What did you work on today ?

[169indy]

Helping a Retired Co worker I started with in 1981, He retired in July (*ME soon In Dec).
We are getting ready to land the 389/M20 in this 66 GTO that his father Bought new in Groton Ct.

[tom406]

Rear axle seals and brakes (one side contaminated by gear lube). Seals themselves were fine, just undersized so they just loosened and spun in the opening instead of friction sealing. Found some slightly upsized replacements. I’ve been doing drum brakes every 3-5 years for the last 25 years, and it’s never been enough to keep me from having to re-learn it every damn time.

[scuncio]

Is that the Comet convertible you posted for sale earlier this year?

[Damien]

1984 yz 100 l

[tom406]

Yep. I was getting ready to run an online auction when I saw the gear lube running down the inside sidewall. ( I had to sit on my hands when you guys went on about how cool ‘65 Calientes are when one was spotted in the background of another ad, lol. Another shot of unrusted quarters for all you guys in the Midwest….

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by tom406

( I had to sit on my hands when you guys went on about how cool ‘65 Calientes are when one was spotted in the background of another ad, lol.

I looked hard at your car, but I'm just NOT a convertible guy. I've tried 3 times in my life to learn to like them and it just isn't going to happen...
And yet, I've had a motorcycle every year but one since 1967... go figure.

[Too Many Projects]

Here's something most people will never see done. The shop owner took in a 1969 Firebird that had been restored with a badly bent subframe and convinced the owners to buy a new "engine cradle" and he would install it. Once the subframe arrived he was a little perplexed as to how to proceed. I explained the car wasn't a complete unibody and the subframe held the entire front clip and engine in place. There was nothing to levitate the engine from, like a modern front drive car. He has been dealing with modern cars too long and forgot that. Sooooo, he dreamed up a way to suspend the engine and front clip from 2 of the towers on the frame rack and dropped the subframe out the bottom. He did all the removal work, just to prove it could be done and then handed the job over to me. Yippee, I love taking over a job someone else took apart, but I got it done. Gotta say it was a new experience. Major PITA getting the lower control arms/springs back in with the body so close to the rack. I had to compress the springs with an allthread enough to get the arms up in place and bolted in.