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Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items / Re: I rolled my pagoda last night...

« Last post by johnk on September 07, 2025, 23:31:59 »

happy to say I should have my pagoda about 98% done for the Pagodafest .  Lot of small
Stuff to do yet in addition to the paint protection film.

 A few pics from this Weekend. My son is handling the final buff and polish for me. I installed the new top this weekend. Luckily I bought it about 4 years ago when the best German canvas top was just over $500 from German Auto  tops. No way I called have done the top without the guidance from our group! Thanks to all that shared the do’s and don’ts. I bet I avoided at least half of the dont’s!

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly inside Valve Cover

« Last post by baon3h on September 07, 2025, 23:25:19 »

Thanks, Pawel! It's not loose. I did some more digging and it looks like one of the head bolts went airborne. In the attached photo you can clearly see the path of destruction. The hole in the baffle is about the same diameter as the bolt.

This must have happened a while ago. The oil and filter from the last oil change were clean and didn't contain any large metal fragments.

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Items for Sale / Re: FS: Marchal 810 Clear Fog Lights

« Last post by enoz05 on September 07, 2025, 21:03:16 »

These lights are sold, thanks

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Electrical and Instruments / Re: Total loss of electrical po wer.

« Last post by CJHenderson on September 07, 2025, 19:13:13 »

Replaced both negative battery and main grounding cables. Have good lights and engine cranks over great. Now to replace one item at a time and check. Thanks to everyone on this thread for your patience and Pagoda knowledge, I definitely would be up the preverbal creek without a padel.

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Complete and Total Brake Overhaul - Part 1.

« Last post by Pawel66 on September 07, 2025, 11:22:36 »

Of course the BBB notes should be observed.

When brakes still squeak, what we do here is to sand down brake pad edges (those running across disc) a bit at 45deg angle. Helped in 100% of cases on all of my cars.

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General Discussion / Re: Fuel line sizes.

« Last post by mdsalemi on September 07, 2025, 11:16:05 »

Finished. All new fuel hard lines, and rubber lines hooked up. That took some time.

With nice and proper clamps! 👍👍👍

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Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes / Re: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly inside Valve Cover

« Last post by Pawel66 on September 07, 2025, 09:26:54 »

This channel plays a role in engine venting, this is what it is for.

The trouble is that it becomes very clogged with oil residuals. When you restore a car there is no other way to clean then to drill out the rivets and rivet i ton back again, which is not simple. I think, as it is clean inside and rivets do not seem original, that that was the procedure performed here.

I would check if it is not lose. If it is, it has to be removed.

Personally I would not leave it like that, but I am not qualified to say if you can drive without it. I would definitely replace it or replace the valve cover.

Another question is what smashed it. Was it just because it was lose, it went down a bit and got hit by cam or valve lever? Or something else happened there?

Someone may chime in with advise if engine oil passages need to be flushed to get rid of any potential small metal debris.

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Electrical and Instruments / Re: Total loss of electrical power.

« Last post by Pawel66 on September 07, 2025, 09:16:52 »

I had a lead clamp I overtightened that broke. You could barely see it was broken, but the contact was poor, the car died on the road.

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Items for Sale / Re: FS: Marchal 810 Clear Fog Lights

« Last post by enoz05 on September 07, 2025, 06:04:48 »

Pending payment

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Electrical and Instruments / Re: Pertronix help needed

« Last post by George Lollar on September 07, 2025, 04:23:02 »

I had read this previously and initially hooked red to inlet of .6 ohm, but then had voltage of only 2.5 volts at ignition (which is spec per BBB), then followed Pertronix add'l advice and moved red power connection to input side of .4 ohm which gave me 12.5 volts @ ignition but still no fire from coil (as confirmed by use of timing light).