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Thanks Don. Its hard to keep up with all the projects sometimes. The trailer project has been a pile of parts up until last night. Nice to see it reassembled. Don't know why Rich blew it all apart, but works for me.
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Be cool to have trailer like that. lol I made the mistake of selling mine...64 long bed fleet side trailer. How's Rich been?
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Tried to call Rich last week and his number has changed. He lives around 45 min north west of me, so I may just have to take the gamble and drive up and hope to catch him at the house. |
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Looking forward to the trailer project. Sorry I didn't make it out Monday. I ended up not getting my neighbors jeep back up either. We broke a bolt. I should be up and around on Saturday afternoon. I have a late flight Friday night.
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grill supports will be coming this week
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Got my break in fluids ordered last night. So....as long as they come in by Saturday we should be able to fire the engine up.
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Finally got around to getting some paint on the last valve cover. Will complete the paint detail and fin clean up tonight. I have a small ring around the oil fill cap that will get painted black, same as the other cover. Looking forward to these being done. I have far more hours in prep and polish than they are worth, but the time will be worth it. I think they look great and will be a nice addition.
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Just got the update from FedEx....looks like break in fluids will be here Saturday a.m., so if all goes as planned will finally fire this beast up!!!
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Excitement!!! :metal::metal::metal:
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I can smell the fumes all the way over here in Arkansas!!!:lol::lol:
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… can't wait for the video! :metal:
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Will be with open headers. Been lazy and need to crawl under the truck and finish the x-pipe to header install to finish the exhaust. Not that the exhaust will quiet the engine up much.
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Flashback!!! Put my headers and exhaust back on about 2 weeks ago, tore it off and put back on again last week cause it didn't suit me. I hate exhaust work!:banghead:
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Also waiting for a video! :metal: Be waitin!
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I always liked to break in an engine, first start up with mufflers, just in case the is a noise you can't here with open exhaust. have done it without also lol. I also do not run a thermostat and use just water and have a temp gauge hooked up. you probably know all of this stuff so happy brake-in.
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forgot, i always fill the block at the thermostat opening, then put the housing/hose back on. no air pockets in the block this way.
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Eric showed up shortly after lunch. We got the brakes bled, still need some minor adjusting, but won't take much.
We also worked on the hydraulic clutch. Will need just a touch more adjusting there also. Slave still feels a little spongy, so still has some air in it. Doing all this around a big block and long tube headers is fun if you've never had the experience. Later in the evening we switched gears to the engine. Got the covers swapped, #1 set to TDC, distributor pulled.....plenty of room for removal with the cap removed, engine primed, battery installed and of coarse it was dead, so took the battery out of Austins 63 and the oem starter just doesn't have enough to kick it over. Tried jumping off a truck and same result. By this time it was around 830, so we called it a night. I want to come in tonight and recheck that all grounds are good 1st, before I commit to a hi torque starter as it almost sounds like it doesn't have a good enough ground. Ran block to firewall grounds, battery to block and block to frame, so will pull grounds and make sure we have good contact. Couple of pics of the vintage covers installed. |
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Looks sweet! :chevy:
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Looks sharp!
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Looking good. Hope it goes good and you hear the roar tonight.
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Might need some more cranking amps to. Sometimes its the starter....sometimes its the battery not having enough guts to. :chevy:
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