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Re: project 40th
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:43 pm
by dbeast420
I swear,you could polish a .05 turd and turn it for 100.00
Re: project 40th
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:00 pm
by swampthing
harofreak00 wrote: After that, only a few issues remain: Mounting the new truck latch and replacing the grumbling motor mount.
sounds like somebody's got truck on the brain
this is an awesome turn around to watch it must be immensely satisfying at the end of the day to know that car looks like that because of your hard work.
Re: project 40th
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:09 pm
by ddalder
That's some mighty fine work there, Andrew! Looking VERY nice! Bet you're glad now that you didn't go ahead and part it out
Re: project 40th
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:28 pm
by ohenry5
Andrew, you are the man! Nice work. Gosh I loveee the 40th in that color!!! (I'm not biased at all, lol)
Re: project 40th
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:27 am
by crash93ssei
Looking good for sure! The Porter Cable buffer will do an excellent job for you, but be warned. You will very likely end up addicted to what it can do. Even a very light polish will make a huge difference in what the car looks like.
If you are going for perfection, be prepared to spend about 12 hours on the exterior alone. A quick and simple single stage polish would probably take about 3 - 4 hours but will still leave the paint looking absolutely amazing.
Do you know yet what you are going to be using for polish and pads yet?
Re: project 40th
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:04 pm
by pokey
Man, that is looking fantastic! Excellent work!
Re: project 40th
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:17 am
by TenGHz
Wow, great work. Looks like new!
Re: project 40th
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:58 pm
by wjcollier07
Looking utterly fantastic.
Quick question Andrew..
Do you, have you, or are you going to follow up the magic eraser cleanup with a high quality conditioner like lexol? They look fantastic, but it would be pretty sad to see any cracking start from lack of conditioning.
Re: project 40th
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:56 pm
by 00Beast
PSST, I have Lexol.
Re: project 40th
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:43 pm
by harofreak00
I have Megs leather conditioner, already applied it.
Re: project 40th
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:34 pm
by harofreak00
Did this today:
http://www.pontiacbonnevilleclub.com/fo ... 16#p118216
Well I tinkered on the car a lot today. I got the mount replaced quite easily, I'm glad I didn't drive to Ed's to use the lift, it would have just made things harder LOL.
The front mount was definately shot, but it wasn't causing the grinding. I took it for a test drive immediately after the swap and it was exactly the same. I was pretty sure its not the rear trans mount, so I didn't even mess with it.
I took another look at the TAM mount and decided to take it off to have a better look. It came out pretty easily and I noticed that the metal "tube" was amost completely seperated from the rubber. Looking at how this mount is designed to work, I figured the way it was failing shouldn't be causing the grinding. The engine is pulling down on the mount. However, when the engine is accelerating, the engine rocks back and the TAM actually rubs against the metal engine bracket. I REALLY want to narrow this down, but I don't wanna be tossing money on this car like its nothing. Rockauto wants $41 for the TAM, reasonable. Right?
After getting the mount fixed, I took it for a longer test drive than normal. I got it up to temp for the first time. I pulled into the driveway at home and noticed there was a coolant leak. After the thermostat opened it caused a leak high up on the side of the radiator (the plastic part). I put a couple layers of JB Weld on it, hopefully that holds, I don't feel like getting a new radiator, I just sold my parts car one...ugh.
The car still isn't running 100%. It seems like the MAF is bad, because I can unplug the connector and the idle doesn't change. I swapped in 2 other known good MAF's and it doesn't change either. Maybe I should try some new plugs, who knows how old they are. The wires look new... there is even new dielectric grease on the coils!
I was at the point today where I just want to sell the car, I'm sick of working on it. Gotta keep plugging on... can't give up.
Re: project 40th
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:56 pm
by ddalder
Hang in there, Andrew. You`ll work through this... you always do
We`ve come to know the top quality work you do!
Re: project 40th
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:53 pm
by harofreak00
Re: project 40th
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:59 pm
by crzydmnd72
Just my .02. When I got rid of my Malibu, it had less power than when new and it had been throwing Catalytic codes. General consenus was a plugged cat. never fixed it, just got rid of it. Just didnt have any oooomph anymore
Re: project 40th
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:01 pm
by harofreak00
Good idea... I'll look into that.
Re: project 40th
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:03 pm
by petraman
Keep plugging away, Andrew! You've come this way, it would suck if you gave up now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2HcRl4wSk
Re: project 40th
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:54 pm
by Skippy1827
go, go, go
Re: project 40th
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:38 pm
by harofreak00
I pulled the exhaust off and took it for a drive (loud!). Still not getting the power it should.
The cat looked fine.
Re: project 40th
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:45 pm
by petraman
Uhh, this has probably already been discussed... But have you changed your O2 sensor out recently? It looks like it's been running pretty dang lean... Check fuel pressure? I know my car ran pretty bad with a bad fuel filter...
Re: project 40th
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:33 pm
by crzydmnd72
Rats, sorry the cat wasnt it. OTOH, I'm glad it wasnt it. They wanted 250 bux to change mine lol.
