Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/1/21 1:02:57
Thanks for the encouragement guys. I did see that article Mal, it was helpful. My concern is that brushing the adhesive on might show through the headliner. Not sure I want to mess around with an adhesive gun. Really no reason for me to buy one when I will use it a single time. I have a call into an upholstery place to see what it might cost, but I'm still leaning towards doing it myself.
Spent a couple hours over the past few evenings tinkering with a few things. First, I made up some quick kick panels and covered them with the blue indoor/outdoor carpet. It doesn't match at all, but it'll be temporary. Eventually I'll find carpet that matches and use that.
Also glued the matting on the air cleaner cover because it was loose. Ross had mentioned in another thread that a loose mat had caused issues with a car he worked on.
Pulled off the throttle linkage to see if I could figure out why it's not returning to normal idle. The linkage was filthy (along with every other surface in the engine bay). So naturally I threw it all in the sandblaster and cleaned it up to bare metal. Wiped it all down with acetone, then shot with primer, then a silver enamel.
I reinstalled the linkage and it all seems smooth (lubed the pivots as well). It all seemed to move smoothly and seemed to go back to a normal position. I noticed however that the firewall mount linkage is loose. The rivets holding the pivot arm up are loose and worn. See this video:
Loose Throttle Linkage
Should I just drill out the rivets and put some bolts in there?
The car fired right up. On the manual choke set up it would take several tries. Now it starts after about a second of cranking. Throttle still seems to get stuck a bit and won't return back to full idle every time. I suspect the carpet might be putting pressure on the pedal arm. Or it might be related to the loose firewall mount mentioned above. I don't think the spring has the right angle with that piece being loose.
Strangely the car tried to die several times when accelerating. It didn't do that at all the other night. But it happened several times tonight. I pulled the air cleaner off and watched the action of the accelerator pump down the throat (the choke opened completely like it was supposed to...happy to see that). It nearly died several times, and even backfired in my face. That was fun.
Took a video, though it seemed to be running better when I took it. Still some definite hesitation though.
Accelerator pump lag
Still need to readjust timing, idle speed, and use a vacuum gauge to set idle mixture. Also noticed the gasket on the carb was a bit wet between the air horn and the body. It's a new gasket, and all screws are tight...not sure what to make of that. Did not note any fuel leaking anywhere.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Kick panel.jpg (126.96 KB)
Air filter matting detached.jpg (140.03 KB)
Dirty throttle linkage removed.jpg (129.31 KB)
Throttle linkage sandblasted.jpg (123.54 KB)
Throttle linkage painted and reinstalled.jpg (158.40 KB)
Spent a couple hours over the past few evenings tinkering with a few things. First, I made up some quick kick panels and covered them with the blue indoor/outdoor carpet. It doesn't match at all, but it'll be temporary. Eventually I'll find carpet that matches and use that.
Also glued the matting on the air cleaner cover because it was loose. Ross had mentioned in another thread that a loose mat had caused issues with a car he worked on.
Pulled off the throttle linkage to see if I could figure out why it's not returning to normal idle. The linkage was filthy (along with every other surface in the engine bay). So naturally I threw it all in the sandblaster and cleaned it up to bare metal. Wiped it all down with acetone, then shot with primer, then a silver enamel.
I reinstalled the linkage and it all seems smooth (lubed the pivots as well). It all seemed to move smoothly and seemed to go back to a normal position. I noticed however that the firewall mount linkage is loose. The rivets holding the pivot arm up are loose and worn. See this video:
Loose Throttle Linkage
Should I just drill out the rivets and put some bolts in there?
The car fired right up. On the manual choke set up it would take several tries. Now it starts after about a second of cranking. Throttle still seems to get stuck a bit and won't return back to full idle every time. I suspect the carpet might be putting pressure on the pedal arm. Or it might be related to the loose firewall mount mentioned above. I don't think the spring has the right angle with that piece being loose.
Strangely the car tried to die several times when accelerating. It didn't do that at all the other night. But it happened several times tonight. I pulled the air cleaner off and watched the action of the accelerator pump down the throat (the choke opened completely like it was supposed to...happy to see that). It nearly died several times, and even backfired in my face. That was fun.
Took a video, though it seemed to be running better when I took it. Still some definite hesitation though.
Accelerator pump lag
Still need to readjust timing, idle speed, and use a vacuum gauge to set idle mixture. Also noticed the gasket on the carb was a bit wet between the air horn and the body. It's a new gasket, and all screws are tight...not sure what to make of that. Did not note any fuel leaking anywhere.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Kick panel.jpg (126.96 KB)
Air filter matting detached.jpg (140.03 KB) Dirty throttle linkage removed.jpg (129.31 KB)
Throttle linkage sandblasted.jpg (123.54 KB)
Throttle linkage painted and reinstalled.jpg (158.40 KB)
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