Picked up new thermostat, oil pan gasket, oil, and coolant. Ran onto a problem where the bolt for the thermostat housing broke off. Fiddled with it for an hour, then my friend saved me and had an extra housing laying around so I bought it and slapped it. After some hassle with getting the right coolant levels, she's running good again. Gonna have to readjust the valves next weekend because it seems I've got a nasty valve tap now. I probably didn't get them all completely right.
Haven't posted an update in awhile. I know this will probably not be liked by most of you, and I'm starting to like it less as well, but I plastidipped my hatch lid for fun to try it out.
I do need to do something about the rust especially with winter coming, but I'm not sure where to start. Its small bubbled up on the bottom of the quarters. What color lol?
The proper way to fix rust is to cut it out, weld in new metal to replace it, then smoothen it out, prep, prime and paint. There's a reason why rust is such a nightmare.