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Interior / Re: Rear armrest opening cover plates ?

« Last post by Wallington on May 13, 2024, 11:15:38 PM »

Was chatting to a guy with a 73, he'd never seen the plates. Dug up some restoration pics and doesn't even appear to have the openings, just solid panel. So who knows, except that they are worth huge money....

Rich, is that how yours was, no hole at all or just the opening, no covers? I thought they could be an early extra insulation option level, sound, heating, acoustics whatever, since hit and miss application and no real purpose otherwise. Mine (78) had the extra insulation option, and has the wadding patch over the opening. But then, maybe they all did by then rather than part of anything. But then, the few I've seen up close were also in red dip primer so possibly not unless the option was tended to long before Fisher saw them, even as a shell. Who knows.

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Lobby / Topic replies

« Last post by Wallington on May 13, 2024, 11:08:17 PM »

Just when you think you are wasting your time asking the big important questions that matter, or sharing trivia you think will be of interest, just think, there's currently a post on PY forum about the factory position of window winders. Everyone has an opinion and so many claim theirs have never been removed. BS all the way. Even if there was 'correct' way it probably still came down to if the line guy was left or right handed, where he held it and then thumped it on before winding up. And then, wherever the next 50 owners and mechanics decided it was going to go back on before they got it and claim it's still got factory fingerprints on it.

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Interior / Re: Console extra holes

« Last post by Wallington on May 13, 2024, 10:30:22 PM »

That's the one. late 76 dated box, 78 dated docket. And console warped and distorted from years of something heavy on it.

Just scrolling through and the holes reminded me that I'd seen them before but not in use, even when I searched my saved pics of CB and 8-tracks.
I think 80 or 81 they changed that end brace again when the computer went there, not my thing. I think the body on them is different anyway, not just the access door but the side rib and small cutaway above carpet for some reason.

As for the rivet condition, not sure. I've seen many in colour, hard to tell if original or console touch-ed up, plenty in surface rust/dark grey, also had to tell if went in bare or poorly applied paint years ago has flaked of. And of course, NOS is often spare parts supply, not production line, sometimes things were done differently.

My repro console has no opinion here! While doing a search I also found an older forum post of a guy cutting the front out of his ABS console to install the CB/8-track in factory style. Can't recall if had any of the extra brackets or the heavy duty shelf bracket/heat shield under it but simply showed that particular console was designed with nothing like that in mind. Not sure how much they've changed since, probably not much.

Here's another question, that rear bracket that hooks up to dash, does the dash sit on top of it or do the brackets tuck up inside the lip like hooks? Looks like stand-alone screw mount into dash from below. I could probably look at some photos but heading out the door instead! Mine has neither, was the ABS type which I had to remove and my dash also different.

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Mechanical / Re: Tilt Steering Column

« Last post by b_hill_86 on May 13, 2024, 07:57:54 PM »

To my knowledge the only difference would be the neutral safety/reverse light switch. An auto version would be that combination whereas a manual version would just contain the reverse light switch. Neutral safety would be accomplished by the clutch pedal switch. The backdrive linkage is different between auto and manual but otherwise I don’t believe the column is different. Maybe someone can correct me if I’m wrong.

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Mechanical / Re: Toasted Clutch

« Last post by b_hill_86 on May 13, 2024, 07:54:58 PM »

Yea I agree, from what I can see there that flywheel doesn’t look bad cracks wise. It may clean up nicely. I ran one that looked much worse than that before I decided to replace it just to be safe.

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Mechanical / Re: Toasted Clutch

« Last post by Zach on May 13, 2024, 06:24:34 PM »

Man I wonder if all of this was caused by a poorly adjusted clutch and maybe some oil leakage. Tore open the transmission today and it is really clean for something that hasn’t been babied for 60k miles. Was pretty concerned for a minute since I saw a lot of light gray metallic sludge but from what I can tell it’s normal and is just basic wear or it’s coming from the ball bearings but they seem to be just fine for now, the most worn thing I really saw was some chips on 2nd on the counter shaft. Just gonna clean it reassemble with a gasket kit and freshen up the shift linkage, didn’t slide the gears off the shaft so that’ll save some time.

If anyone else has any ideas lemme know, to reinstate the problem was amplified by a burnout that didn’t work out, dropped the clutch and it just slipped and burned until the tires started spinning like they should. Then the bucking back and fourth from a dead stop to moving got a lot worse and happened all the time (stop sign, light, driveway, etc.) .

From what I can tell the clutch was bad but not as bad as it should’ve been, flywheel was pretty ugly, lots of heat luckily I caught it before any cracks.

Thanks all.

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Mechanical / Tilt Steering Column

« Last post by wheels78ta on May 13, 2024, 05:41:04 PM »

My Y88 came with a non-tilt steering column.  I want to install a tilt steering column.

What are the differences between the automatic and manual tilt steering columns?

I see a lot of tilt columns listed as automatic trans.  I have never seen a tilt steering column listed as manual.

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Mechanical / Re: Toasted Clutch

« Last post by langss on May 13, 2024, 05:30:49 PM »

Brought the flywheel to the machine shop today so we will see how that turns out. Think I’m gonna go with a zoom mu5505-1a clutch, seems people like zoom and it’s one of the cheaper ones.

That Flywheel is "Mint" compared to some of the ones I've seen . I say change the "Ring Gear" if its really chewed up, and go. I was expecting "Heat Cracks" that look like the Grand Canyon. I had a Zoom Disk, Held up well to my abuse. Regards. 

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Mechanical / Re: Toasted Clutch

« Last post by Zach on May 13, 2024, 12:26:51 PM »

Brought the flywheel to the machine shop today so we will see how that turns out. Think I’m gonna go with a zoom mu5505-1a clutch, seems people like zoom and it’s one of the cheaper ones.

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Interior / Re: Console extra holes

« Last post by wheels78ta on May 13, 2024, 08:49:33 AM »

That's the NOS one on ebay that they wanted $2000 for.  It's now down to $1800.

Good find, Ben.