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<\/a>High beams are nice and bright as are the markers.\u00a0 Note the Baby Tornado mirrors in this picture.\u00a0 Okay on a GTV6 or something but lame on a 64 TI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As I mentioned before, the radiator mounts were all bent up and didn’t line up with the mount holes so used a file to open them up a bit.\u00a0 I ended up notching the left side upper with a hacksaw to get it to fit but it’s now mounted.\u00a0 Both radiator hoses were installed without drama.\u00a0 All that remains of the cooling system plumbing is the need for some heater hose.\u00a0 Will pick it up today.<\/p>\n Next on the list became tightening up the steering system since I had a tie rod end with stripped threads, a loose tie rod taper joint, a loose column mount and a loose firewall mount.\u00a0 Talk about a PITA!\u00a0 I ended up chasing the threads on the stripped tie rod end, good thing I had an M10 x 1.25 die.\u00a0 Once that was mounted I went to tighten the other side.\u00a0 No go.\u00a0 I tried everything I could think of to either remove or tighten the nut and ended up cutting the nut off with a Sawzall.\u00a0 Was an inch nut on metric threads probably tightened with air.<\/p>\n So I got everything tightened up and noticed the steering wheel was about 30 degrees from centered when the front wheels were pointing forward.\u00a0 I’d never thought about how to go about aligning these things but it seemed that using a tape measure to measure center tread to center tread on the tires front to back and making adjustments to the links from the inner rod to the wheels would shift the geometry.\u00a0 Sure enough after about a half hour I had the steering wheel centered and the tires parallel.\u00a0 I’ll consult some local experts for the final adjustment on toe etc.\u00a0 After this I put the wheels on the ground to work on removing the offensive mirrors.<\/p>\n I get six hours today to work on this thing.\u00a0 On the list are: remove passenger mirror, mount period correct style mirror on driver side, get appropriate fan belt and install, get heater hose and install, change the oil, put water in it, hang the exhaust, fabricate a throttle linkage, install the gas pedal and a thousand other unexpected jobs that will pop up -or I might clean up 1530320 and not do a thing on this car, we’ll see.\u00a0 I’m thinking this series of posts will be finished soon in any case!<\/p>\n TI Tidy twenty.<\/a> Saturdays tasks on the TI were all small and in most cases challenging.\u00a0 The first thing I did is plug the battery in again and check everything again, just for grins.\u00a0 The picture below tells a good story.\u00a0 I decided I could call it a day after I installed the radiator and radiator hoses, mounted … <\/p>\n<\/a>Here’s the low beams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>This cut was tough because I had 2 brake lines and the speedometer cable right next to it. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>New tie rod end ready for installation to the car.\u00a0 Another part that the Centerline catalog lists as good for Giulietta’s and essentially everyone else through 94!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>This is the fatal flaw of this car.\u00a0 I’ve said it before and maybe you didn’t believe me.\u00a0 Everything in this car is coated with a tar like coating that actually smells like tar.\u00a0 I think the only approach that would cure this is a chemical dip and I don’t want to do that, at least not this decade.\u00a0 Anyway I’m trying to get access to the nuts that hold the mirrors on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>I removed the wing window regulator so I could see the nuts I need to get at.\u00a0 If these resisted with every turn of the wrench I would still be working on removing them now, 24 hours later.\u00a0 Thankfully they immediately became finger tight and removal was quick and easy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>Even the license plate gave me a hard time coming off.\u00a0 Here it is, very close to running and “done”.\u00a0 Jeff doesn’t like the mesh below the grill.\u00a0 I don’t know what I would do about it except replace the sheet metal in the nose, but that would undoubtedly lead to a long and slippery slope with a chemical dip and some expensive welding at the end.\u00a0 Good thing I can live with it.
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