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Kenny J.

Posted 2009-10-20 12:16 AM (#193197 - in reply to #193195)
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Thanks for your concern, Steve. I will be doing something that sounds totally foolhardy, but in six weeks, I may be walking away from my job, whether or not I can find work elsewhere before I quit.

The economy sucks, unemployment here is around 15%, but enough is enough.

K.

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Posted 2009-10-20 2:07 AM (#193207 - in reply to #165059)
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OK -could be much worse. Never know, might be a blessing . My son is in a similar rut. Would like a job he enjoys more, but been there so long he doesn't want to leave the pay scale. I think you would be a good security man at one of the casinos----or maybe a brothel?

..............................MO

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Posted 2009-10-20 2:09 AM (#193208 - in reply to #193194)
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MOPAR-TO-YA - 2009-10-20 9:05 PM
Doc- you probably don't need me to tell you this--but are you tamping-packing down the dirt as you back fill the walls? Around here you have to do that, or the dirt will settle and leave a gap under your new poured floor. Good luck on your labor intensive project! .......MO

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Yeah, .... in keeping with my overzealous foolhardiness, I am backfilling in about 6" increments and then flooding. I then repeat the process over and over. There have been areas where I have had to go back in and dig - like digging out the gas line tonight - and the backfill in there was like chipping at primordial sediment deposits after only a couple months ! Even I was impressed with how solid that mud had settled out.

I live on a rather long, narrow lot. Space is a real problem and a lot of extra hassle has been had over trying to balance all this junk, materials, dirt piles, etc on the "head of a pin". As such, a lot of moving things back and forth has been necessary .... a lot of distraction from the actual job, just to move forward. As an example: The gas line was removed from the house because it was run right where my footings went. To get a new meter set along the new structure, I needed foundation walls. To pour concrete, the truck had to back over the area where the new gas line was trenched for. In this case, a conduit sleeve was set in the trench and the area filled for the truck to get further in to the site. The gas company has agreed to come set the meter and new line to it, but only if I have a truckload of sand on site for them to bed the line with, AND I had to dig the capped line back up for them to tie in. That is what I did tonight.

Now, the concrete truck could only reach about 2/3 of the way in to the form area, and after getting beaten over the head by the pumping outfit that did the footings, I was not about to drop another grand on them, so I opted to do the job in two pours, also saving about $1500 in additional form material costs by reusing the forms. So, with 1/3 of the back area yet to form and pour, I can only run my gas line back so far and then curl it up until the fianl pour is done. THEN I can set the line and do a final backfill. In the meantime, since backfilling on green concrete has to be done evenly to all sides, I can only fully backfill in certain areas until the gas crews (and other things) get caught up !

All I really want to do is weld on the DeSoto. Is that so much to ask ??!

It is really a sweet sensation to work in a nicely outfitted shop. It makes the job so much more pleasant. When it is all done, I will be glad I busted my nuts jumping through all these hoops.

BTW ~ That blue rear clip ... will provide all the little compound curves to finish my car. That is the one Big M Fowlie picked up where the guy set another car on top of it. Guilt-free chopping.

Kenny J.

Posted 2009-10-20 2:14 AM (#193209 - in reply to #193207)
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MOPAR-TO-YA - 2009-10-19 11:07 PM

I think you would be a good security man at one of the casinos----or maybe a brothel?

..............................MO

Not a rut at all..............it's being tossed from the cupboard into a roaring fire.

I HATE security. I am a fire equipment technician by trade. Casinos nepotism and croyism is also a major issue. Arizona is looking very, very, verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry good these days.

We can chat about it elsewhere, but let's leave this thread focused on what we do with and to our cars.

Kenny J.

Posted 2009-10-20 2:17 AM (#193210 - in reply to #193208)
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Doc, just don't wet down the fill as you compact it.............a local E.P.A. representative may drive past your place, see the wet soil, declare your construction zone a "wet land" and forbid you from finishing the shop!

Nathan D. Manning

Posted 2009-10-20 10:20 AM (#193236 - in reply to #165059)
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Took the '60 out for a nice drive yesterday and the day before... Probably gonna get the '56 out for a while today.
Weather here is NICE right now... Sunny and highs near 70 during the day. Clear and cold at night with lows in the 30s.

Winter is coming fast... Gotta get 'em out and enjoy them during these last days of Cruisin' Season.

-NM

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Posted 2009-10-20 10:55 AM (#193242 - in reply to #193210)
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Kenny J. - 2009-10-20 11:17 PM

Doc, just don't wet down the fill as you compact it.............a local E.P.A. representative may drive past your place, see the wet soil, declare your construction zone a "wet land" and forbid you from finishing the shop!

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Ain't THAT the truth !

Nosey Neighbor has been quiet these past few weeks, but ....

.... so far, and as far as I have direct knowledge of, she has called and I have been "contacted" by the following agencies this many times:

City electrical = 2
City engineering = 3
City parking = 14
Power Co. = 2
Air Pollution Control = 3

I guess she just hasn't thought about the EPA yet.

Good thing I do the kind of work I do. I just keep giving her rope. She will put it to use sooner or later.

d500neil

Posted 2009-10-20 3:02 PM (#193276 - in reply to #165059)
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Kenny, as you should already know, AZ is a 'Right-to-Work' state, which, IIRC, means that there is little job security,
relatively speaking, with low wages, as you can easily be able to replace another worker by agreeing to accept a lower
salary than him, and that you can similarly be replaced by some other guy who wants to take your job.

Maybe Jay Eldridge, or some other AZ resident, can chime in here on the overall job security and prospects, for the great state
of AZ...

Edited by d500neil 2009-10-20 3:03 PM

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Posted 2009-10-20 3:35 PM (#193285 - in reply to #193276)
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It also means you can leave at any time without advance notice. It goes both ways-

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Posted 2009-10-20 4:35 PM (#193297 - in reply to #193285)
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Nevada is also a right to work state and our union is very corrupt, so what's the difference?

K.

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Posted 2009-10-20 4:47 PM (#193298 - in reply to #193297)
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Bottom line is always job security (or not), cost of living, and business economy status.

All variables....

Kenny J.

Posted 2009-10-20 4:57 PM (#193300 - in reply to #193298)
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Bottom line is family. My wife becoming a widow and our daughter becoming father-less due to me being killed at work is more of threat than lack of job security.

K.

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Posted 2009-10-20 5:10 PM (#193302 - in reply to #193276)
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d500neil - 2009-10-20 12:02 PM

Kenny, as you should already know, AZ is a 'Right-to-Work' state, which, IIRC, means that there is little job security,
relatively speaking, with low wages, as you can easily be able to replace another worker by agreeing to accept a lower
salary than him, and that you can similarly be replaced by some other guy who wants to take your job.

Maybe Jay Eldridge, or some other AZ resident, can chime in here on the overall job security and prospects, for the great state
of AZ...

Quite simply, it sucks, Neil.

jsrail

Posted 2009-10-20 8:29 PM (#193338 - in reply to #193302)
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Mark's right, it sucks, but we'd still like to have you Kenny. Jobs are bad here, but I'm not sure it isn't like anywhere else unless your trade has anything to do with real estate. Real estate...forget it, we have members of our Hudson club who worked as civil engineers for years and now they are laid off and the wife is working part time at Walgreens, the husband hasn't found work yet. You should come out and take a look Kenny, we can put you up if you need a place to crash and my wife is an excellent cook and the brains of the family! lolJay

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Posted 2009-10-20 11:12 PM (#193350 - in reply to #193338)
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Hey Dr. D -

I realize it's a little late, but if your goal is just to have a place to work, why don't you look into renting some space in an industrial part of town ? That's what I did when I first started working on my Dodge. I had 24/7 access and lots of high amp electricity to do all the welding that I wanted. With the economy in the dumps, you could probably get something for cheap.

Ron

Kenny J.

Posted 2009-10-20 11:16 PM (#193351 - in reply to #193350)
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Makes sense. And no bump in your tax assessment, either.

K.

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Posted 2009-10-21 2:35 AM (#193359 - in reply to #193350)
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ronbo97 - 2009-10-21 8:12 PM

Hey Dr. D -

Ron

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Oh great, ... NOW you speak up !!!!

What I want is a place where I can hole up in the winter evenings and putter about with the cars or whatever. Having a place just steps away from the house makes all the difference in the world as far as my motivation, not to mention the ease and convenience of being able to fix most anything right here on site. Unfortunately for my spacial needs, my interests in hoarding bulky "things" goes far beyond old cars and parts. The shop is 30x75 on the ground floor, with 30x40 on the second floor for storage, work studio, whatever. For the first time in many years, all my "junk" will be in one location and hopefully organized enough to be able to lay hands on a desired object without a week of searching. At my age, I am planning to die here. I want to hunker in to a cool, functional place that reflects my interests and is design/built for minimum trouble in keeping up.

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Posted 2009-10-21 9:06 AM (#193366 - in reply to #165059)
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took a nice 75mile jaunt in the 61 seneca over to the paint store to get the camera on the paint, came up as an 81 alfa romeo color, got a sample then up to the shop to squirt some on the wheels to see if it matches and then little about town cruisin and back to the barn. not bad for western new york in october 60 degrees. everybody gonna get some excersize this week.(cept for the owner)

Kenny J.

Posted 2009-10-27 4:30 AM (#194039 - in reply to #193366)
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Installed new battery cables on the '57 Chrysler. Now I need to replace the cable which runs down to the starter. I also posted a video on Facebook showing how I tested an overdrive transmission solenoid for my '59 Plymouth. It works!

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Posted 2009-10-27 5:50 AM (#194042 - in reply to #165059)
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Bled the brakes on my '62 NY wagon yesterday after I had installed new rotors from a '73 Chrysler, a used dual mastercylinder from a Voyager, and brand new prop.valve.
Pedal-pressure with the motor off feels good.
Can't wait to take it out for a spin and feel how the discbrakes work!

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Posted 2009-10-27 10:27 AM (#194068 - in reply to #165059)
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Walter passed away on Jul 29, 2014. We will miss you, Walt!

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Recieved a workable two belt crank pulley for my '55. Blasted it, painted it, pulled the 0ne belt pulley off the crankshaft, installed the two-belter only to finally conclude that it needed modification. Spent Saturday at the lathe makeing a 0.25" spacer out of an abandoned harmonic balancer off an LA318. Now the pulley's line up. Also cut out the new door panels out of panel board, sealed 'em with acrylic enamel to hopefully avoid future water distortion after the upholstrey goes on and they are installed. Planned on finishing the door panels this coming weekend, but learned that I have to go to the lakehouse to celebrate son's 50th birthday. Why do events like that and the youngest son's wedding last Saturday crop up to get in the way of working on a car?

Oh Well!

Uncle Walt

Edited by wbower3 2009-10-27 10:28 AM

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Posted 2009-10-27 11:26 AM (#194071 - in reply to #165059)
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Walt, that's why the factory always put clear plastic on the doors behind the panels... to prevent water splash against the panels from when it's rains and water enters the doors.

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Posted 2009-10-27 2:48 PM (#194086 - in reply to #165059)
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Walter passed away on Jul 29, 2014. We will miss you, Walt!

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Yeah, I know that Herman, and that's on the program also. But I can't get that done until I get the glas man to undo his mistake. He put the left door glass in the right window frame and vice-versa. I've got to pull the door windowws back out and have them reversed, ie put the glass back into the correct frames so the windows will operate properly, before I apply the clear plastic and mount the door panels.

You know how it is, You take one step forward and then two backwards............................

Uncle Walt

Edited by wbower3 2009-10-27 2:49 PM

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Posted 2009-10-27 3:44 PM (#194099 - in reply to #165059)
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Cursed a lot and got my hands and arms scratched by the sharp edges and cable connectors under the dash, trying to loosen the bolts that holds the AstraDome in place. Not a pleasant work, but interesting.

d500neil

Posted 2009-10-27 4:17 PM (#194107 - in reply to #165059)
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BTW, those plastic moisture shields on the inner trim panels were/are known as being "Shower Curtains".

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Posted 2009-10-27 5:57 PM (#194135 - in reply to #194086)
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wbower3 - 2009-10-27 2:48 PM

You know how it is, You take one step forward and then two backwards............................

These days I only walk backwards and stopped walking forward. I'm getting much more done this way

Tonight I ripped out the rest of the front seat upholstery of the '57 Plymouth.
Turned out the front bench was loose on it's frame. Is this normal?

Noticed a manufacturing date on back of the upholstery. It said BFG 6-57.
Pics will follow.

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Posted 2009-10-27 6:09 PM (#194139 - in reply to #194135)
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Took my ride out to a local car show Sunday, the rear 10lb residual valve I installed 4 weeks ago is working great.
My 59 now has the highest pedal out of all 5 cars I own, pedal goes down 1/2 to 3/4 inch and your braking.
Very happy with the brakes finally.

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Posted 2009-10-27 8:55 PM (#194182 - in reply to #194139)
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I broke a few speed and lane changing laws getting to the engine rebuilder's place before 5:00 PM to pick up the cam so I can send it to Gary Pavlovich for a regrind. When I got there he didn't even have it out! So, my son and I just waited while he told one of the guys to get it out for me. Funny he was talking with a potential customer and probably wanted to show how they bend over backwards for their customers. What a load!

Anyway, Gary, it will be on its way tomorrow or the next day.

Jay

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Posted 2009-10-28 2:05 AM (#194206 - in reply to #194182)
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Got the new gas meter set, the line run from the meter to the building laid, tested, and passed inspection. Reset all forms for the final foundation pour (tomorrow), then it is strip and stack, backfill, and start standing walls !!! The DeSoto shrine is almost here !

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Posted 2009-10-29 5:20 PM (#194423 - in reply to #165059)
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I serviced the heater fan and the duct and finally mounted the new glove compartment interior that I bought from KP - it fit like a glove

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Posted 2009-11-02 12:00 AM (#194854 - in reply to #194423)
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Final foundation pour last Wednesday. Spent the next few evenings stripping and stacking forms and backfilling. Rounded up materials for the walls, and today I began standing walls !!!!

Yippee !

Finally, a building !

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Posted 2009-11-02 12:28 PM (#194881 - in reply to #165059)
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Dang, Doc,

Looks like you may beat the snow yet!

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Posted 2009-11-03 2:09 AM (#195000 - in reply to #194881)
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Going like hell ! Got another 25 feet of wall in tonight. My digger dude gave up, so I'll be renting a Bobcat to finish the grading ... another distraction from getting the lumber up.

Ah well, .... keep on keepin' on !

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Posted 2009-11-03 4:24 PM (#195061 - in reply to #165059)
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Looking GOOD Doc....

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Posted 2009-11-03 4:28 PM (#195063 - in reply to #165059)
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I have just Done a Oil Change on the Dodge, Fitted New Spark Plugs , Fitted New Rear Shocks with Coil Over Springs ( had them in the garage for 2 years , so thought i may as well use them ) .. And also Cured the problem of my front Right Brake locking solid after you come to a complete stop... Enjoyed Driving it for the Day.. But may have to Get her up in the Air and Covered in the Garage for Winter.. The Weather here is Horrible...

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Posted 2009-11-03 5:12 PM (#195073 - in reply to #195063)
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I'm telling people, around here, that I think that we 'had' winter, sometime last week, when it got cold and snowed
in the Sierra Nevadas.

Now, it's warm and sunny, here, like early September--but getting darker-earlier.

NovemBRRRRR????-not around here....

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Posted 2009-11-03 5:25 PM (#195078 - in reply to #165059)
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The last few days I helped friend add 2 leafs per side in the leafspring-packages on his '68 NewYorker.
He in turn helped out bleeding the discbrake-system once more on my '62 NY-wagon to get the last of the air out. Took the wagon out for a drive and the brake-conversion feels good and secure.
We also straightened out the radiator-frame on the damaged front of my '57 Plymouth.
Today I dusted off the '57 Chrysler and checked the oil for it's early morning appointment at the Dutch DMV tomorrow.

Kenny J.

Posted 2009-11-03 6:41 PM (#195092 - in reply to #195078)
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Found a new voltage regulator locally for my '57 Chrylser.

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Posted 2009-11-04 11:26 PM (#195273 - in reply to #195092)
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I installed Muttley's new regulator tonight, but ran out of time to install and polarize the generator. Will run a '59 Plymouth generator for now, until I acquire a correct '57 generator.

The wiring harness is revealing the typical "desert issues." If disturbed, the brittle insulation flakes away. The more I look at the harness, the more deplorable its condition appears to be.

The '57 Chrysler's automatic transmission starting circuitry is more complicated than the '59 Plymouth manual transmission circuit I am used to. The relay and wiring is totally different and more wiring is involved. I shudder at the cost of replacing the entire dash/engine bay harness and may as well replace the harness to the dome, tail and reverse lights, since some moron found it necessary to cut the leads to the tail lights inside the trunk and replace the ends with unidentifiable appliance wiring.

I know I can make absolutely necessary repairs to make things safe enough to drive around as I shake down the car before getting it road ready, but I absolutely will not trust this harness on any road trips nor would I want to use this vehicle as an occasional "commuter car" with deteriorating wiring.

The up side is how easy it will be to detail things under the hood with the harness out of the way when I can afford to send it off for reproduction.

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Posted 2009-11-05 1:08 AM (#195278 - in reply to #165059)
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Kenny, how bad is your underdash wireing? Mine was good , but the engine bay wireing was toast. With simplicity and underhood detail being more important than correctness, we cut all the wires as they entered from the dash and installed terminal strips on the firewall. We then re-wired the engine bay and really cleaned things uo. Also easy to test circuits at the terminal board now..............................MO

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Posted 2009-11-05 7:22 AM (#195293 - in reply to #195278)
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The idea sounds tempting, Steve.

I'll check under the dash and see. The fact that several sections of the engine harness have been replaced at some point tells me that there were issues. A couple of repairs were well done, with solder and shrink wrap, but some were half-ass repairs with those blue crimped on fittings.

I let you know what I find.

K.

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Posted 2009-11-05 8:11 AM (#195304 - in reply to #195063)
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Rebels-59 Coronet - 2009-11-03 4:28 PM
...may have to Get her up in the Air and Covered in the Garage for Winter.. The Weather here is Horrible...

Up in the air? Does your garage flood?

-NM

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Posted 2009-11-05 8:21 PM (#195465 - in reply to #195304)
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I installed the newly rebuilt anti-stall dash pot on the F.
It came back with the "goldish" color plating instead of the correct silver cad color but I'm more interested in the proper operation than I am concours color.
Now she idles with out stalling, warmed up, foot on brake, car in gear and the A/C on!! Whoopee!!!

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Posted 2009-11-05 9:58 PM (#195477 - in reply to #165059)
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I had a friend of mine who is a glass guy come out tonight to replace the broken windshield on my 59 Dodge. Well, the spare windshield the seller gave me is the wrong one! I think he accidentally gave me his spare for his 62 300! The bad news is he has left for Florida for the winter!

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Posted 2009-11-05 10:06 PM (#195479 - in reply to #195477)
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toddst - 2009-11-05 9:58 PM

I had a friend of mine who is a glass guy come out tonight to replace the broken windshield on my 59 Dodge. Well, the spare windshield the seller gave me is the wrong one! I think he accidentally gave me his spare for his 62 300! The bad news is he has left for Florida for the winter!
:madman:

That's bad..

If you're looking for another source for the right windshield, I know where you could get one in good shape for 100$ CDN, providing you pick it up yourself up here near Montreal. It is on a 1959 Desoto 2dr hdtp in a local junk yard.

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Posted 2009-11-06 4:41 AM (#195502 - in reply to #165059)
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I 'kicked' the wimpy 2-bbl intake of my 354 poly motor in the '57 Chrysler.
A 4-bbl or perhaps preferrably a dual 4-bbl intake will find it's place on the motor again.

Edited by BigBlockMopar 2009-11-06 4:42 AM

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Posted 2009-11-06 9:46 PM (#195613 - in reply to #195502)
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You could convert your 2bbl manifold into a 3x2 bbl. Just an idea.

BigBlockMopar

Posted 2009-11-07 6:20 AM (#195644 - in reply to #165059)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?

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Converting to 3x2-bbls is a bit too much hassle for me. but would look cool on these old motors.
I prefer 2x4-bbls more myself as they are a bit cheaper to buy/built and look more 'serious' IMO.
I've got a dual quad intake on the shelf for my 392 Hemi motor project. I'm thinking of using it on the poly-motor here and buy a new one for the Hemi again. I just wish these Weiand dualquad intakes weren't so d@mn expensive and way overpriced for the quality you get.

wizard

Posted 2009-11-08 2:05 PM (#195814 - in reply to #165059)
Subject: Re: What did you do to your FL car today?

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I finally got myself together and started to try to kick back some life in one of my radios! Basically it was full of gunk and dirt and most of the connections had verdigris on them. A good clean-up with electronic cleaner, some Tops and a small paintbrush resulted in a fairly clean inside. Some soldering points where looking suspicious, so I re-solder them. I connected the radio to a speaker and hooked up my power source and a spare oscillator - voila! - the radio was sounding strong and healthy! Now my biggest problem is that here in Sweden, the only thing broadcast on the AM band is Russian and other east countries s**t with a real bad reception, even though I coiled up a full roll of wire as an antenna. Does anybody know if someone sells the printed circuit boards for FM conversion?