Airwolf222b
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If you've been following my progression at all heres a little update on how things are going. With a lot of help from this forum!
Quick history of the car - It was found in storage by a coworker who went to buy another car. The guy would only sell it if he took the "other one". The "other one" was a 1973 roadrunner w/318. His father had passed and he'd been storing the cars for roughly 30 years. He wanted them both gone. She was FILTHY! While it was in a climate stored garage it was not covered up. I don't have a pic from that day. A dust off and it moved to another garage for a year that my employer owns. Thats when I bought it. Pic #1 was from the first day I saw her. She was moldy and dirty inside too. See Pic #2. But I loved her. A few days later I got her moved out of storage and behind my employers building so I could look at her in the light. There was no promise she would run, or shift, or stop or anything (#4). But I had hope. With some help from sifting through older posts on this forum I was able to decode the vin plate. (#5). She was fairly basic but then again so am I. So the work would begin. With some help from a mechanic friend of mine (and by help I mean he does all the hard stuff that I don't understand) we got to work. Now she runs. Shifts into first and reverse. Not sure about other gears because I havent gone over 5mph due to some sketchy brakes. but she does stop....ish.
So far we've replaced...
* wheels and tires
* Edelbrock Carburator and Air Filter
* Edelbrock Intake Manifold.
* New Plugs and Wires.
* new electronic ignition, voltage regulator and ballast
* ignition coil
* flush and fill radiator / replace thermostat
* readjust kickdown linkage
* readjust kickdown linkage again because it wasnt right the first time. lol
* distributor cap and button
* a few new hoses
What I have next.
* New gas tank and sending unit arrived yesterday so ill put that on this weekend hopefully
* Drain and fill transmission and replace filter.
* New belts and replace remaining hoses
* Brakes. bleed and adjust and pray to the sweet lord above they work.
* Alternator arrived too. The old one is charging but its tired.
* Starter. Also working. Also tired.
* address slight coolant leak
Can you guys think of anything I'm overlooking that should be obvious?
Quick history of the car - It was found in storage by a coworker who went to buy another car. The guy would only sell it if he took the "other one". The "other one" was a 1973 roadrunner w/318. His father had passed and he'd been storing the cars for roughly 30 years. He wanted them both gone. She was FILTHY! While it was in a climate stored garage it was not covered up. I don't have a pic from that day. A dust off and it moved to another garage for a year that my employer owns. Thats when I bought it. Pic #1 was from the first day I saw her. She was moldy and dirty inside too. See Pic #2. But I loved her. A few days later I got her moved out of storage and behind my employers building so I could look at her in the light. There was no promise she would run, or shift, or stop or anything (#4). But I had hope. With some help from sifting through older posts on this forum I was able to decode the vin plate. (#5). She was fairly basic but then again so am I. So the work would begin. With some help from a mechanic friend of mine (and by help I mean he does all the hard stuff that I don't understand) we got to work. Now she runs. Shifts into first and reverse. Not sure about other gears because I havent gone over 5mph due to some sketchy brakes. but she does stop....ish.
So far we've replaced...
* wheels and tires
* Edelbrock Carburator and Air Filter
* Edelbrock Intake Manifold.
* New Plugs and Wires.
* new electronic ignition, voltage regulator and ballast
* ignition coil
* flush and fill radiator / replace thermostat
* readjust kickdown linkage
* readjust kickdown linkage again because it wasnt right the first time. lol
* distributor cap and button
* a few new hoses
What I have next.
* New gas tank and sending unit arrived yesterday so ill put that on this weekend hopefully
* Drain and fill transmission and replace filter.
* New belts and replace remaining hoses
* Brakes. bleed and adjust and pray to the sweet lord above they work.
* Alternator arrived too. The old one is charging but its tired.
* Starter. Also working. Also tired.
* address slight coolant leak
Can you guys think of anything I'm overlooking that should be obvious?
