Skib Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 that's 6,400 RPM not at all impossible for an L16 Iv put L16's to 7k . 6,400 is no problem. Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 7k? Mwahahaa I usually chicken out at about 5 and a half. ;) .. but that's in an L20b, so that's a little different story. Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Since the wagon has been all taken apart(the PO was preparing to paint it, before losing interest), we have a car full of parts. We started going through them, and Jordan wanted to start cleaning the door cards. We brought em home and she washed them off with water. They were pretty dusty. Next, she laid them out and treated them with some Mother's brand Protectant, to moisturize and bring em back. Very nice. Atta girl :) We let em sit for a few days, and are gonna head out there in a few to put em on. Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Snap! Just found this thread! Congrats. Such a clean Wagon and killer find ! Love it! Green is a good Colorado on it for sure. :) Great to see she wants to scrub it down, and make it clean to call her own :cool: Subscribed ! :cool: Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Very nice! It so reminds me of when I brought mine home almost 10 years ago. Subscribed. Quote Link to comment
Boaty Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 FWIW, buy some McGuiars natural shine protectant and lay it on super thick, and let it sit for awhile. Buff off when it dries up a bit, reapply some more. I managed to take a completely gray 510 dash, and turn it black again when all other methods failed. It's been an even black for years now. Smells decent, too - and doesn't wear out. The natural shine doesn't leave a super high gloss (which is preferable in my opinion since it doesn't collect as much dust) - but leaves everything as close to the original color as you'll get it. I consider it the Back-to-Black of McGuiar's interior shtuffs. Nice goon! Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 I know you haven't worked on this in the last couple days. Aside from pushing to higher ground, any updates? Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Alright.. so this thread has sunk to the depths, as we've been waiting on a title that has been an all out hassle to get our hands on. J hasn't wanted to touch the wagon, for fear that it would be taken away from her, or never actually be technically hers... and rightfully so. So for the past 8 months or so, it's been in limbo. Fast forward to present day: We just got word that the title's in the mail, and it should be in her hot little hands in a day or so. Yeshhhh... Quote Link to comment
Dirttrack510 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Iv put L16's to 7k . 6,400 is no problem. Yeah, I crank my L16 up to a little over 7,000 RPM's for about 6-8 miles every Saturday night at the local dirt track and I've yet to break a motor and I've been doing for 3 years. Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 So what ever happened with this thing? Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted May 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 So what ever happened with this thing? ;) 3 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted May 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Alright a little bit of catch up, here. Probably around August, we FINALLY got the title in the mail, and it was on. Immediately we went out and got everything we would need to tune her up and get her on the road. We knew she would run, now to freshen her up. Since this was going to be J's car, I wanted to make sure she knew what went where in case I was ever not around to do it for her. Here she is gettin' dirty, changing out the old gnarly plugs for new ones. We did the wires, cap, and rotor at the same time. Air and fuel filters, too. Yes ma'am. We had already changed the oil and filter first thing, so that wasn't on the list anymore. The next big issue was a problem we had with the fuel fill tube. It seemed as though the one in her wagon was cut short for some reason.. the plastic tube just would NOT reach the metal fill. Some of the pics are kinda blurry.. not sure why. Being hard plastic and not soft rubber, it was impossible to stretch it onto the metal tube. I had contemplated pulling the fill spout out and welding a section of exhaust pipe on to make it longer.. why would someone cut this short? ... after doing some more looking, I saw this.. Seemed like kind of an odd feature, but then I realized what it was for; this was where the extra length of the tube was compensated for. For some reason, probably the warm days and cold nights in the desert, the hose and contracted and eventually shrunken to the point that it slid and removed itself from the fill spout! On a hunch, we put some heat to it.. Wouldn't you know it? It started to soften and stretch! We clamped the hose onto the spout and while from the inside of the wagon, J kept the heat on. From the outside, I kept constant, firm upward pressure on the spout. The donut stretched and we were in business. The PO that disassembled it was good enough to DO IT RIGHT, and label everything that he removed. Thanks mang! There was no choke cable, so with the manual choke, we were having to hold the choke closed with a rubber band and move it open with our hands as the engine warmed up. That got old REALLY quickly, so as soon as we were able, a cable was obtained and routed. MUUUUUCH better.. We could now start and warm up the car from the driver's seat B) Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Will this one also be at canby?!?! Quote Link to comment
converted_to_datsun Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Nice goon! You have all the cool toys Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 nice goon man....love the color and cool chick to to be so down to work on the d's :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted May 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Will this one also be at canby?!?! She'd like to cruise it in for at least one afternoon. Nice goon! You have all the cool toys Thanks man, but this one's all her :) nice goon man....love the color and cool chick to to be so down to work on the d's :thumbup: Yeah, she's awesome! :D Quote Link to comment
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