Put a universal adjuster, to take up slack, on the rear parking brake cable
Adjusted the brake tension inside the drums with a brake tool. This seemed to help the parking brake actually work… kind of.
Painted flat black inside the trunk area
Scraped and painted front floorpans with Rust Bullet
Cleaned the door area where the sill plates and rubber go
Used Rust Bullet there and in the trunk for precautionary measures
Hopefully I’ll be able to paint inside the trunk soon
Replaced the oil pressure hose that goes from the back of the right head to a line that leads to the oil pressure gauge. It was a new repro hose and didn’t fully screw down into the head… Hopefully it will be fine.
Been running the car some all week after work. Trying to run the [...]
Apparently replacing the rear motor (transmission) mounts did the trick. I can now put her in Reverse and actually go backwards! Also:
Changed the oil again, but added Lucas Oil to see if I could stop some of the leaking
Installed an inline fuel filter on the flexible fuel line, right before the fuel pump
Tightened the parking [...]
Found the two missing bolt heads by removing the front fender splash guard
Dropped the crossmember
Had to shave off one corner of rubber on each mount (It was in the way of where the torque converter shield screws onto the housing)
Didn’t get a chance to check Reverse
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