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Made my third trip to my local parts store for an upper rad hose, finally I’m content with the inner diameter and S-bend, however I still might have to cut it down to size. I was hoping to get away from a 3-piece upper rad hose, but the location of the rad inlet and alternator make it incredibly difficult to find a direct fit.
Did my first oil change in Sam’s caravan. Friggen chrysler out an easy to change oil filter cartridge, in an impossible to reach location!! Fuckers!! Why bother redeisgning the oil filter, the old motor had a spin on filter right beside the drain plug. It’s not like going to this handy top-loading cartridge saves you from laying on your back, the drain plug is still under there. Best yet, the filter cartridge goes into a molded plastic housing, that’s sure to break given enough heat cycles. Friggen unbelievable waste of time. Rant over. Fuck Chrysler.
Thanks Steve. I wanna Yota buddy that lives as close to me as you do to Mark.
An AWD V8 recovery truck sounds like a good chase car too for my Dufferin County exploring.
The pigtail I soldered onto the tach with a 5k-ohm resistor attached. I’d test it out, but neither the cooling nor PS systems are closed loops as they are intended to be.
Hopefully have the fenders hung before the spring M&G, but it’s under a couple other items on To-do list. Pretty sure it’ll get tackled in a Windshield / Fender / diamond plate delete trifecta in the spring.
Buddy James and I couldn’t get our schedules to align, so I dug into it myself today. Working slowly and carefully, managed to add in that ebay resistor, and bench test the results. All worked out so far, just need to fire up the motor, and dial in my calibration to match the FiTech readout! Eff yes this is gonna be awesome.
My buddy James is gonna stop over tonight to solder in that variable resistor for the tach mod!! Sweeeet!!
Oh man that doesn’t look good, glad your buddy is OK and onboard to CHOP. I guess there’s always a silver lining….with the truck flopped frame inspection is a breeze, and it looks super clean from here at least. Hopefully your buddy won’t have to build a frame first.
Webmaster as toys-n-yotas for testing image uploads …
seems to be working, not sure what to fix…
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Still no-go. Just lost another post with pictures.
The “edit” and “Home” buttons are still present in the header too
Forums were my way to keep in the community, but cut out all the “filler”. Get my quick fix, move on. I seemed to linger on facebook, 5 mins became 10, turned into 15, and none of it was productive.
The war chest coughed up some awesome stuff. I’ll have to stick around longer next time, get an update on your LC and the 4Extra.
I did the honourable thing today and bought a M16x1.5 tap on ebay today for $5. Even IF I have to buy a 45/64th drill, and a 1/2” NPT plug, it’ll still work out cheaper than the ebay adaptor. Best case scenario I can tap a couple and sell them myself as a conversion piece for $15.
RockAuto delivered the high-pressure power steering line today, so I gotta get it shortened and flared. Really I’m out if excuses now to finish refurb on the steering gear. Perhaps while the girls at school tomorrow I’ll make some more progress.
Hey Greg, glad you’re still in the wheelin’ world despite your health troubles. I’d love to check it out, but I’m almost a decade removed from facebook, and there’s no looking back.
The deeper you dig, more shit you’ll find. Still having fun though.
Bought a $0.70 thermostat gasket, pull the old one out and find a large O-ring. Wtf? Both gasket and O-ring? More questions, must be time to continue digging. My “Made in Taiwan” thermostat housing is not sitting flush to the intake manifold. Held up a square to the mating surface, about 1.5-2mm gap, hence the double-gasket and still leaking. So a replacement housing is on order (tomorrow), about $30.
Next. Tried to install the temp sender to rig up my oem gauges, looking for a thread adapter from 1/2” NPT chevy block, to M16x1.5 sender. Ebay found me one for$38 after shipping from USA. Annoyed I need a $38 fitting for the $6 sender I’m installing. Locally I bought 1/2” NPT to 3/8” NPT for $4, but M16 vs 3/8 leaves a pretty loosey goosey fit. Not sure if thread sealant will suffice, but I’m willing to try. Can always order the expensive adaptor should this fail.
A fun day in the shop, despite actually fixing nothing. Progress is great though 😀
I made a great attempt to catch the coolant I knew would pour out, had two catch basins and a funnel. Still 75% was caught by the concrete floor.
Picking up my other V-belt and Upper Rad hose tomorrow, also will buy a tube of thread sealant and hope for the best. Glob it on there really good.
