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Sunday I was doing my Physical Therapy in Pick-A-Part and stumbled across a cherry 1978 Jaguar XJ6 , I scored the tach for $13 and will see if I can adapt it to suit ~ I don't want a flashy guge , I want a stock looking one . |
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That radiator hose is too short . not to mention the crappo accordion typ .
Those P.S. hoses are wrong too , the corect ones are bent differently and clear the inner fenderwell easily . All these parts are available cheaply @ Rock Auto.com -Nate Quote:
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Pulled my leader hose because Im dumb and trashed it lol. This is what I did the other day! Happy Halloween!! Since the cops got called and tried to make me do away with my Halloween I said F it and didnt. I did put yellow tape around it like a crime scene.
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Filled it up with $3.19 a gallon gas... lol
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I sanded and stripped paint off my 67 SS steering wheel.;):chevy:
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VWnate1 - Yeah, when I get paid on Friday, we're gonna get a different and longer radiator hose. And, everything works fine with the lines, maybe ill replace them with the ones from rock auto when I get paid.
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Nate,
I think the tach I have is a stock 6cyl. It always reads off with the 8cyl I run. Way too high. When traveling 55, it reads like 4500 rpm or something like that. I need to get rid of it. Interested? |
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VWNate1 (at) yahoo.com Thank you . |
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I went to the upholstery shop, this is my seat. I wish the upholstery dude would finish my interior, he has had my truck going on 3 weeks.
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Well worth the wait if you ask me. Very nice!
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I have been fighting with my Vortec 454, been having low power and high fuel consumption issues, I am thinking it is my MAP sensor, going to go get one tomorrow and see if it fixes it.
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Itsrandy - That seat is beautiful! Well worth the wait for it.
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totally agree with gor 77, my sway bar and bumper bracket came in finally:)
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I tried to put the freshly coated front upper control arms back together with the new cross shafts and bushings. The bushings would bottom out on the shaft before tightening up on the arm, so when installed, the rotation is on the arm threads instead of the greasable shaft threads. Ugh....If I understand these correctly, the bushing should lock down on the control arm. The shaft is centered because the bushings are tight on it, and there is equal gap between the hex ends and the control arm....
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I removed my Barden rear bumper (the thing must weigh 75 lbs!) and pulled apart the tailight wiring to get the tailights to work. Anyone in NorCal wanna trade a bigass Barden bumper for a stock smoothie bumper???
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I imagine you could simply google the P/N and it'll tell you if 6 or 8 cylinder . |
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Nate, looks like it is an 8cyl tach.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...0/IMAG0795.jpg P/N even says it's an 8 cylinder https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j...0/IMAG0797.jpg Just wish I knew why it reads off so bad. |
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wednesday - purchased my 70 CST-10
thursday - bought parts and materials to shoot primer on it friday - sanded all of the surface rust on the body - put rust preventer and sealant on. saturday - blocked and primed with black primer - bought new wheels/tires from CL sunday - mounted new wheels and tires - discovered front drivers side hub is rotten monday - called everywhere to no avail tuesday - posted here about finding a '70 hub wednesday - ordered one from a semi-local place that actually had one that takes up just my first week of owning this truck. am i addicted? |
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waited on my order from infinti machine got my heater delete panels and sanded down fire wall and tack weilded al panels in place now to figure out if im guna grind them smooth or leave them
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New Radiator w/ Upper and Lower Hoses..Not really a "fun" thing.
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on my dd i drove it about 100 miles and replaced the fuel filter runs like new now
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Open the driver's side door on the truck. Climb in facing the windshield. Adjust the seat and mirrors, if needed. Maybe the tilt steering wheel. Push the odo button, if you have one, until it reads "0". If you don't, and you probably won't, make a mental note of the fourth digit from the right on the milage counter (odometer). You'll need that later. Insert key in the big round thing under the ashtray (to the left of the heater/air conditioning controls). Turn the key to the right. But only for long enough so that you can hear the engine start. If you let go, the truck will keep running. Look up. Look left. Look right. Look in the rear and side view mirrors. If you have an auto trans like mine, the gear selector is on the steering column. Select the appropriate gear. If you are backing out of a driveway...In fact, if anything is in front of you that's pretty close, choose "R". But before you do that, check to see if the emergency brake is on...Put your foot on the foot brake. Keep it there while you release the e-brake. Keep it there while you 1) select the proper gear..."D" usually works pretty well... and, 2) Look up. Look left. Look right. Look in the rear and side view mirrors. Again. Signal if you're into that. Assuming an auto trans, release the foot brake and, at the same time, use the same foot (right) to lightly (if that's the way you want to start out) press on the big rectangular foot pedal that's all the way to the right (on the floor). If you have a standard trans, column or floor shifter, someone else will have to chime in. Then, drive around until that fourth digit from the right adds up to one more number than when you started. If it was a "9" when you started, you'll be looking for a "0". Another good tip is to check for gas. I mean, check to make sure there's gas *in the truck*. DAMHIK to do this....just make sure. And, oh, you can't always rely on that big gage on the right side of the dash. Sometimes it reads Full when it's really "Empty". Just a bad joke that is sometimes played on 67-72m truck owners. Don't know who started it..... Hope you have a sense of humor...No disrespect intended...Just in a joking mood tonight... |
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and where are the pic's, you know we need pic's
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just lmao at mags reply
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Okay, ole dollor. thanks, thats a lot better. now i know how you did it......:lol: |
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Started my baby today !!!!!!!!! Fresh built 350 motor with lots of machine work and lots of goodies,camel back heads ported and polished,holley carb,edelbrock intake, TH400 trans bullet proof I hope stall converter, lokar kickdown kit, headers,magnaflow mufflers,black magic extreme fan. Going to break in the cam 2mro and readjust the valve lash.Can't wait to drive it.
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Replaced blown header and collector gaskets with new ones from Remflex and added ARP hardware to the mix. Now I just need to get rid of these old rusty mufflers.
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Phooey ~
Thanx for trying anyway . Back to the Jaguar SMITH'S gauge I guess :waah: . Looking at the corroded PC there , I imagine it's just a matter of taking some serious time to disassemble the entire dash binnacle and ever so carefully hand polish each and every connection , especially where the MPC plugs in ~ those female contacts are usually brown and they need to be shiny copper colored to have accurate gauges ~ I've done several of these now and the improvement in fuel gauge accuracy and ilumination is amazing . However , it's very easy to ruin the PC if you're rough on it when polishng . Also , you'll need to schlepp on down to SEARS or where ever and buy some thin ignition wrenches so you can hold the inner nuts from turning as you loosen the outer nuts on the PC , as soon as they twist , the delicate PC's mylar is ruined... Adding a ground wire from the binnacle to the cab's frame is always wise as is replacing the usually gone missing braided ground straps from engine to cab , engine to frame , cab to frame , core support to frame and so on ~ try this , your headlights will *instantly* be white at night and your battery will charge up faster too.... All these gaugse work on milliamps so anything that hinders current flow , makes them balky and inaccurate . |
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it's 38 degrees here today, and i'm heading out to go replace the hub with the new assembly i got.
$25 at a place in the next town over. wheel hub, dust cap, taper bearing, bearing seal, brake drum and lug studs. we'll see how it goes. |
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pricing parts and planning financially how to attack this build. The biggest question is drive train and how to get the box and cab home haha...
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