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Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:05 pm
by levigideon
Fuck it. Fixing it. Driving it until it's reliable enough to get me to Canby, then I'm headed to Vietnam until May.
Anyone need to borrow the 210 while I'm gone, let me know. I'd even sell it it you wanted it.
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 12:36 am
by Laecaon
Eagle_Adam wrote:he who drives it like he stole it, is he who fixes it like he broke it
I know that too well... I will still drive like I stole it, withing reason. That was out of reason.
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:33 pm
by draker
levigideon wrote:Fuck it. Fixing it. Driving it until it's reliable enough to get me to Canby, then I'm headed to Vietnam until May.
Anyone need to borrow the 210 while I'm gone, let me know. I'd even sell it it you wanted it.
You'll finally be able to say... "Back in nam.. .. .."
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:42 pm
by Eagle_Adam
Vietnam!!!!!
sounds like fun, come back in the same pieces you left in please
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:19 pm
by levigideon
Eagle_Adam wrote:Vietnam!!!!!
sounds like fun, come back in the same pieces you left in please
Can't make any promises... That ice cream's tempting.
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:51 pm
by levigideon
A new heart.
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:38 am
by levigideon
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:32 pm
by levigideon
And now, she's daily again. The l20b runs pretty well, made it to Canby and back on an l16 hitachi and points dizzy. Big thanks to skeletonbonez, h5wagon and draker for the help getting the car on the road for Canby.
Got a weber, a fresh radiator, brake booster, a head to rebuild, and some bump steer spacers at canby. Got home, put the rad, weber, and booster on, then made a whole new solid exhaust. Totally different car than what I drove to Canby 3 days ago.
Pretty much straight pipe out the back with a resonator under the rear floorboard. A little too loud for my taste, so I may add a muffler sometime down the road. But it sounds nice, and its really only loud if you're behind me.
Re: 71 510 wagon - Mexican Red
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:28 am
by Mattndew76
I vote muffler.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:16 pm
by levigideon
Bah, blew a head gasket.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:09 pm
by levigideon
Aand it's fixed. Pretty quick head swap. Found it the old bad head was a a87 peanut.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:48 pm
by izzo
Lol that was quick. So easy doing head gaskets when they don't have a bunch of emission shit.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:50 pm
by Laecaon
You mean, super easy with SUs.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:22 pm
by levigideon
Yeah, yeah. New head's a 210 head so its sluggish as hell on the l20b compared to the old one. But she drives smooth and it will keep me out of trouble for a while. Still have a bit to do before I feel she's road trip worthy.
Got one more door seal to install.
Gotta fix a door latch.
Find a way to seal the hatch better.
isolate the exhaust from the body, rubber hangers or something
replace the alt, rewire the lighting system
rebuild the struts, put 210 strut tops on and install the bump steer spacers
drop the rear another 2 inches
get some nice 14 inch tires for either the westerns or the apaches
flush the oil system out, some water got in with the headgasket
tun my a series matchbox into a l series matchbox
Then it will be good enough while I plan the bigger stuff.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:43 am
by draker
Those rims look fantastic... score!!
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:33 pm
by Taterhead
Perfect placement under "The Big Deal" sign. Looks good, love the patina.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:15 pm
by Mattndew76
See the envious perv looker in the Kia..
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:49 pm
by levigideon
Mattndew76 wrote:See the envious perv looker in the Kia..
Lurkin
HARD.
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:43 pm
by levigideon
Re: Rotten Red Goon
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:12 pm
by draker
That's some funny shit right there... lol