What did you do to your car today?

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That is soooooo clean! What did you use to get the wheels looking so good?
 
JustRight said:
That is soooooo clean! What did you use to get the wheels looking so good?
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Good for the tailpipes as well. Then applied a wax. Helps to keep the brake dust off and road grime. Mine were pretty good to start with.I am sure it will very depending on the condition of wheels.

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Blackened300a said:
Corvette front brake conversion with new rear calipers, rotors and pads. I can finally stop the car with confidence. Before that it was scary at speed.
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I knew you would like those. Good news is that I have over 10k miles on mine and there is absolutely no problems.
I did recently loose the ABS module - the front brakes will lock very quickly in a panic stop with out the ABS!
 
Finally got around to changing the spark plugs. Thankfully, they were original and have never been changed. The local Ford dealer the past owner used has a bunch of yahoo mechanics working for them. I'm sure they would not have blown the garbage out before pulling them and I'm very certain they would not have used anti-seize on the new threads.

The past owner was always having COP problems. Maybe because three of the COP electrical connectors weren't latching and were coming loose.

Judging by the other work they did on the car, it's a wonder the car survived this long.

I thought it ran fine before, but now, it's even smoother than it was before. It's like fine wine----it just keeps getting better and better. :D
 
inside job...

vacuumed out the carpets. at 80k, the OEM driver "Marauder" mat is wearing thru. then I did the Leather cleaner and the conditioner on the seats.
 
Washed it and vacuumed out as much dog hair as I could. I have to be in uniform tomorrow to do Memorial services at three local cemeteries for the VFW. Put my car window flags on.

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Local car show every Sunday night.

went to local car show. :banana2:
 

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The blend door motor took a dump on Saturday ....since the weather is crappy here I did it this morning at the shop I work at. Wasn't too bad it took me two hours. The new motor from Ford cost me $62 wholesale. I followed the sticky and it was pretty much right on, but would would add a couple steps...

1...I removed the steering column trim cover and metal knee bolster, and loosened the two column nuts and removed the dashboard mounting bolt on the drivers side. This lets you pull the dash that little bit extra for us guys that don't have small hands or skinny arms.

2...Using a 1/4" air ratchet will make life much easier in getting out the two front screws....I snapped the rear tab off and only mounted it with the front two screws. In my 15 years at Lincoln and Ford I don't think any of those rear tabs got used...never an issue.

3... On the right side vent tubing cut a slot in the top mounting hole so that you can start the screw before putting in the tube again. That makes it much easier than trying to start a screw in a blind hole.
Yes I cleaned out the tube, it was nasty inside.

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This is what I think of the blend door motor.
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