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Re: Restoring Rusty
but three hours later the passenger side was done
now I will probably go back and clean up that brake and fuel line, but the frame is as good as it's going to get, remember all you have to do is knock off the loose rust for POR15 you don't have to take it down to bare metal, so I think we've reached that goal |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Don't forget the POR15 metal prep since you went to bare metal.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Looking great, but what happened to all that carefully laid out plastic to protect your patina? Get in the way too much?
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Re: Restoring Rusty
That is correct...exactly why I recommend using the metal prep. The POR15 doesn't adhere well to clean metal without it.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Gregski, when you adjusted the valves, you rotated the motor and adjusted them all individually when each cylinder was off of its respective cam lobes right? In other words, you didn't just adjust all of them without rotating the crank around right?
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Exh. 1 - 3 – 4 -8 Int. 1 - 2 - 5 - 7 Get #6 to Top Dead Center Exh. 2 - 5 – 6 – 7 Int. 3 – 4 - 6 - 8 Adjust until pushrod will not wiggle using your fingers and then add ¼ turn. Adjusting until push rod won't spin may give incorrect setting. Only turn the engine 2 times. once for TDC #1 and again for TDC #6 Last edited by Gregski; 03-28-2016 at 09:48 PM. |
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Yes sir, done! I used my own coctail 1 part Phosphoric acid to 3 parts H20, works the same as their million dollar product.
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Adjust until pushrod will not spin between fingers and then add ¼ turn and tighten nut.[/QUOTE] This last part is kinda confusing, unless you have poly locks, your sentence should end with "then add 1/4 turn" I don't get the "and tighten nut" nothing else needs to be done after "add 1/4 turn"....unless you have poly locks. Not trying to give you a hard time, I just want to make sure the Gregski has a successful start up! |
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the wind died down so I decided to paint the motor mounts and [ahem] engine brackets
I had some Cast Iron paint left over from the Paint Shootout that I did to pick the right hue for the engine, and this was the runner up - by Dupli-Color, practically looks identical |
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I used a 1-2-3 punch combination on the motor mounts of Primer, Paint, and Clear.
Convinced myself to always use primer when I take something down to bare metal, and not to cut any corners. Decided to clear these for extra durability. now I normally don't like to cross polinate my paint brands/products, but the can of Dupli-Color primer went bonkers on me the last time I used it, it wouldn't stop spraying, it even kept spraying after I tossed it in the trash, LOL plus this KRYLON Rust Tough primer is great, covers so well didn't these parts turn out AMAZING!!! |
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TECH- A SIMPLE WAY TO ADJUST VALVES |
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so glad I decided to remove these support brackets, check out what was hiding behind there
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alright lets clean these rascals up
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and three and a half hours later the engine cavity be done, wire wheeled, washed, cleaned, and prepped for POR15, now we wait for payday (cause we be broke), than buy sum POR15 and slap it on there hopefully this weekend
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The entire day was spent like this, grind a little, vacuum a little, grind a little, sweep a little, grind a lot, vacuum a little, grind some more, you get the idea, it was more work to clean so often but I would crawl under the frame, and sit on the grand in the engine bay and I didn't want to crawl through piles of dirt so I would stop and clean every so often |
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Awesome thread!!! Will help me tons on my 87. You guys sure got a ton of knowledge.. Keep up the great work Gregski! I've just made it to page 54 since getting off work. I can't stop...lol. Anyhow- lookin great
What's the next novel gonna be?? |
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Wow, thank you so much for the positive feedback Rob, yeah the guys on here are very knowledgeable and willing to share what they know, great group of truck owners for sure.
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Good job man, this looks great! I like how you establish limits so the project doesn't run away with you. And your wallet. Awhile back you were talking about the freeze plugs you were skipping and said "I plan on regretting that later". Made me laugh. That's part of setting limits so the project moves ahead. And it is! I was surprised how many pages there were to read since I last checked in. Keep it up!
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I am at my best when I am focused, like when all I have to do is swap the rear window for a slider, there that will be it for that project then I will drink some beer. After that I plan on doing the door hinges, again that will be it for that project, one and done (ok bad example cause there are actually two doors, so two and through, ha ha) you get the idea, divide and conquer |
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be careful when you shake the spray bombs and drink beer at the same time,I,ve shook the beer and not the paint.LOL
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"Alcohol abuse" ..we're all guilty at some point. (finally find that full one the next day just sitting where you forgot it ??)
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Re: Restoring Rusty
I didn't want to get paint on the brake lines nor the fuel line, so I used an old school trick, if you use aluminum foil to wrap those parts its much easier to remove it than blue tape, so here we go
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Re: Restoring Rusty
a pint of POR15 semi gloss ran me $30 bucks and half a pint would have been more than enough, the nice thing about paint that you get to brush on is that it really goes a long way
even started to tape off some nuts and bolts until I realized they will be hidden by the cross member support brackets, LOL |
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