Shop project...

[ebinmaine 63,209]

22 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I have her car.  In the rain.  Fun stuff

This is primary inarguable evidence that you NEED a bigger shop.   

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47 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

This is primary inarguable evidence that you NEED a bigger shop.   

I bet if I were to clean up some of what I have… …never mind you’re right.  I need to expand!

[squonk 38,952]

9 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I bet if I were to clean up some of what I have… …never mind you’re right.  I need to expand!

You'll just fill that and still have to work in the rain.

[Pullstart 59,740]

1 minute ago, squonk said:

You'll just fill that and still have to work in the rain.

I don’t have anything to do with my father, since I can remember, but I once visited his barn and am do believe hoarding is hereditary unfortunately.  I do try… I swear.

[peter lena 8,072]

@Pullstart  good for you ,  all those body seams , box sections , inside doors , fender edges , you will see a film show up in related areas , telling you the creeping lube is getting in there , suspension areas . that rear end and related springs . that oil film will stop rust . my latest car was almost done  a  year ago , recent servicing showed , complete coverage , not a speck of rust , and an oil like film everywhere .  just a marvel  to look at the protection . stay after it , greasy , pete

[Pullstart 59,740]

I took the maiden voyage today.  There’s a check engine light (crank position sensor) and my assumption is a residual code from when the crankshaft was in two positions at once!

[squonk 38,952]

3 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I took the maiden voyage today.  There’s a check engine light (crank position sensor) and my assumption is a residual code from when the crankshaft was in two positions at once!

Clear it and see if it comes back. 

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Cleaning up today, I noticed the back of the broken motor mounts.  They have some old cracks across the majority of them, along with impact carnage and twists.  The customer and I had the chicken or the egg debate, whether the broken crankshaft wrecked the mounts, or if the mounts broke the crank.  There is evidence of the truck being in a pretty hard accident, tabs on the frame are bent, headlights wire tied together, etc.  

 

I think this solidifies the idea that the mounts have been bad for quite a long time.

 

 

[Pullstart 59,740]

Next specimen… 

 

This one’s getting a crate engine, then a trip to the body shop.

 

 

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It’s been a while since a shop update…

 

 

 

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The new engine is in and getting close to priming it.  With no distributor, the instructions state that I can simply disconnect the fuel injection and ignition systems and roll it over for a while stopping every 15-20 seconds.  I’ll opt to omit the spark plugs as well so it doesn’t build any compression or excess force on the cranks and rods.

 

 

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I should get this thing fired up today…

 

 

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I got all the grounds hooked up and enough things in place to roll it over.  Just by the starter, I achieved 30 psi of oil pressure.  I ran it 10 seconds at a time, for about 10 rounds to make sure oil bubbles are out of the system.  

[Pullstart 59,740]

Doing some break in.  I know it’s not required for a roller rocker / hydraulic lifters engine, but it’s worth the extra $80 in my opinion.

 

After 30 minutes, I’ll check the coolant level, change the oil, finish up the inner fenders, engine cover, skid plates, etc, and get the tires on for a test drive!

[Tractorhead 8,611]

2 hours ago, Pullstart said:

Doing some break in.  I know it’s not required for a roller rocker / hydraulic lifters engine, but it’s worth the extra $80 in my opinion.

 

After 30 minutes, I’ll check the coolant level, change the oil, finish up the inner fenders, engine cover, skid plates, etc, and get the tires on for a test drive!

 

I like the idea.

i be allway‘s a friend from Burn in or Break in before final.

Even if an Engine was built in a Clean Room i do allway‘s a first flush with a „ cleanupoil“ and a Filterchange before the first use.

I did it also on my Predator Horse Engine.

 

I believe this can‘t be wrong and my experiences tell‘s me right.

[Pullstart 59,740]

Norman’s turn in the shop!

 

 

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The fan clutch is screwed onto an idler pulley where an old school water pump would sit.  It can be a bear to knock it loose sometimes.  It slips inside the belt, no matter how much positive tension is applied onto the tensioner.  I found that spray tack helped hold the pulley to the belt!

 

  

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The cab is now off the chassis and I can get to work!

 

 

[squonk 38,952]

9 hours ago, Pullstart said:

The fan clutch is screwed onto an idler pulley where an old school water pump would sit.  It can be a bear to knock it loose sometimes.  It slips inside the belt, no matter how much positive tension is applied onto the tensioner.  I found that spray tack helped hold the pulley to the belt!

 

  

 

These tools work wonders. 

[Pullstart 59,740]

51 minutes ago, squonk said:

These tools work wonders. 

I believe that.  I’ve been told an air hammer / chisel on the nut.  That to me means no leverage.  Well, your tool selection handles that!

[Lee1977 6,221]

On 4/26/2022 at 8:47 PM, Pullstart said:

I believe that.  I’ve been told an air hammer / chisel on the nut.  That to me means no leverage.  Well, your tool selection handles that!

I have a friend that's a machinic that uses that on front wheel drive hub nuts when his impack won't move them.  They might resist for a while but they give up and turn.

[Pullstart 59,740]

Though I’m replacing all 8, I realized that it’s just as easy to read a glow plug as it is to read a spark plug to find the rich (or leaking) cylinder
 

 

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Norman’s current state:  passenger side is buttoned up with new (reman) injectors and new glow plugs too!

 

I started on the driver side now.  Tear down!  Found the blown power steering hose too, so I replaced that to clean things up a bit.