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more new parts 

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I took the car for a test run today after fixing the wire problem and ended up towing it back home with my truck somehow

along with the broken wire problem the fuel line was plugged up it was sucking air bubbles into the fuel filter 

I thought the fuel filter might be cracked so I replaced it with another new one

I tried to blow back through the fuel line to the tank and it had alot of resistance so I got the air hose out I heard a pop in the fuel tank and then bubbles 

so far so good seems to be ok I will half to drain the tank to see what might have plugged it 

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so today i dug into the fuel tank drained it and pulled the sender unit. The sender was not working so I sanded the contacts and bent the spring arm to have more pressure on the resister 

to my surprise I found alot of debris in the tank I filled and drained the tank about 8 times till all the debris came out 

I guess when I filled the tank halfway and drained it alot of the debris remained attached and loosened over time 

for the good stuff 

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this was the debris in the bucket that made it through the mesh filter it is fine grime 

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and now the fuel gauge works

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taking it on another test run tonight 

 

about a 50 mile test run and no problems 

 

I think all is well 

 

now hopefully these are correct tie rods for the 1200 

we will see tomorrow

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well today was install day and everything went great till the last tie rod end it was normal thread instead of reverse thread for the drivers side outer

put the other three in and an old but better than the one on the car drivers outer

so the outers  were  made in Japan and the inners made in south korea 

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inners also use nylon nut and no cotter pin 

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outers are cotter pin type 

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old rubber boot but better then the one that was on the car this will be new next weekend 

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installed some sound deadening and carpet today 

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today we went on the bluebird cafe fun run 

total miles were 383 door to door 

this run was a blast we went on some very curvy roads and some were pretty bumpy too 

the run was a blast and an excellent shakedown on the 1200

we had one mechanical problem, the passenger strut gland nut came loose ( the nut that holds the strut insert in the case ) 

we stopped and jacked the car up found the nut to be loose , borrowed from another ratsuner a large pair of channel locks to tighten it 

I believe it was eastbay521 who supplied them 

we checked the drivers side while we were at it and it was ok 

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today we went on the bluebird cafe fun run 

total miles were 383 door to door 

this run was a blast we went on some very curvy roads and some were pretty bumpy too 

the run was a blast and an excellent shakedown on the 1200

we had one mechanical problem, the passenger strut gland nut came loose ( the nut that holds the strut insert in the case ) 

we stopped and jacked the car up found the nut to be loose , borrowed from another ratsuner a large pair of channel locks to tighten it 

I believe it was eastbay521 who supplied them 

we checked the drivers side while we were at it and it was ok 

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The 1200 looks great Randy, Nice to see another one alive, well, and on the road again!!!

 

The patina looks perfect, almost enough to leave it that way. B)

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well we did some more work today 

checked and tightened both the strut gland nuts and found other loose nuts on the front end the drivers control arm bolt was loose NEVER trust anything that was put together by someone you dont know

 

this crazy guy named Atom suggested we polish the patina and I am happy to say it was a great idea 

loose control arm bolt 

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added these to the just in case tool box 

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be careful with these if they slip this will happen 

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next we tried this out 

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before 

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the fender is done the door is not 

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we used all three of these products 

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after polishing

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installed the last tie rod end today   YAY it was correct 

also beat on the rim a bit it had some tweaks that would rub the tie rod end 

 

 

 

 

ALL FIXED 

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went to Busta Nuts shop today 

had some issues today on the way back from the alignment shop 

approx 220 mile round trip and the fuel line got plugged again 

time to drain and filter the tank again 

it looked very good last time but there must still be some junk in there 

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so we had some fuel problems on the way back from the alignment shop 

it seems everything on this car has to be done at least twice 

so I drained the fuel tank again and this came out right away 

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so I filled and repeat about 15 times  I quit taking pics after about 5 

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also found one of the small rattles the car had in the rear 

an old exhaust hanger piece was hitting the side of the shock 

I will cut that off tomorrow 

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gave it one last wax before Canby 

I love this stuff it came out really good 

also ground of the old exhaust bracket hanger that was rubbing the shock sometimes 

lighting was terrible though 

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well canby trip was un eventful 

no problems at all 

30 miles to the gallon and she hit 98 MPH catching up to the bay area guys on the way home and still had room to go 

no awards this year 

 

the Chinook camper took first 

the NISSAN PATROL TOOK SECOND 

AND THE BEST CAR IN THE OTHER CATEGORY TOOK THIRD IT WAS A REALLY NICE BLACK AND BLUE 610

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