaks. Then stop the water leak on the 70 sedan. Now I have to figure anouther week vacation to get more caught up on some work on these babies.

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Goon is now running and driving on her own, now to bleed her rear breaks. Then stop the water leak on the 70 sedan. Now I have to figure anouther week vacation to get more caught up on some work on these babies.

 

What was the fix with the dizzy?

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What was the fix with the dizzy?

First was the the nut behind the steering was loose (me) putting on the wrong rotor and probably did not wire it right, anyway just put in the old points distributor and it worked. I did figure the elec distributor I was trying to use was an old one that origanly had the shaft with a gear from a different motor I believe, I figured out how to swap the slotted shaft from a points one into it to make it work but there was some other things I had forgot to get it to fire correctly, I swapped it to the sedan and the coil and figured out how to make it work so I do know it is good.

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