What Projects do you have for the Winter?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by kevins2;1****52

Sure, I haven't ordered any yet but found some "Universal" spanner bars at Summit.

Rubber gaskets, a light film of Open Gear Grease, and torque to about 7 ft/lbs and you will reduce your leaking/weeping down to virtually nothing.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by cycleguy55

No ERA here, but here's my list:

1. Install PowerTrax No-Slip differential
2. Replace rear main seal
3. Install Wilwood 4 piston front disk brakes
4. Install remote reservoirs for brake and clutch fluid
5. Install Canton road racing pan (possible, not yet committeed to this)
6. Replace bottom hinged accelerator pedal and push cable with top hinged pedal and pull cable
7. Install 9" K&N X-Stream air cleaner
8. Install 5 degree carburetor wedge plate
9. Replace hood pins and trunk latch with keyed-alike locking hood latches and trunk latch
10. New gas tank - more capacity and better filler
11. New sealed battery box in trunk
12. Replace rear view mirror with more period correct mirror

Some of you are apparently anticipating a lot longer winter than I'm hoping for.

[davids2toys]

Originally Posted by kevins2;1****52

Sure, I haven't ordered any yet but found some "Universal" spanner bars at Summit.

Thanks I will have to check it out

[davids2toys]

Have a ton of stuff to do but the absolute must do things are:
New Canton RR oil pan and wind-age tray. Also do the new dipstick setup for the pass side(all purchased 2 years ago).
R&R rear pinion seal.
While the interior and tunnel is out for the pinion seal I may attempt installing crotch belts and relocation my pedal 3 inches towards the driver.
Total grease job whole car.
Total re-torque on everything on motor.
Detail car along with a few chip touch ups
After that is about 30 things I would like to do that the parts are all sitting on the shelf waiting for me to have time or motivation to do including the wheel house vents I just purchase at the ERA holiday open house on Dec 25.
I am so overwhelmed, cant wait to retire!!!

[davids2toys]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Pull the valve covers, eyeball everything, look for something obviously loose or out of place, replace the gaskets (I use Open Gear Grease on them -- do a search on here to see specifics), and knock off early. No retorquing today.

OK, I searched the whole club cobra forum and could not find anything about open gear grease except your two posts in this thread . Would any type of grease work? Also, are you using cork gaskets? EDIT: I just saw you mentioned rubber gaskets

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by davids2toys

OK, I searched the whole club cobra forum and could not find anything about open gear grease except your two posts in this thread . Would any type of grease work? Also, are you using cork gaskets? EDIT: I just saw you mentioned rubber gaskets

Open Gear grease is used out in the fields on large, open gears that have to endure weather, heat, moisture, etc. You don't have to use the exact brand I use, just Google "Open Gear Lube" and you'll see there are various brands. The beauty of it is that once you put it down, it won't harden, it won't melt, it won't run, it won't be affected by oil, it just sits there -- and makes a beautiful seal for your valve covers. Plain old axle grease is good, but Open Gear grease is two steps past it. It will be exactly the same five years and 50,000 miles from now as it is today. Just don't get it on your skin and don't breathe the vapors.

[patrickt]

A quick Google and this stuff looks good: Open Gear Lubricants | Lubrication Engineers Whatever you buy, just make sure you get the grease, not a spray on lubricant from a spray can. You want to be able to dip your gloved finger in and smear it along the flat edge between the gasket and cover and head.

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by DanEC;1****61

Some of you are apparently anticipating a lot longer winter than I'm hoping for.

I live in Saskatchewan, Canada, where winters are long and cold - very cold. The Cobra was last driven November 1, and probably won't turn a wheel again until late April or early May.

[Dwight]

New Year even about 1:00 pm a buddy of mine drove his Cobra from Florence Alabama to South Pittsburg Tenn. A 3 hour drive to spend the weekend with his girlfriend.

It was 47 degrees when I was talking to him on his cell. Hooded Carhart jacket and no heater.

Tough guy?

Dwight

[blykins]

On retorquing heads....

They don't need to be torqued after leaving my shop. However, I always retorque them a little while after first installation. You'd be surprised on how much the fasteners stretch and the gaskets compress.

I do ask all my customers to go over everything else after some miles are on the engine.

[davids2toys]

Originally Posted by patrickt

A quick Google and this stuff looks good: Open Gear Lubricants | Lubrication Engineers Whatever you buy, just make sure you get the grease, not a spray on lubricant from a spray can. You want to be able to dip your gloved finger in and smear it along the flat edge between the gasket and cover and head.

very nice explanation...thanks

just searched around, seems very expensive and all I would want/need would be around a pint, not a 5 gallon pail

[mjl]

Install New Front Brake Calipers and Pads

[davids2toys]

Originally Posted by patrickt

A quick Google and this stuff looks good: Open Gear Lubricants | Lubrication Engineers Whatever you buy, just make sure you get the grease, not a spray on lubricant from a spray can. You want to be able to dip your gloved finger in and smear it along the flat edge between the gasket and cover and head.

I called Kaymen today, how about this, MOLYKOTE® 1122 CHAIN AND OPEN GEAR GREASE?
I can get an 11oz tub for 20.00. I read things about heat and formaldehyde poisoning??? This may also be synthetic

What would be wrong with a spray can if you were to spray it into a cap then dip your fingers into the cap and take what you need?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by davids2toys

I called Kaymen today, how about this, MOLYKOTE® 1122 CHAIN AND OPEN GEAR GREASE?
I can get an 11oz tub for 20.00. I read things about heat and formaldehyde poisoning??? This may also be synthetic

What would be wrong with a spray can if you were to spray it into a cap then dip your fingers into the cap and take what you need?

1122 is what I use, but it looks like they've changed the packaging a bit. Unfortunately, most stuff that really works well is replete with dire warnings. Although when my kids were particularly noisy, I would just open the tub and wave it under their noses and they would nap peacefully for most of the day. When you dip your gloved finger in to the 1122 stuff, it's like dipping in to wet mud. It never hardens, it never runs, it never melts (unless you go over 600 degrees); it just sits there and keeps a nice seal. I don't think a spray would work as well because I just don't know how it would come out of that little spray hole to begin with.

Here's my older 1122 stuff:

[davids2toys]

Sounds good Patrick, I will order some. I think 11oz will last the rest of my life...LOL

I hear you on the works great but not good for you. For years I washed multiple times daily in MEK and Triclor...GOOD STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for the advice

[davids2toys]

Well it came and it turned out to be a spray can...UGH. I specifically told them I did not want an aerosol. I actually sprayed a little into a cup to see if the consistancy would stiffen as it was exposed to air. No it did not, pretty loose and I could wipe it off with a cloth pretty easily. It had the consistancy of some moly grease I have in a tube. I am giving this back and I might use the moly grease I already have.
What do you think Patick?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by davids2toys

Well it came and it turned out to be a spray can...UGH. I specifically told them I did not want an aerosol. I actually sprayed a little into a cup to see if the consistency would stiffen as it was exposed to air. No it did not, pretty loose and I could wipe it off with a cloth pretty easily. It had the consistency of some moly grease I have in a tube. I am giving this back and I might use the moly grease I already have.
What do you think Patrick?

I wouldn't use it. Go with the moly grease that you have, and if you find that you have leaks around the gaskets and covers that drive you nuts, then we'll go on a hunt for the good stuff.

[davids2toys]

Thanks Patrick,
I found it in a 14oz tube today. They want 47.00 plus shipping, seems ridiculous to me!