What have you done with your Cadillac today?

[cadillacmike68]

I got love bugs all over the front of both CTSs. But not anywhere neat the bazillion that were in a chevy sedan that pulled up at a light. I don't see how the driver could see through the windshield.

They'll die off in a week or so. Need to get the cars cleaned pronto though.

[JohnnyRockit]

It was a busy day. Amazon finally brought my suction throttling valve (STV) rebuild kit, so I:

- removed the old valve disassembled it and cleaned it.
- rebuilt the STV with a new diaphragm and o-rings
- reassembled everything, pulled a vacuum and checked for leaks, then pulled another vacuum to eliminate the moisture in the system.
- added Ester Oil, leak- detection dye and 51 ounces of 134a refrigerant

Now I have 42-degree air coming out of the vents, according to the infrared thermometer, nice.

Now, if only I had the rear glass installed I could keep the cold air inside the car! Hopefully the new gasket for the rear glass will arrive tomorrow.

Johnny

[2manycars]

Got the engine out of mine.Trans is still in there. I was surprised the rear main crank seal is not leaking. Pretty much everything else IS though. Trans is leaking big time as well. They both run and work fine though.

Now the cleanup and checkout begins...

[JohnnyRockit]

Received my new back window gasket and a tube of 3M bedding & glazing compound. Followed the directions in the service manual.

It was, um, difficult and unfulfilling. And still a work in progress.

On a side note, if you intend to follow the service manual directions, you will need 2 tubes of the 3M compound. And when you run short, there is absolutely no place open on a Saturday afternoon that has it in stock.   To be continued...

Johnny

[Saturnin15]

I took a ride in my 56 Sedan deVille!  First ride of the year!

[chrisntam]

Nothing.  I did look at it in the garage.  Raining all day.

[2 Devilles]

Took my '60 on a 400 mile road trip. Went around Flathead Lake to Columbia Falls for a swap meet. Came back and did our local Saturday cruise. Great day.

[MaR]

I had a bit of mission creep on my latest project. What started out as me removing the front fender to adjust the door hinges ended up with me disassembling the entire front suspension on that side and cleaning everything to paint it....

[Cadman-iac]

I had a bit of mission creep on my latest project. What started out as me removing the front fender to adjust the door hinges ended up with me disassembling the entire front suspension on that side and cleaning everything to paint it....

Somebody got a job on their hands!!!

It looks like you will have a better car for it though.

[MaR]

Somebody got a job on their hands!!!

It looks like you will have a better car for it though.

Since the car is not rusty and I'm under no time crunch to get it done, it's actually quite fun. While taking it apart, I found a bad lower ball joint and an iffy wheel bearing so it will actually be better when I put it back together.

[bctexas]

Replacing the fuel pump and aged rubber hose feeding it on my '65 CDV.  With the pump off, a peek thought the hole with a bright light revealed - a shiny new cam sprocket and chain!  Not a spot of old brown deposits on it.  YEEEHAAA!  One big thing I don't have to worry about on the old car....   

[JohnnyRockit]

Rear window now completely in today. Put all the trim back on which was a very physical job!

Pulled off the trunk lid and removed the trunk seal. Cleaned out the channel and sprayed it with rust reformer to stop any future rust issues. Tomorrow to the parts store and get some weatherstrip adhesive and install the new seal.

Johnny

[cadillacmike68]

Cleaned off all the love bugs from the CTSs on Sat. They are past the swarm stage, only picked up a couple into town and back today.

[Ohjai]

Lexi, what type of cork did you use and where did you get it?  I tried some from a couple of local parts house, the kind impregnated with blue rubber.  I used it to seal a gas sender and after about a year the cork/rubber had shrunk and was leaking pretty bad. 

Jim

[Harley Earl]

Installed 6 volt LED taillights, license plate, trunk, dash, glove box and marker lights!  All at 3000k color temperature; the light they produce is the same shade as an incandescent but MUCH BRIGHTER with far less wattage!  Used a 6v electronic flasher, nice click that matches the OEM flasher that it replaced. 

Thanks to a previous poster on suggesting ledlight.com, great 6v selection!

[JohnnyRockit]

Got the trunk seal in today.

I haven't driven my car since November and I was dying to at least take her around the block and check out the A/C function and let her finally get above a fast idle.

Cruised around the neighborhood awhile and a couple of 40 mph roads...all good so far! It was 95 degrees in Dallas and pretty comfortable in the car.

Johnny

[JohnnyRockit]

Reinstalled the rear half of the interior today and gave the exterior a good wash.

Drove around till I had about 1/8 of a tank and put in some fresh fuel. I think the last time I put fuel in was either Sep or Oct last year.

I was contemplating putting in an electric fuel pump near the tank since I was getting some pretty good vapor lock last fall, but instead I replaced the mechanical fuel pump. It was about 95 degrees yesterday and low 80's today and I had no vapor lock issues. Hopefully, the new fuel pump solved it!

Anyway, I know something else is no doubt about to break, but for the moment it was 2 steps forward and no steps back (for once).

Johnny

[Tom Boehm]

I didn't do anything on a Cadillac today. I worked on my LASALLE  !   I am restoring the tailgate hardware on my 1940 Lasalle woodie. Almost all the hardware was with the car but it was very rust pitted. I skimmed all the pieces with bondo and sanded before painting. The piano hinges for the back window and tailgate were rusted solid. I blasted them and soaked them in Evapo Rust for a month to get them movable.

[Jon S]

Took it for a nice drive today.

[Lexi]

Nice shots Jon. Great seeing your car "out in the wild". Clay/Lexi