Did some work this weekend:
Got most of the grinding done on the first patch I welded in. Learned a lot from this one and I'm glad I started with a pretty basic patch. I should be able to do a better job on future ones.
I also installed the new gas cap that I purchased. Kind of a fun little piece.
I also flipped the car around in my garage so that I could look at the rust and damage on the passenger side. My front fender looks like it was snagged on something at some point in its life so I'll need to get that fixed.
I've been having issues with the engine vomiting oil once the car gets nicely warmed up and the throttle is held at about 3000rpm. So I went around and found that all my oil pan bolts were at least 1 turn loose from 12 ft-lbs of torque. Hopefully that was the solution to that problem.
Since buying the car I was missing on of the springs for the hood pins. So I went on a mission to find new springs. I finally found a company that had a few springs that seemed like they'd be close. I settled on this one.
Original on the left, replacement on the right. Other than being about a quarter inch shorter in length it's basically dead on everything else. Here it is installed.
I replaced both of the springs since the one that I had was pretty rusty anyway.
Does anyone have a picture of what the hardware on these pins is supposed to look like? I feel like mine never want to do anything other than unscrew themselves so I think I'm missing something.
This weekend I hope to get the passenger side cut up and the rust repair started there. Once the new tail light panel goes in it'll be time for her maiden road trip in over 20 years!
