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My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

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  • Bassboy3313B
    Bassboy3313B
    Bassboy3313
    wrote on last edited by
    #1545

    Earl said:

    I pulled the fuel lines and rear brake line that ran up to the engine bay on Friday. I have decided to refresh all gas lines while I am at it. More on that later in this update.

    Installed all of the new parts on the steering column Sunday:
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    Yesterday I pulled the gas tank....yes I have officially lost my mind
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    I will be cleaning the tank up, replacing all of the fuel lines, and cleaning up the underside of the car where the tank has been. I had a few fasteners snap under the car which has me quick frustrated. One of them was the stud for bolting the fuel filter to the car. I am trying to figure out how to remedy that situation currently. The other fasteners were the screws holding in the three mounts that ran the fuel and brake lines forward. Those will also be tricky to sort out. 

    I took my tanks to get cleaned and lined to a radiator shop in Butler. They did a great job with fast turn around. Just a thought.

    CHECK OUT >>> RAGE DRIFT DESIGNS <<< FOR DECALS AND MORE!

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    • EarlE
      EarlE
      Earl
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      #1546

      My tank is plastic 😃

      museum sig 2earl.jpg

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      • Bassboy3313B
        Bassboy3313B
        Bassboy3313
        wrote on last edited by
        #1547

        O____O

        Sent from my SM-G930R4 using Tapatalk

        CHECK OUT >>> RAGE DRIFT DESIGNS <<< FOR DECALS AND MORE!

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        • R
          R
          REKIII
          wrote on last edited by
          #1548

          Bassboy3313 said:

          O____O

          Sent from my SM-G930R4 using Tapatalk

          Are your live wells plastic or stainless?

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          • Bassboy3313B
            Bassboy3313B
            Bassboy3313
            wrote on last edited by
            #1549

            Idk what you mean

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            CHECK OUT >>> RAGE DRIFT DESIGNS <<< FOR DECALS AND MORE!

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            • R
              R
              REKIII
              wrote on last edited by
              #1550

              I've never see n a bassboat without live wells.  Usually they are stainless or plastic.

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              • Bassboy3313B
                Bassboy3313B
                Bassboy3313
                wrote on last edited by
                #1551

                I've never seen a bass guitar With live wells, so makes sense that your question was confusing. Carry on!

                CHECK OUT >>> RAGE DRIFT DESIGNS <<< FOR DECALS AND MORE!

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                • B
                  B
                  B C
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #1552

                  Here we see a wild Bassboy in its natural habitat: 

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                  • EarlE
                    EarlE
                    Earl
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #1553

                    Still waiting on the rest of the column parts to arrive so I can put it back in. 

                    The gas tank is cleaned and ready to be put back together. I need to order all of the lines and gaskets yet. I also need to clean up under the car and undercoat that section. 

                    Before
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                    After
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                    • EarlE
                      EarlE
                      Earl
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #1554

                      Been working on little things the past two days. 

                      I "rebuilt" the throttle pedal assembly. Everything is brand new besides the lever itself. My old pedal return spring was snapped and not doing anything. I don't recall the pedal ever feeling bad so I was surprised to see that.

                      Old

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                      New

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                      I also got pads for the brake and clutch pedals
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                      The steering column is also back in the car now. I placed an order for the fuel lines above the tank and need to start wire wheeling and undercoating the tank area under the car.

                      museum sig 2earl.jpg

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                      • B
                        B
                        B C
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #1555

                        The dust and cobwebs were applied from the factory for lubrication. You will need to get another packet of dust and cobwebs for the new one.

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                        • EarlE
                          EarlE
                          Earl
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #1556

                          Is this something that would benefit with a spray of white lithium grease? I also wondered the same for the retention spring on the steering column. I also figured it may fight off oxidation=)

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                          • R
                            R
                            REKIII
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #1557

                            I don't think the lithium grease would hurt it.

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                            • EarlE
                              EarlE
                              Earl
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #1558

                              Figured it didn't hurt to ask=)

                              museum sig 2earl.jpg

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                              • EarlE
                                EarlE
                                Earl
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #1559

                                Finished buttoning the column up yesterday

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                                • R
                                  R
                                  REKIII
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                                  #1560

                                  It's going to suck getting the dash on around the steering wheel.

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                                  • EarlE
                                    EarlE
                                    Earl
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #1561

                                    lol The column cover needs to come back off at that point too to remove the stalks. I can get the dash in and out in under a half hour at this point so I'm not worried=)

                                    museum sig 2earl.jpg

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                                    • EarlE
                                      EarlE
                                      Earl
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1562

                                      I have been really busy planning a GTG and what not lately but figured I would post some pictures of a few things to keep things lively in here

                                      If you can't buy it, make it (new one is stainless)

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                                      I cleaned and painted the rear bumper carrier as well as the mounting brackets (and installed OEM hardware)

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                                      museum sig 2earl.jpg

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                                      • EarlE
                                        EarlE
                                        Earl
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #1563

                                        Finally scored a missing piece of the puzzle:

                                        Racing Dynamics Non M lip

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                                        Unfortunately I wasn unaware that the lip is slightly different between the two non M bumper styles so I will have to make some reliefs in the top of the lip to fit around parts of the bumper vents. The good thing is that the lip isn't perfect and needs some fixing anyways.

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                                        You can see the small semi-circle reliefs now that are for fitting around the vertical slats in the wide slat style non m bumper. Those will be filled in as well.

                                        museum sig 2earl.jpg

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                                        • jc43089J
                                          jc43089J
                                          jc43089
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #1564

                                          Looks sharp, I like that. Good call on something besides just putting M bumpers on everything.

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