Project DEVIAT1 has commenced

fivespeedsteed said:

good luck. i know ac is important its around 99 here today. couldnt be without ac.

i love seeing people paint their own cars. you did a great job. everything that was done looked like it was done quality. i could tell just from how well everything was masked off and prepped. thats a great looking car.

keep up the good work.

did the front end ever settle down right? did you run polyurethane isolators? are the spring pigtails in the control arm right?

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The front settled down after I realized I really needed to loosen that nut for the front coil-overs.

Yes, I had an issue with the liquid line for the A/C at the connection to the condenser. I actually ditched the factory condenser and swapped in a unit from a 94 gt. Same connections, just a tad wider, and serpentine design for a more efficient r-134a system. It wasn't easy. You have to swap the bottom brackets from left to right, whack away at the core support to clear the ends of the condenser, and then I used to self tapping screws to mount the top mounts. But... It fits like a charm, this weekend I'll find out if I can get it to blow as cold as my wifes new Scion... yeah right... at least it'll be colder than ambient outside temp.

I took extreme care in prepping the car for paint. My "stepdad" was supposed to be an experienced car painter. Found out that he wasn't, and a year later... the paint is showing the signs of poor adhesion. It still looks good obviously, but kind of upsetting considering the time I spent prepping and waiting.

This a/c is driving me nuts. I've replaced every hose, recharged the system 3 times now, and I am having the same issue everytime. It ends up with the system cycling repeatedly every 5-10 seconds. Today was 103* and I could of really used that system today My seat backs are starting to discolor!


ANy help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!


~Deviat

That would suck considering its a new hose w/orifice tube I'll be hooking up the gauges tomorrow around noon, that should give me a better idea of what could be wrong.

I don't I was meant to work on my car today...

I got up this morning, was gonna drive the wife to work (to save miles on the new lease...) get about a block away from home, notice the temp gauge rising pretty fast... Pulled over, popped the hood. My mouth dropped, and I almost lost it... after all this junk with the A/C now, I have a blown radiator... coolant was EVERYWHERE! Guess It's time to either address these small issues, or simply get rid of her... this car is beginning to pass that mark of resto now, or forever fail.

bleh.... that was my morning with this deviat1

Oh I understand... I don't WANT to get rid of it, but I have 3 kids... one is 4months old! The car needs A/C since it is my daily driver. It needs to run period since its my daily driver. Another problem is that I am currently unemployed, so repairing it comes at the mercy of available funds, and at the discretion of what my wife deems important... obviously A/C was important so I got the ok Otherwise, this car would be in the scrapper already. I think I may have the A/C taken care of, now I just need to find out what blew up with the cooling system.

seems there is something plugging up the orifice tube. I have the original, and if that doesn't fix it, I'll just part the car, and sell it off. Wish me luck in august!!!

I would love to see that. I am actually wanting to do the Modular transplant in mine, but we will see what happens. I have a tandem garage, and the wife hates when I waste money and my time