It's actually been above freezing the last couple days so I've been out working on Sadie.
Yesterday I swaped the carbs from old Sadie to new Sadie. There really wasnt anything wrong with new Sadie's carb, I just didn't like the electric choke and figured if I was going to swap that, I might as well do the whole carb. I also got the driver's side cowl vent (under the dash) bolted down (it was just hanging there).
I spent the better part of this afternoon upside down with my head under the dash installing the heater. I had already bought a new heater core, hoses, and blower moter for old Sadie so that went into new Sadie. And I took the best 1/2 of each heater box and combined them. New Sadie came with a new plastic repro plenum so I just used that and in the spring I'll sell the one I had bought for old Sadie. I used the cables that came with new Sadie (in better shape than old Sadie's) but I had to use old Sadie's control panel because new Sadie didn't have one. I have everything installed so now all I have to do is hook up the upper heater hose to the intake manifold (new Sadie has a plug so I have to take the connector thingie from old Sadie's intake) and hook up the wires for the blower. Then I'll have heat.
If I have time after finishing the heater tomorrow, I'll probably install the console & radio so I can have tunes too. And I'll probably figure out what's up with the windshield washers. I know there's no reservoir for the fluid and I suspect the electric part of the pump (which works the wipers) isn't hooked up. Either that or it doesn't work, but old Sadie's does so either way I should be able to get the washers fixed.
And I have pretty much confirmed that new Sadie is an original heater delete car. The hole where the upper heater hose goes through the firewall still had the plug and it was covered with the engine bay coating (which looks original to me). And the cutout for that hose in the firewall insulation was still intact. So I think it is likely that new Sadie was delivered to San Jose and almost immediately went to Hawaii.
Then in a couple weeks when Dad has a slow period at work (so he's not so tired), we'll go down to the auto hobby shop on base so we can use the lift and put a temporary fix on that radiator crossmember and fix the rust hole in the outer wheel housing.
Oh, and mom & dad checked at the muffler shop here and if I take the exhaust off both cars and take in new Sadie and old Sadie's exhaust, they'll install it for $50. So I'll probably doing that sometime in the near future too.
-Chelle
Yesterday I swaped the carbs from old Sadie to new Sadie. There really wasnt anything wrong with new Sadie's carb, I just didn't like the electric choke and figured if I was going to swap that, I might as well do the whole carb. I also got the driver's side cowl vent (under the dash) bolted down (it was just hanging there).
I spent the better part of this afternoon upside down with my head under the dash installing the heater. I had already bought a new heater core, hoses, and blower moter for old Sadie so that went into new Sadie. And I took the best 1/2 of each heater box and combined them. New Sadie came with a new plastic repro plenum so I just used that and in the spring I'll sell the one I had bought for old Sadie. I used the cables that came with new Sadie (in better shape than old Sadie's) but I had to use old Sadie's control panel because new Sadie didn't have one. I have everything installed so now all I have to do is hook up the upper heater hose to the intake manifold (new Sadie has a plug so I have to take the connector thingie from old Sadie's intake) and hook up the wires for the blower. Then I'll have heat.
If I have time after finishing the heater tomorrow, I'll probably install the console & radio so I can have tunes too. And I'll probably figure out what's up with the windshield washers. I know there's no reservoir for the fluid and I suspect the electric part of the pump (which works the wipers) isn't hooked up. Either that or it doesn't work, but old Sadie's does so either way I should be able to get the washers fixed.
And I have pretty much confirmed that new Sadie is an original heater delete car. The hole where the upper heater hose goes through the firewall still had the plug and it was covered with the engine bay coating (which looks original to me). And the cutout for that hose in the firewall insulation was still intact. So I think it is likely that new Sadie was delivered to San Jose and almost immediately went to Hawaii.
Then in a couple weeks when Dad has a slow period at work (so he's not so tired), we'll go down to the auto hobby shop on base so we can use the lift and put a temporary fix on that radiator crossmember and fix the rust hole in the outer wheel housing.
Oh, and mom & dad checked at the muffler shop here and if I take the exhaust off both cars and take in new Sadie and old Sadie's exhaust, they'll install it for $50. So I'll probably doing that sometime in the near future too.
-Chelle