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Been chasing some annoying squeaks and rattles. Tightened up all 4 door hinges to compensate for age and the gaskets having a wear pattern. Lubed all hinges, door arrestor straps, hood and trunk hinges and latches. Some wire ties and rubber grommets, a few taps on the body where the trunk gasket is located. Now the hood, doors, and trunk pop a little bit when you pull the latch. It took two people to get the hood opened when I first got the car. Even lubed the hinges on the fuel filler door.
Front struts are in and the front end is much better when you hit a bump. The old struts looked like the seals were shot. Total money now at $730. I checked the old struts, older replacements, made in the USA. The had camber slots in the top mount to the knuckle, so I put the new ones in the same spot (centered) and I might get away without an alignment for right now.
Close to 600 miles since purchased. This tank looks better than the last, but we'll see when I fill it again. A little touch up glueing on the edges of the headliner and the drivers sun visor and I'm just about out of things to do.
The gas gauge never gets to even with or above the full mark. It only took a little over 7gallons when it was down to 1/4 tank. I think it holds 13.5 gallons. I left the pump on low speed until it cut off and then I filled it until it got to just below the top of the filler tube. I managed to coax another .5 gallon in the tank that way and this tank I'll run it down to the empty mark and see how much fuel it takes.
regards
Mech
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