My new 77

Hutch · Post by **Hutch** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:50 pm

After some Meguiars #80 with a DA and a coat of Meguiars Medallion wax...

racydave · Post by **racydave** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:12 pm

Looks real good bud! How sweet it is!

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:32 pm

Very nice! Will you polish mine next?

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:33 pm

How did you get the District Attorney to help you on the car?

Gotta love a red Spider!
Lookin' good Hutch.
Ron

ROOK1 · Post by **ROOK1** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:41 pm

I read that as Dumb A&% and it made total sense to me.

BTW. It looks great.

Hutch · Post by **Hutch** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:51 pm

Thanks for the replies. My first mechanical project will be finding out what is making a loud creeking noise in the front suspension. It only makes the noise after being driven for a while. My son and I were riding around today looking for good photo locations and we were laughing that it sounded like geese were flying over us.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:49 pm

I wouldn't drive anymore until you check it out. You could be on the verge of a lower ball joint failing or having the steering dampner seize and break. Broken lower ball joints can be a disaster if you're at speed

Hutch · Post by **Hutch** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:23 pm

Mark, that sounds like good advice. I have been meaning to pull the front wheels to check things out and this will be the impetus that I need. Thanks for the heads up. For some reason I thought that it must be in the shocks, A arm pivots, or the like. I had not considered the ball joints and the possibility of catastrophe. Thanks again for the wake up.

ga.spyder · Post by **ga.spyder** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:33 pm

Hey Hutch,
if you find that your ball joints and other critical parts are ok (as was the case w/ mine),you might have the dreaded dry creaking ball joint disease.I know the sound you refer to all too well.I changed my shocks ,which needed to be done,and the creak was still there.Someone told me that since the ball joints have no grease fitting ,they dry out and creak.I bought an injection needle for my grease gun (4.00 at Napa),poked it through the boots and liberally greased the ball joints. Voila!!
silent driving.Make sure the ball joints are ok first!!!
Craig

racydave · Post by **racydave** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 5:04 pm

I drilled a hole in mine, and put in grease fittings.

ga.spyder · Post by **ga.spyder** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:11 pm

I am going for the front end rebuild this winter.I already have all the parts incl.new ball joints.That is a great idea ,Dave! I will install grease fittings before I even put the ball joints on.
Craig

Hutch · Post by **Hutch** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:01 pm

That is a great idea. Instead of trying to locate my noise I am going to do the total front end replacement this winter as well. After looking around at the front suspension it doesn't appear that much is new. With the cost of full replacement being so reasonable I think that is the route I'm going to take. With that said, what is the best service manual out there to use as a reference for something of this magnitude?

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:07 pm

Before the maual question, I thought you'd benefit (as I did) from seeing the result of ball joint failure. I also had a creaking in the front end, when I checked my ball joints the upper on the passenger side was real sloppy in the knuckle. This is not my car BTW, it just motivated me to do the ball joints asap!

The general concensus is usually that not any one manual is the best. It is a good idea to get at least a couple, as each one will have it's strong and weak points.
Ron

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