rgwoehr

Thanks. When I had the stock rod on there, I put the springs on, but that rod I'm using now doesn't have holes for the springs to go through. I did notice some weird noises at a traffic light earlier so maybe that was it.

Rescue Rogers

If you just rest your foot on the clutch pedal and the rattle noise goes away, thats it. Just dont ride it because you'll burn up the throw out bearing

rgwoehr

My pedal doesn't come all the way up to the stop by itself, and the sound I hear is more of a squeaking sound. I hardly ever hear that, and when I do, it stops if I put a little more pressure on the pedal or if I pull the pedal up further. Not too worried about it.


Today I made a plate to cover the hole in the transmission tunnel. I look forward to not having the engine heat and fumes blowing into the interior (although if I leave it the way it is, I won't need to replace my heater core...)

Rescue Rogers

Ya. Its not important but it can be annoying.
There should be a return spring from the firewall to the end of the push rod coming from the pedal

rgwoehr

I have that spring installed but for some reason it doesn't always come all the way up. My pedal is up really high when its against the bumper so there's some issues I need to sort out

Richard Daugird

You won't need that heater core once you move to Texas.

crawfish333

Hey, we have winter here! This year it was on January 17.

rgwoehr

That's true. I'll need to save up for vintage air once I move to Texas

Richard Daugird

Yep. Last night was the first time this year I slept with the windows open.

B&BVettes

Impressive!

rgwoehr

Looks like my turn signal pivot finally broke tonight. I've been concerned about that since I bought the car because the lever has always been really stiff and have wanted to look into that but I guess now I can't put it off anymore.

rgwoehr

I put the center console back together and changed the speedometer gear yesterday morning. I also ordered a new shifter **** today and might go get a shift pattern plate for the center console later this week. I can only drive it for a couple more weeks because my tags are expiring soon and I refuse to give CA $120 (plus another $60 for smog, which it probably won't pass...) when I'm gonna be leaving for Texas at the end of November.

rgwoehr

Not a very exciting update, but I put my new shifter **** on today. I need to pull the center console apart again and shim the shifter because I can barely get it to go into reverse because it hits the console.

chstitans42

Looking awesome. Want a tip? When you go to redo the plastic gauge housing and shifter plate, go to the autoparts store and buy some of the "bumper and trim" paint you can get in a rattle can. I did this on a 1985 C4 I had last year and it turned out AWESOME. Made that stuff look literally brand new!

rgwoehr

Thanks for the tip Ben. I've been debating whether or not I should paint the shifter plate lately. It needs it, but pretty much all the chrome is gone, so I may end up replacing it unless I can find a way to fix the chrome. If I decide to just paint it, I'll have to give that stuff a try.

chstitans42

At the hobby store they sell silver paint pens. Those make the chrome edges look like new after a few coats.

John Ulrich

Dirty Dalton

Do you have to be in Texas to get it registered in Texas?

Impressive work.

rgwoehr

I'll have to check that out. Thanks

Thanks. I'm not sure, I would assume I would have to have the car there to register it but I never looked into it.

Dirty Dalton

I wouldn't be surprised if you need an address there, but seems to me it would be worth a phone call to the Texas DMV to find out if, and what, you need to do.