What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    Morning Frank! I'm switching to a forged rotating assembly, and all of the ones I found were internally balanced only, and not the usual 28 oz imbalance. I would have liked to have not had to change the balancer I already had, but I was told I'd have to get new. Can't say I'm disappointed with the new Innovators West piece...I kind of hate to put my pulley on it lol. That thing is nice, and it's a shame to hide it.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    got it out and blew the dust (pollen) off...:drive:...:chirp:
     
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    stumanchu Stuart

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    I counted 157 teeth on my flexplate....got the same number the second time too. (Darn....was hoping for 164) But I also found out Rock Auto sells them for 43 bucks. Now I wait....but its better than pulling a trannie at pick and pull to buy a used one!
     
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    Cleaned up my old door panels and finished off the door. A little twist with orange on the inside of the door. Not sure I like it, but I can get back to black easily.

    and... closed my hood on a wrench, yep...dent. But I haven't put the hood decals on, so I'm thinking I can fix this easily.

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    71maverick361 Vern Isaac

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    Looks great I like it
     
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    Panels cleaned up nice. I prefer the black to match the rest of the interior. I can relate to the damage on the hood. I had to elongate my hood holes for the GT scoop and the bit caught on the metal and put a nice wrinkle on it. Luckily my scoop covers it but it still hurt.
     
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    That looks great but I kinda think they would look better black! Fred do the seat covers?
     
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    Thanks for the opinion. Yes, these are Fred's seat covers.
     
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    I'm gonna do the same thing today as I do most days. Drive that poor little 6 cylinder like I stole it on the freeway to work. It's my daily driver, and always has been. Tomorrow will be entirely different. Lots to do tomorrow
     
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    Pulled the rear wheel off drivers side to install new wheel cylinder and brake cable. It was full of spider webs and no brake drum; also missing a bar that makes parking brake work.....but it has a new wheel cylinder and used brake cable now.
     
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    Installed my new to me spoiler
     

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    Very nice.
     
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    Finally installed the Weiand Stealth intake, and the tie rod end adjusters from toporanger. I didn't realize how crummy the factory one are until they were removed and compared to the solid ones.
     
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    71maverick361 Vern Isaac

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    Post up some pics of the adjusters if you can
     

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