Whuntmore's Eagle Project - Flicker (Picture heavy!)

[hemlokk]

Keep up the good work!

[Whuntmore]

Thx everyone. 

So I got the grille back on, but I didn't bother to paint the headlight bucket trim (from that chrome) to black yet.  I'll worry about matching (and Pretty) later on.  I just want everything functional.



The headlight buckets are both solid, and they work like new.  with all new adjusters in them, perfect.

Got two shocks on





Now I've got a small list to knock off of what I need done on her.

[IowaEagle]

Have you road tested the new shocks yet?

[Whuntmore]

No I haven't yet.  They're those monroe sensi-track with coil-over.  I can't really take it out on the road, as she's got no insurance on it.  I've got the dash off, and the wiring harness is hanging everywhere...

but, it did bring the back end up about 31 inches - And that's with all season 215/75R/15's on her.

Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention that the whole dash has all new bulbs in her.  I also replaced the front signal bulbs.

[milliard431]

How many inches of lift did you get back with those shocks? You say it's at 31 inches now. I just need an inch or 2 back from my saggy leafs. I think I made them worse when I jacked up the rear end by placing the jack under the shackles when I dropped the tank for cleaning.

[Whuntmore]

ohhh, freaking ouch!  I jacked up from the front bolt point of the leaf springs.  It almost picked up the whole side, but it worked.

I think I gained almost 1.5 to 2 inches back.  I'm not really sure how high the car is supposed to sit, but from the floor, to the the top of the curve on the fender, it's about 31 inches.

[milliard431]

I will measure it and go from there. Thanks for the TSM check Carver.

[Whuntmore]

Well my upper ball joints came in and I got them in.



on the passenger side, the original ball joint hadn't been changed yet.



I had to chisel the sucker out.  Also, the half shaft was shot, as the boot broke wide open, and it's clunking badly.  I'm gonna take the one out of the donor car, and get it in for the time being - Until I can get some new ones to put in.

More pics tomorrow...

[83Eagle!]

Progress.  That is good.  I need to eventually take my dash off and replace bulbs and the gas gauge.  Not looking forward to that.  Putting the radio in was a big pain, and I swore to never take the dash off again.

[Whuntmore]

Some more stuff done tonight, first, we did the front shocks, and Pat thought it'd look cool if we painted the shock towers.

Before them painted




The got them painted all up,


and got them back on.


and the red shocks in


Now I couldn't swap shafts from the donor car, it's boot isn't very good either, so I ordered a reman one (keep yer fingers crossed on that!)  That comes in tomorrow.

[83Eagle!]

Nice work.  Keep it up.  I have been enjoying this post and learning a lot.

[Whuntmore]

Nice work.  Keep it up.  I have been enjoying this post and learning a lot.

Thanks 83eagle!  It's a real learning experience for me as well.  I'm getting to learn alot about this car.

[thereverendbill]

great progress, glad your full steam ahead on this.  Altough i was looking forward to the thread when you would have fixed the damage on your now donor car

[Whuntmore]

I was disappointed with that as well... I really wanted to fix it, but since I'm 'borrowing' the garage from Mechanic, I'm also on borrowed time here.  Plus, the car has to be somewhat mobile, 'cause I'm not the only one wanting access to the garage. 

It's not like we could prop it up, and leave it there for months.   So, we had to (unfortunately) make a decision, scrap the idea and use it for a parts car.

mechanic has plans for the rest of the car, so it's not like it's going to the scrap yard. 

But it's sad we couldn't repair it.

[Mechanic]

Another interesting tidbit that I'm sure most of you guys know but I'll throw it out there anyways. the front shocks on eagles are actually too short for the car, not enough travel.

I can put in a more detailed message later, but basically it looks as if the shocks themselves are limiting straps to keep the half shafts from dropping to far and falling out.