Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 217
My VIN: 1983 canadian model
Location: Taylors SC
Posts: 5,326
My VIN: (former)05429
Club(s): (DMWC) (DCUK)
Another hint - while you have the cover off the washer reservoir, find the two tiny drain holes in the bottom of the cover. Drill them out to about 3/8", and add another one or two for good measure. That cover fills up with water and drowns the pump motor.
Also, there is really no reason for 8 or whatever bolts there are that hold that cover in place. Four is plenty.
Dave S
DMC Midwest - retired but helping
Greenville SC
Thanks Dave, good advice. Suzy is sending me some new hose for the pump and then I'll put it back up later this week. Painterdave72 and I did some plastic-welding on the tank yesterday using Uni-weld sticks (black flat sticks). We tried a few different white and translucent round sticks but they weren't attaching to the tank. The black seemed to work pretty good and it appears to be watertight now.
Regarding the rest of my project, Dave powder coated some of my front suspension I'm reusing and will have the rest of it done later this week.
Tonight I'm brushing grey POR15 on my treated bare frame spots. Two coats on so far, might put one more on the thinner spots before I put Smoke Grey top coat on. I might be up all night working on this!
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Andy Lien
VIN 11596 Jan 1982 build - owned since Nov. 2000!
Total frame-off restoration completed 2021-2023
Photography and Backpacking is life.
Was Fargo, ND
Now Kansas City
This is another place place where nylon screws are a useful replacement for the OEM bolts. I just R&R'd my washer tank this summer, replaced the corner fasteners with bolts but used nylon screws for the rest. I use them on the trunk access panels too - they'll never bind to the rivnuts and do a great job holding the panels in place.
Luke S :: 10270 :: 82 Grey 5-Speed :: Single Watercooled T3 .60/.48 :: Borla Exhaust :: MSD Ignition :: MS3X Fully SFI Odd-fire EFI :: DevilsOwn Methanol Injection
Andy Lien
VIN 11596 Jan 1982 build - owned since Nov. 2000!
Total frame-off restoration completed 2021-2023
Photography and Backpacking is life.
Was Fargo, ND
Now Kansas City
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 504
My VIN: Yes.
Club(s): (DCO) (DMA) (DCUK)
I hosed down the engine bay for the first time, to try and get rid of the accumulated dust. Probably not an ideal solution, but it had to be done, and I was fully expecting potential electrical problems until it all dried out.
Low and behold, the oil light came on dimly; I guess some kind of short for the oil sender. All clear this morning.
Posts: 1,254
Drove 500 miles today. I'm at a hotel and have another 300 tomorrow. All good except my speedometer quite. I'm wondering if it's the infamous "angle drive".is there any quick check I can do in the hotel parking Lot? (I have some tools)
Not much you can do unless you can get the car off the ground. You could try disconnecting the angle drive cable from the lambda counter and see if the square wire inside is spinning, but I imagine that would be extremely difficult to do while you are driving!
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Andy Lien
VIN 11596 Jan 1982 build - owned since Nov. 2000!
Total frame-off restoration completed 2021-2023
Photography and Backpacking is life.
Was Fargo, ND
Now Kansas City
Posts: 1,254