I drove the car to Garden of the Gods on the way home on Friday and took some pictures.

As I was leaving Garden of the Gods, I had to stop in a parking lot so I could jack the car up and clean the filter again. I got the car home and pulled the tank. There is still a ton of rust in the tank. I also pulled the oil cooler to see what is leaking. The other bung on the cooler is also cracked and I will need to have that welded as well.

So I’m walking and getting rides untill I can come up with about $150 so I can fix the car.

I had a coolant hose burst on Wednesday after work. It was the hose that runs below the oil filter. I caught it before the car overheated so the motor is OK. I was able to make a temporary fix to the hose by splicing an elbow. I will replace the hose at some point in the near future.

This could have been a much bigger problem if I hadn’t caught it quicker.

I filtered the gas, it took me over an hour to do and the car is still getting rust in the filter. I’m not sure were it is coming from. The gas that came out of the tank was almost completely clean.

I also checked the front bearings and they looked good. So I’m still not sure what my vibration is. The only other thought I have is flat spots on the tires from sitting.

I now have a working radio. I bought one out of the salvage yard and between the 2 I have a good working one.  The radio from the salvage yard works great but the finish on the faceplate is really bad.  The radio from my car has a good looking faceplate but has no working FM and the cassette doesn’t send sound to the left side.  I wouldn’t recommend swapping face plates unless you have a good understanding of electronics.  I used the opportunity to clean all the components out with electrical cleaner and canned air.

The power antenna is also installed. The antenna goes up but not down so I need to look at the antenna relay and the wiring.

I had some fun with the simple green today. I started to clean under the hood. I finished the underside of the hood and started on the inner fenders.  I can’t believe how quickly the car cleaned up.

I made a little progress on the car. I removed everything so I could replace the oil cooler line. It requres a 26mm (I think) to remove the oil line but I only have through 24mm. I ended up using a pipe wrench to remove the line.  The clutch hydrolics weren’t working right so I rebuilt the master, swapped a good slave I had and installed a SS clutch line.  I also changed all the oil (motor, tranny, and rear), had the wheels swapped and had an alignment done.

Next on the list is fix the exhause leak (needs a new gasket between the mani and the downpipe). After that it is replacing the O2 sensor, chean injectors, fix 6 port actuators, and replace all old vacuum lines.

The car is now registered in my name.  I also picked up a better set of stock wheels for the car from a friend. One of my wheels were bent. The finish on the new wheels is in good shape.  I will be swapping the tires from the wheels on the car to the new wheels.