Date Description Saturday, 12/01/2001 7 hours Removed and cleaned and clearcoated miscellaneous trim bolts. Removed drivers door interior panel to replace backing damaged from moisture, cut masonite backer and assembled misaligned drivers window will have to check to see what I need to adjust. Sunday, 12/02/2001 5 hours Waxed car for the first time.... not sure why..but thought it needed some protection. Little did I know what I planned to do with the finish Finally poured Sta-Bil into tank to keep gas fresh. Monday, 12/03/2001 2.5 hours Removed ignition coil and bracket to bead blast and clear coat Slow day I think... Tuesday, 12/04/2001 2 hours Removed and cleaned starter selenoid to bring back some of the luster. Wednesday, 12/05/2001 1.5 hours Reinstalled ignition coil and starter selenoid on Fairlane. Checked condition of roof rail weather strip to see if I can fix or repair. Came up with a plan to do a interum long term fix. These weather strips are about $400 Canadian.......did you hear me flinch? First thoughts of an AC unit in the car....... Thursday, 12/06/2001 2.5 hours Polished rear window stainless mouldings and remounted on car. Work started to repair the roof rail weatherstrip I am still finding leaks of antifreeze from the waterpump installation! Friday, 12/07/2001 3 hours Installed a bulb of rubber and an aluminum strip to retain the seal on the roof rail.......WORKS pretty GOOD! Saturday, 12/08/2001 3.5 hours Took apart distributor cap and related parts for cleaning Tried to use the vinyl repair again but really made a mess this time on the dash. Took off throttle linkage for cleaning and beadblasting and clearcoating. Sunday, 12/09/2001 4 hours Reorganized plug wires to make sure they are running straight. Decided to put on the coil over attachments on rear shocks again.. Installed a wire loom cover for wires that were on top of engine. Purchased and installed a tachometer to see engine RPMs. Monday, 12/10/2001 3 hours Decided to start working on the BRAKES ...GULPS. Took new drums to the college to bead blast off rust and paint black removed carb to check for feul leaks due to screws not tight enough. still leaking feul though.. Tuesday, 12/11/2001 3 hours Bead blasted and clearcoated the exterior of the new Master brake cylinder Took off tires and rims from car....looking serious at the BRAKES! Located directions for taking front hubs from the old drums. Took photos of brake parts so that I would know how to put things back. Wednesday, 12/12/2001 6 hours Took old front drums and hubs to work to machine shop to have studs bored out. Purchased bearings for front hubs. Pressed in new bearing races in front hubs. Took apart all front brake parts for cleaning and repainting to original colours... Borrowed brake tools from work. Thursday, 12/13/2001 7 hours Blasted and painted all internal front brake parts including backing plates. Remounted all parts after paint was dry and assembled parts. Found that new front drums were a little out of round and require machining Friday, 12/14/2001 2 hours Machined front and rear drums with the help of Hank at work. took off all rear brake parts for cleaning and repainting. Pulled wheel axles and decided to redo the bearings and seals at this time. Took more photos. adjusted and put on front drums...works pretty good.. not sure I have the preload set correctly on front bearings though as there seems to be a little too much play. Will check when car goes for an alignment. Saturday, 12/15/2001 4 hours Bead blasted and painted all rear brake parts at work..another slow day Sunday, 12/16/2001 8 hours Reassemble rear brake assemblies, dismantled ebrake cables and fixtures for cleaning Monday, 12/17/2001 8 hours Removed drive shaft for cleaning and replacing U-joints front and rear Found out that front yoke was scored badly due to someone using heat on it in the past and started search for a replacement. Called Wayne Kreller and picked one up from a 80's galaxy. Tried out a carborundum wheel to clean rust and debris from driveshaft prior to painting..what a mess in the shop took to work and painted drive shaft black. Pressed off the axle bearings Borrowed flaring tool from work and bent and installed the new brake lines along the rear housing..both sides. Tuesday, 12/18/2001 7 hours Reinstalled Drive shaft but before that I undercoated area around drive shaft. Ordered a transmission kit gasket andfilter from Hoods reinstalled ebrake cables and adjust to work Installed and plumbed in new master cylinder but would not PUMP.......hmms.. no brake pressure. Wednesday, 12/19/2001 6 hours Replaced transmission filter and pan gasket after cleaning and clear coating pan. Had to hammer the flange flat on pan. Finally located axle bearings and pressed them on. Refilled transmission with 4L of clean TypeFA Received new Fairlane500 script from Alabama and installed on right fender. Thursday, 12/20/2001 8 hours Removed tranmission cross arm for bead blasting and repainting. Finally set on rear drums and tried to bleed the system again... NO pedal.. turns out the NOS master cylinder was scavanged for parts and had no kit in it!! sent it to Winnipeg by courier to get a replacement. Found some springs to hold the ebrake cables on rear springs. Installed fairlane wheel cover on spare that arrived from Florida. Wiped down oil pan and painted. Friday, 12/21/2001 9 hours Reinstalled transmission cross member... Looks cool. Trimmed trunk matt to fit a little better and organized trunk. Removed carb one more time and took off covers from power valve and accelorator pump to file flat....finally NO LEAKS of feul.... Saturday, 12/22/2001 6 hours Speedometer and dash bezel arrived from Maine today. Started to think checking on the works of the speedometer. Took apart and broke a small clip retaining the odometer wheel...Have to take out the one in the Fairlane. removed old dash from Fairlane and found out why the speedometer didnt work it was caked with grease. Decided to at that point redo the odometer setting and install the new one that was grease free. Original mileage was 45425.8 I reset it to 0....took photos to prove old mileage and reinstalled. WORKS! Sunday, 12/23/2001 1 hours Lubricated the hood hinges and adjusted the hood to even out gap. Thursday, 12/27/2001 2 hours Went to pick up redone mastercylinder while in Winnipeg Purchased new strut rod bushings and inner and outer tie rods and sleeves..GULPS Returned all axle seals that were shipped previously and not required. Friday, 12/28/2001 6 hours Installed new improved mastercylinder to check......NOPE still not working I checked the parts inside and there was still parts missing!! DAMN. Called Mid Canada suspension and he arranged to have a kit available at Piston Ring the next day. Park light assemblies arrived from Oregon... Saturday, 12/29/2001 8 hours Picked up and installed master cylinder kit. Filled with DOT5 silicone brake fluid and viola........it worked!! Decided to clean up old tie rods to see if they are saleable......I did sell them...in February! Sunday, 12/30/2001 6 hours Completed the cleanup of the old tie rod parts and STARTED on disassembly of the front suspension of the car.... you can tell I was not sure about this one I did some reading in the manual and asked a lot of questions of HANK. removed all front suspension parts up to the control arms including strut rods, stablizer bar..all brackets idler arm and pitman arm.. need bushings. Monday, 12/31/2001 5 hours Picked up bushing parts at Hoods, ordered a new set of front brake hoses as they were badly checked upon real close inspection. I had trouble removing the center link from the pitman arm. Asked for advice... and TOOLS! Installed brake hoses on ffront