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Dino and GTC
I completed a carb rebuild on a Dino before heading out to California
for the DGR Party.
This car is not a show car, so there are a couple of details that are
more for function than for cosmetic correction, but there are a couple
of things we like to do for safety.
Dinos have an air box that is secured to the carburetors with small
nuts, but on these cars, and later engines, they used small steel
spacers on the rubber gasket in the air box. Before one removes this
air box, it's important to count the spacers and make sure they're all
there, because it's very easy to have one fall out when removing the
air box and fall down inside the carburetor. Counting them insures
you'll have the same number before and after the air box is installed
or removed. If one of these spacers works itself into the carb and
inside a cylinder, you can do quite a bit of damage. It's things like
these that can really ruin your day!
We use a little bit of glue when putting these spacers back on the
bottom of the air box. Contact cement, or weather stripping adhesive
works well, but you'll need something that will stick to the steel and
rubber, but not make a mess like silicone glue. I look at it as a
courtesy for the next mechanic that might be me!
Another customer came by to pick up his car after a quick freshening.
Alex has known about this black GTC since he was about 5 when his
father first brought it home. He has since grown up, and recently
inherited the car after his father passed away. The struggle to get the
car was well worth the direct connection to his father and love he had
for this car. It pleases me to know that Alex is the next steward of
this GTC, and we'll continue to help him with her ownership.
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