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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 4:37:04 GMT
Engine back from the machine shop- now a whopping 1.9 litres. Setting ring gap. Screwed up twice on the top ring and made the gap too big. This is one job where a lot of patience is needed. If you do it right, you need to take your time. If you screw up like I did, you need to wait another week for the replacements to come in.  IMAG0555 by kenjfox, on Flickr |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 4:40:27 GMT
V8 Roadsters' adjustable upper ball joints. The powercoating shop pressed out the old ones for me, which was great, but I needed to weld the new ones in. Some paint is in order.  IMAG0564 by kenjfox, on Flickr |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 4:45:06 GMT
Reassembling roller skate. FM Happy Meal stage 2 clutch there. Started doing left leg presses at the gym to prepare.  IMAG0668 by kenjfox, on Flickr  IMAG0669 by kenjfox, on Flickr These moving dollies from Harbor Freight are great. I used my floor jack to control the fore/aft level of the engine and front subframe. |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 4:55:52 GMT
Heat shield in the tunnel. Used some leftover HVAC foil tape on the seams. It is not sticking as well as it needs to. Will revisit with some hi temp adhesive spray.  IMAG0734 by kenjfox, on Flickr Ran brake line through tunnel- used gobs of silicone at top of tunnel to keep it there. The run is fairly short - just to the proportioning valve.  IMAG0735 by kenjfox, on Flickr |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 4:59:14 GMT
Ready to lower the frame with the help of daughter #2. (She thinks I'm building her first car, so she's helping a lot).  IMAG0737 by kenjfox, on Flickr Rollerskate ready...  IMAG0741 by kenjfox, on Flickr Hey it looks like a car! Okay it looks like a hoarder's car that was TP'd during Halloween.  IMAG0745 by kenjfox, on Flickr Front subframe bolts took some coaxing, but all-in-all the fit was pretty good. |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 5:07:30 GMT
Not sure if this happened to anyone else, but the "captive" nut for the lower rear shock mount came loose. At first I thought I needed to get a new lower control arm. Luckily I just had to sacrifice a pair of locking pliers. (referenced nut is in lower part of picture- not the one with glasses)  IMAG0747 by kenjfox, on Flickr There is a small gap in front of the hole the shock goes in. There is just enough room to fit a ground down vice grips and grab hold of the nut.  IMAG0751 by kenjfox, on Flickr |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 5:14:19 GMT
Front shocks are a tight fit. This may be just due to camber since everything is loose. May need to make some room on the A-arm if not.  IMAG0755 by kenjfox, on Flickr |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 5:22:07 GMT
Parking brake lever and proportioning valve installed. I went against mfg advice and disassembled the prop valve so I could use a smaller mounting hole.  IMAG0764 by kenjfox, on Flickr |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 5:25:00 GMT
Sub strap mounts installed. Put large washers on other side of the floor.  IMAG0767 by kenjfox, on Flickr Attached rear subframe reinforcement.  IMAG0768 by kenjfox, on Flickr Parking brake cables and rear h  IMAG0770 by kenjfox, on Flickr Steering shaft had some trouble clearing the racing beat header. I followed the lead of a fellow forum member and made the hole in the firewall bigger.  IMAG0791 by kenjfox, on Flickr Needed to stretch and shift the steering column a bit. Made a simple jig...  IMAG0790 by kenjfox, on Flickr |
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Post by Fin on Sept 12, 2016 8:40:01 GMT
Rear end hit was worse than expected.  Cherry picker came in handy here.  Hi Ken. Your pics are appearing as very small thumbnails, so you may be doing what I started to do, and that's insert an image hosted on your own PC. There's an instructional on embedding links to pics which have to been uploaded an hosted elsewhere, somewhere like Photobucket.com. |
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Post by Ken on Sept 12, 2016 15:02:13 GMT
Hi Fin,
Thanks for the heads-up. Seems to be something related to permissions on my google drive.
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Post by russ872 on Sept 19, 2016 12:42:37 GMT
Hey Ken! I'm in Oceanside. I started about 3 months ago and in the wiring hell stage. Already driven it around the block a few times though. We should meet and share ideas.
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Post by Ken on Sept 21, 2016 0:14:57 GMT
Wow you are farther along than I am! I'm also in wiring hell, but the car hasn't moved yet! Will try to PM you with contact info.
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Post by Ken on Sept 23, 2016 13:17:42 GMT
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Post by Ken on Sept 23, 2016 21:52:24 GMT
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