That JB Weld Plasticwelder is some good stuff. This piece was busted all to heck, and the piece inside, two of the pedestals were broke off. Ordered the new lid bottom, and used the Plasticwelder to glue the pedestals back onto the inner piece. I will say, you have to let it cure for at least 24 hours, but it works great:
Took the trunk lid off to start on weather proofing some of the old sealant that had started to flake off:
Also, another thing happened. Figured out what was leaking antifreeze... turns out the intake gasket was bad. So, I removed the intake manifold to find this:
No gaskets? What the? Well no wonder it's leaking! Let's just add some gaskets on there and fix that:
And... well. It was worse. Had a nasty vacuum leak, and still pouring coolant from the rear of the manifold! Was talking to my parts guy friend about it, and mentioned three of the rubber band O ring things from the manifold had stuck to the block, but I put them back. Maybe they weren't sealed into the manifold correctly? He said, nope. That means someone has changed the intake manifold at some point to an aftermarket one. This is very common, because of the design of the manifold. The factory front coolant crossover tube was the same plastic material, and the alternator bracket secured to that. With all the tension from the serpentine belt on the alternator, this coolant crossover tube was prone to split and leak everywhere. So they redesigned it to have an aluminum crossover. If it happened and you chose not to purchase the Ford version, could get an aftermarket version that is similar. Doesn't need those Fel Pro gaskets I put on, need to replace the O rings. I remembered seeing a design on the bottom of the manifold when I had it off, and determined it to be a Dorman. Went to the parts store, purchased new O rings, and took everything apart again:
New O rings installed:
Went ahead and replaced the injectors while it was apart:
And she made it to work the next day! No more leaks!
Also ordered the power wire:
And did some trading of old audio gear for a few Cobra parts:
She's getting there. Just taking some time to get all the pieces together. Guess the ole girl has been sitting for a long time. Feel like it's up to me to get her back to some sort of better condition.