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[bpirie1000]

Love the fact it's still n the road and that you don't get all pedantic about tools on wings and polishing....

Keep it real.. And on the street....well done....inspiration....

[carboy001]

Washer bottle you say, saw this on the FB page today;

 

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[M44K TS]

why use a bottle for the washers?   use a bag instead...

 

 

Never considered a bag, I'll look into it

 

Its coming on now...

 

Thanks!

 

 

Small update, got a few things off the list.

 

First off, the new transmission dipstick doesn't fit, the shape is all wrong and is too long, it sticks right up inside the 'bay and looks odd.  So I've cleaned up the original and it looks a lot better.

 

Stripped the power steering pulley back to bare metal and gave it a couple of coats of clearcoat to protect it until I can get it chromed.

 

Shortened the vacuum line to the gearbox as it didn't sit right

 

Throttle, kickdown & return spring brackets on

 

Also throttle cable on, but no pedal yet.

 

HT Leads on.  I was worried that the leads wouldn't be long enough in the holders to reach the dizzy and be routed round the back of the valve covers as I didn't really want them on show

 

Couldn't resist popping the air filter on to see how it will look.

 

Also got the fan mounted to the new radiator core.  I'll be mounting the trans cooler vertical instead of horizontal as I can use one of the fan mounts so saves having 8 mounts pushed through the core, potentially lowering any risk of leaks.

 

The radiator was in a satin finish when it was re-cored, I've gave it a couple of coats of clear to make it shine a bit, mainly to match the rest of the engine bay.

[M44K TS]

Got a bit more progress done tonight with the help of my mate.

 

Radiator in.

Transmission cooler mounted

Some temp. radiator hoses until I can get some black silicone ones made up.  Decided not to use the chrome top hose

Carpet came back today.

And fitted

Metal edging strip and rubber seal fitted and the carpet attached at the lip behind where the seat sits

 

Brake servo fitted and brake lines attached

 

Brake pedal assembly and throttle pedal in

 

 

I've also sorted the coolant, engine oil and I think the transmission fluid is on order so that's ready to go in.  Had a bit of a play about with an endoscope to fine cyl.1 TDC to set the distributor to roughly the right position, I'll need to set the timing properly when the engine is first fired but it should be ok for the first fire.

[jamesmpi]

Getting there. Won't be long now

[MrBounce]

It's just awesome. One day... One day...

[M44K TS]

Love the fact it's still n the road and that you don't get all pedantic about tools on wings and polishing....

Keep it real.. And on the street....well done....inspiration....

 

Yeah, paintwork isn't really a concern, plus, the wings are a perfect shape for leaning across to work on the engine and make for handy tool storage!

 

Washer bottle you say, saw this on the FB page today;

 

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Now that's cool!!!!  I may just have to steal that idea!

 

Getting there. Won't be long now

 Hopefully not, I had a night off from it last night, but tonight, I want to see oil pressure on the gauge!

 

It's just awesome. One day... One day...

 

Thanks

[feeenix14]

I'll say it again, washer bottle - jack daniels bottle.

 

get a nice chrome cage thing made up to hold it on the bulkhead and your laughing.

 

unless you really want to hide it away underneath those massive arches, to be honest either one will look awesome.

 

still love this car/truck/beast

[M44K TS]

I really like the JD bottle idea, I was thinking Jim Beam instead, what with it being a Kentucky bourbon and a Kentucky truck.

 

Tonights update.

 

Bottom radiator hose on, had to reuse the original as the new pipe didn't flex enough without kinking

 

Top hose is fine.  May leave it as is, I think it looks right, silicone ones may look odd.  I'll see how it goes

 

Fuel filter relocated to before the pump, that means I have a nice solid line from the pump outlet to the carb, peace of mind not having the fuel filter so close to the main alternator live.

 

Drive belts on

 

Zinc additive/cam break in oil & engine oil going in

 

I had forgot to add some ptfe tape to this plug, and forgot to nip it up, so after filling the cooling system, I had a small leak.  Whipped the top rad hose off and held it up, then took it back out only for coolant to gush out, my mate had his thumb plugging the hole but still managed to empty around 3l of coolant onto the floor, oops!!!  Anyway, ptfe on and it's nipped up, seems leak free too.

 

Quick shots of it almost together, just the spark plugs left.

 

Steering column & gauges back in, floor mount still needs attaching but that can wait as I need to do something with the carpet behind it first.

 

After I put the battery back in to check everything over, I had forgot I added the dual colour sidelights/indicators.  Not massively keen on how modern the side lights look but it's more for how they work really.  I'll have to change the flasher units for proper LED indicator relays as they mustn't be drawing enough current to flash the indicators.

 

Side lights

 

Indicator

 

Oh yeah, almost forgot.  I have oil pressure now!  Just a teaser for now.  That's it just spinning over on the starter with no compression

 

Hopefully tomorrows video will be it firing for the first time!

[Hrimfaxi]

Reading through the entire thread at work - I blame you for me not getting anything done today.   

Used to live in the 'States for a bit - Boston, MA...  this brings all it back!  

Awesome stuff. 

[M44K TS]

Haha cheers.

Well, things didn't go quite to plan, cured the water leak on the inlet, the plug needed a tiny but more of a nip, put 20l of fuel in, cranked it over, plenty of fuel getting to the carb, got a spark, the engine spat a foot high flame out of the carb so I know it's almost ready to fire, but I think I have the timing 180 degrees out, I think I've set #1 at TDC on the exhaust stroke and not the compression stroke.

Hoping that if I whip the dizzy out and turn it 180 degrees, it will fire as the leads are all in the right order. That's a job for tonight if I get finished work at a reasonable time!

[jamesmpi]

Holds breath in anticipation..........












And breath

[carboy001]

Keep the original top hose, saw the same type of setup at Taaton Park on Sunday and the silicone hose really takes away from the engine I thought, nice idea in theory but not so great in execution in my opinion. Pic attached just for you haha

 

 

[rally515]

Keep the original top hose, saw the same type of setup at Taaton Park on Sunday and the silicone hose really takes away from the engine I thought, nice idea in theory but not so great in execution in my opinion. Pic attached just for you haha

 

 

 

 

I was there !!   did you see the other pickup ?, blueish green colour.

 

Was a good day out although 2hr to get in took the wee

[M44K TS]

I'll just leave this here...

 

 

I should point out that I needed to shut it straight off as I seem to have a problem with my gauges.  I have no rev counter and the oil pressure gauge shoots straight up to 80 psi so I have no idea if there's oil pressure or what it's ticking over at so can't break the cam in just yet.  I'm hoping the gauge modules have just been spiked due to using a snap on battery charger/booster.  With a bit of luck, whipping the battery negative off will sort things out.  I'll do that tomorrow.  To say I'm releived it's running is an understatement!

 

Once I rectify the gauge problem and have broken the cam in, I'll do another longer video of it running.  I have to say, from what I heard, it runs pretty smooth unlike the lumpy idle the old engine had.