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    Soft Pedal

    :chin:Sorry, I know I have asked this question here before. Just got the car down off the jack stands and took it for a spin. Runs good but still that darn really soft brake pedal. Here is what I have done in the past. New master cylinder, rebuilt booster, Both rebuilt front calipers. stainless...
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    Back on the site

    Have not been on the site in awhile. Just wanted to say Hey! I have not had the car out in about two years, Life got in the way :@. Going to get her out in about two weeks. Try to get to some shows this year. Will be talking at you guys soon. Dean.
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    TCW3 2-stroke oil for ethanol defense

    Anyone hear this. Was at a car show Saturday, guy with a 56 chevy came over and started talking. The subject of ethanol came up. He said a engineer friend of his said to put 1oz to every 5gallons of gas - 2 stroke marine oil with TCW3 in it. I check walmart has it and googled it. Some people are...
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    Car Shows

    This upsets me, I know it should not. You take your car to a show, not for trophies[sometimes]:) but to look at the other cars and enjoy Car Talk. Someone comes in with a Brand New Car, maybe a little chrome add-on here or there. It wins a trophy, I'm not jealous:P ,ok little bit. These are...
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    Car running not so good.

    Just got done with a major brake job and steering. Car ran fine before I started project. Just finished bleeding brakes, took her out for a little spin and under load she pops thru carb and exhaust. I didn't touch anything but brakes and steering, sorry new gasket on carb accelerator pump and...
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    Soft Brakes

    Finally got the new rebuilt steering box put in, New rebuilt brake booster, and new master cylinder. Bench bleed MC, bleed all four wheels. Took the car out for a little test run. Steering is great, brakes not so much. Pedal real soft, goes about 3 to 4 inches then the brakes come on like gang...
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    Happy Halloween

    Wife just craved My car into a pumpkin:D
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    Power to Manual

    Anyone switch their steering from Power to manual ? Is it a Big pain in the you know what. Like the fell of manual, just don't want to spend a lot to change it. Maybe I just need to rebuild or get a rebuilt box for mine, they are also pricey.
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    Electric fan

    Looking to go with electric fan, better cooling, and less horsepower drain. Anyone try Flex a Lite Black Magic 160 or 180 ? Any ideas welcome.
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    Wiper motor

    This might have been covered in the past, can not find in search of forums. Wipers not working. Checked fuse okay, wiper motor runs off the car on the bench, put in new wiper switch. Still does not work, checked my ground seems okay. Getting power too the motor at the connection plug. I just...
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    Rear springs

    Started this project in late April, all four corners of the car up on jack stands. Was rebuilding front suspension and putting new limited slip in rear end. Due to some health problems project put on hold until last weekend (7-28-12). After putting the wheels back on, it was like my rear...
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    Torque specs Front Suspension

    My Chilton's does not have some of the specs. I need: Spring saddle bolts on to upper control arm Strut rod bolts to lower control arm Bushings on upper control arm shaft Think I have the rest. Thanks.
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    Strut Rod bushing placement

    Taking advice from you Guys months ago, I'm lowering my car 1-inch. New coils, then this turned into a front suspension rebuild, then New slotted rotors. Sorry off topic. The new strut rod bushings have a metal disk cup piece , I have no idea where this goes. I know where the bushings go, the...
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    Coupe spoiler

    Finally found a Spoiler I like for my Coupe. Just wanted something small to break -up the rear end of her. I like it, but then I'm bias. What do you think? Another angle.
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    Vibration

    The problem, a vibration. I get it above 40 mph and is bad at 90 to 100 mph or more. The vibration seems to be from the front seats back. The things I tried already, had all the tires rebalanced, still had it, had drive shaft rebalanced, still have it, tried different set of rear tires, still...
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    71 Coupe

    Got the car from a guy here in PA. he got it from Arizona. Been working on it for 5 years now. Before and after photos.
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    Spoiler take 2.

    Finally got some photos. Here she is just about done I still think she needs something on the back,maybe it is just me. What do you guys think? Here is another view.
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    Spoilers?

    Just about done with my 71 coupe, will post pics soon. Had it painted Grabber Orange with black hockey stripe and hood painted black as Boss 351. The back end needs something. I'm not a fan of 71 to 73 spoilers on a coupe, any ideas? I was thinking a Rear Lip spoiler. I'm kind of going resto...
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