Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

[bremereric]

Got a little closer tonight

At lunch time I went to Fastenal and got some wiring clamps...1/2" Id and they work..$7.27 for 25 of them..they cover the second hole and finish the job...

I also ordered some 1" hole plastic body plugs that fit a Jeep to replace the two for the side lights..they were damaged when removed..I will punch a hole with my leather punch and then put one slit for the wire to pass through..

Bought this tool for 33 bucks..used it once so far but will always have it...did my double flare thing...I moved my fuel filter to the down side of the fuel pump and I sure hope it doesn't leak...

And of course the alternator is in...

 

[bremereric]

Pretty much done up top...tomorrow on 4 jackstands....

This is pretty much the done look minus the brake lines and the top of the master cylinder...I am glad that I stayed with the orange wires...with the orange 318 four barrel pie pan it sets them off...:nike:..I did the pos battery test and got all the lights tested..I had to adjust the brake light switch it was keeping them on..I finished the tach and sub-woofer wiring inside but did not close everything up...I may have to remove that large clutch spring if the pedal stays on the floor...I installed the front latch support and finished with the air breather hose..I routed it around the heater hoses and wiring harness to keep it from kinking....

 

[bremereric]

Man last night was fun

About the only two good things last night was the tailshaft seal is in and the speedometer cable is in...that z-bar kicked my butt....something had to have changed with the geometry of something..I had to go back to the old pivot ball joint at the frame rail...the new one was too long...after that I got the clutch rod in and ended up with it about an 1 1/2" away from the conection to the z-bar...the clutch rod is marked top at the end that attaches to the clutch pedal...and it has full travel range...any other way and it does not work..I went back through all my pictures and could not really see anything..I have a way to correct it but it will wreck the paint even more than I allready have..I do remember the rod popping off there when I removed it...like it was under alot of tension...

 

[bremereric]

A little sleep and looking at the picture again gave me the answer

If you look closer the z-bar is at an angle...if corrected it would bring the attachment point in closer to the clutch rod..

I am not sure of the cause except this is a 69 block instead of the 76 block...castings did fluctuate...Now the cure was to bend the tab at the frame rail in and straighten it or bend the z-bar part that attaches to the clutch rod..I chose the second of the two because I was afraid the distance between pivot ball joint to pivot ball joint would not be enough...a simple heating up with torch and slight bend fixed it..I put it back in and pushed the clutch in and out 10 times with no binds or problems...my little inner helper spring is working so far and I hope I won't have to remove that monster underdash spring. I have seen many z-bars at slight angles and it does not bother me one bit...that's what the pivot ball joints are for...

Now tonight I got the rear brake line done...the castle nuts on all the front steering components are locked down and set with cotter pins...and I removed the u-joints from the drive shaft...still deciding to re-furb the old or get a new one made...a couple of pics on how my vise and sockets worked removing them.....the last pic is the center cap retainer for the old wheels...it works real good to drive the output shaft seal into place..I used it last night..

 

[bremereric]

Happy Anniversary to me....What a day

My wife came up to me this norning and hugged me and said happy Anniversary to me...wtf...I forgot...176 bucks later all was well...we had a great meal at a high end steak house called Perry's...it is local and my steak was 40 bucks...before that I made her push the brake pedal for me...I used Dot 5 brake fluid and got brakes....I installed my freshly painted z-bar and clutch rod and got clutch...then I took off a right angle connection on the starter and got the starter wiring hooked up...I am a happy camper tonight..

 

[bremereric]

My book and my luck sucks today...

I got my shifter back in...I know I can get reverse...first and second...not sure about 3rd and forth...my book shows the 3rd and 4th rod flipped opposite of the way my dummy pictures show...if I knew what position to flip the levers into nuetral I can use a piece of 1/4" all thread to make an alignment tool..I stuck the slip yoke in and have not found neutral yet...have grass to mow and other chores for right now..the one marked left in the first pic is shown to be flipped 180 in my book?

 

[bremereric]

This is a diagram of how my book shows it...but I thought on an overdrive the 3rd and 4th rod is flipped upside down

This is the picture from Mopar Muscle showing an overdrive unit...that's how I got mine....

 

[bremereric]

I got the shifter back out and got the tranny in nuetral...before I took it out I was getting all gears except fourth...I checked out the spring and a detent inside the shifter but it wouldn't stay in place...it fell out of the shifter when I took it out months before...

Here's a pic of the spring and the detent way down in there...sorry about the bad pic.....

 

[bremereric]

All I can tell you is good news to report...I have all four gears and nuetral

Even though the old shifter is sloppy I have all four gears and neutral....I did use the 1/4 20 bolt and lined everything up in nuetral....I buttoned everything up inside...I fired off the cd Black in Black and turned on the sub-woofer...all the females inside asked me what was going on..:la:...I also got my body plugs that I scored off of eggbay and they fit the hole...I will punch out a hole tomorrow and get that done...at lunch I am going to driveshaft shop and have a new one made...

 

[bremereric]

There are some nights in which you don't get alot done

This was one of those nights...my driveshaft is ready and I will pick it up at lunch tomorrow...$218.00 bucks out the door....tonight I got my last two wiring holes closed up...one hole punched and one razor blade slit each and they are done...I went to my storage tonight and picked up my exhaust...my buddy Paul offered up his Dodge truck and another buddy offered up his trailer with winch...plans have it that I pick up the rig on Thursday night and load it onto the trailer...Friday morning it will go to Tomball muffler...I want to stab the driveshaft and fill the tranny with fuild before then...

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[bremereric]

Crappy nite time pic again but the new driveshaft is in there with fresh gloss black paint....7.4 pints of fluid at lunch and then back on the ground...have to zero in the tie rods and get the tires straight...this all before short trailer ride to the muffler shop on Friday....

 

[bremereric]

The Muffler Man liked my work...

Last night was a late night and nothing much to post...I picked up my friends 3500 Diesel 6 speed on the floor truck and his car hauler...35 miles to his house and then back only to pump about 4 quarts of fuild into the tranny and getting the car down off the jack stands..to set the ride height....early up this morning...8:00 AM is early for me..took me an hour to load the car in my driveway...had the oldest daughter use the winch as I steered and applied the brake as needed then strapped it down....at least it's Dodge hauling a Dodge this time...

I got there about 9:30 and had to wait my turn in line...first come first served...about 3:00 I packed it back on the trailer and headed home..

some pics at the shop...that guy can weld left or right handed...100 bucks out the door..

Back at home and in the garage...this was the fun part....

 

[1976RR]

Come on Eric .... Need some photos of vehicle with new tires and wheels ... further back .......

 

[bremereric]

Come on Eric .... Need some photos of vehicle with new tires and wheels ... further back .......

Get that finger clicking...they are way back in the thread somewhere....:computer:

 

[bremereric]

Got 3 and a half gallons of distilled water in there....no gravity leaks yet...got the front spoiler down out of the attic and mounted it...going to clean the water spots off of the grill and get it mounted later on tonight....

 

[bremereric]

Am going for fire in the hole tomorrow.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bremereric]

So far today is not the day...no start up

Well I got the distributor back out....made my little wire tool to extract the distributor gear almost all the way out..then used a magnet to pull it out of the hole....

I put everything back together....after primming the oiling system....poured a little gas down the carb....and the only success was the starter turning the car over...got out my book and did some testing...found that whenever the ECU was plugged up it knocked the pos voltage at the coil to 5.6 volts...unplug it and I got battery voltage at 12.45 volts....checked out the wiring further and found a dead short to ground on the heavy blue coming from the ignition switch...time to cut the grass and get in the pool..I imagine that there is a pinched wire on the steering column..I will do somemore checking tonight...

 

[1976RR]

When you pulled out the distributor gear .... did it just drop back in ... wondering if the oil pump turned on you ?

 

[bremereric]

You take the good with the bad otherwise you might be headed for a nervous breakdown

Well last night I felt like a dumbass....the car would not start yesterday because I had the tach hooked up to the coil but not the negative coil wire...disconnected all the wiring last night with no luck...I more or less said screw it tonight and see if she will start...well she did and fuel poored out of the chrome pos fuel line right where it screws into the the front and back bowls and not where I made my flare....ruined the paint on the intake manifold where it sat until I could mop it up...oh well screw it again...I hooked up my rubber lines and it fired right up with no leaks...this time I got it running smooth and it sounded good...put it into reverse and 1st several times..the throw out bearing or something is making a noise when you push the clutch all the way to the floor..oh well no nervous breakdown yet..believe me my 440 story was much worse...next came the overheating of the ballast resistor...the coil and the ECU...would not fire up again till they cooled down...oh well so much for the 5 minutes of glory...right now I am getting back to the wiring gremlin...:BangHead:​

 

[Wylde1]

Well last night I felt like a dumbass.... .....right now I am getting back to the wiring gremlin...:BangHead:​

Well there's yer problem right there...... putting AMC (gremlin) wiring in yer Mopar!!!!!! :icon_scratch: :dontknow: oke: :sign10: :laughing6: :toothy9: :wave:


Wylde1.