My GY8 '71 Road Runner

[T2R9]

Nice work as always. ABC Moparts dash pads are nice but not perfect. Bob is a good guy and will work with you. He is normally at Carlisle and you can inspect the pad before buying. I have used two and they are way better then the Ultimate Rides or whatever name Alan Foxx business goes by now.

 

[mpgmike]

Do you get your free sand from the local river or ocean beach as I do? Good news is it's free, bad news is you have to get it in the drought season. Nice work. In fact, that's a lot of sand blasting!

 

[ct71rr]

Do you get your free sand from the local river or ocean beach as I do? Good news is it's free, bad news is you have to get it in the drought season. Nice work. In fact, that's a lot of sand blasting!

I use HF glass bead.

 

[ct71rr]

I was able to source a replacement glass guide from eBay and replacement rivets from McMaster-Carr:

 

[ct71rr]

I sprayed all the parts I blasted last weekend in epoxy. I disassembled my rear before spraying it, as well. 3:23’s and the axle shaft splines look pretty good. I’m thinking of upgrading to 3:55’s. There was a nice bit of thin metal sticking up inside the rear. Didn’t notice it until it sliced the top of my finger open while wiping it out. I sanded that right off! I made a new batch of homemade evaporust and placed the rear drum back plates in it.

Rear apart:

Splines look ok:

Back plates being treated:

Raised sliver of metal, very sharp!:

I fixed a few areas of poor welding:

Epoxy:

Thanks for looking!

 

[ct71rr]

I sprayed the rear brake shields and front bumper brackets in epoxy. I blasted the shields before spraying to get some of the staining off of them.

Out of the citric acid solution and before blasting:

Blasted:

Epoxy:

 

[ct71rr]

A few weekends ago I blasted and epoxied the front bumper grill mounts and rear brake drums:

The weekend after that, I worked on my Wife’s Jeep. Ah, the joy that is replacing the oil cooler on a pentastar 3.6!! You have to take the top of the engine off to get to it. Many broken locking clips, fasteners and choice words, I got it back together. Apparently, this is a common problem with the 3.6 after 100,000 miles or so.

Teardown:

Offending oil cooller (and sensors):

New oil cooler (with OEM sensors):

Not a fun job!

Today I was able to clean up the heat/ac control. Obviously someone’s been in here before given the Mickey Mouse bracket and lackluster attempt at wiring. One of the mounting tabs will need to be epoxied back on:

Before:

After:

WTF?! This was holding the fan speed selector switch down:

Genius!!:

Not much but it’s something. Thanks for looking!