Herbold Racing!

The reservoir holding the brake fluid is leaking when I pump the brakes. I’m wondering if there’s supposed to be some kind of gasket between the lid and the bowl… because there isn’t one right now. I took a few pictures and am hoping someone over at the forums I frequent has the answer to [...]

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We called Henry at Arizona Differential today, and yes… the car is ready! Jerad brought his nice shiny diamond plate steel tilt bed trailer to the shop to help me bring it home. His trailer sure is nice – the car loads and unloads in seconds. Anyway, I grabbed some videos of him [...]

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I spent most of the morning cleaning up the garage.  It was pretty easy to get rid of all the rust and greast off the floor – just water and ammonia.  I used a floor mate gadget to help with the process, as well as putting my back into it and scrubbing the diritier parts [...]

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Ok I took the car to Arizona Differential. I spend all freaking day boiling in my truck – it was about 115 outside. Finally I get the call to come check the car…
When I get there, Henry (the guy who was working on my car) says there is a problem. He can’t reseal [...]

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Tonight I loaded up the Duster on my trailer so I can take it to Arizona Differential tomorrow morning.  I am having them reseal the rear end.  It was a blast driving the car even if it was only for about 200 feet!  Here is a video of the short drive:

And here are some random [...]

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Yesterday I painted the hood using spray paint.  The color I used was satin black.  Unfortunately today after giving it some time to dry, it doesn’t look good.  The paint went on quite unevenly – perhaps because it is satin and not flat it’s much harder to make it look even using spray cans.  I [...]

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