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04-03-2024, 7:14am | #181 | ||||||
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Actually, at the factory only ONE leg of the cotter pins were bent over the top of the castle nut (the other remains straight). This will indicate and it can be assumed that an alignment or changes have been made after leaving the line.
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When I looked at this second picture I nearly hard a heart attack thinking my frame was cracked (below the cotter pin). I had to go back out to the shop and confirm that it is only a shadow. Alignment shim and pic from the driver's rear facing outward. Don't let the trailing arm shape confuse you, I have offset trailing arms. You can see the stack of shims between the TA and the TA pocket and where the cotter pin comes out. Edit: Love the Okie accent. Sounds a little like Tx Panhandle. |
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You’re going to have a professional do a final alignment, it’s necessary. They will move shims around and set it up after you gave things “close”. It helps if you knew the counts on the original shims but if not don’t worry. Here’s a couple from my ‘72 showing how the factory installed them….Dint remember the year they started adding the large pins but I’d add them to insure the rear shims don’t fall out.
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From Baltimore actually but lived here since 88. Moms side if from NC and Tennessee so REALLY have the twang. 🤣 |
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Thank you all so much. Absolutely 👍 on the alignment. Just have missing parts (sway bar). |
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The pin just keeps them in place if they get loose from, say, a worn TA bushing. Quote:
If she hasn't already, I'd invest in stainless steel shims. Rickle's top photo shows why alignment people run from these cars. I'm sure it's just surface rust, but those shims are not going to just slide out and the alignment shop is not going to have a shim stack sitting on the shelf. |
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Lars; “If the engine has the correct intake manifold, it will have the "smiley-face" exhaust crossover feature in it. It is absolutely essential that you use the correct, 3-piece gasket "kit" under the carb to avoid exhaust ingestion into the intake manifold and to avoid severe vacuum leaks. I do not provide this 3-piece gasket set with the rebuilds - I only provide the lower gasket with the crossover groove in addition to providing gaskets to accommodate later-year intake manifolds. You will need to make sure you have the correct gaskets, or procure them. Info attached with part numbers and photos. You cannot use a "correct" '68 choke coil with a non-'68 carb since the coil rotation is opposite. You will need to use a 1969 manifold choke coil, and you may need to do some custom bending and adjustment of the choke rod to make sure it's travel range and operation is correct.“ |
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The mix of my mid Atlantic accent along with the southernese that I have picked up has most thinking that I’m from Louisiana. |
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Even sanding some runs and sags out of the vette.
Have done a little of this before so know the “basics”. Staying away from edges. Going slow, wet sanding with 800 on a small paint stick. Then working to 2000 block. |
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Mmmmm, wet sanding. Fun. I’ve sanded my fingerprints smooth several times.
Are the runs & sags in the clear coat I hope? Runs & sags are a sign of a bad painter. |
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My biggest regret is not upgrading the standard column to a tilt column on my 69. The damn wheel sits absurdly low. I'll have to do the upgrade at some point, despite the massive pain in the ass it is to remove the column to upgrade it. Makes it livable - easy ingress/egress.
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Seems to be a common upgrade, but I’m 5’6, petite female. Zero issues with getting in and out. |
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I was born in the city but grew up in Baltimore county (Parkville). It was a great place to live in the 1960’s and 70’s. Even the 80’s, buy our last few visits were sad. I remember in the 60’s/70’s the blacks crying about not having representation in the local government. So now that the place is run by black folks it sure has improved |
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Got headlights installed. Need get them perfect but at least installed.
Since most of the front grille brackets are missing and not installed yet it wasn’t too terrible of a job. Tim did the driver side all by himself while I was gone. I helped him with the passenger side and we knocked it out pretty quickly. One more thing checked off the list. |
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While I’m here.
Lars got the carb rebuilt and mailing it out this week. $510 for rebuilt $75 eBay quadrajet (later carb). Found out DUB already has petronix installed. Lars is NOT A FAN. Prefers the distributor and points. Also he strongly encouraged against electric choke and recommended 69 coil choke. Wish I could get 2 people to be on the same page. Fuggin car guys are like doctors. You talk to 3 of them you’ll get 3 opinions. 😝 Know Lars is the guru, so trust him. Just want a car that is dependable and as low maintenance as possible. (For a 50+ yr old car). |
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FWIW: when I was young and didn't have shit for money, for years I drove VW Beetles as my every day and road trip cars that all had points ignition. I never had a problem I couldn't fix roadside with the spare points and condenser in my glove box (the ones I took out at the last engine service), so although I spent some time under the deck lid with a flashlight, nothing worse than that ever happened. Quote:
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It was a Godsend back in '74. Cars would actually start in below 0° temperatures. Originally, there were some quirks with the modules, but that was corrected decades and decades ago. There was a guy in Nevada that converted points distributers to signal a remote mounted hei module. It still kept the points distrib look. Mounting the module inside under the dash wasn't uncommon. I wouldn't think twice about this. |
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