I am rather out of words and what my cleaned and restored fuel injectors look like. Remember these pics from a few weeks back? The package I just opened is like magic happened. Other than some wear on the plastic electronic areas, the injectors look practically brand new! And that Cold Start Valve…
Category: Systems
Murbella – Day 30 – My future 205H Distributor
So Bill from Spark Werks already has shipped out my new restored 205H distributor and it’ll be here in a few days. He supplied me with some maintenance instructions, that quite frankly I don’t think I ever realized to do, but of course, that’s why so many used distributors look like shit. Now what he…
Murbella – Day 30 – Oil Filter Placement
If this becomes too difficult to do, given my fabrication limitations, I’ll just go with the stock oil pump and skip full filtering for now. Buried under that oh so lovely undercoating is the shock bumper mount and bolts. I need to figure out a way to mod a mounting plate that is made for…
Murbella – Day 30 – Prepping the transaxle for removal
I had plans to drop the transaxle today and start loosening up the bolts. I got her shift coupler detached. I had upgraded to urethane bushings for this back in 2017 when I replaced her shifter bushing It is all still very tight. (I remember how sloppy she was before this maintenance!) Now the drawing…
Murbella – Day 30 – Tin and EGR Work
I started the second cleaning pass for the engine tins, this time my soapy-water pass. I usually degrease first with solvent, then wash with soapy water and dry, then sand and detail work, then wash and clean again, then prime. Yeah, media blasting would save me a lot of man hours in this. Cylinder Tin…
Murbella – Day 30 – Cleaning, Painting, More…
So while I had intended to drop her top so I could easily have access to undoing the shifting rod from the transmission as well as using her interior for storage space, I ran into a slight problem that I did not foresee. With her up on stands, there’s absolutely no way to clear the…
Murbella – Day 29 – Restored Exhaust Components
So I ran out and picked up the blasted and then ceramic-coated exhaust components and damn if they don’t look amazing! Restoring the original solid 1979 muffler instead of swapping on that cheap ass aftermarket one was one of the best things I could have done. I love all the little parts that say West…
Murbella – Decisions made on alternator upgrade.
I had a decision to make if I wanted to install a new alternator or not. Now 50am Motorola unit that is on there is fine, but I do have some issues I’ve seen due to the stereo and amplifier that has been installed in the car. While I don’t have the full electric draw…
Murbella – Day 28 – Fuel Injector Test Results
So I got the Fuel Injector test results back from Cruzin Performance and I’m happy to say that they all passed with flying colors, including the Cold Start Valve! I was a littler worried since I have no idea what to expect given their age and potential, though unlikely, to have 237K miles on them….
Murbella – Day 27 – In which the distributor is odd.
So today I went down the path of investigating people who restore original Bosch distributors. One only does certain kinds of work. The other does not work on these types of distributors, but directed me to Sparxwerks, another vendor. So I sent an email them. After some back and forth, it became obvious that Murbella’s…