What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. Krazy Comet

    Krazy Comet Tom

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    Cleaned & painted front stabilizer bar, finished up the brake lines, installed complete steering system with P/S valve & cylinder, plus about 19 little piddly things... Oh yea it resting on it wheels again for first time in probably four months...

    I'll stick some fresh pictures in my project thread probably tomorrow...
     
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  2. mav1970

    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    My wife stays away from "that thing in the corner that makes noise" :huh:
     
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  3. RMiller

    RMiller My name is Rick

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    Mine doesn't, I'm surprised we have any carpet left!
     
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  4. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    same here. when I empty the canister on the whole house vac. you would think we have cats. there's a fur ball about the size of a bowling ball in it...:cry:
     
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  5. socalcomet

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    Starter

    Did the late model starter upgrade. The original stuck open and had to go. Clean easy upgrade...glad there was a tech article on it! $120+tax at O'Reilly's for the brand new/lifetime warranty. :thumbs2:

    http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=40882
     
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  6. Tannersg1

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    Welded in the right front floor pan!!!
     
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  7. rexscates

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    spent a good hour and a half pull off the back brake drum. I think they are from a granada, then afixiated myself on brake cleaner (California approved) and am now wondering if some rust on the hydraulic part of the rear drum is ok or not? its been sitting around before i bought it from the guy and well I hate to rip things apart and worry about not finding the right parts after I do so.

    so should i just pull off all the units and replace the ones that are often replaced? the pads are perfect. it has maybe 100 miles on the pads yet the hydralic unit is 15 years old. yes it has only been driven a few miles each year :)
     
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  8. Lzoesch

    Lzoesch Levi Zoesch

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    Hung doors, and trunk .

    Also started to cut the firewall out.
     
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  9. rthomas771

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    If it was me...I would change everything with new parts
     
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  10. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    "it has only been driven a few miles each year ."

    patch it...:yup:
     
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  11. mav1970

    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    Looking good Levi - made me remember that you asked me a long time ago about my down bars from my firewall to the front of my frame. Do you still need any measurements for that or do you have a plan?
     
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  12. rthomas771

    rthomas771 Member

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    Bkelley and I went junkyarding and pulled a very nice factory A/C box from a 69.5 Maverick. No cracks in the case, nothing rusting inside.
     

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  13. mav1970

    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    That is in really nice condition :thumbs2:
     
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  14. Mavman72

    Mavman72 Gone backwards but lookin' forward

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    Stretched the Sprints legs today...Drove it all over creation. Did a big smokey:chirp:In the parts store parking lot where I got my sta-bil. The car is now oficially pickled for the winter :(...
     
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  15. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    I stripped more paint, did some grinding, drilled some holes, welded other holes, and cleaned...epoxy maybe tomorrow...
     
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