Brak
10-23-2004, 06:37 PM
registered it this morning, got classic car plates (and hopefully we will change it to classic insurance), and everything went smoothly. put a plate on, drove it around my street, the thing PURRRS. im having trouble starting it though, i pump the gas a tiny bit and thats never enough, then i pump it more after it doesnt start, and i always flood the carbs. my friends mom's fiancee gave me some advice on starting it after i flooded the carbs, which is just to floor it when i start it. it works, but this isnt good for the engine, is it?
i ran into problems though, driving home from a trip to autozone (for some leather cleaner, chrome polish, and stuff that keeps rubber's life longer called 2001) i notice that the car WONT idle at all. im going, and as soon as i start to coast, itll slow down immediately. 'this is wierd' i think, because its an aircraft carrier of a car. then i found out why. smoke came billowing out of the front left wheelwell! i pulled over, got my friends mom's fiancee (engineer, car guy) over and we looked at it. while checking it out he burned his hand and saw that the hubcap was MELTED! the entire thing had warped! we put 2+2 together and found out that there was something wrong with the disc brake caliper/pad. called up AAA and towed it to my house, and tomorrow theyll tow it to the shop, where we will get it fixed (probably for free).
they just installed new pads, but what i think they DIDNT do was bleed the brakes and make sure the main cylinders fine, and the calipers were ok too. so we are probably going to get new calipers for both sides and the brakes bled, and the main cylinder looked at. worst case, new brake system entirely.
well, the first day was a learning experience. i know this wont be the last of our problems, but hopefully itll be the biggest. when it gets back from the shop im going to start working on the rust thats there and getting it all cleaned up on the interior, and looking for a new pair of wheelskirts.
oh, and joez, id really appreciate some advice on anything, you seem to know the most about this stuff. the numbers i got that i gave you i got off a website, so they could be wrong. if you could help me out and find some real numbers for it that would be great.
i ran into problems though, driving home from a trip to autozone (for some leather cleaner, chrome polish, and stuff that keeps rubber's life longer called 2001) i notice that the car WONT idle at all. im going, and as soon as i start to coast, itll slow down immediately. 'this is wierd' i think, because its an aircraft carrier of a car. then i found out why. smoke came billowing out of the front left wheelwell! i pulled over, got my friends mom's fiancee (engineer, car guy) over and we looked at it. while checking it out he burned his hand and saw that the hubcap was MELTED! the entire thing had warped! we put 2+2 together and found out that there was something wrong with the disc brake caliper/pad. called up AAA and towed it to my house, and tomorrow theyll tow it to the shop, where we will get it fixed (probably for free).
they just installed new pads, but what i think they DIDNT do was bleed the brakes and make sure the main cylinders fine, and the calipers were ok too. so we are probably going to get new calipers for both sides and the brakes bled, and the main cylinder looked at. worst case, new brake system entirely.
well, the first day was a learning experience. i know this wont be the last of our problems, but hopefully itll be the biggest. when it gets back from the shop im going to start working on the rust thats there and getting it all cleaned up on the interior, and looking for a new pair of wheelskirts.
oh, and joez, id really appreciate some advice on anything, you seem to know the most about this stuff. the numbers i got that i gave you i got off a website, so they could be wrong. if you could help me out and find some real numbers for it that would be great.