Well..not to be a negative Nancy but we decided to get the Miata out as a little morale booster and now that has issues. We stored it in a shipping container on our property this year and because the...
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Well..not to be a negative Nancy but we decided to get the Miata out as a little morale booster and now that has issues. We stored it in a shipping container on our property this year and because the...
Interesting thought. I restored a 1970 BMW motorcycle during Covid. It was similar to this project in a lot of ways. I bought it because it was cheap. Originally, I was just going to fix bare minimum...
We worked on the car for a couple hours yesterday. Mostly we just switched around the refrigerant lines at the compressor so the are pointing in the correct direction. ...
This is something else I have been going back and forth with in my mind.
It's something that is only going to get used once or twice (hopefully) but it costs a lot for what it is and how often it...
I am just finding out about adding more grounds, moving ground locations, adding new positive wires etc.
What are people's thoughts on this? Is it really necessary? I'm seeing videos of guys running...
I think it would be better if mine had 90s on both ends. Not sure why Josh changed the design. Maybe so it could be fished through with the body on the car?
So are you saying that I should have the...
Thanks for the advice.
I did make sure I tightened those down quite a bit. I do worry about being able to get to those if they leak and I really wish they were one continuous line without the...
Today I did a video of the frame. Anyone see anything that I need to change before the body goes on?
https://youtu.be/mj-jpHXHhZs?si=wlHKSdf9wHhrzZTS
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I know that one well also,...since we both run races.
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Wow that is awesome! Ironically I have been looking at old military vehicles in my "spare time" I have wanted a unimog, pinzgusser, or something for years. PM me.the info on that rig if you don't...
Geesh yeah that little job blew up into quite a project!
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Tam was out for a run (as usual) while I was working on the blocking under the car. She showed up after I was finished, which was probably for the best.
We switched to working on the frame and just...
Dispite my post, yesterday we did manage to work on the car some. During the work day i was near Lowes so I bought two new 4x4X10' timbers. I spent a lot of time and energy sorting through what they...
Thanks for the kind words and advice everyone. I greatly appreciate it. We took tonight off, did a 30 minute workout at home, ate dinner, then watch a movie together..Shrek believe it or not haha!...
Confession time. The wife and I have been working on this car for 2-1/2 years now and we are getting weary.
In running they have a term called "Bonk" or "Bonking". It is when a runner is running a...
I went down this rabbit hole a bit when I was rebuilding my dizzy but I decided to keep it stock for now. That way I can have a good comparison (like you did) of stock vs. EU spec.
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I dropped bolts down through the holes in the luggage compartment. I rolled under the car on my little roller seat and stuck the first plate on the car. Then I had dilemma. I couldn't hold the bolt...
I roughed up the plates with some gritty sandpaper, prepped the areas on the tub with a sanding disk, wiped everything down with acetone, and squirted the goo on the...
We needed to install the body plates on the car. I posted on FB discussion looking for what products would work. It seems that most of the best options require a special double caulk gun. I messaged...
Looks so awesome man!
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Okay thanks
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I prepped for attaching the body plates.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240415/626150a6fe3b1c97597c80e35ca27327.jpg
All of these rivnuts are spinning...bolts seized in them. Fun....so these...
I showed Tam how to remove rivnuts so she reluctantly went to work in the fronk. She was inventing some creative swear words lol. ...
As I got looking around under the car I realized how much work we had to do under here. There are a bunch of spinning rivnuts many of which have stainless steel bolts in them. These will be fun to...
We got up thir morning, walked 4 miles, went to church, ate lunch, and then worked on the car for 5 hours.
We switched to working on the front of the car for a while. The first thing we did was...