Dan – I took my seats to an upholstery shop that work on boats and had them rebuilt.

Dan,
Not terribly close to Cherokee.  But I’ve been nearby in Maggie Valley now and then on my motorcycle.  I live in Rural Hall, NC (10 miles north of Winston-Salem).
The tranny issue cleared up when I added some tranny fluid.
Only operational issue at the moment is how cold natured the engine is.  Until it warms up (5 minutes or so) it st…[Read more]

I assumed you had the correct shocks on car when I mentioned that shocks will not cure “bottoming out”. I thought you were bottoming out on the suspension bump stops.
I used to have a link that listed all the Monroe shocks dimensions. It listed all the part numbers too. That way you could cross reference to another brand once you found the shock…[Read more]

Only one option if you out-live the to-do list…get a second TD!

O’Reilly’s had a Monroe 555001 shock what put my suspension pretty much in the middle of its 4 inch travel.  Mounted them today and no more harsh bottoming out.  Hurray!
One more item checked off the list.  Only real question is whether I’ll outlive the todo list on this lil car.  🙂
 
 
 

 Hawk ,Glad you found out what is actually bottoming out . Sounds like shorter shocks would fix it if you are ok with the ride height and still have enough clearance before any other suspension parts bottom out if you replace the shocks with shorter ones. Your springs may be too weak or may have been cut too short by the previous builder.…[Read more]

Pulled a rear shock off this evening.  At the normal “ride height” the shock rests at 10 inches (between the base of the stem at each end of the shock).   Fully collapsed the shock measures 9 inches.
Thus, there is only 1 inch of compression travel before the shock bottoms out solidly.  This is the hard BUMP I’ve been feeling on modest und…[Read more]

Paul
Thanks for this post
Never know where our travels will land us, would be fun to check in on these  folks.
Ringo

At an auto parts store. Sorry, I couldn’t resist that. But seriously, I took a scrap piece of gel coated fiberglass from my car into an auto parts store and simply compared it to all the touch-up paints. I found a match.If you don’t have something you can take in, start with some digital pictures. Find some paints that seem close and ask the…[Read more]

All,
Wow! You know math was never one of my best subjects, but as time has moved on I have developed a much better understanding and appreciation of it. Good to know I got the answer right. Take THAT elementary school math teacher, whoever you were!
Oh yeah, and just to be absolutely sure, we shoud all fill ’em up and run ’em till they’re empty…[Read more]

Rich has the formula exactly right, and those are the same dimensions I have in my car. I figure 12 gallons is just about right, and my gas gauge seems to be accurate, although I need to test it to be sure.Greg

My bride and I had the pleasure of meeting Mel and his lady while they were here in Florida. I know they want to be here in The Villages full time (we have the very best snow removal) but sadly they are stuck. 🙁 When they return we’ll have our car completed, running, and enjoying it. The new wiring harness is wonderful, and was not that hard ti…[Read more]

Thank you.  Rather steep learning curve, but I am grateful for your patience.  

Larry Murphy has brandy new rear coils that he may be interested in selling to you.
Chevette rear springs and shocks are still available (MOOG, AC Delco, Raybestos, Husky, etc.) http://www.rockauto.com
Also, shocks WILL NOT stop a bottoming out situation. Shocks only dampen spring oscillation and keep the tire in contact with the road.
KYB makes a…[Read more]

http://www.classicinstruments.com/
Real TD’s had large (5″ ?) diameter Speedo & Tach too. Not the 3.5″ diameter we usually see in our replica’s.
You really only need a Speedo & TACH both (large diameter), Fuel, Oil Pressure and Volts. The head temp senders are usually a spark plug washer style sensor.

 The one I was referring to  is red . It’s on Ebay Motors ,item # 230356981730 ,the bid is at $4100 and ends in about six hours.

Hawk, perhaps just replacing the tired springs would help.  I replaced my leaf springs on my ford based product and it resolved my bottoming out.  I considered adding coil over shocks as well but have other priorites at the moment.

Did some investigation on my fuel system gauge not working this weekend.  It appears the sender has failed.  Just ordered a new sender Auto Meter part number 3262, 240 OHM, $39.  I’ll have it to install this weekend.  My tank is the same size as Rich’s and I have the Vintage Reproductions gauges so hopefully the original sender which is marked as…[Read more]

Does anyone know a current shock PN (Koni adjustable would be really great) that are bolt-in fits for the CMC Chevette MG TD?
I’ll be happy to be among the first to try them in this application if I can be reasonably sure I’m buying the right ones.
Anyone have a modern cross reference for the CMC specified TRS 80802 shocks?  Or maybe the specs…[Read more]

I am thinking of replacing my shocks with adjustable Koni’s. It helped on my other sports car for bottoming out, but I don’t know if this is a solution to your suspension. We have some members that know a great deal about the suspensions. The Koni shocks maybe just a bandaid fix, but it has helped for better than 25 years so far on my other car…[Read more]