Back when I worked in the shop, I really enjoyed alignments on the now older cars. Shimmed and sliding upper control arms were fun and easy jobs and I took pride in setting everything to spec or even tweaking some to take up for road crown.
A Little Maintenance and beautification on my 63 4dr
- Thread starter Jim Sullivan
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No problem Junky. I could probably type it out. Send me your email address and I'll send you a copy. Or I can text a copy to you.
I understand, did it for 37 years ,also on a hunter alignment machine with the heads that projected to two charts in front of vehicle. Very reliable and trouble free ,non computer .
In a way. The newer bigger circus wheels with no way to clamp on ,so can't align those. The new alignment computer they now have has a slip around tire apparatus. They retired the alignment machine I used when I retired mainly because it didn't not tell them how to align cars.All of which the newer crappy cars probably put an end to. Right?
They did add a computer alignment rack in the new addition several years before I retired(thinking ahead) and it always had issues.
Here's a photo of a PDF of the shim guide. Couldn't upload the PDF. 
The toe is set at 1/8" in and the wheel is centered. Alignment is done. Now I'm off to Home Depot to pick up my new lift.
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The toe is set at 1/8" in and the wheel is centered. Alignment is done. Now I'm off to Home Depot to pick up my new lift.
New toys are so much fun! I'll be thinking of you while I'm welding up my Certi-flat welding table today.
I only wish I had more floor space for a nice welding table. I picked up a Harbor Freight folding welding stand last year and I pretty happy with it.New toys are so much fun! I'll be thinking of you while I'm welding up my Certi-flat welding table today.
Upacked and standing in a corner I had to clear out.
The coated headers are back on. Everything is buttoned up, I hope. I did run into an issue with a set of header gaskets I had in my box of gaskets. I have no idea of the manufacturer, but they suck. Not even close to the right port size and location. Luckily I saved/ found all six of my Edelbrock gaskets that I removed with the headers. Had to remove the s#!t gaskets and reuse the Edekbrock gaskets(with a light skim of high temp silicone). I'll fire it up tomorrow drop back on the floor and get a few pictures. Here are a couple pics up of the crap gaskets.
Same here Bob. I planned on using the Edelbrock gaskets over, from the start. But I couldn't find all six gaskets at the time I was bolting the headers on. Then after the pos gaskets were leaking, I searched even harder for the missing gasket. Low and behold, I found the missing gasket on top of the inner fender, back under the fender. Why I pushed it back under there when I was taking the headers off, I'll never know. The Edelbrock gaskets are a really nice set and have a metal mesh core and fit the port shape very nice.I like to use manifold gaskets on headers that have the metal in/on them. I never had one of them blow out!
The four door is back together and runs and drives great. Just waiting to run it down the highway to see how the control arm mod works. Looks much better than before.
,Nice air filter,your creation?
Thanks Don, that's one of mine. Time for an upgrade to the air cleaner soon though.
Jeff, i had Dougs headers that hit the frame. It's not so much that the header "sticks out" as it is that a indentation or bend in the header isn't there. The header hits the frame with the 1 or 4 pipe. I was able to indent the pipe enuf to clear the frame with about a credt card clearance. I have since taken them off and installed the 923/925 exhaust manifolds.