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4 hour work day for me at the shop. Used the time to do a valve body swap on a '01 Jetta 1.8t auto .... I successfully installed a transbrake on the car .... that however wasn't my intention.

Its in 2 gears at once in park, all other gears (R/N/D/2/1) are forward gears.... they all seam to be first gear.

I have it torn back down most of the way. Tuesday I'll actually get the VB back out and see whats up.... but part of me wants to take it out for a test drive the way it is just for the fun of it.
 
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the tip will make the welds cleaner. Get that new wire in there tomorrow and have at it.

Speaking of welding... our welder has been acting erratic to the point where we stopped what we were doing to have a look at it and half the ground wires were gone so it must have been zapping the amps. So we fixed that first and still couldn't figure out why the welder was acting funky. Then someone looked closely at the tank and it was 100% argon. :spank: I welded a huge slice 18G and just figured the welder that I thought was already acting inconsistent was now getting progressively worse. So the guy after me who welded 22G REALLY noticed it.
 
#2,903 ·
time to hang some panels on the Chrysler 300 I'm working on and got a peek of the decklid and hood in the booth. I also got to see a gas door I had to put a lot more time into than I would have liked.

kind of happy cause the boss is trying new stuff out by having us each assigned to a car rather than tag teaming. This was my first solo job at this place. So far so good. Can't wait to see it buffed cause it's already popping as is.



WOW!!! The painter did a great job.....I'm kiddin ,but dont you hate hearing that...I know I do and I do the painting too..
 
#2,905 ·
the guy puts holes in his rocker and sill panel and builds a custom seat for his buddy. Man, he better buy you some lobster or something.
If you read the full story about Steve, that Brian posted afew months ago, you would feel different. Brian is simply a blessing to Steve. No less. Brian has his reward in seeing the smile on Steve's face. No lobster needed.
 
#2,906 ·
If you read the full story about Steve, that Brian posted afew months ago, you would feel different. Brian is simply a blessing to Steve. No less. Brian has his reward in seeing the smile on Steve's face. No lobster needed.
You understand, yes, if you don't feel it when you see others smile you just wouldn't get it.

Brian
 
#2,907 ·
WOW!!! The painter did a great job.....I'm kiddin ,but dont you hate hearing that...I know I do and I do the painting too..
hahahha, yeah it's annoying. I recall standing by the booth and saying it's pretty straight and the painter responds by saying, "yeah, I don't paint over anything wavy so if you bring something wavy I'll kick it back." My thoughts were, "ummm ok." no biggie. Just how it is.

He did do his part on this one. The last painter didn't put enough primer on things and it made it harder on us. This guy actually puts enough primer on it or shall I say a standard amount of primer on each car. So moving forward our work will be better as a team. He did a great job on these parts, especially in directing the boss to clean up the booth and get things straightened out in terms of cleanliness before even stepping into the booth. He gets a big thumbs up in my book. All about team work.
 
#2,909 ·
that wire is kind of big for sheet metal and with the thickness of a car from 95 you're making it hard on yourself. If you get .023 wire you will get better results. You will also need .023 tips to with the wire. No more than $20 for the tips and wire.
Wish I could get tips and wire at under $20! Or is it a 2 lb. roll, as I pay $23 just for a 10 Lb. roll of .023 wire alone, and I get a good discount. Do you order it online, or?
 
#2,911 ·
hahahha, yeah it's annoying. I recall standing by the booth and saying it's pretty straight and the painter responds by saying, "yeah, I don't paint over anything wavy so if you bring something wavy I'll kick it back." My thoughts were, "ummm ok." no biggie. Just how it is.

He did do his part on this one. The last painter didn't put enough primer on things and it made it harder on us. This guy actually puts enough primer on it or shall I say a standard amount of primer on each car. So moving forward our work will be better as a team. He did a great job on these parts, especially in directing the boss to clean up the booth and get things straightened out in terms of cleanliness before even stepping into the booth. He gets a big thumbs up in my book. All about team work.
Do you do your own blocking or is that the paint dept job?


Brian
 
#2,913 ·
If you read the full story about Steve, that Brian posted afew months ago, you would feel different. Brian is simply a blessing to Steve. No less. Brian has his reward in seeing the smile on Steve's face. No lobster needed.
I just got a call from Steve and bad news, he has thrown his shoulder out or something, there is no way he could get in the car tomorrow morning, darn it. Hopefully it will be ok come next show in June. :( We just don't know, it could never get better, he is at that point in his health, every day it is just hoping all is well and he is getting worse and worse with every birthday at this point so I just pray that he will be ok come June so he can go on a tire smoking topless ride. :thumbup:

Brian
 
#2,914 ·
Do you do your own blocking or is that the paint dept job?


Brian
I do my own blocking for first round of primer in 150-180 then on the second app I might go 240 then 320 and then the painter will soft block it with some 400. I'm also soft blocking at the 320 stage. Obviously this depends on how much is on the second application of primer cause it can be too many step ups if there's not at least 2-3 coats on it. So with the old painter there was no more than 3-4 coats of primer(not applications) in total, with this painter it's 4-6 coats within 2 prime applications. So he's definitely doing us favors and it shows, and thanks to that it gives me a feeling of teamwork around here instead of "me-me-me". Great addition to the team for sure.
 
#2,915 ·
I got a free electric pressure washer the other day, and today i finally decided to test it out. Well i got it all set up and no water would come out of the wand. So i take the whole thing apart and clean it all up. There was some debris is there so i figured i found the problem. Nope. So i took the gun apart, everything looked fine :confused:
So i put it all back together and it still wouldn't work. So i took a risk and cut the hose right before the gun and what do ya know, water comes out. So the gun was bad. I'm gonna try to figure out a way to put the wand directly on the hose. It will always be on but i don't care, i just don't want to spend money on something i got for free when i have a real gas powered one already. ;)
 
#2,917 ·
Well, It is far from together but I did get the windshield seal installed. ( Have the blister to proof it). The windshield is on and the right door hung. It sure was a lot of work to correct one door gap but I am glad I did it.

John L

Now go park it in front of a School ,and take picture since you have a door ,I still dont. Looks Great,:thumbup::thumbup:
 
#2,919 ·
Nice work, long John. Never did panel alignment on one of those but they look like a nightmare.
Thanks Henry, The car was either rolled or broad sided back in it's day. The original repairs were done with lead and you could tell the doors were tight. Someone's solution was to trim the door edges to make the door fit. It would have been wise for me to have cut the cowl loose and moved it forward when I built the car but I have no desire to go back and start over now.

There is so much wood in these Murray bodies to deal with. I am lucky that I did not have to replace the first piece. Here is a picture of one of the roadster doors.

 
#2,920 ·
Another trick on those 36's is to shim the cowl on the frame to align the door if it needs to go up or down in the back or open up the top gap or something like that.

Your car is looking awesome! Man I love those 36 Roadsters, with out a doubt my favorite Early V8 Ford.

Brian
 
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