What did you do to your car today?

[mrgmhale]

Today I played with the wireless Steelman Chassis Ear, clipping one of the 4 wireless sensor/transmitter units to a fuel injector steel fuel line, and the other to the rear of an alternator. As expected the fuel injector steel line produced a significant "heartbeat" every time the fuel injector fired, and the rear alternator bearing sounds just as sooth as I had anticipated (and hoped). None of our vehicles has any unusual noises, but when it happens to us or a friend I am ready to dive in! I do plan to use it to ascertain if a slight noise with the 73 Mach 1 engine is a small exhaust leak or a leaking hydraulic lifter.

I also got their wired sensor kit, and plan to connect it to my 4 channel digital scope to get a visual representation of vibrations (sounds) its sensor picks up. I can see how this kind of tools can be very helpful with unusual noises that are otherwise hard to track down. The interface with an oscilloscope is not an unknown capability (Google PicoScope NHV), but it is something of an emerging sector in auto repair.

 

[Bentworker]

Installed the front and rear valance, along with my front splitter and fender extensions. So far so good. The front bumper will be the same darker color as the front extensions. Front bumper fillers were grey and I dyed them black.

 

[rio1856]

Damn!!! Bent, your sled is SOOO!! shiny and reflective like a mirror, I can see what you look like dude!!! You're doing an awesome job!!!

 

[Bentworker]

This mornings project was the repop grill. Close, but different enough in a few ways. 1) The headlight trim ring (door) fastener hole is too big. 2) The holes for the trim clips were pretty wonky and not fully cut. Ended up securing the trim clips with epoxy.

Lesson learned with a repop grill is to install all of the stainless trim off the car- then install it as an assembly. The repop stainless trim is a bit of a pain. I had to shave every single clip to get them to fit into the trim channels. Once I got all the clips in place I had to tape the trim on tight, pull the grill out, place it on its nose and use epoxy to retain everything.

 

[PoFoMoCo]

Nice job Bent!

 

[Bentworker]

I got the front bumper on, the tail lights and trunk seal.

 

[Bentworker]

Rear bumper on. Blackened the stainless caps on the carriage bolts with some Sculpt Nouveau transitional stainless black.

 

[Stanglover]

Hopefully, I FINALLY got the last of the PS (Ford type F) fluid cleaned off from when the PS hose blew out of its pump fitting after 10 years!! What a friggin mess, but at least the engine bay is ready for our first big car show, Retro-Fest in Chatham at the end of this month (27-28th). The oil had got into the cross member and continued to drip out for days. Fortunately, my garage floor is epoxy painted, so easy to clean up.
Now all I need is some sun and warmer weather.

 

[Kilgon]

Went to one of the local car shows yesterday. Made the top ten. I'm really proud of how well the car shows.

 

[Bentworker]

Drove the car about 40 miles. Blue tape was to avoid rock chips.

 

[Sheriff41]

Drove the car about 40 miles. Blue tape was to avoid rock chips.View attachment 76662

Congratulations! How was the drive? Have you stopped smiling yet? 3M makes a clear material for protecting car finishes from rock chips.

 

[Bentworker]

Congratulations! How was the drive? Have you stopped smiling yet? 3M makes a clear material for protecting car finishes from rock chips.

Drive was loud. Overall good, it will be a lot more comfortable with glass and intetior.

 

[Cleveland Crush]

Drove the car about 40 miles. Blue tape was to avoid rock chips.View attachment 76662

 

[Cleveland Crush]

As Sheriff mentioned I use this product behind all 4 wheels:

 

[delawarebill]

had an issue of let go of steering wheel and steers right. had the front end alignment done and tech said it was a little off and fixed that. but said one of my front tire is the blame. he switched fronts and then it steered left. so got 2 new tires today and drives straight as an arrow now. never would have thought tires would do that. now to address the noise i hear in rear. that's a fall project to pull the 3rd member.

 

[Tnfastbk]

Congratulations! How was the drive? Have you stopped smiling yet? 3M makes a clear material for protecting car finishes from rock chips.

https://www.xpel.com/products/paint...MIopSK-4bz_gIVSefjBx3cwQ6zEAAYAiAAEgLiPvD_BwE
This is what we have used on several cars

 

[Stanglover]

What did I do to my car today............ nothing!

 

[Bentworker]

https://www.xpel.com/products/paint...MIopSK-4bz_gIVSefjBx3cwQ6zEAAYAiAAEgLiPvD_BwE
This is what we have used on several cars

That is what I plan on using. Was warned to wait a while before applying. Plan on film later this year.

 

[mrgmhale]

I got to drive our 73 Mustang Convertible bout 60 miles round trip for a meeting with one of local car clubs. The 302 ran great! It always does, the entire vehicle is so nicely balanced. The other week I installed a Pertronix Ignitor (and a Pertronix 12 volt ignition coil), and recorded the process to include the 12 volt switched and non-resistor ignition circuit rewiring. I knew it started and idled nicely in the garage, but this little trip was the proof that the Pertronix system was up to the task. What a nice car to cut round in when the sun is out.

 

[tashakes]

Installed the rear sway bar. I find it amazing that the car went through 50 years of ownership without one. The difference is night and day. Best money spent so far. Took about 2 hours because I went real slow and there are very few videos. The one tip I can give (took me a while to figure it out) is that when fishing the bar through the dual exhaust, make sure that the axle is fully extended so the bar can rotate once it makes it through both sides of the exhaust pipes. Then raise the axle up to level to attach the mounting points. Pretty straight forward.