congrats...
Way to to go Steve!
Way to to go Steve!
What did you do to your E9 today?
- Thread starter adawil2002
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Polished my red handle screw drivers.
mr bump
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Jump started it to use this morning as the battery was flat, pumped the tyres up then somthing happened in england which is a very rare occurrence. .........it rained!
So it went back into the garage.
So it went back into the garage.
Got up before dawn and drove the twisty River Road along the Mississippi to Baton Rouge for the Eurofest show, and she brought home the bacon in the Preservation Class ;-) Lots of comments like "these are really going up in value now, huh?" At least they seem to get more respect these days.
congratulations steve
Steve,
that is a cool drive ... a lot more fun than I-10. a big congrats on the win.
that is a cool drive ... a lot more fun than I-10. a big congrats on the win.
piezopaul
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Today is a another day..
Chris "ski coach" and I took our coupes along the NH seacoast for a nice drive on glorious autumn day.
Hey Ski Coach,
GREAT to see the old girl. She looks thrilled to be out!-Piezopaul
pmansson
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Learned that my clutch and flywheel are shot and need to be replaced. Also the slave cylinder is leaking. Good news is my driveshaft is good. My car is in the trusted hands of VSR. 5-speed swap is going well.
On "Magnus" I learned that if you don't properly ground the A/C switch you will keep blowing fuses and fret immensely because the A/C systems tend to be very expensive (and difficult) to repair. Since I had my new gauges grounded to the same spot it also answered the question as to why they were not working correctly. Whenever I touch anything electrical on these cars I feel like I arrived at a gunfight with a hammer.
oilcan93
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Giant mousetrap
Today I'm picking up the new hood support and sound deadening foam for the hood. I lost my laptop with bookmarks for DQ's project on this but I think a quick search should keep me safe from the frustration of doing this totally solo. Keep your fingers crossed for me
Today I'm picking up the new hood support and sound deadening foam for the hood. I lost my laptop with bookmarks for DQ's project on this but I think a quick search should keep me safe from the frustration of doing this totally solo. Keep your fingers crossed for me
decoupe
(deceased)
Visiting Rights
Stopped in to visit the coupe huddled warm with friends in the corporate hanger (aka "the petting zoo"). Made up my list of winter projects and hooked up the battery tender.
-15c outside.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g120/decoupe/photo_zps3a879f6c.jpg
Stopped in to visit the coupe huddled warm with friends in the corporate hanger (aka "the petting zoo"). Made up my list of winter projects and hooked up the battery tender.
-15c outside.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g120/decoupe/photo_zps3a879f6c.jpg
At the top of those stairs is where they open and close the Canadian Stock Market you can't fool us! 
Niiice
Niiice
Took more than one day, but after replacing all fluids, distributor cap, rotor, timing, carb adjust, and a few other things it purrs.
Idling in Cupertino puts to shame my fuel injected cars:
https://plus.google.com/photos/105206305094553520386/albums/6081098481126505185/6081098488868571154
Idling in Cupertino puts to shame my fuel injected cars:
https://plus.google.com/photos/105206305094553520386/albums/6081098481126505185/6081098488868571154
Arde, what were the "few other things" ? She sounds awesome!
- For a good ground we installed the straps that Luis sent. The bottom one we removed was silver, probably original or at least there since the nineties.
- Spark plugs, synched and adjusted the Webers. Did not touch cold idle.
- Valve clearances, valve cover gasket.
- Steering wheel aligned with the wheels at the tie rods (the coarse spline is useless for fixing that by rotating the steering wheel).
- Brake fluid being bled again this time manually as the pedal is spongy
- Tire rotation removed a vibration at speed, front tires probably not happy with the car sitting for weeks sometimes.
Attachments
Thanks Arde, I thought maybe you found the big red button that said "idle perfectly". Mine is doing OK but I'm going to re check all the grounds, check the plugs, cap and rotor and if I don't get what I'm looking for I'll continue to search for that button!
MyFemurHurts
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Recently repainted the air filter housing, and after installing it, my OCD went into over drive. Degreased the engine bay as best as I could.
Need to paint the power steering reservoir cap, and I'm going to glass bead blast the valve cover next time I have it off when I adjust the valves.
Before:
After getting decades of gunk off the fender, which went up to the bottom of the red label:
I can now sleep at night:
Need to paint the power steering reservoir cap, and I'm going to glass bead blast the valve cover next time I have it off when I adjust the valves.
Before:
After getting decades of gunk off the fender, which went up to the bottom of the red label:
I can now sleep at night:
Man, I don't know how you guys do that. That sounds as perfect as you can possibly get. I think we need a clinic at Monterey next year on carb tuning.
Sahara looking great!