dirt's 71 sb - back in the saddle again

dirtsandwich · Last edited by dirtsandwich on Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:35 pm; edited 2 times in total

I've had my square a little over a year now I'm finally getting to do some work on it. I'll use this as a build thread.

The paint overall is pretty good, but it was VERY oxidized and dull. The rear hatch has some scratches and a couple dents that were from a PO.

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Pretty faded
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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject:

So I decided to give it a buff/polish/wax and see how she cleans up. I did this in my garage (in hindsight I wouldn't recommend buffing a car in a garage). The one thing I was concerned about was my roof rack. From the look of some of the washers it hasn't been removed for a very long time, if ever.

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half the roof buffed.
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Not a spec of rust on any of the holes in the roof. Just had to peel off a bunch of silicone. That's buffing compound in the holes.
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ooooo pretty....
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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject:

The thin parts of the paint are now very very thin. I am wondering if the hood was a replacement hood at one point. Everywhere else when the paint is thin the primer looks white under the orange. Only on the hood is the primer green.
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I replaced all of the screws and washers with stainless steel. on the slats I used 10 1 inch stainless steel #10 flat head phillips screws. On the posts I used 8 1 1/2 inch stainless steel #10 pan head phillips and 10 stainless steel washers.
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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject:

Buffed, polished and waxed
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replaced the missing trim on the drivers door and drivers rear quarter panel.
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FASTBACKDON · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject:

Looks good what did you use to polish it?
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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject:

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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject:

I need some help on this...

I was going to put the rear Volkswagen script on the back and it doesn't fit.

This is what I bought from Cip1 and it's not even close. The mounting holes make it look like the script should be a good 2 inches longer.

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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject:

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Bobnotch · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

Yeah, CIP sold you a bug emblem, and you need a t-3 part. I don't have the number available, but ISP should have the correct part.
The car looks good. The green primer shouldn't be there, and sounds like a respray. The green is probably factory paint though, so it'll hold up good, depending on how it was prepped. Nice job. Oh yeah, I have a rack just like that out back, just nothing to put it on. Wink

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notchback · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:26 am Post subject:

I'll get home on Monday. I'll check the extra hatches I have sitting in the back yard. If I have a good emblem, it's yours.
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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:05 am Post subject:

over the past couple weeks it's been idling pretty poorly and it felt like it was misfiring. It got progressivly worse to the point to where it would backfire and would nearly (and sometimes would) die when I stop. I'm getting ready to head to vegas in a week and have a lot to do in not much time so I took it to a local shop who gave it a tune up and it has been running great since Tuesday. The idle seems a bit low to me but nothing major.

So I'm driving home tonight - about 30 mph - and the engine just flat out dies. I try to start it and the gauges get power, I hear the fuel pump turn on then off, turn to crank it... absolutely no noise at all. I checked the fuses (at midnight by the light of another vehicle) and they look fine but I'll check them in the AM. Fortunately I have tomorrow off... where should I start?
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Woreign · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:25 am Post subject:

Check the distributor/ignition system first. Make sure all your plug wires are connected. Check the points, cap and rotor, and the wires to and from the coil. Sounds like something simple (hopefully)...
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Mike Fisher · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:37 am Post subject:

Dirty trigger points? It's only 1 bolt to pull the distributor straight up and clean/re-install without changing the timing.
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Tram · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:20 am Post subject:

Check the connections for the starting/ charging system, paying particular attention to the hot lines supplied by the battery under the rear seat at the regulator, ECU supply relay, etc.
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dirtsandwich · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject:

I went over the connections and I didn't find anything loose. So I guess I'll pull the distributor and check the points.
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