PhilA Posted June 21, 2020 Author Posted June 21, 2020 My view for the past 40 minutes. Heater box is in, hot/cold control is repaired and connected. I just need to sort the rod that does the flaps and that'll be better than it was. Particularly as I was able to locate my nuts quite rapidly. They were in the ash tray. Phil LightBulbFun, egg and scdan4 2 1
hairnet Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 vise (cough) looks shiny ffs its 0420 here - been reading threads for 4 and a half hours PhilA 1
GBJ Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 14 hours ago, PhilA said: Particularly as I was able to locate my nuts quite rapidly. They were in the ash tray. Phil Never mind that. Did you find the fasteners you needed? PhilA 1
PhilA Posted June 21, 2020 Author Posted June 21, 2020 2 hours ago, GBJ said: Never mind that. Did you find the fasteners you needed? Yup, sure did. After much pfaff (and a flashlight-throwing tantrum) it's all in and the air side is hooked up and operational. Plumbing to follow. Phil LightBulbFun, paulplom and GBJ 3
hairnet Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 17 hours ago, PhilA said: I just need to sort the rod that does the flaps Particularly as I was able to locate my nuts quite rapidly. They were in the ash tray. Phil at least ya flaps werent seized was the nut problem cos the missus said you were out too long
PhilA Posted June 21, 2020 Author Posted June 21, 2020 Finally fixed my vise to the bench correctly. Found the little sheet metal screws and bolted the brackets on properly and the fresh air duct (right game that was, I took them off when the engine was out). Hot in the garage, kept getting dive-bombed by wasps. Called it a day. Phil LightBulbFun 1
PhilA Posted June 22, 2020 Author Posted June 22, 2020 Still hot in the garage. Managed at some point to soak this wiring with oil. The looming tape went all gooey. Removed it in prep to fit heavier gauge wiring to the alternator and battery primary circuits. Now I smell of diesel. But it did remove the goop from my fingers. Phil LightBulbFun, Skizzer, scdan4 and 1 other 4
PhilA Posted June 22, 2020 Author Posted June 22, 2020 Crimped and soldered a suitable O-ring onto the new alternator output wire. Got it all lined up and started to loom it back together. Ran out of enthusiasm and rebuilt the inline resistance under the dash that goes in parallel with the GEN bulb. The bulb by itself is inadequate to get the circuit to start charging at low enough RPM, so a resistor in parallel helps with this. It also has the added benefit that if the bulb burns the circuit is still complete and the alternator will still charge. Handy because the bulbs aren't off the shelf any more (they used to be though, which sucks). Phil GrumpiusMaximus and LightBulbFun 2
hairnet Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 Was deleting photos and saw this VID_20190914_083343.mp4 GrumpiusMaximus, LightBulbFun and PhilA 3
PhilA Posted June 24, 2020 Author Posted June 24, 2020 I'd forgotten about that. Yeah, the misfire was the valves sticky. It's a remarkably responsive engine for its size though. Phil LightBulbFun 1
hairnet Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 'bucket of gas and battery - all it needs' :D from the torque reaction it could be a bmw bike :D LightBulbFun 1
PhilA Posted June 24, 2020 Author Posted June 24, 2020 29 minutes ago, hairnet said: 'bucket of gas and battery - all it needs' from the torque reaction it could be a bmw bike Edit: Stand corrected, I see the gearbox up on the stand. I'd forgotten just how long ago that was. That there is sans gearbox. That's why the starter went CLANG, the rest of the fluid coupling was not connected to the flywheel.
PhilA Posted June 26, 2020 Author Posted June 26, 2020 Test fitting. Phil GrumpiusMaximus and LightBulbFun 2
PhilA Posted June 27, 2020 Author Posted June 27, 2020 Washed and put in properly. Phil GrumpiusMaximus, paulplom, LightBulbFun and 6 others 9
PhilA Posted June 28, 2020 Author Posted June 28, 2020 Ok, this is on pause for a little bit right now...
hairnet Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 you liked the covers so much theyre on the chairs in the house and the boss beat you up?? hope the weathers not done the dirty on you
Amishtat Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, PhilA said: Ok, this is on pause for a little bit right now... Been shopping? PhilA 1
somewhatfoolish Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 This commercial break is brought to you by the power of MOPAR. LightBulbFun 1
PhilA Posted June 28, 2020 Author Posted June 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: This commercial break is brought to you by the power of MOPAR. Correct. Gonna wait for the dust to settle a little after I traded the pickup truck in against it. egg, Jenson Velcro, spartacus and 7 others 10
hairnet Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 32 minutes ago, PhilA said: Correct. Gonna wait for the dust to settle a little after I traded the pickup truck in against it. actual....???!???!!?!?!?!?!!? thats not a catalina........or a gto :P breeze of insanity or moment of clarity :D PhilA 1
hairnet Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said: This commercial break is brought to you by the power of MOPAR. Most .....Oppertune..........Price.........At.............Retailer stick or lazy @PhilA?
hairnet Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 hope the plate surround is being frisbeed? moo inside ?
PhilA Posted June 28, 2020 Author Posted June 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, hairnet said: actual....???!???!!?!?!?!?!!? thats not a catalina........or a gto breeze of insanity or moment of clarity No, it's neither. Missed my old blue one. Someone spent on the options, thinking it's a Texas car (front plate holder, radio was set to country, country, country and country). So, it's got the 8 speed automatic. I don't mind- it can change gear a damned sight faster than I can... Phil
PhilA Posted June 28, 2020 Author Posted June 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, hairnet said: hope the plate surround is being frisbeed? moo inside ? Yeah but unfortunately it's screwed through the front bumper so I'll have to think about that. Half moo half suede/velour.
LightBulbFun Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, PhilA said: So, it's got the 8 speed automatic. I don't mind- it can change gear a damned sight faster than I can... if they where so bent on keeping it in the 200RPM power/torque band they should of just fitted it with one of these
PhilA Posted June 28, 2020 Author Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said: if they where so bent on keeping it in the 200RPM power/torque band they should of just fitted it with one of these It's not a diesel! The torque band is remarkably wide for such a big engine (vtec kicked in, yo). I'm not sure that belt is rated for nearly 500hp either... LightBulbFun 1
hairnet Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 nearly ? happy its not a mustang PhilA and LightBulbFun 2
PhilA Posted June 28, 2020 Author Posted June 28, 2020 23 minutes ago, hairnet said: so instead of torque surf you can kick its arse ? Put it this way. It's hard to keep in a straight line when you press the pedal down. Phil Tickman 1
hairnet Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 6 hours ago, PhilA said: Gonna wait for the dust to settle a little........................................ I traded the pickup truck in against it was the truck upset
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