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Old 07-26-2021, 01:34 AM
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I wish we had pictures and list of names so I would know people from here that attend. I'm sure that I ran into you at SCR sometime, but I have no idea.
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Old 07-27-2021, 09:24 PM
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big gear head .... I thought the same thing while I was at the track on Friday.

Next I have to find where my water leak is. I thought it was at the kick panels and replaced them, but I'm still getting water.

It's going to take some more investigation
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Old 08-15-2021, 08:50 PM
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Sorry I've been working on a couple of other projects and haven't been working on this one. I do still have a transmission leak - and on looking, and feeling, I see it is coming from the dipstick tube. I've got a new o-ring seal and hope to get that fixed before long. I have also did some more looking about my water leak - and am now starting to believe it is not coming from the kick panels. Hopefully I will know about that in a few days.
Wish me luck ... haha ... I sure need it at times
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Old 08-21-2021, 06:35 PM
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Looks like the water leaks are around the door and window seals .... so I'll need to get that fixed next, and I've still got to get the new o-ring on the trans dipstick tube.
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Old 09-01-2021, 02:25 PM
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So I got the door and roof rail weatherstrip along with the vertical strips for the quarter windows and the outer window felts
I always get into this place where I'm trying to not 'over' repair/fix the car - but leave it more as a just a car that looks like one that has be maintained .... but in this case I can't have water getting in the car and wetting the carpet/floorboard. So maybe a lot of new rubber but didn't know how else to handle it.
But first the doctor will be putting more shots in my back tomorrow - lets hope that works and I can get back to work on this car soon.
Trying to 'recruit' a fellow now to help me with some of this - wish me luck
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Old 09-06-2021, 10:57 PM
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I got the new o-ring on the transmission dipstick tube today. Wasn't easy - in fact I had a hard time getting the holes lined back up so that the dipstick tube was bolted in place with the bell-housing - but finally got there. Hopefully now no more trans leaks.
So the weather-stripping is next
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Old 09-06-2021, 11:23 PM
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Great progress! Let us know if that solves the leak.
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Old 09-26-2021, 11:01 PM
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It seems I have the dipstick tube leak fixed .... but the shaft for the trans shift lever is still leaking or leaking again. I put a new seal on it, but it is what it is. So I cleaned around it good and blew everything off - and then I put some sealant (made for use with auto trans fluid) around it. We'll let it set for a day and check it again.
But I've got to get to the weatherstrip.
Get more shots in my back Friday - I hope to be all the better after that.
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Old 10-04-2021, 06:14 PM
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The gear selector shaft isn't leaking - but then I haven't driven the car either. My friend who has built a lot of transmissions said the gear selector shaft seal on a Turbo-400 sets deeper in the recess in the case and that I have two seals. The old original seal that is leaking and the new seal. So if the gear selector shaft leaks anymore I guess I will take the pan off and take the shaft out and get everything right. What a mess
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Old 10-21-2021, 06:21 PM
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Just as a report on progress - there hasn't been much. I have had other small projects around the house, the doctors have my back doing much better and I don't want to get it aggravated again, and a couple of months ago I lost my best friend - the one that I could talk to about cars and he would come help me, and joking with each other kept us laughing and enjoying what we were doing.
So I'm still looking for someone who I can get to fix a lot of the little things still going on with the car .... like - tach doesn't work, fuel gauge doesn't work, no taillights, no turn signals, power wire from tranny kick-down switch needs to go to something, etc. Things like that , that I don't know a lot about really try my patience anymore.
Friend down the street who I've paid for work plenty of times before - he's a retired mechanic - is older now too and his wife's mother is taking more of their time, etc. But I'm going to check on him and see if he's doing anything.
Last resort I'll take the car to a local restoration shop and pony up the bucks - if my back ain't hurting when the car is done - I guess that's a win.
Wish me luck ....
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