mopar_man
Good time party boy
As some or most of you know, the Mirada has been hiding in NAD's back yard since last fall. It hasn't run for quite some time before that. Last weekend we figured out the balancer had spun and that caused the distributor to be out when I installed the vacuum advance one. This weekend, even with the rain today, we got it out of the back yard. How do you kick depression in the face you say? Take one Mirada, back it out of said back yard into the alley, mash gas pedal to the floor. At the end of the alley, repeat. Slide up in front of NAD's house with the front tires locked (rears don't work but we'll get to that later). Do small burnout on the wet pavement and head for gravel backroad. Beat upon the car some more around town, head back to NAD's place. Slide in front of his house with front tires locked again, looking all hillbilly with a crooked and loose-fitting hat along with a plaid flannel work jacket in a raging pile of a car. Had I felt a little more outgoing, I would've yelled out "Ya'll watch this" and would've proceeded to do another one-legged burnout. That's the cure for my depression today. I felt a lot better beating the hell out of a car I don't really care about even though the transmission is f*cked.
Anyway, for the rest of the day, I worked on the brakes in the back of car. Bent up a new line from the distribution block on the axle to the pass. side brakes. Found that because there had been a line lacking on that side for so long, the cylinder needed to be replaced. As for why the line was missing, I'm not sure why it was but it sure makes for interesting stopping distances with just the front ones working. I'll have to take a picture tomorrow but some genius decided that instead of replacing the brake line, they'd just stick a nail in the fitting that still had a left over piece of brake line still inside and thread it into the distribution block hoping that the one side would still work. The cylinder will go on tomorrow and I'll have to get Bruce to take a picture of me doing another peg-leg burnout.
Might I add that it makes one quite nervous when working under a car and you find a wasp nest under the bumper [smilie=e: Another tidbit is that there are easier ways to paint your fingernails blue besides smashing them into a backing plate:
[img]http://moparman.demoni.ca/Temp/DSC00969.jpg[/img]
Makes that finger quite tender for typing with your fingers on the proper keys too.
Anyway, for the rest of the day, I worked on the brakes in the back of car. Bent up a new line from the distribution block on the axle to the pass. side brakes. Found that because there had been a line lacking on that side for so long, the cylinder needed to be replaced. As for why the line was missing, I'm not sure why it was but it sure makes for interesting stopping distances with just the front ones working. I'll have to take a picture tomorrow but some genius decided that instead of replacing the brake line, they'd just stick a nail in the fitting that still had a left over piece of brake line still inside and thread it into the distribution block hoping that the one side would still work. The cylinder will go on tomorrow and I'll have to get Bruce to take a picture of me doing another peg-leg burnout.
Might I add that it makes one quite nervous when working under a car and you find a wasp nest under the bumper [smilie=e: Another tidbit is that there are easier ways to paint your fingernails blue besides smashing them into a backing plate:
[img]http://moparman.demoni.ca/Temp/DSC00969.jpg[/img]
Makes that finger quite tender for typing with your fingers on the proper keys too.
The trans is slipping REAL bad. Maybe before it goes into the garage to get another transmission I'll do one just in case it fails at the same time. 
