[njsteve]

I was tinkering with the car today, drove it to my buddy's garage and we couldn't figure out where the freakin' squeekin' noises were coming from. I tightened everything I could find (including finding a bunch of suspension bolts I didn't tighten 5 years years ago when I assembled the suspension), but couldn't stop the problem. The squeek would appear the moment the front suspension moved.

So after tightening everything twice, I removed the front shocks and discovered that from sitting so long, the four upper shock grommets on both sides were permananetly compressed to the point that they allowed the shock stem to move laterally under compression and make the squeek. I drove around the block with no front shocks and the car was silent. So at least I solved the noise problem for the moment. Now I have to find some more shock grommets/bushings.

I also had to re-rebuild my alternator when I noticed it was putting out 18 volts at the dash gauge instead of 14. Luckily I had a spare one around to swap the rectifier and diodes from. Now it works fine and luckily I didn't fry anything.

Still waiting on the front valance...