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Removed the complete dash, replaced the tach board and headlight switch and defroster vents, and center cluster, and various bulbs and wiring repairs, pulled the heater box and now waiting on UPS for my new hoses and core. Amazing how fixing one small thing turned into this since I was already in there and didnt want to take it apart again.
I just did the same thing! figured since I had it apart ill fix everything
Installed performer intake, edelbrock valve covers, all new rear storage compartment and new seat backs. Interior is almost complete. New doors and new steering wheel to be installed this next weekend. Headers the weekend after.
what kind of bulbs did you put in there and do they come in white?
Those are white lights, the interior of the housing is kind of a baby/power blue. The (digital) pics are kind of deceiving, in real time the lights are not as bright as they appear in the pics.
There is a lot to consider when buying led lamps, such as; the number of led's in the lamp itself, the lumens, the beam angle, is it a side firing lamp, or is it a forward firing lamp, color etc.
It took me several days of research just to to pick out these five "general illumination" lamps and then I wasn't sure just what the effect was going to be, so hopefully the others will be easier to decide on now that I have something to go by.
I had a fuel filter get clogged while cruising. I barely made it back to the house. My regulated pressure was down to 3 psi when I pulled over. Luckily I had the correct tools to adjust it up to 6psi to get home. I could hear my electric pump working it's *** off. So I get to clean my in-line filters today. Probably got some crap in my last load of gas. Beware of cheap gas.
Finally got my drivers seat out of the '68. 2 weeks of having pb blaster soaking the rails, a board to distribute the force, a rubber mallet as a fulcrum and a metal bar to pry the seat forward. What a pain, but better than what I did to remove the passengers seat, we're not gonna talk about that.
Re-installed the passenger side door key lock on my '69 Coupe. The anti-theft lock door retainer decided to slip off the door lock and the lock came out of the door when I pulled the key out. After reading a few Forum threads on door panel removal and door lock access, I was able to locate the retainer clip and re-attach the key lock to the door lock assembly. Nice afternoon sitting on the driveway make this operational again.
Drove around with the top down..... front end alignment, 4 wheel balance and rotate. Tomorrow, changing the fluids etc. Enjoying this brief taste of spring temps here in GA.
I got hold of some bad gas. I almost got stuck out on the road while cruising. My cleanable fuel filter was filled up with trash. I cleaned the filter element and put some fresh premium gasoline in her. All is good once again.
Didn't do much today. Had to go to Harbor Freight and buy some flare nut wrenches to remove the line from my leaking left rear caliper; picked up a handful of other tools too. Got the line off the caliper, but the dang mounting bolts are frozen solid. Too much grime (and probably rust) I guess. They're soaking in PB Blaster right now... maybe I'll get back to it Monday night if the weather decides not to be evil.
Tried mounting the passenger seat with the bolts I ordered, only to find they're too short. Or rather, they're fine but the floor pan is warped all out of sorts. And of course, when one thing on these cars is out of whack it interferes with half a dozen other things. To get everything right I'm going to have to gut the interior, cut out the floor and install new, good metal. For the time being I'm just going to reinstall the seat using Bubba the PO's machine screws and flat washers to distribute the load across the pan. I'm not ready to gut my baby yet.
01-26-2015, 05:04 PM
For the time being I'm just going to reinstall the seat using Bubba the PO's machine screws and flat washers to distribute the load across the pan. I'm not ready to gut my baby yet. 