Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Last night on Redee I did a thing, technically 3 things.
First and least exciting is that I cleared the space under Redee so I can physically fit under and start working.
Second order of business was spraying the driveline hardware in PB Blaster to start the soaking process.
Thirdly, and actually exciting, I swapped the bellhousings on the W56 trans for the 3RZ. I gotta look up torque specs, but otherwise I completed my first task!
Typical kijiji no-show, waited all weekend to host nobody.
I’ve decided to go ahead and start pulling the drivetrain, gonna start at the rear diff and work forwards till the trans is out. Decided, but no action yet.
One small step towards 3RZ, one giant leap towards bangin’ gears!
I made a youtube vid, and posted the SBC on kijiji with the video, and have an interested buyer who expressed interest to come tonight. Fingers crossed Scott likes what he sees, and we come to an agreenent.
I really want to start spending 3RZ swap money, and turn some wrenches.
Carryover from the other thread….
Are you thinking of putting lockers into the Taco? Or weighing out the options for a replacement?I love that the Sapphire is getting used, but I still cringe and shed a tear whenever I see the battle damage. I guess that’s why I’m building a much less capable truck, avoid the temptations of the hard line.
Got this sorted out, now my impatience for spring has grown exponentially. Add in the lack of snow in Shrlburne, and I’m starting my countdown to warm(er) weather. I tap out at 5 degrees.
Still haven’t pulled any component of the small block chevy, stalling out of laziness. One of these nights I’ll make my startup and run video, and break out the wrenches and disassemble SOMETHING. One day…
Theseold bikes are built tough. The nut had plenty of witness marks on it, so thankfully my good luck aligned in there. I couldn’t find a torque spec on that nut, so I defaulted to “very tight, but not stripping threads”.
The chain itself had more than an inch of slack in it too. There’s a 6,000km service interval on the tensioner, assuming it has missed at least one interval. I ordered 3 more side cover gaskets off ebay, hopefully between our two bikes, I wont need any more for a whileHoping so! I gotta neighbour looking to add Fuel Injection to his Square Body chev, figure I’ll try to make him an offer for my 350 and FiTech EFI as a package. Keep my stupid TH350 trans and t-case adapter on a shelf should I ever come across a need for it.
Full speed snd no reverse was killer, glad it was an easy fix.
Last night in The Shop, I finally winterized the bikes. Long overdue, and I’m not fully finished as I haven’t filled the gas tank yet. I also did some repairs on my bike, where I re-taped and re-routed all the wiring harness connections behind the headlight. A main harness was chaffing its way through the electrical tape, so I put an end to that gahhbage before I had wires to repair. I also FINALLY adjusted the tension on my counter balance chain, it has a 6,000km service interval, and by the slack on the chain I’d assume it had been missed at least once before. It’s an easy procedure as the tensioner is spring loaded to set proper tension, just gotta loosen jam nuts and it auto adjusts. Whilst in behind the magneto cover, I uncovered the source of an audible rattle. A retainer nut for a sprocket had loosened off, and fallen into the oil sump, the rattling was it being stirred and knocked about by the magneto and counterbaance chain sprocket and chain. Gonna buy a lottery ticket, that coulda been the end of my bike had the nut gotten jammed somewhere in there. Cheap fix, but I tore the main paper gasket, so I ordered a few more from my ebay source, about $12 each to my door.
Two small wins in The Shop last night. I finally got the 3RZ off the engine hoist and onto the rotisserie stand. Finally the hoist is open to yank the small block out of Redee.
Secondly I repaired my snowblower. Right at the beginning of a non-stop snowing weekend, I lost control of travel speed and direction. It was an easy fix to pop the control linkage back into the friction wheel sliding bearing, and re-bend the control linkage back to its original shape. With the linkage separated I was left woth Forward travel at FULL speed, not ideal for how much snow we got.
An hour overall, but so much better off on both frontages.
Next up is an oil change on the Caravan, and some winterizing on the bike. I also gotta make a “start and run” video for the small block. Hopefully that’ll make it easier to sell
Recently in The Shop, reassembled Matts bike after it got some cosmetic uogrades. He put new grips on, got my buddy to recover the seat in an OEM pattern, and I applied a cool “pixel” livery he grabbed online. His bike looks damn cool, easily doubled the curb value of it with just the seat and decals.
I’ve attached a before and after for comparison.
He hasn’t even seen the results yet, perhaps he’ll pop over tonight after his wife gets home from her weekend away.
Today in The Shop, I got a lot completed.
I got a surprise day off today when my wife awoke with a ragin’ migrane, and needed me to get the kids off to school and daycare. As of 9am, I was free to wrench.
On Truckee, I put a dent in my overdue maintenace list. I did an oil change, greased the driveline zerks, changed the spark plugs, cleaned the MAF sensor and replaced a failed gasket in the exhaust, and serviced the brakes all around.
I still am overdue for oil changes in both diffs, trans & tcase, and a brake fluid flush. I would really benefit from shocks all around, and prolly a full set of upper and lower control arms. I’m at just over 180,000kms, and a lotta my “overdue list” are OEM parts that are 10 years old. I have changed all the driveline oils previously, but that was about 85,000kms ago. Front struts are bone stock originals, rear shocks have at least 100,000kms on them.Just a half hour ago I made a huge improvement to my snowblower, where I swapped out a “joystick” style chute controller, for the traditional worm gear hand crank. My buddy was scrapping a dead snowblower, so I harvested the conversion pieces I had been trying to purchase from MTD for almost 10 years. I still need to use some epoxy on the auger engagement lever because it stick ON. However, that’ll be another day.
Attachments:
I just asked a new guy at work (older fella, 60-65 y/o) what his favourite car he ever owned was, and he answered “1951 Dodge Buisness Coupe”, to which I replied, holy shit I know a guy who owns one! I showed him your coupe and his face lit up.
He had previously mentioned a 69 GTX, ‘68 3 window van with 340 & 4spd, so I figured he’d owned some cool cars in his time.
Fella says he wants that buisness coupe back, or a ‘48 Anglia (which I still need to google).
Ohhh that’s dangerous indeed. When Sam made similar comments I reminded her that it’s a workshop, not a parking space, and anything inside is subject to disassembly. Parking something 1/2 broken or WIP is usually enough to deter her. However, if a big ice storm approaches, I put some effort into getting one of our DD’s inside.
Went for a season ending ride on Nov 10, weather was freakin’ perfect. Rode 90kms of mainly gravel from 3-5pm in 15 degree blue skied weather. Both bikes hauled ass and ran flawless.
We traded bikes for a few kms, and I like mine better. My new clutch is butter smooth, rear brake less grabby, bars tilted better for my lanky arms and grips are a smaller diameter. Just a few little differences that I’ve made in last 2 years has made a big impact overall. It was strAnge that we each thought the other guys bike was faster than our own. I may just pull my carb apart again this winter and try to fatten up the fuel mixture some more.That’s all my riding for the year though, I got the closure I was seeking on Thursday. Got roughly 3,000kms put on this year, less than I hoped, but good enough considering I was waiting on parts for most of July and September
As for wiring, I found a pretty good reference on a forum, seems pretty straightforward. I can thin out 85% of the harness I pulled out of the donor since it’s mostly a body harness.
Spares for beers sounds good to me. The trans/tcase are under a tarp outside, everything else in a tote in the shop. No rush, enjoy the vacay with your wife!
