by "InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
Published 06/18/2017 at 12:08
by "InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
Published 06/18/2017 at 12:08
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STARS: 5
Heading into the Sully car show. Pulled over before it got too hot... time to upgrade to a 16" fan...
"C62030" (c62030)
06/18/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 2
Yeah, but it’s so pretty I would excuse the spontaneous combustion.
"cluelessk" (cluelessk)
06/18/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 1
Just goes to show how reliable cars of today are. You barely have to maintain them and they just keep going.
Back in the day people actually had to understand how their vehicle worked.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/18/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 1
New radiator with larger capacity and a larger fan could both solve that issue! :)
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
06/18/2017 at 13:08, STARS: 1
wew it’s alive
"Wacko" (wacko--)
06/18/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 0
But i heard they really like mechanics named Tony
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
06/18/2017 at 14:07, STARS: 0
Yep, already swapped to an aluminum radiator... a P.O. replaced the factory fan motor with a lower powered one that can’t quite keep up... replacing that is next up.
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
06/18/2017 at 14:08, STARS: 1
Running well, has a new timing belt, carb tune and just had a 93 tune done with ignition timing! Didn’t overheat but I didn’t want to push it... better to take 10 mins.
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
06/18/2017 at 14:11, STARS: 1
True, but how many of them will still be on the road in 40 yrs? I love the simplicity of old cars... they’re quasi-bulletproof if we’ll maintained. No plastic chain guides, CVTs, electronic differentials, etc to go wrong...
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
06/18/2017 at 14:14, STARS: 1
For electronics... yeah... ugh. Otherwise I do everything myself and it hasn’t really needed much mechanically. Re- did suspension so that should be good for another 40yrs, twin- cam motors usually good forever if timing belt replaced every 30k.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/18/2017 at 14:18, STARS: 1
If you can get that fan replaced, you should hopefully be OK! :)
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
06/18/2017 at 14:22, STARS: 0
Definitely! She’s running great otherwise, little pull to the left at speed that I’ll take care of after I lower it back to stock ride height... otherwise a joy to drive.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/18/2017 at 14:30, STARS: 1
:)
I love me some FIATs, so always good to hear somebody keeping one on the road, despite the headaches sometimes! :P
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
06/18/2017 at 14:38, STARS: 0
I’d like to get mine show - ready. The respray I did with my cousin was 100% orange peel so I’m sanding it smooth to try again. This time I’ll put on 2 coats of clear so I can color sand it to perfection.
Interior wood and dash are OK but could use a refresh, center console is cracked, tiny hole in driver’s seats, but I think they’d let me onto the grass with just a good respray...
"BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
06/18/2017 at 15:03, STARS: 0
Well duh, what do you think happens when you remove the bumpers? Tsk
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
06/18/2017 at 17:23, STARS: 0
I live in the land of full- sized SUVs; those bumpers wouldn’t do squat in a crash :p. I leave lots of space and pray nobody swerves into me when I happen to be passing through their blind spot or am going through an intersection. Would be nice to get a set of the chromes, or abarth bumparettes...