Wobstang II

[danthecapriman]

Bloody hell! There’s wiring and shit everywhere!

 

Nice job though Jo, it’ll be well worth it once it’s done your dash isn’t a smashed wreck anymore.

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 06/08/2018 at 11:47, PhilA said:

What's the UK maximum broadcast power, then?

 

Here it's 4 Watts.

 

Phil

 

4 watts

[Uncle Jimmy]

Thank fuck for that, it's enough to stress me our just considering the removal of a dashboard!

[PhilA]

Been there, seen that. Mine had more wires!

 

Glad you got to the bottom of that mystery though.

[danthecapriman]

  On 07/08/2018 at 08:49, Joloke said:

Just got this eMailed to me this morning from Marti Works. Marti Works are a little like BL Heritage here but are the gatekeepers to Ford USA archives.

Sam got it for me to boost my moral after this pig of a job!

Checked up the dealership its still there but sadly no more a Ford Dealership

Ironically considering my past car history it no sells Mercedes Benz!

How Spooky!

Car was sold in LA then travelled 5 Hours up the coast to Sacremento where it stayed until last year when It made the trip to blighty

Most notable on the list was there were only 110 made with that colour paint and that interior together,after 43 years I wonder how many of those survive?

 

Very cool. I wonder if they can do Mercury too, technically being a Ford still?

 

Just shows you how vast the USA is, travelling 5 hours and yet your still inside the same state!

[PhilA]

Yup, and California isn't really a "big" state either.

 

It's a 27 hour drive from here to L.A., service before setting out, and by the time my car would get there it's due an oil change.

 

Phil

[danthecapriman]

  On 07/08/2018 at 11:45, PhilA said:

Yup, and California isn't really a "big" state either.

It's a 27 hour drive from here to L.A., service before setting out, and by the time my car would get there it's due an oil change.

Phil

One of the reasons there was/is so many little ‘oil service’ garages dotted around. Imagine back in the good old days you could travel in your big Yank on business from state to state. With the mileage so easy to rack up you’d need places to quickly do an oil service while your out and about.

 

 

  On 07/08/2018 at 12:20, Joloke said:

Yes they do Mercury

Prices aint cheap though that little bit was $40 if you get the "Elite" package that includes Window Stick,Tags etc its $220! Mind you a basic search is just $18 but you need to do the delux at $40 to get dealer information

I’ve still got my original bill of sale for the Mercury.

 

 

 

 

It’d be nice to have got the bit you have though with ‘your car is 1 of xxx with xxx’

[PhilA]

 

Leave here, drive to I-10, leave I-10 at the beach where you can't go any further because Pacific ocean...

 

And that's at 60-70mph all the way.

 

Phil

[danthecapriman]

  On 07/08/2018 at 13:37, PhilA said:

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Leave here, drive to I-10, leave I-10 at the beach where you can't go any further because Pacific ocean...

And that's at 60-70mph all the way.

Phil

I’d love to do that sort of road trip some time, ideally in a big old land yacht! I know it’s just driving but it’d be a fantastic experience.

Fly into LA (or similar) buy rot free Yank then drive! Get to the sea at the other end then load it onto a ship and take it home!

Going from LA across and up to New York would do me perfectly. Basically cutting straight across the middle of the US.

[PhilA]

Wife did it in a Dodge Ram diesel truck

 

On the way back through Texas the water pump housing cracked into 2.. she said it wasn't much fun watching the gauge when it's 35 degrees plus outside and then having to wait for it to cool in that temperature to top up the coolant...

 

Buying something rust free doesn't mean it's mechanically sound, particularly not a California car, the only aspect of the vehicle that really gets tested in CA is emissions.

[danthecapriman]

  On 07/08/2018 at 16:25, PhilA said:

Buying something rust free doesn't mean it's mechanically sound,

Yes. I’ve learnt this lesson the hard way. And the expensive way!

[eddyramrod]

Try spraying the spindles with WD or whatever your preference is.  If you've still got the straw thing, see if you can direct some spray between the actual spindle and the cap on the end of the arm.  Leave for 24 hours, repeat.  Leave for 24, have another go at them.

[JeeExEll]

Found this today Jo when looking for something else.

Imperial sized socket / spanner comparison sizes which can often get you out of a fix (ha ha, -not), if the metric nuts or bolts aren't too tight.

 

[drum]

I used a wee hub puller to remove wiper arms from their spindles.

[bezzabsa]

  On 10/08/2018 at 09:28, Joloke said:

Mini Update

 

Swearing Alert!

 

Fuck Fuck Fuckety Fuckety Fuck Fuck Fuck!!!!!!!

 

Thats feels better..............................................

 

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

 

So yesterday removeage of the windscreen vents happened

 

 

Finally we can see the passenger side linkage bracket

 

 

You can see two of the bolts the third is hidden under the linkage arm,once thats disconnected from the motor you can get access to that one

 

Just not the right hand bolt..........................

 

Here's another couple of views,note the bracket just to the right

 

 

 

No wait its not over yet!

 

So you see that bracket is in two parts................

 

The bolt sticking out of the rear is in the way of getting a socket in there

 

So you can remove the bolted bit but not until you remove or at least move the bar crossing the bolt (center dash support) 

 

So you remove the Bracket and Yah

 

 

So thats it!

 

Err No!!!!

 

You see the other part of the bracket still fouls your access to the right hand linkage bolt by a few mm

 

You need to angle the ratchet and socket because of the rake of the scuttle and you cant do it because of that sodding bracket!

 

You cant unbolt it there as its rivited to the heater box!

 

So just to get out one bolt the sodding heater box has to be removed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Aresoles,Drink,Feck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

put the socket in from right hand side....?????? or am I missing summat??

[richardthestag]

ratshit spanna shirley?

[PhilA]

Or a shite tool

 

 

Church tombola style.

 

 

Phil

[richardthestag]

or a brick chisel and big hammer

 

seriously though looks like one of those bendy ratchet spanners might fit where the socket is heading. 

 

or a normal spanner and lots of swearing and time

[PhilA]

  On 10/08/2018 at 17:04, Joloke said:

What on Earth   ?

It's a Sidewinder. You can rotate the ratchet head by twisting the red handle.

 

Imparts as much torque on the bolt/nut as grasping it through a wet bath sponge with your fingers.

 

Phil

[danthecapriman]

Blimey! All that boose looks richly deserved after all that!

 

Well done though, it looks one mother of a job.

[cort1977]

Carpets are big and heavy, I wouldn't get one from over here as the shipping is killer.

[JeeExEll]

Looks like the transmission tunnel carpet is moulded using heat / steam.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvGRsM5Z2P8

[cort1977]

I would guess that the floorpan is not a complicated shape and that the carpet was never a very close fit anyway so maybe it would be best to get a new carpet for a similar sized car with a tunnel (Capri?) and use that.

 

I fitted a new carpet to my Pontiac and although it was moulded for the transmission tunnel the rest of it was flat and easy to trim to shape.

[Guest Hooli]

  On 10/08/2018 at 16:18, PhilA said:

Or a shite tool

 

 

Church tombola style.

 

 

Phil

 

That looks amazingly useless! From your description it does nothing you can't do with your fingers.

[Guest Hooli]

If you're driving a 'stang properly in the wet you'll be looking out the door windows anyway

[PhilA]

What happens if you pull the arms off the spindles and switch it on? Does is operate reasonably and not pop fuses?

 

Phil

[PhilA]

Yes

[danthecapriman]

I doubt it’ll be cheap Jo but I’d be considering getting a new loom made. You seem to have had a few issues electrically and earlier in the thread uncovered some damage too. Maybe the looms just had its day?

Trouble is aswell, keep patching it up only works to a point.

[richardthestag]

make up a separate wiper loom, isolate original wires.

 

Happy days

[eddyramrod]

All the best ideas are that simple!