Picking up my 82 tonight!

[Chihua33]

She needs some work, but I'm looking forward to getting started on her. First step is new fuel lines for sure.

[rlux4]

Hey! An 82, what could be better?
Not sure how familiar you are with these cars, but something to definetely check is the flex disk for dryness/cracks. It's the rubber "donut" where the driveline attaches to the tranny. It gets real ugly if it fails.
Congratulations on your new car, have fun with it, and keep us posted with your progress.
Ron

[Chihua33]

Got it home tonight and started to clean it up, but got high as a kite off of the gas leak....right now it's a little overwhelming but hopefully I can make some sense of it!

Thanks for the heads up on that, I'm sure I will have to replace it.

[124JOE]

gaskets tend to dry up after a while
run your fresh gas only for a minute"thats when old cars spew gas out old gaskets"
but thats bot nesecarily the end let it sit the gaskets will expand and be fine.just tighten the fuel lines.joe

[Chihua33]

I think for gasket work I'm going to take it in somewhere....I don't really trust myself, this is the first car I've worked on.
How hard is it to run new fuel lines?

[So Cal Mark]

your water tee on the front of the head is upside down. Boy, that car sure needed a wash!

[Chihua33]

This will show how I know zero about the engine.....water tee?

[narfire]

fourth pic, top front of the engine. The rad hoses go into and out of it. There is a sensor on it that should be on the bottom side.
That car looks great. A bit of a project but some new parts and a clean fuel tank and new filter and..... anyway make sure the instalation fluid is on ice and enjoy the ride
Chris

[Chihua33]

Oh dang I was right! That's the part I thought! Should it look like someone silicone it? The po said there was a "relay" that bethought was bad and would make the engine cut out...would that maybe be what he was talking about?

[So Cal Mark]

that is the coolant temp sensor and is a major factor for the FI to set the fuel mix properly. Typically the engine will not run without a good connection there

[Chihua33]

So the sensor you're talking about is the little square whitish/yellowish piece? and that should be facing down in to the engine bay?

Thanks for the help!

[rlux4]

Yes. The reason for that is the brass plug that's under it should be facing up because it's purpose is to help bleed the system and if it faces down it wouldn't be a good bleeder, it would be a good drain. LOL. However, I never use that plug when I'm filling my cooling system. A lot of us have found the best method is to put a coolant flushing "T" in the top loop of the heater hose at the firewall and drill a small hole in the stat. That way you're filling the system from the highest point and the hole in the stat (no bigger than 1/8") will allow coolant to seep into the bottom radiator hose, which is the hardest spot to get air out of. Our cars need to be burped to get all the air out of the system. Here's a couple of pics to show you what I'm talking about.


Ron

[Chihua33]

Ohhh okay, I get what you're talking about now! Thanks a lot.
I think I'm going to take mine in for any engine work though.

Do you know how hard it is to run new fuel lines?

[WYSpider]

Replacing fuel hoses is easy. Hard lines takes more work.

[Chihua33]

Perfect, I would really love to hear this thing run.