Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

[bremereric]

My 3-M Dual lock showed up today

My order for the 3-M dual lock showed up today so the other louver went on...tomorrow I may clean her up and take her to the Saturday night cruise in?

 

[1976RR]

Looks alot better with larger tires in front .... just like we talked about when you were looking for sizes...

 

[bremereric]

Looks alot better with larger tires in front .... just like we talked about when you were looking for sizes...

yes it does Frank....got em for half price because they took the others back....:icon_basketball:

 

[1976RR]

i like the price even better !

 

[1976RR]

Did you ever think of chaning the quarter panel stripes to the correct stripes ? Aren't they supposed to stop at end of quarter ? Just wondering ...

 

[bremereric]

Did you ever think of chaning the quarter panel stripes to the correct stripes ? Aren't they supposed to stop at end of quarter ? Just wondering ...

Sometime next year it will go for a paint job...that's when I will go for the correct rear quarter panel stripe that ends at the very end and does not bend up to the trunk

 

[bremereric]

Hot as blazes here is the only thing new to report...I gotta get my butt back out there and work on it...104 degrees yesterday and 104 degrees right now...going in the pool...:cya:

 

[1976RR]

That car does not need paint ... just correct stripes ... don't let anybody mess with original paint ...

 

[bremereric]

Okay after a long absense

I am back in the driver's seat. I yanked the entire engine and tranny again. Head gasket leak and the gas spill tore up the paint on the intake manifold and k-member. This car is going back to Autorama in November so I sweated my ass off to get it back to this stage. Tomorrow I go for fire in the hole and progress going forward will be documented.

New Russell fuel log...

Engine filled with water and oil and ready to fire up tomorrow...

 

[bremereric]

Well since then...

Okay the shiza did hit the fan slightly...boy oh boy did it start up smoothly after I poured some gas down the carb...let it run about 15 seconds then checked for fuel leaks. None were seen so I started it back up again. This time I let it run 30 seconds...shut it off and found the secondary float was stuck and fuel was pouring into the intake manifold. Did not mess up any paint... This time I stopped...I have one fuel bowl gasket and did not feel like messing with it tonight...my buddy borrowed this carb for a short period and took the fuel bowl in-line filters out...thus I think a piece of trash got in there and stuck the needle valve open. Have a replacement carb on the way so may not do anymore till Monday. I did get the engine hoist loaded up and will be returning it to our shop tomorrow.

 

[bremereric]

Tuesday night I go the new car installed

I was too chicken shiza tonight..I got the new carb on but did not want to start it tonight...I am off tomorrow so I will chance it in the daylight.

 

[bremereric]

I started it up yesterday on my birthday

Well it fired right back up..no known leaks until I backed it out. Saw a huge oil puddle underneath and oil dripping out from what I think is the timing cover seal. Just my luck. Did back it out and pulled it right back inside the garage. Dakota and Aspen are in the garage now. Had a good birthday and am tired of working on cars right now so may not do anything till this weekend.

 

[bremereric]

Then this is what I found tonight

I am going :blob1: When I put the timing cover on the engine outside the car I don't remember seeing this....I pulled the pulley and harmonic balancer off tonight...was very surprised to see this...

The rubber gasket pulled away from the lip of the pan and got sucked inside..you can still see the rubber nipple in the front side of the pan...one more pain in the butt setback.

 

[bremereric]

I finished fixing it all yesterday

Back breaking leaning over to take it apart..then scrape gaskets and put it back together...It was a two tylenol night after that.

About 4 hours later I was completed. I did not put any water in it. I will do it tomorrow night.

 

[bremereric]

I did get a half of quart of oil in her and about two gallons of 50/50 in the yellow container. No gravity leaks. The third time better be the charm otherwise I might test the Myth Brothers theory and see if my 44 magnum can really penetrate a engine block.

 

[bremereric]

Didn't have to test the Myth Brother's theory tonight..

Started right up tonight with no leaks anywhere. Ran it up to temp and saw that the thermostat opened. Throttle return spring was not able to overcome the throttle cable that was binding at an angle..so I disconnected it and then return spring would pull it back closed. Running a little warmer but it is a new tight motor. Made a real short video but I can't get it posted till tomorrow.

 

[bremereric]

As Promised a late night crappy video but it does confirm it runs with no leaks so far...at the very end you can see where I had to disconnect the throttle linkage...back to work on her tonight.

[ame]http://youtu.be/NJr8h51EecM[/ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NJr8h51EecM

 

[bremereric]

4th time is even better..still no leaks and no reason to fire the 44 magnum

I got home and looked in the radiator...water level was lower and not a single leak..I bet you that I got rid of some or the air pockets. I did my throttle pin thing and got rid of the big bracket.

This time the return spring did better and even better when I added the second spring. It pulled it down to 850 RPM's. The spring return bracket is too tall so I did this...

I found the old one....bent the spring portion up straight and got it ready for paint. This is the one that last worked on this car last year. It is lower and farther back. Got her up to temp and had 14 inches of steady vacuum at 750 RPM and 16 inches at 850. I also held my hand over the choke horn and covered it..the motor stayed the same and did not speed up or slow down. Ruled out too rich or too lean for me. Thus I will not jack with the carb at all. Still tuning and tweeking for now. Ran much cooler around the 180 degree mark. Another run and move out of the garage for a bath tomorrow night. Will bump the timing up a few degrees also.

 

[bremereric]

Went to my favorite PPG Paint store today..Got a quart of 2033 Spinnaker White mixed up...it was used for like three times by Mopar..1976-1980, 1981-1989, and 2003-2006. All three are a little different formula. 107 bucks for their DCC paint and I got a new toy...a giant eraser. Going to try it on the stripe on the trunk lid that has to go...planned on painting it anyways. The paint lady said it would not harm the paint.

 

[bremereric]

Okay all that throttle trouble and it ends up being something with the choke and fast idle cam on the other side of the carb. If I manually push the red cam down and open the choke plate all of the way the throttle return springs close the carb all the way. I know a Holley tech on another board that I can ask. If I hold the choke plate open and pull the throttle back it will return to the idle stop position with the one red spring.