Priya's SX/4 project

[priya]

I'm looking for something that doesn't need any surface preparation.  I know in Ontario its common to spray the undersides of cars with used motor oil but I'm thinking there may be something else that can go directly on panels with surface rust.

[thereverendbill]

I'm looking for something that doesn't need any surface preparation.  I know in Ontario its common to spray the undersides of cars with used motor oil but I'm thinking there may be something else that can go directly on panels with surface rust.

when i went to the lord fusor training deal (I only went for an I car point) they didn't say a thing about surface prep

[priya]

Oh, well then maybe its just the ticket.  I'll check into it.  Thanks.

[amc78concord]

Great Update! With the transmission in place, it's almost a complete car now!

Keep up the great work.

[68AMXGOPAC]

It's a job well done, and you both have put alot of time ,$$$ , and effort into it.and it was just my own thought on it , myself I tend to be that a - retentive word, about stuff like that.I put my whole transfer case in a big plastic livestock water trough and cleaned it up that way , then the tranny next. Mine was so crudded over , and also when clean I could see if any and where the leaks were.

[priya]

Great Update! With the transmission in place, it's almost a complete car now!

Keep up the great work.

Thanks Robert, it does feel good to have the major drivetrain components in place.

It's a job well done, and you both have put alot of time ,$$$ , and effort into it.and it was just my own thought on it , myself I tend to be that a - retentive word, about stuff like that.I put my whole transfer case in a big plastic livestock water trough and cleaned it up that way , then the tranny next. Mine was so crudded over , and also when clean I could see if any and where the leaks were.

Thanks 68AMXGOPAC.  I did feel a little twinge of reluctance putting that grotty trans and differential in place without cleaning them after spending so many months looking at a nice clean car.

[IowaEagle]

Getting closer and closer.  I think NervousJim used to recommend something called waxoil, something they use in England.  I don't know if that is the right name or not, or if its even available in North America.

[priya]

Actually I have an aerosol can of waxoil I'm spraying in the rockers, doors and insides of the rear quarters.  Maybe a company like rustcheck has something similar for the undersides of the car.

[doneagle]

        HI    young lady I have been waiting patiently for an update . I know you have outher things to do but
                we need some news on this grand eagle ......So I am asking for some news or an update   

                    YOUR fan club ......Don

[rollguy]

        HI    young lady I have been waiting patiently for an update . I know you have outher things to do but
                we need some news on this grand eagle ......So I am asking for some news or an update   

                    YOUR fan club ......Don

X2 (or more)

[Whuntmore]

X3, or X4, whatever... give us an update, Pul-ease!!

[priya]

Hi guys,

Yes, I know its going very slowly, I've been mostly painting/dyeing interior parts I've got just about all of them done, except for the glove box door, heater/radio bezel and some parts I"m still trying to find, speaker grills for the front door panels and a package shelf.  I'm also having trouble finding the aluminum trim that goes around on the driver's side rear wheel flare (a wagon won't work, but I'm 90% sure the passenger side will work on the driver's side).  I can't put the all the interior in until I get that piece and can seal up the inside clips and get the carpet installed. Unfortunately I've got a growing list of things I need my husband to do so I'm waiting for a lot of that to be done before I can proceed further.  He's going to mount the tracks from the Eagle seats to the Monza seats and likely move the mounting holes so I can't install the carpet until that's ready. We got the rear window re-installed in the hatch and I've put some aluminum covered foam on the roof and passenger door.     I've got the silver dash pieces from a Spirit AMX I'm going to install but I want to try re-painting them first and no place has the aluminum colour plastic spray paint so I'm waiting (long time!) for an order of that to come into the local hobby shop and then Ward wants to re-do some of the under-dash wiring so I'll have to wait for that even once I get the dash pieces re-painted.

I'd like to install the headliner but as my car has a hatch spoiler I need hubby to work me up some sort of hatch release before that can go in.  I want to install the headlights, grill, and so on but before I do that I need to align the hood and fenders but I can't do that until the driver's door is aligned.  We tried to align it last weekend but couldn't get it high enough because all the adjustment was used up.  We plan on removing the driver's door today and slotting the adjustment holes so we can get more adjustment and get it into place, as it is now there's a noticeable gap between the side window frame and the door frame opening.  Ward is also planning to install the wiring for a hatch solinoid so I can get the headliner in and then he has a solinoid from some newer chev car he's goiing to try to fab in to open the hatch.  I could do some further assembly of the motor, but I'd like Ward to install the distributor first and I think he said he wants to hook up the trans lines and speedo cable before we mount accessories on the motor so I'm holding off on that as well.

[doneagle]

                             HI       Thank you for the update .I know were your coming from with waiting .You have to go
              one step at a time ..Its not easy waiting all the tine  when your getting this close to being dune
               Your fan club.............Don

[mudkicker715]

I'm 90% with you. That molding looks the same side to side.

[priya]

I'm 90% with you. That molding looks the same side to side.

Yes, I'm pretty sure the rear  molding I've got on the passenger side I tried to fit to the driver's side and it fit right.

We spent a couple of hours this afternoon and got the driver's door lined up acceptably and the gap between the door weatherstripping and the door opening closed up enough not to leak.  The rocker panel had been replaced on the driver's side sometime before I got the car and there was a dent in the driver's side rear quarter panel so we're pretty sure the car had been hit on that side.  We had replaced the driver's door and the window frame was bent in which we straightened, but between that and the hit on the driver's side things didn't want to line up and there was a gap between the weatherstripping on the window frame where the roof meets the A pillar  and the door opening when the door was closed.  The body lines on the door are a little higher than the rear quarter and the front fender and the window frame isn't quite as close to the A pillar/roof corner as it should be and isn't quite as close to the roof/B pillar corner as it should be but it all fits well enough to seal and look reasonably lined up everywhere.  Turns out we didn't have to slot the hinge adjustment holes afterall, it just took a lot of loosening, lifting, moving, tightining and pushing on the window frame and so on.  Now I can align the hood, fenders and start putting on the headlights, grill, front valence, bumper, etc.