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Location: NY,NY
Posts: 75
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Re: Slow Progress is better than No Progress.
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My restoration build is in the final stages of bodywork, of which I've been posting photos and brief commentary in the build section of this forum. Hopefully the engine and efi installation wil commence in a couple of months. Keep us updated on your progress! Nick |
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: So. Torrance, CA
Posts: 469
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Re: Slow Progress is better than No Progress.
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Looking forward to hearing how your PF4 install goes! Woody |
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: So. Torrance, CA
Posts: 469
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Re: Slow Progress is better than No Progress.
Well, I installed the new MAP Sensor and got the proper readings while connected to the digital gauge screen with the engine off. The engine started right up but ran worse than it had prior to my break-down, however, as I had goofed with the distributor during my time sitting at the curb, the first thing I did when I started it was to return the timing to the required 12 degrees BTDC (as Peter from Edelbrock had instructed me to).
As I dialed-in the timing, the engine ran better and better (in the driveway) but when I actually drove it, it went back to stumbling and popping as before…so I drove about 10 miles then called Peter back instead of driving the entire 50 miles. Peter took me into the “Advanced Tuning” section of the app and told me what initial adjustments to make to the basic Fuel Map. He told me to call him back after another 50 miles…and this time I won’t jump the gun! The off-idle response is significantly improved, as is the acceleration aspects up to around 40 mph. I didn’t take it on the freeway yet, so I only put about 10 more miles on it as a new (minor) issue has developed…it stalled several times when coming to a stop, unless I rolled very lightly to the stop. I might need to raise my idle slightly, or the slight build up of pressure in the gas tank is dropping my fuel pressure. I need to rectify the venting anyway, just to be sure that this isn’t a problem…but it’s apparent that the “self-learning” needs to have time to make adjustments as well as some more tweaking with the help of Peter. Woody |
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Location: Portland Oregon
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Re: Slow Progress is better than No Progress.
Sounds like progress to me. As they say "It's the journey, not the destination". Good work and thanks for posting, we're all learning along with you.
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: So. Torrance, CA
Posts: 469
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Re: Slow Progress is better than No Progress.
So it’s been awhile since I’ve made any real progress, but I have been working on my rear hatch…and I believe I just opened a can of worms!!!
To recap: Feeling as though I had a rear hatch that was in pretty decent shape, I removed the glass and inspected the lip to evaluate how much work would be required to reassemble it with the clean glass that member BAD1916 donated to me (thanks Bryce!). I dug out all the rubber bits I had collected preparing for this day, then began cleaning up the lip that the rear glass molding fits on to. It was much worse than I had expected, so I switched over to cleaning the hatch area where the weather seal glues to…and to my surprise, I uncovered a 40 year old repair (estimated by statements that the original owner had made back in 2017). Back then, metal work relied upon body filler (lots of body filler!!!) to make everything fit and appear correct…and they must have done a very good job as it wasn’t apparent that a repair had even been made, but the rot was not treated (or removed) and it just grew and grew until the wire wheel quickly exposed how bad it was! I hadn’t yet seen the area where a metal patch was welded in and about a 1/2 inch thickness of body filler was applied over it…but by that time, I had already came to the conclusion that I would be taking the entire hatch down to bare metal! The pictures show it pretty well, but I still have the outside of the hatch to strip…so I might have more surprises in store for myself. Time to find a good metal worker! Woody There is a fair amount of “Swiss Cheese” going on with parts of the rubber molding’s mounting lip…but the worst area is all along the bottom section where it has the previous repair! I think I need a metal fabricator as nobody reproduces anything for our hatches! |
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: So. Torrance, CA
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Re: Slow Progress is better than No Progress.
Here are close-ups of the outside corner area showing the patch and the same corner on the inside showing the molding’s mounting lip.
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The Older Generation
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Location: Montezuma, Iowa
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Re: Slow Progress is better than No Progress.
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It's amazing how rusty some parts are in CA. Maybe it spent some time close to the ocean. Anyway, It will take some time and patience to get that dialed in. It sure would be nice if one of the companies produced a re-pop one.
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