trannys a bit noisy. if it doesnt sell im doing a tranny and clutch for $1600 and keeping it a while.

I have my new drivers window parts arriving in a couple days, all same stuff i did to my passenger side. Another $250... I guess I'll end up driving this for a few months since I didnt get much interest at all on Craiglist. Just one guy came to drive it, and a few others made me stupid offers.

the more i drive this car the more i like it. I just found my accelerator cable wasnt opening my throttle fully, little too much slack. I do have a couple more people looking at it this week, but i wont be too sad if i end up keeping it. I'll get a rebuilt tranny and clutch in there to cut down on all the gear noise, and just drive it. It cruises 80mph real nice, and has power from there when needed.

Ordered 2 door seals today to complete my door area.



Stuff today:

-Put a bolt back in my seat slider which was missing, seat is now secure.

-Put a missing bolt back in side mirror to secure it properly.

-Found out I have motorized side mirrors, never knew!

-Tried to fix my rear wiper with no luck. Fuse is good. Doesnt work.

-Tightened my rubber antenna a bit

-Found little bit of moisture in back of my clutch master at pedal, will have that done when i get my tranny/clutch job done.

-Removed my Craigslist ad, gotta keep it. It's too fun to drive.

Finally got to take some pics of a job, usually I'm too busy to bother.



Here are my old door seals, and then my new killer ones installed.



Install was 10-12 mins for each door.



http://74.220.202.31/~bellbott/images/doorseals1.jpg



http://74.220.202.31/~bellbott/images/doorseals2.jpg



http://74.220.202.31/~bellbott/images/doorseals3.jpg



http://74.220.202.31/~bellbott/images/doorseals4.jpg

I gotta figure out a choke/idle issue now. Lot of times my idle doesnt come down to normal after warm up. Also, the idle wanders 200rpm when im stopped sometimes. up and down, up and down.. I'll start some searching around here to see what kind of sensors are involved.



First off, my clamp was loose at the hose attachment to the air flow meter. I forgot to tighten it back in my work a couple weeks ago. I found no vacuum leaks at all, by spraying elec. cleaner on all the connection points (old method i learned). I also sprayed on the intake manifold connection point and no change in idle.



I removed my main intake hose with two 12mm nuts and checked my throttle body, its all clean, no gunk.



I then looked at my TPS, no idea if its working or not. I know that at idle, I can push that plunger further in, and the idle drops too low.



I saw a stopper right near the firewall which the throttle stops against. It looks like a vacuum bell and has a movable insert in it. But.. it has no connection?? Seems strange.



http://74.220.202.31/~bellbott/images/idles1.jpg



http://74.220.202.31/~bellbott/images/idles2.jpg

And so ends this portion of my life.



The car is sold and gone.



Went to a really good owner who seemed to appreciate it a lot more than me.