DTMAce's 95 Black Base - THE BAMBI KILLER! - New Pics 5-1!

[DTMAce]

Ok, some new updates today finally.







Replacement Fender after getting straightened some. Have to test fit it.



Hood after initial sanding and base primer. Needs more sanding and more primer, then a final sand and paint. Yay.



As it sat less than 2 hours ago.



Removed the hood and fender, this was about a half hour ago.



One wrinkled fender please!



New and old hood. Hard to believe I managed to get the same color! lol



More car.



Fender area without fender or inner liner.



Test fit of the replacement fender. Needs more tweaking, then I can sand it.


List to have done before I leave on Wednesday morning:

Hood and fender installed.
Lower drivers side trim piece back on.
New inner fender liner.
Horn.
Hood latch.
Lower latch assembly.
Headlight supports.
Headlights.
Grill.
Sand, prep and shoot paint on all the rusted areas around the fender lips.
Finish putting the interior back together. (I had the console out)
Replace the driver's side seat covers.
Install new red Beretta decal for windshield. If I can find it.
Install headlight covers.
Swap the wheels to the original base wheels, complete with covers. (Tires are junk on the ARs right now)
Replace the door mirrors (if I have time).
Remove the drip cover on the passenger door so both sides match.
Thoroughly clean the interior and exterior.

LOL

Lots to do! Hope to have the hood painted later tonight, and the fender at least ready for paint if not painted as well.

[DTMAce]

Well, thank you mother nature.

I have been delayed a bit, hopefully I can get stuff painted in the morning. I did get the horn installed, and a few other things, but it was raining like a bitch out here. And not in a nice way at all.

[DTMAce]

Damn I'm tired tonight. But I actually managed it:





























I have nothing to say for each picture. But its together anyway. Some things I did not get to do, but oh well. Who knows we can have a parking lot fixit or something later.. LOL

So yeah, I will be rolling in this, one way or another. Leaving first thing in the morning. Bringing some extra stuff with me as well. Anyone need anything, let me know.

[96B-Mike]

geeze you been through alot..glad you decided stick to it and repair it..good work!

[DTMAce]

Yep. Drove it to bfest, been running all over TC in it, heading back up tomorrow afternoon.

[1988GTU]

Holly poop you have some bald tires!

[DTMAce]

Actually, they are not bald, they are dry rotted. The tire tread is designed to look like slicks at the outside edge, but they still have plenty of tread. However the tires are all severely dry rotted and the tread portion is starting to come away from the belted section. So they are still junk.

But they have been this way since I bought the car, and I have been careful. Not to mention I have a second set of wheels in the backseat, just in case.

[2.2H8TA]

Did you, or do you plan to do any underbody rust repair? Glad to see it's still going strong.

[DTMAce]

Well, it was. Now, its not running at all. Pulled the coil pack spark wiring, found corrosion on two of them, the coils measure 6.9k, 5.9k, and 6.0k. The 6.9 is the one with all the corrosion really bad, and has been replaced before. However.

The engine sounds like its trying to destroy itself, despite the coil being corroded. So I find it difficult to believe its just that. Almost suspect the timing chain has jumped a tooth possibly. Will pull the coils, clean them good, see what I have then. Problem is, I need to know the order of the spark wires... I assume it goes left to right, back to front, but I'm not certain.

At least it died after I got to my destination. LOL Will see what I can find out tomorrow.

[1988GTU]

Hope this helps:

[DTMAce]

Actually had a buddy that works on cars all the time, had him take a look and found 3 bad spark cables. One was jumping sparks to a bolt on the upper intake (saw the orange flash from inside the car while he was checking the noise. All the coils are firing at least. One cable has a broken/corroded end, one actually has the wiring showing through the cable housing! I was like wtf. How did I miss all that? And how has it been running all this time? LOL

Will get you all some pics of this nightmare later on.

[DTMAce]

Ok, replaced the wires. Better, but still hammering like a bastard. Collapsed lifters maybe? Noise is harsh and multiple, and according to my friend up here, it sounded top end.. Engine shakes in the bay pretty hard. But it will idle now without dying, though barely. If I had to guess, its down at least 2 cylinders. We tested spark last night, all 6 coil points were firing. But I had 3 bad wires, so I bought new ones today and verified the pattern.

Again, the car was running perfectly when I got here with it yesterday. It's literally like someone threw a switch and broke it.

[Money pit Beretta]

Yeah man the lifters do tend to go bad on a 3100.

[Chad91GTZ]

How's your oil pressure? Lifters getting the juice? If you have valve clatter that could be a cause.

[DTMAce]

I don't have any idea of how much oil pressure there is, outside of knowing the needle is pegged. So I have pressure, but it could be high or low. When you turn the key to just on, the needle is usually at the bottom. Even while cranking it will jump and peg. So it appears to me that the oil pump is engaging at least. My first thought was that maybe I snapped the cam or something.

As of right now, I have no idea what to do. If it were just the lifters, I would almost be willing to risk it, if I could limp it back home, but I doubt it would last long doing that.

At least I have it idling better, now that I changed the spark wires.