What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. mojo

    mojo "Everett"- Senior Citizen Supporting Member

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    Looks very good; what paint/covering did you use? I used aluminized silver fence paint -- Knowing what I know now, I would have used Rust Bullet or something similiar.
     
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  2. Miguel Arzola

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    I’m waiting for parts so today I did little advance on the heater box all parts needed to be clean at 100% and painted with Eastwood Rust encapsulator matte finish
    Checking for vibration and operation on the blower motor so far very good smooth running motor and did some rubber plug outlets because they are not available
     

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    Miguel Arzola Member

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    Today I was going to do the headliner in the maverick only got to the middle of the work run out of glue but I did only the roof heat shield always be tomorrow
     

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    Fuel gauge hasn't been working lately, stuck on E. Tested it as per the manual, found high resistance in the harness connector by the L/R marker light. Cleaned that up and retested. 73 ohms E, 10 ohmsF just like the book says, still on E. Sending unit reads 70 ohms no matter what gas in in tank. Pulled it out, found a leaky float-not bad for 50 years old! Figured I'd put in a new one, and now it works great!!
     
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    Over the past couple of weeks since I bought my 70 Maverick I've put on new brakes, a new gas tank, and new tires. I bought a dash cover that still needs to be installed and hope to get the Maverick to the muffler shop for some repairs.
     

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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    took it for a 60 mile...:drive:...:chirp:to the hardware store.
    heat index was 104* and it ran around 190* with A/C chilling on low.

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    Wow...You are doing it right...usual !
     
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    I always tell myself “if you’re not going to do the work correctly, don’t do it.” This is not only in my cars, it’s everything that I put my hands on. I like doing the best that I can.

    I appreciate your comment.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    ....:thumbs2:
    I get where you are coming from...:Handshake:
    square...plumb... level and "overkill" is my motto.
    statements I hate....
    close enough...
    ain't nobody going to see it...
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    it ain't mine...
     
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    You are correctly right
    You know how much we work on this cars for years and spend so much money not counting the labor of love can’t put back a rusty bolt on it …..
     
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    Well today after work I made the rear pocket tray and rear seat trunk divider they come out ok
     

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    CA189HJN Robert Couse-Baker

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    Very nice attention to detail
     
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    Front brakes, getting the proper spring set has been an issue, still have drums for now. The Beast was garaged for the last 18yrs and not ran. I've gone through the whole vehicle and replaced all the worn out and rotted parts, brakes were on the plate this week.
     
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    CA189HJN Robert Couse-Baker

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    Krazy Comet Tom

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    Designing your own drive by wire???? Or is it a steerable paper towel dispenser???
     
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