Ripinator
Old Man with a Hat
I really hate Toyotas - Even more than Hondas.
New to me 78 NYB on its way but please Don't tell my wife
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I really hate Toyotas - Even more than Hondas.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
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I couldn't find an "Ugly New Cars Hall of Shame" thread on FCBO. Could be fun.
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Good-looking new cars would use a lot less bandwidth.
78Brougham
"Chump"
Same could be said for good looking girls
Oh... here we go again....
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I gave in to temptation and started a thread under Jokes etc. Didn't mean to hijack your thread, NYB.
Ugly new cars and the creatures that inspired them?
Ugly new cars and the creatures that inspired them?
Washy washy
Now she’ll be “The Talk of the Town”
Now she’ll be “The Talk of the Town”
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No big deal...
Little later in the day... clean
Resprayed the valve covers... needed to really rattle off the can to get the right color. We live and learn. Looks much better without the emission sticker on it.
No leaks, so far, from the heavy duty gaskets.
She’s home. So far so good. Wife only upset with me for a day. I call that a win!!!
Temp where the car runs almost perfectly. Transition to it gives rough idle until the temp hits the normal range or close. First few minutes are perfect until the enrichment circuit cuts out. More thinking called for.
Tomorrow I’ll tune up the Citroën and mess with the cruise control on the NYB.
Resprayed the valve covers... needed to really rattle off the can to get the right color. We live and learn. Looks much better without the emission sticker on it.
No leaks, so far, from the heavy duty gaskets.
She’s home. So far so good. Wife only upset with me for a day. I call that a win!!!
Temp where the car runs almost perfectly. Transition to it gives rough idle until the temp hits the normal range or close. First few minutes are perfect until the enrichment circuit cuts out. More thinking called for.
Tomorrow I’ll tune up the Citroën and mess with the cruise control on the NYB.
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Still sorting through the cruise control. Not getting power from the switch now. Need to trace it.
Went to lunch and it was really hot. Car ran well and a/c was blowing cold. No problem. After lunch, car started fine but had this horrific belt squeal. Opened the hood and found a first.....
The belt was flipped and was actually riding on the edge of the pulley..... that’s a first!
Looks like I got a rotten one.
Went to lunch and it was really hot. Car ran well and a/c was blowing cold. No problem. After lunch, car started fine but had this horrific belt squeal. Opened the hood and found a first.....
The belt was flipped and was actually riding on the edge of the pulley..... that’s a first!
Looks like I got a rotten one.
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78Brougham
"Chump"
Shame you can't go and put it up the genius' sphincter that sold it to you. Hard to even find "matched belts" anymore. Ask for them and they look at you like you're from another planet!
Probably broke first I would think, then the other was squealing maybe not...
Probably broke first I would think, then the other was squealing maybe not...
That’s exactly what I thought.
Happy Fourth of July!
After party clean up and storage of spares has started.
This may take a while....
This may take a while....
Follow up.....
On the theory that the time in the shop with its short running times fouled the plugs and loaded the intake with old gas gunk..... I pulled the no. 1 plug and found it wet with gas after experiment of a typical 2 min. short run to move it.
Blew 2 cans of gumout through the carb almost to stall with a couple of good full throttle pulls.... think I blew most of it out.
Running smoother, much more responsive to throttle and generally better today.
Getting a tank of non ethanol recreational gas to see if that has an effect.
Looking at insulating the fuel line over the block as it gets very hot...... (sort of defeats the whole Thermoquad theory of keeping the gas cooler)
Looking to also relocate the line out from over the valve cover.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
They came with the car but never looked right to me.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Well, it's the correct factory style.
You have to snake it between the alternator and the block.
That part of it looks right. It’s the rubber hose in between that looks wrong.
The carburetor feeds from underneath at the center rear. It’s a rubber hose connection. Then the hose goes to a steel line to make a 90 degree turn to the front. From there it goes back to rubber before meeting the steel line coming up between the alternator and the block from the fuel pump.
My other mopars have it all steel.
The carburetor feeds from underneath at the center rear. It’s a rubber hose connection. Then the hose goes to a steel line to make a 90 degree turn to the front. From there it goes back to rubber before meeting the steel line coming up between the alternator and the block from the fuel pump.
My other mopars have it all steel.
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