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Anybody working on their cars?

"Anybody working on their cars?"
What, are you a funny guy??? Since my 69 is named Roseanne, cuz it's always sumpin, it seems like I'm always working on her. Today I'm using an OA torch to the bottom side of the rear axle housing to get a little less negative camber. Years ago when I welded some control arm brackets to the top side it warped a bit more than I wanted. "They" say some rear camber makes the car handle better, which it does, buy I'd like to get it wearing better across the tread.

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rpm said:
"Anybody working on their cars?"
What, are you a funny guy??? Since my 69 is named Roseanne, cuz it's always sumpin, it seems like I'm always working on her. Today I'm using an OA torch to the bottom side of the rear axle housing to get a little less negative camber. Years ago when I welded some control arm brackets to the top side it warped a bit more than I wanted. "They" say some rear camber makes the car handle better, which it does, buy I'd like to get it wearing better across the tread.

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Not trying to be funny. Just looking for some good car stuff instead of the gripe stuff (albeit justified gripe) that has been taking over the feed. that's some serious uneven wear. To be clear you are heating and bending the axle housing? I did not know you could do that. more pics of the heating and bending would be awesome!
 
LeeFred said:
I am working on the trunk area of my 65 2+2. I recently installed a new 22-gallon fuel tank in it and is being held in place with rivnuts. I started a thread on it at the other place then deleted it. I am now working on installing the taillights and the rear bumper. I am ready to pull the trigger on a blast cabinet to start cleaning parts that have been neglected for a few years, like the brackets that hold the rear bumper onto the car.
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I saw that post and loved the idea. I went out and bought the Doyle one from hf worked fine today now I want a smaller one for tight spaces
 
Street66 said:
Not trying to be funny. Just looking for some good car stuff instead of the gripe stuff (albeit justified gripe) that has been taking over the feed. that's some serious uneven wear. To be clear you are heating and bending the axle housing? I did not know you could do that. more pics of the heating and bending would be awesome!
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I got your point, it was I who was trying to be funny, and apparently failed. I always thought the smiley face at the end indicated humor in a sentence.

I'm heating the axle, and the cooling of it like in a weld bead, will cause it to bend. Heating any metal causes the metal to bend towards the heated area. The cooling will hopefully bend it back to the original position. Sometimes more than one application of heat is required. If I had welded the lower control arm brackets instead of bolting them to the original leaf spring pads, the housing probably been fine due to welding on both sides. Education is not free.
 
Street66 said:
Nice work. Looks like you ceramitic coated it as well?
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Sort of. It's a product called ZyCoat: is a high-temperature, corrosion-protective aerosol coating designed for engine parts, exhaust headers, manifolds, and turbos temps up to 2000 degrees. It's a 2 part system. Clean with acetone, part 1 is a primer and let it air dry for 8 hours. Part 2 is the paint and after 8 hour air dry you can install.
 
Posted some pics earlier this week. Just had an alignment done yesterday and need to chase down a vibration. Everything is new and it was the First time the car has been on the road so I don't have any previous drive time to compare. (better or worse than before?) Starting with wheels and working my way forward.
 
Installed the windshield and rear glass on SN65 this am, in doing so realized I was missing the left and right side rear trim.

Also probably need to polish out what I have before I clip it in, so need to figure that process out. Back to the boards to search for information.

The good news is that the quarter window assemblies went in without a hitch.
 
REALLY enjoyed driving it yesterday before yet another round of thunderstorms and rain moved in. Hoping that will be gone by this evening. I have PLENTY to do yet on the Nightmist 66, but it has been so HOT and humid it's just miserable even in front of the fan.
I need to put in the clips then glazing compound around the front and rear windshield gaskets, put on the stainless trim, and restore the 5 original Styled Steel wheels, get some new tires on it and it's really ready for a road trip test.
My own 66 needs just small stuff basically no one would notice but me.
My older son's Emberglo 66 still awaits being rebuilt on a donor chassis after his crash.
 
Russstang said:
Hoping to get back in the garage in the morning to start shimming UCAs chasing my first alignment attempt. Will try to post pictures of sweat pooled up on the floor.
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You know if i had not taken my stuff out to the shop a few hours ago and emptied the dehumidifer your post would not have.been near as funny .
You would think a guy who did HVAC work would have some cooling in his shop would you not .
 
I have so many little and bigger things I'd like to do to the car that have purely been put off due to finances. Biggest one being a new main case swap for my TKO600 as this is the 2nd case I've cracked in the exact same area. Near the top left trans to bellhousing bolt where the top cover dowel pin locates on the case, Apparently a known weak spot for these transmissions. Anyways it likes to coat the underside of the car with synchromesh

Im highly considering a T56 if I can find or make one of those plates that lets you bolt up directly to a toploader bellhousing so I can retain the use of my stock Zbar. Similar to this https://americanpowertrain.com/shop...-kit-for-viper-t56-to-gm-tko-muncie-t10-bell/

It seems quicktime makes bellhousings to retain Z bars for Chevy applications but none for the fords afaik. Id also rather not go with an aftermarket bellhousing due to their high costs

I also have miscellaneous other things to do like weld up a cracked alternator bracket and some old booger welds from when I first started welding
 
My garage is a disaster. My sister and brother-in-law got evicted recently (landlord got a divorce and kicked them out to get her house back!)
Thankfully, my mom and dad have a full basement, and they were able to move in! It's been a good thing in many regards, so no sob story there, guys.

BUT - that also means I had to clean all my childhood stuff and old computers out of their downstairs! And guess where it ended up? Piled all around my poor car. ;)

So! Today, I worked on organizing and finding better places for a lot of it!!
 
Street66 said:
Not trying to be funny. Just looking for some good car stuff instead of the gripe stuff (albeit justified gripe) that has been taking over the feed. that's some serious uneven wear. To be clear you are heating and bending the axle housing? I did not know you could do that. more pics of the heating and bending would be awesome!
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Check out Chassis Engineering by Herb Adams:

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