The Daytona has returned from her Hiatus due to a broken thermostat bolt and for the record I now encourage people to change the Thermostat more than they are so the seizure of the Bolts is less common.
A thousand Kudos to Dave on the soldering magic on the Light Switch as I once more can signal a left turn and have a light actually work, oddly the switch that did not work in the car seems to have nothing wrong with it at all, the solders swithces and other components all seem to be fine. I will describe it as vexing and move on.
Hillariously the 3.0L V6 is so worn it can be turned over by hand easily meaning my rings are pretty much fucked, this of course is not a suprise but it does move “Operation New Engine” up a notch in the list as it is clear that the problems in her operation will only be solved with the introduction of a rebuilt engine. Shave the heads a little and do some port polish head work and she will be running at near 200hp at the wheel which may not sound like alot but is actually quite substantial with a car as small and light as the Daytona. Curb weight under 3000lbs even with my big old ass in it makes that a great amount of power.
First I wait for the rest of my T4’s then with the money I buy and begin the rebuild of the new engine, hopefully I can have a rebuilt motor ready to go in by the end of school then its a summer of fun times as damn near everything else on the Daytona has already been replaced by yours truly as part of the weekly restoration attempt. Hell soon I will be far enough ahead that I can tackle the Rocker rust and find the damn short in the harness for the headlight doors. With those things done a repaired Drivers door skin and some new hinges for the doors and she is ready for PAINT restoring the whole car to a hot as hell red hue.
Then tires and suspension become important as well as the aquisition of new performance parts for the car (Supercharger anyone?) to make her even more perfect. Bwhahahahah!!