daily driver project

[R.J.]

exhaust is on, everything is together. but there's smoke comming from under the hood and smells like plastic burning

 

[cybergasm]

Hmmm better check your wiring harnesses and make absolutely sure that nothing is touching those headers

This is what lead to my problems after T-haven, unsecured wiring harness and a hot header don't mix!

 

[R.J.]

yeah i know! i really don't want wires melting. hopefully i won't completely destroy the navajo in truckhaven, cause i won't be able to work on this care for a week or two.

 

[R.J.]

a little update

well the black explorer is running. everything is hooked up and it passed smog no problem. but it has a "ticking" noise (prolly the valves) and there's a horrible sound when your inside the car that i think might have to do with the transmission. and a fun note, the brakes lock up right when you step on em. no slow stoping of the wheels. either no brakes, or lock up the wheels, nothing in between . thats how the black has been sitting for a while. would get it registered and insured, but we can't seem to remember where we left the pink slip

so this last weekend i started pulling the heads off my other non-op ford. the thunderbird super coup blow a head gasket a while back and has been sitting in the alley behind the office ever since. wasn't sure what i wanted to do with it, but i decided why not try to fix it? so i started.

i have both heads off now, but i can't find the camera to take a newer/ better pics. first pic is from saturday, second pic is from sunday, and if i had the camera, there would be a pic with both heads off

 

[cybergasm]

So after getting the 'bird on the road What'll be next the Taurus?

And whatever became of the Rolled X (White one)?

 

[R.J.]

the rolled ex is sitting in the same spot ever since i got it in the back yard (so its still in the spot in the earlier pictures)

talked to the guy that fixed tom rios and brian kennedy's explorers. so im supposed to meet up with hime maybe next month to talk fixing prices.


the taurus is sold!!!!!

my dad sold it for 400 bucks! he had to buy a more reliable car that my sister can drive now that she's getting her license.

projects never end. first things first though, have to actually FINISH the t-bird, which may take forever.

laways have the navajo to work on if nothing else

 

[R.J.]

maybe if i run out of projects, ill take your manual transmission off of you and start rebuilding it

 

[cybergasm]

maybe if i run out of projects, ill take your manual transmission off of you and start rebuilding it

oh come get this thing PLEASE!! I recently had to move this stuff outta my buddies yard and into a storage unit whata PITA it was to move it using the Explorer!

 

[R.J.]

im actually thinking about taking your transmission and engine both and rebuilding em'. if its free, why don't i rebuild them for the fun of it right? of course i'll have to make the tranny a 4wd tranny. then wait for my clutch to wear out, swap tranny's and a new clutch and ill be golden

of course im not sure what all intails converting a 2wd tranny to a 4wd tranny

as for your emgine, i could just rebuild and who knows. put it in one of my explorers or sell it something

 

[Willard]

I think all it involves just switching the tail housing and output shaft. Don't quote me on that, though.

 

[R.J.]

thats what i thought too. but im known to underestimate projects though hahaha.

 

[cybergasm]

Nah all you need to do is change the tailshaft and the output shaft and you'll be golden
on the trans .

come get it soon! i need the space! if space was'nt a problem then i would keep it.

 

[R.J.]

well i think i want the trans. but im not sure about the engine. rebuild kits for the 4.0 are exspensive!

 

[cybergasm]

Welp it's here waiting for somebody to pick it up

 

[R.J.]

seems like im having some of the same troubles as you cyber. if i picked it up, i don't know where i would put it. im sure my dad wouldn't want me keeping it at hi house and jim doesn't want it at his house either

i need to see how hard it would be to get the 4wd tailshaft

 

[R.J.]

oooooo pretty heads

heads are on and torqued on the t-bird.

 

[cybergasm]

So you will have this running in about another hour?

 

[R.J.]

yeah right! do you see all those hoses and wires? i don't know where all those go! hahah

 

[Tbars4]

...that's when before pics and a laptop come in handy...

 

[R.J.]

ummm yeah. well its hard to get those now haha