Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

[bremereric]

Still nibbling away at it...this is a busy week at work

This is a very busy week for the beer business so I get home later than usual...this morning I painted the dip stick...at lunch I picked up the oil filter adapter gasket and rear brake hose...I got home and stabbed the dip stick and had to bend it some...it always wants to hit the fuel pump on a small block..

I got some 3/8" key stock at work and used it to remove the oil filter adapter from the original motor...I cleaned it up and then installed it with the new gasket on the new motor...

Last for tonight was the fixing of the tranny jack...a piece of spring from work an e-clip and two washers...looks crude but it works....

 

[bremereric]

Running to storage and such...

I am afraid I don't have much to post.....I cleaned out the garage last night and loaded up the truck with headers and my roll around unit....after dinner I took these to storage...

Then I did some clearance checking...nut clearance on the pivot ball of the z-bar and the bell housing...

And then bolted up the Summit starter...the bottom hole was not large enough to fit over the stud....drilled it out very easy and mounted it

 

[bremereric]

I ordered a new Clutch release service kit today...mine is the same angled rod as used in other cars...I called Mancini Racing and verified the length and diameter of the rod...48 bucks

Angled rod kit used on 1970-74 E-Body Small Block applications, and 1963-70 B-Body Big & Small Block applications. Comes complete with adjusting rod, special lock nut, clutch fork return spring, nylon wear washer, spring retainer, conical washer, and clutch fork insulator.​

 

[bremereric]

Pretty much ready

I had to go up on the chains again...the 1/2" bolts would not fit through the previous chain I bought..quick 29 buck trip to Home Depot fixed that issue....chained up and ready to go..I took the valve covers and exhaust manifolds off...

I did get the first part of the steering column cleaned of rust and painted with epxoy paint...tomorrow some shiney stuff first thing in the morning...

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[bremereric]

I am upset....

What a miserable day....I will show you where I got to today and then the thing that :icon_twisted::icon_twisted::icon_twisted:...me off tomorrow...

 

[bremereric]

This is my fricken luck yesterday

The front part of the bearing reatainer that the throughout bearing rides on broke off...more details to come...got to go have Easter dinner...right now....cast bearing retainer part number C13157 any one got one...

 

[bremereric]

Brewer's Performance to the rescue

http://www.brewersperformance.com/

I previously knew of them..they were the ones I called to find out how many driven teeth on the output shaft....I ordered a reconditioned C13157 front bearing retainer....some bolts and a new 308 front bearing...

 

[bremereric]

Even on Easter I tried to get something done

Up early this morning so I cleaned and painted some of the rag joint parts and then bolted it on this evening...then when I got home from all the Easter activities I cleaned and painted the end of the steering wheel that shows inside the engine compartment...I will get it installed tomorrow night and start getting the engine side wiring back out into the engine compartment...

 

[bremereric]

Steering wheel in and wiring harness out..

I got the steering wheel in and am having fun figuring out how to center it...3 and a half turns in either direction hits the stops....left to right...right to left...the cop box changed the steering ratio...welcome some thoughts...

I have time to do some more cleaning up of the wiring harness...mainly the very ends to the front lights and the tranny reverse light wiring..my tranny parts will be here Wednesday...Brewer's Performance Rocks.

 

[bremereric]

Fricken long day...

I came home at lunch today and painted the steering coupling...I got home ate dinner and got after it since my tranny parts showed up...I got the bearing on then had fun getting the bearing retainer to seat properly...I used my favorite gasket maker The Right Stuff and got it put back together..

I then stabbed the steering coupler and then the steering wheel and joined them at the rag joint...done

Then I had lots of fun but I stabbed the tranny and got everything torqued down by 12:10 this evening...

 

[bremereric]

I got a little done tonight

I bolted up the flywheel and starter plate cover plates that I painted...also that Summit starter and then I wrapped the reverse light cable with new tape....no engine in until daylight Saturday...never repeat never did one at night...

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[bremereric]

Trying a Summit one this time

Got a new distributor today.....tried the Summit brand today...pretty sure it's made for them by Accel..few dollars cheaper than the Mopar Performance one that may be made in Mexico or China...

Brand Summit Racing
Manufacturer's Part Number SUM-850003-1
Part Type Distributors
Product Line Summit Racing® Electronic Mopar Distributors
Summit Racing Part Number SUM-850003-1
Computer-Controlled Compatible No
Trigger Style Magnetic
Advance Type Vacuum and mechanical
Cap Style Female/Socket
Mechanical Tach Drive No
Slip Collar No
Ignition Box Required Yes
Distributor Rotor Rotation Clockwise
Housing Materia lCast aluminum
Housing Finish Machined

 

[bremereric]

Wiring clean up today

Steering wheel bolts painting and wiring harness clean up today...

No paint....

Paint....

Work on wiring harness....

That's gotta go...move to inside....still have more to do on the wiring harness...

 

[bremereric]

The good the bad and the ugly...some good and some bad

Got the motor and tranny in there today...WAB....:icon_ncool:...at the last moment I had to remove the motor mounts from the block to lower the motor more and then came back to install them when I dropped in into place...

I got the exhaust manifolds mounted on both sides and the the shiza hit the fan...

I removed the rocker shaft from the driver's side to torque the back bolt down and a grade 8 bolt snapped off...will try my bolt extractor first and then go for the industrial one at work next...

 

[bremereric]

Got all of the big parts out of the dining room...

I promissed my wife that I would clear out the dining room this weekend...I didn't attempt that broken bolt yet..I have a heli coil kit for it already in case I have to drill it out and re-tap it..got the bumper back on and the eyeballs installed...looks like it has a face again...got the bumper centered and leveled to the bottom of the fenders...I finally put on my rubber flaps that I made along time ago.....I also got the crank and water pump pulleys painted today and installed..worked on and finished the wiring harness inside where it is nice and cool..

 

[crayzcuda]

Dang! Rocker shaft bolt breaking would suck. Glad to see you managed to carry on, I would still be ranting about it. Looks like its coming along pretty good though, that is one sweet ride that your making even sweeter. I don't know where you get all your energy from but keep it up, it's really looking good!

 

[bremereric]

Dang! Rocker shaft bolt breaking would suck. Glad to see you managed to carry on, I would still be ranting about it. Looks like its coming along pretty good though, that is one sweet ride that your making even sweeter. I don't know where you get all your energy from but keep it up, it's really looking good!

I don't know where I get it also...It did suck and I blew it off for today..

 

[bremereric]

Okay starting to look like an engine again

I got that broken bolt out real easy...I reverse drilled with my smallest proGrabit and the rest of the thread twisted right out...:icon_blackeye:...I did not have to use the other end...:icon_blackeye:...I left the brake master cylinder off...it has already started to rust so it will get some of the Por 15 cast grey on it...

I got the valve cover on the drivers side and put the carb back on...today I picked up a new fuel pump and some u-joints for the driveshaft...I am going to get all of the top done...then jack it up once on four jackstands to finish everything underneath...the throttle cable bracket I bent over will not reach far enough so I will have to re-paint and use the four barrel one I was using before...

 

[bremereric]

Got my hair cut and went home for lunch...my distributor was there...so I took off Summit's sticker and put my old tag on it....clean look with a touch of old...

Now comes a quick question....at the firewall heater hose connection there is a 1/2" barb on the left and a 5/8" barb on the right...I got both size hoses...according to my last picture and some of the others that I have seen the hoses will cross right after the bracket by the valve cover...smaller hose to intake and larger to water pump?

 

[Mroldart2u]

Did a search, from what I can gather the small side (pass side) is the heater cores INlet, the larger one (drivers side) is the OUTlet side. Not knowing which is out on your engine I cant give that answer.

A copy and past from the info i got : {the heater core has different sized nipples and the engine should also. The smaller of the two is the inlet on the core or outlet on the engine so it would be on the outflow side of the cooling system. The larger of the two is the outlet on the core and goes to the inlet side of the pump. Just like a hydraulic system you want the larger hose to be the suction hose.}


also from a different poster....{The inlet to the heater core should be on the passenger side and be fed by the hot water coming from the intake. This is on a non-AC car.}




Hope its clear as mud for ya bremereric