Summer Job!

[Gil-SX4]

Yup, back when IowaEagle and his groupies where young they used to used something call Gasket Shellac.

[Baskinator]

Yup, back when IowaEagle and his groupies where young they used to used something call Gasket Shellac.

I guess they didn't even make Eagles back then, huh?

Just kidding, but I was actually looking at stuff like that. The glue stick was the cheaper, free option though, since my mom had like 50 of them laying around.

[68AMXGOPAC]

Hmmm, I would think the glue stick wouldn't work , and be permeable to anti freeze. Did it work out ok ?? Curious.

I still have and use "Indian head" shellac for certain applications. My dad allways had it, and just recently I found it for sale in a small parts store.Oddly I now work on a private collection of Indians, and the owner swears buy it. I never knew there was a connection between the two.

Your makeing great progress man , wish I had an answer for the brake situation.It must be drawing air back in somehow,bummer.

[Baskinator]

I would love an old Indian motorcycle!

The glue was just used to hold the gasket to the housing while installing it, nothing else really. It held when I started the car the other night, but I haven't really run the car very long to test it. The one belt is squealing like crazy, so I'd like to replace that first.

I'm gonna try bleeding the brakes again tomorrow (if it doesn't rain hard) and maybe get it done this time. I can even have all four tires off at once now and do it faster since I have a speed jack and four huge stands

I don't foresee getting the car inspected before going back to school, but possibly if I can come home for a weekend or two. It will need a lower spring seat replacement in the front because I noticed one is rusted through, which I'll get pictures of soon. Member Teamamc offered to sell and send me a lot of those components from some of his parts cars, but I have yet to hear back from him. When I take all those things off, I'm going to get them all nice and painted before replacing, so I don't have to do it again.

[Baskinator]

Here is the spring seat that's rusted through. It's all white and black looking because I sprayed it with Purple Power De-Ruster once or twice.



Finally got that other belt off today, I'll replace it tomorrow. Tried bleeding the brakes again and they were still doing the same thing...

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68AMXGOPAC, I took your advice and bought those speed bleeders for the front of the car. They were surprisingly expensive for two little screws, but they got the job done. Now I just need to find or order a pair of 10mm ones for the back of the car, my Advance Auto doesn't carry them.

I also got to replace that last belt, so they're done.

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Some priming to hold over the rusted door panel until it can be painted for real.

[shaggimo]

Just a tip, keep in mind primer absorbs anything that gets on it, whether it be grease, or moisture. You may want to rattle bomb a top coat on that if you plan on it being primer for an extended period of time. If not, it can cause many headaches later (I've made that error  ), lol.

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Ah, did not know that...  Maybe I'll do that tonight.

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I discovered this while removing my tail lights today. Pretty neat, now I know everything this car originally came with.



Can anyone decipher what color it is? It says "9B0T".

[Baskinator]

PHEW, just missed...



On the plus side, my new Wheel Horse Electro 12 Charger came in handy to pull the branches down!



The trees must really like our Eagles

[Baskinator]

Ok, that seems about right. I wasn't sure if it was white or almond, it was repainted i think with a lighter white, and the older paint you can see under some of the trim looks darker. Thanks for the info!

[maximus7001]

Just a tip, keep in mind primer absorbs anything that gets on it, whether it be grease, or moisture. You may want to rattle bomb a top coat on that if you plan on it being primer for an extended period of time. If not, it can cause many headaches later (I've made that error  ), lol.

X2 on this. I once destroyed a clean 1977 Ventura by leaving it in primer for too long.

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I sprayed on a topcoat the other day, but ran out of paint and there are some spots where the primer shows through a little. I just got a spray gun from Harbor Freight, so I'm gonna do a lot more painting tomorrow. It's been too rainy to do anything much these last couple days.

I'm also painting my wheels because they're pretty rusty looking (and for practice), and I decided to black out the rear end of the car while the tail lights are off. The bumper has been giving me a lot of trouble though, so I don't know if I'll be able to get it off unfortunately.

Right now, all I can really do is try to get a hold of someone who can do the welding I need. The other things are basically done, or I need parts for.

[maximus7001]

I replaced the whole master cylinder and brake booster a couple weeks ago. Didn't bench bleed it, but I've read about people not having problems without bench bleeding. Even still, all I did was a gravity bleed and the bubbles were seemingly never ending, so it shouldn't have affected that.

I have replaced practically everything in the brake system at this point...

You need to bench bleed it.  Also tap it with a hammer while doing it.

Did you replace the hardlines? Mine were all rotten from the firewall back. I also recently noticed that the front hard lines are nasty as well. Don't overlook the rear hose.