edekalil Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Gas tank is in the Goon. 3 Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Fuck the Facebook group, it's your car put the intercooler where you want. ha! FB does tend to bring out the trolls. However, I ended up liking it better behind the grill anyway. I finally drove it around yesterday. The SR motor has been a little clackity clackity on deceleration, and after replacing lower bearings and verifying oil levels, and I think the noise might be a bad chain tensioner; I'm going to work on that at some point in the future. Immediate projects: 1. Get the brakes figured out. I've got discs all around now, and they're not releasing all the way. Also, need to bleed them again. 2. Install some gauges in the car again. I've been running all of my sensors through an R33 skyline dash... which I thought would be cooler than it actually is. So I pulled it, and now I have a bunch of sensor wires dangling in the car. No tach, no speedo, no temp, no pressure... just a bunch of hope that everything is running ok! I'm going to run everything through a digital gauge cluster I'm building (arduino, raspberry pi, etc., etc.) Quote Link to comment
russaroll Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Changed my oil.While I was filling it back up I noticed this plug, green wire right behind the alt. It comes of the main harness.Any idea where it goes?Car still runs w/o it plugged in. Just curious? Quote Link to comment
rosso Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Cleaned garage and got new project car in. Just fits and the scaffolding will be an engine hoist for the engine swap. 1 Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Maybe the horns.....just guessing but with two wires, maybe not. Quote Link to comment
heywier427 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Tried to install the gas tank in the Goon , having issues getting the old filler rubber (now hard cause it's old) to connect back with the tank. Also wondering if there are any better fitting hose material for the 2 smaller hoses that connect to the tank then through the framework to the tubes made to the body that go's to the canister in the rear inner quarter panel. Now my old body is hurting but what the heck. I'll now have to re figure this out. Not having any friends around to help is a drag as well. I do know it came out so it should go back in. Can also try heating it (or just the end of it) in soapy water on the stove. Works really well. Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 I used a hair drier and with the help of anouther friend we got it to line up and go in enough. I'll find out today or tomorrow when I hook up the rest of the things under the hood. Thanks for the info I'm sure I'll need it on anouther one of my cars. Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Cleaned up the plugs and leaned her out a little Fired her up and drove her to get a drink and corn dog ( 2p-5p) cheaper. I know not good but quick. She was so perked up after the way need cleaning and adjustment. I know she needs a cleaning (soon). 2 Quote Link to comment
russaroll Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Maybe the horns.....just guessing but with two wires, maybe not. that's it. I took those weak horns out and put in a BMW horns on driver side. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Changed my oil. While I was filling it back up I noticed this plug, green wire right behind the alt. It comes of the main harness. Any idea where it goes? Car still runs w/o it plugged in. Just curious? Is that the oil pressure sending wire, the horn you would have 2 wires, but yes looks closer to the front of the car. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 I installed my intercooler. I originally put on the outside of the car, but got some flack for it on the FB group, so I reinstalled it on the inside. Fuck the Facebook group, it's your car put the intercooler where you want. Thank you for installing on the inside. 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Changed my oil. While I was filling it back up I noticed this plug, green wire right behind the alt. It comes of the main harness. Any idea where it goes? Car still runs w/o it plugged in. Just curious? I'm taking a guess it looks like it has 2 wires work a female flat connector connects to the passenger side horn. Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Pushed 'em out for a bit of cleaning. Hoped to get some of the rattle can paint off of the Sedan. This was all I really got.....dammit. Edit: Was using a pressure washer to try and get Rattle paint off. 2 Quote Link to comment
heywier427 Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Looks like its staying blue! :) And if swapping horns, the mk1 vw rabbits/scirrocos have the loudest horn ever for a stock vehicle. They are insane when compared to any other stock horn! Has to be an original one though. 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 It feels so good when all is going good even on a stock 510! Took her out this morning. The 70 2 door has minor water leak (a small hose) but is also running great after cleaning the plugs. Next up to get the last stuff done to the Goon and de how she runs with the 32/36 DGV Weber on her. And last but not least to get this one back together fixed all up and lowered with an L20B and dule Mikuni carbs. WOW! 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Hitting the wall at the moment trying to figure the matchbox dissy hookup. Had to take a break and eat. 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Hoped to get some of the rattle can paint off of the Sedan. This was all I really got.....dammit. Edit: Was using a pressure washer to try and get Rattle paint off. It wouldn't be cheap, but Simple Green is phenomenal for stripping spray paint without damaging the paint underneath. Could get some saran wrap, spray on the Simple Green, then stick the wrap on to keep it in place? I've done it tons of times, but by soaking them in it. Haven't tried to do a big panel, but it works, it isn't caustic, and it doesn't really stink up the shop. Quote Link to comment
Fetch Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Pushed 'em out for a bit of cleaning. Hoped to get some of the rattle can paint off of the Sedan. This was all I really got.....dammit. Edit: Was using a pressure washer to try and get Rattle paint off. If it is rattle can paint, it is softer than the old car paint. I have used a graffiti paint remover on painted over bicycles. It bubbles up quickly and does not hurt the enamel paint. Just hose it off Home supply stores have it as well as Grainger, https://www.grainger.com/search?searchQuery=Graffiti+Paint+Remover Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Had to give up for now on the Goon, I'm sure it's something stupid like I put the wrong rotor in the electronic distributor cap and it's not fireing at least it hit me later last night. Till next weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Gone take the Sedan over to the house and figure what I missed on the Goon to get it running. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted May 13, 2018 Report Share Posted May 13, 2018 Took the dash apart to install a cap on the pad and repaint the face of it... 3 Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Dude, why is that 1200 all dusty? :poke: 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Goon is now running and driving on her own, now to bleed her rear breaks. Then stop the water leak on the 70 sedan. Now I have to figure anouther week vacation to get more caught up on some work on these babies. 2 Quote Link to comment
BrandonS Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Goon is now running and driving on her own, now to bleed her rear breaks. Then stop the water leak on the 70 sedan. Now I have to figure anouther week vacation to get more caught up on some work on these babies. What was the fix with the dizzy? Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 What was the fix with the dizzy? First was the the nut behind the steering was loose (me) putting on the wrong rotor and probably did not wire it right, anyway just put in the old points distributor and it worked. I did figure the elec distributor I was trying to use was an old one that origanly had the shaft with a gear from a different motor I believe, I figured out how to swap the slotted shaft from a points one into it to make it work but there was some other things I had forgot to get it to fire correctly, I swapped it to the sedan and the coil and figured out how to make it work so I do know it is good. Quote Link to comment
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