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a few of the cylinders were blowing oil,
like seven or eight of them..
looks like maybe just a simple freshening up, hone, rings, bearings and stem seals if I'm lucky.
unless I do something stupid like go out and buy a stroker kit http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Paul
flamedabone
05-23-2004, 08:37 PM
I remember you saying the motor had to come out. What was wrong with her?
Hope nuthin too serious, that motor looks tough as shit in that car.
-Abone.
60's
Looks like fun I can't wait till I get to building my Nailhead. It finally looks like I'm getting some where on this paint job. seems like I've b een working, rework, rework, rework for 6 months to get ready to paint and I finally cut the pass door jam in today.
Judd
flamedabone,
I can't seem to leave anything alone, I had a great working tunnel ram setup on some worked over oval port heads, but it looked just plain wrong,
so I pull all that off and put the seriously massaged aluminum rectangles on it with the Man-A-Fre setup.
fucker ran like a raped ape, but it looked kinda ho-hum.
so I put the cross ram setup on it, but lost the intake gasket seal and dumped a couple quarts of water in the crank case, unfortunately I didn't catch it untill it was too late.
she was blowing a big nasty blue cloud when I started it up.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
so now I get to go through it all over again http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
well actually Racefab will do the work, I'll just try not to make things worse http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Paul
Maybe I can mount this thing tomorrow and start on drivers side!
Judd
damn Judd,
that looks good enough to eat!
Paul
scarylarry
05-23-2004, 08:58 PM
I can finally say I did something this weekend!! Jalopy Showdown! Wow, once a year. : http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Oh well Paul, that's what happens when you have a heavy lead foot.
Judd, you're making progress, looking good.
I stepped on a rusty nail at 8:30 a.m, are my tetanus shots up to date?
Just got done cleaning the back 40 after a kick ass party for my dear friends Lisa and Dave getting married.
I'm still nursing my welding burn, and boy does it hurt after playing a gig Friday night. Gotta play next Friday too.
I went to see my daughter's final performance for band, she's not reupping for band next year. I'm kinda sad because I think musical training's something that every kid should have, but I'm not gonna force anything down my precious child's throat.
Car wise I got nothing done. I did drive the '34 quite a bit and I'm having electrical problems, the temp and amp guage are acting up, I think I have a bad ground somewhere. The radiator's cold but I'm registering 180 degrees.
Problems, always stinking problems.
G V Gordon
05-23-2004, 09:06 PM
My wife and I dug a 26 Dodge out of a cattle pen. It's pretty rusty but I see a shortened tub or a Pick-up cab out of it. The farmer who is long dead, (neighbors of ours growing up) had actually poured a concrete floor and used it for a chicken coop at one time! I don't immagine it worked well as a "coop" as anyone with half a brain and one eye can see it's a sedan. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif BIG kudos to my lovely wife for all the help, Oh and guys, don't call your wife stout. They don't like that.
George
fab32
05-23-2004, 09:12 PM
Paul, Did the water in the oil do any damage to the bottom end? How did the bearings and crank look? Here's hoping you (Racefab) can save the crank w/o a regrind. The whole deal sucks cuz I was digging the progress on the modified. Keep us informed.
Frank
G V Gordon
05-23-2004, 09:12 PM
raising the dead
G V Gordon
05-23-2004, 09:13 PM
Damn it's HOT!
G V Gordon
05-23-2004, 09:14 PM
My lovely assistant.
I got lots of sanding and fitwork done on the touring. Also, took the first drive around the block in my buddies 8-71 blown BBC 31 Coupe. Open zoomies and all. That woke up the neighbors http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif also fired my ass up for 2 more hours of work.
I'm confused; What's the hone-like pattern in the cylinder? I see some ridge and also see some vertical scoring, from dirty oil probably.
How big is the motor? Maybe just bore it enough over to clean it up, service the heads, and nail it all back together, scrupulously clean using a good rebuild kit from some company like PAW.
I had great plans to goto the farm and drag home my T tourings and put them in the garage so I can start playing with my 'new' welder. I also had some free time to start tearing this apart for parts for my 57, BUUUT, since it was a long weekend, naturally, it snowed on Friday, I had my baby girl's 2nd birthday yesterday, it rained all day today, and only 100% chance of rain tomorrow. Oh well, maybe next weekend.
fab32 and av8,
the cross hatch in the cylinders is from the rebuild, the verticle lines are probably from the water in the oil episode,, ring failure,, oil blowing,,
the motor is near fresh, and built. I had it done last year by a good speed shop.
I just pulled all the caps, the bearings have almost no wear, both rod and main.
but I can just feel some drag on the journals with my fingernail.
the rear main is the worst but I'm hoping a polish and fresh bearings will take care of the bottom end.
Paul
60's
LOL! As much as it's costing me I may have to start eating it. This started as a paint job and seems to have become a frame on restore.
Judd
I cut my finger half off w/ a band saw & got realy drunk at the Jalopy Showdown.I also put the first 100mi. on my '38 Chevy and found out the vortec computer has a 100mi/hr rev limiter!
SanDiegoJoe
05-23-2004, 11:31 PM
Went and saw a display of art from the Vatican with my dad... He rode in the Valiant for the first time.
They had this letter from China to the Pope... all along the border were these really cool dragons - all in red ink. Would have made kick ass flash.
No Cameras Allowed http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
FWilliams
05-24-2004, 10:41 AM
cool paul, lets see if we can get it up here towards the end of the week maybe.
fred
hatch
05-24-2004, 12:38 PM
How about what my son(17 years old) and I did on sunday...he wants to build a triuimph...here's what he dug outta the triumph pile, and mocked up for design thoughts.
after driving the corvair 3000 plus miles i finaly threw a belt in BFE and as the belt wound it self around the pulley it managed to slap all the throutle linkage funny :P
oh well, should give me something to do:P
tim
Humboldt Cat
05-24-2004, 05:36 PM
Paul, seeing your water damage makes me worry about my engine work, tried my best to get all the coolant sopped up from under the valley pan during my recent intake swap. Will find out soon when it fires back up.
Been waiting on parts, and for some stupid forgotten reason I'd originally thought this would be a good time to paint-strip the dash and doors. 'Til I found out how damn long it would take (I'll have an update post soon).
Judd, seeing your work gives me hope, I was going to take the doors off mine, but friends who'd done that before warned me against it, because of later re-mounting it. But am thinking about it again.
Those are some incredibly detailed shots, Paul- do you still have the tunnel ram, or are you thinking of sticking with the cross-ram?
Humboldt Cat
05-24-2004, 05:38 PM
Returning to it this morning, I found I have a new feline foreman already on-site... He even looked at me steadily while I got the camera out and ready.
Humboldt Cat,
so is the forman the real Humboldt Cat?
my damage was done while holding the loud pedal close to the floor for about fifteen minutes while terrorizing the neigborhood.
if you have not fired your motor, just get the water out of there before you do.
you did drain the block before you pulled the heads didn't you?
Paul
Detonator
05-24-2004, 05:58 PM
I got my headlights and headlight bar done -- rattle can black lacquer that rubbed out pretty nice. Went ahead and mocked up the front end to see how it all looked. I don't think I like that spreader bar. It was a freebie, but it looks a little heavy
Elmo Rodge
05-24-2004, 07:51 PM
I got a couple pounds of rusty crud out of the water jackets on my 59A and a bunch done cleaning up the intake ports. Finished cleaning my 8BA rods for it, too. Lots of piddly shit, too. Good weekend. Wayno
warbird
05-24-2004, 11:36 PM
Took the roadster out for its first hunnert mile run since we got the interior finished. Seat sure feels a whole lot better than the old Tijuana Special that I ripped out. Ran into rain down by Conway and discovered some interesting facts about driving an open car in wet weather. 1st, the backside of the windshield gets as wet the front. 2nd, a fenderless car puts up enough spray that you can't see very well to the side. And 3rd, look up over the windshield and you can pick out individual rain drops heading your way. Kind of like the old "Golden BB". Right between the lookers!
It was fun, anyway.
Humboldt Cat
05-25-2004, 08:07 AM
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you did drain the block before you pulled the heads didn't you?
Paul
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I didn't pull the heads, just the 2 barrel intake for access to the lifters (it's an FE motor) and pushrods, which were the heart of the problem (heads were pulled and rebuilt a few years ago), replaced the intake with a 4 barrel. Will let y'all know the results.
there will be water in the intake maifold and top of the heads, when you crack the intake loose, unless you have a separate valley pan the water will surely end up in the crank case.
I always pull the plugs on both sides of the block and open the petcock and cap on the radiator to get all the water out.
'course this time I may as well have just run a garden hose in there after I put it back together http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Paul
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