What are you doing today?

sirstude · August 16, 2011, 08:43:56 AM

Getting ready to head to the Good-Guys in Spokane tomorrow. I haven't been really anywhere this summer. The last month has been spent enjoying my new grandaughter, and the cars have kind of gone by the wayside. However, the sanding on the Olds has continued.

Doug

enjenjo · August 16, 2011, 10:58:09 PM

Went to a cruise night at Wauseon Oh. They had about 500 cars show up.

GPster · August 17, 2011, 07:41:56 AM

Quote from: "enjenjo"Went to a cruise night at Wauseon Oh. They had about 500 cars show up.

Did you take Shelby's Prom Limo? GPster

enjenjo · August 17, 2011, 01:38:53 PM

Quote from: "GPster"
Quote from: "enjenjo"Went to a cruise night at Wauseon Oh. They had about 500 cars show up.
Did you take Shelby's Prom Limo? GPster

Yes I did.

jaybee · August 17, 2011, 09:33:44 PM

Straightened the lower control arm on the DD Contour. #1 son slid it into a curb the last slick day of the Winter. I got it straightened some at the time but not enough to quite get it back in line and these cars aren't adjustable through eccentrics or shims. Eventually it chewed up the tires, which were about due anyway. With brand new tires on it today it was time to come home and get serious about the situation.

A new lower control arm would have fixed it for sure but I decided to see if another approach would save me the time and trouble. On the plus side it's a very shallow stamping in heavy material, and the bottom edge is supposed to be perfectly straight. The arm wasn't kinked, but had a gradual bend in it beyond a certain point.

No surprise that the BFH didn't faze it--it took throwing the whole car against a solid object to bend it, after all. Same for trying to jack under the bent part. No luck trying to get a pipe wrench on it to bend it locally and finesse it back into shape.

That leaves the blue wrench. A jack stand under the center of the bend, careful application of heat along the top of the hat section at the edge, and it fell right in line. My steel rule tells me it's as close to perfectly straight as I have any right to expect and the length measures exactly the same as the opposite side.

Now the wheel sits dead level, the car tracks straight down the road at any speed, on or off the brakes. Maybe it's partly the new tires, but I'm almost afraid to take it in for an alignment for fear that'll mess something up.

kiwipaul · August 18, 2011, 02:20:19 AM

Quote from: "enjenjo"I am cleaning the shop, I rebuilt the rear suspension on a 1970 AMX this week, springs, shocks, and torque links. It did not want to come apart after 40 years in Ohio.

Went and tryed to fix the brake lights on the New Yorker turning segnal and stop light use the same glob so pulled the streering wheel of and might have found the problem one wire not fitting . Will take a solding iron up on the week end. Boy it has been cold here is Vic or it might be I am just getting old.

348tripower · August 18, 2011, 05:09:00 PM

Got the COE back from upholstery today. Of to Woodward tomorrow for the day. Pictures to follow. Been busy with a lot of work in thew shop.

kb426 · August 20, 2011, 10:01:31 PM

I just got home from the Scott City rod run. 119 cars and only 1 32 Ford and no 55 chevys! I ran into EMSJUNKIE. He said to tell everyone Hi. He's not doing any projects now but still checks in some. Good day, nice weather, pleasant people.

Crosley.In.AZ · August 21, 2011, 10:09:12 AM

After 20+ years... I ground off some weld snot - beads - test spots a fellow put on my engine hoist.

I used a common China process when I built this knock - down engine hoist in the early 1980's .... I copied a rental knock-down engine lift. LOL

I loaned the hoist to a fellow ( I forget whom) and he used it to set an engine into a car and build mounts. He used my hoist as a spot to warm up the weld rod I guess.

I guess it took a couple of decades to get a "round 2 it" to perform that task.

WZ JUNK · August 21, 2011, 11:54:30 AM

Yesterday, 2 of my brothers and I went to the HAMB Drags. My youngest brother (53) had never been down a drag strip. I put him in the truck and he made 3 passes. One of the best days ever.

John

kb426 · August 21, 2011, 05:43:39 PM

John, glad you had a great day. I changed oil in the wife's car and the 32. I'm finishing some small things on the bike project and then I'll start on some mundane tasks that I've postponed for awhile.

Boyd Who · August 22, 2011, 12:29:53 PM

I saw some pics of your truck in one of the HAMB drags threads, John. Looked like fun!
That event is on my bucket list...hopefully done right after another trip to Bonneville.

Crosley.In.AZ · August 22, 2011, 11:17:04 PM

added a few tubes to the car's roll cage on sunday. There are no TIG welds in the vehicle , only MIG is used

58 Yeoman · August 23, 2011, 01:47:33 AM

I picked up a rotisserie from a friend at work, who is the welder there, plus has his own shop. He had built it for doing his Duster, and is now done with it. So, now it's mine. It'll still be a while before I get it on the '41.

sirstude · August 23, 2011, 09:47:51 AM

Got back from Spokane, and it was a great time as usual. Anyway, I popped the hood yesterday evening, and checked the oil. I had used quite a bit more than usual. Plugged the dipstick in and then happened to look at the core support, and there was my oil cap from when I added a quart. Today, i am going to wash off all the oil on the other side of the car from the dipstick. Sometimes getting old gets in the way of my mind.

Doug