My Quest for Hot Rod Power Tour, Take 2

[OrrieG]

Thanks, stalled for now waiting for some extra money to show up.

[mrhurt73]

you can see where i spent my money too, ha ha

[mrhurt73]

ok motor mounts showed back up aand YEAH they fit.

on the tranny had to remove the heat shield from the passenger side and the original shifter cable bracket from the drivers side. both were hitting the trans crossmember.

and the other pictures show that the caddy oil pan is going to be for me.

[mrhurt73]

Originally Posted by mrhurt73

next i figured out doc's blocks no longer does air conditioner adaptors.

so i found this place http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/air...ght-out-36.php

now it does come with o-rings even though the website does not say that anywhere.

but it does not come with a bolt, so a shorter length bolt from the factory will have to be found.

ok may have to send this back to try and find a 90 degree fitting, having it straight out is just going to be to close.
stay tunned for further updates

[mrhurt73]

one of these things does not look like the other.
this is what was wrong with my niece's escort
i knew that nasty four letter word was trouble f*ord

and yes this has interupted my truck builting time.

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by mrhurt73

one of these things does not look like the other.
this is what was wrong with my niece's escort
i knew that nasty four letter word was trouble f*ord

and yes this has interupted my truck builting time.

Looks like a light weight racin pistin with a floating pin.
Kim

[oldman3]

I thought that was the new flat top design...Jim

[mrhurt73]

Originally Posted by Kim57

Looks like a light weight racin pistin with a floating pin.
Kim

yeah it was light weight, just had trouble with the floating part.

Originally Posted by oldman3

I thought that was the new flat top design...Jim

nope, seems to be more of the flat bottom design.

[mrhurt73]

ok so escort disaster is over now back to truck.

caddy oil pan came in, fits great. post oil pan specific stuff here.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=565764

now waiting on brake hoses to show up, factory brake hoses do not fit with air bags. they hit the bag when you turn

hoses will be here friday.

[oldman3]

Thanks for the pan info with the link to differences, good info for future builds...Jim

[skymangs]

MrHurt73, looking great! only 3.5 months to Power Tour, hope we'll see you there!

[mrhurt73]

Originally Posted by skymangs

MrHurt73, looking great! only 3.5 months to Power Tour, hope we'll see you there!

Lord willing and the creeks don't rise i will be there

[mrhurt73]

ok, i have 90 days to go.

havent taken to many pictures. but the power steering hoses finally showed up. brake hoses came right second time.

i have the inlet filter and fuel pump and outlet filter mounted.

transmission cooler lines started routing. used OEM lines off donor truck, helped out. had nice flexable section in it.

mounted lokar shifter, had to bend linkage to get it to clear electrical plug.

local exhaust shop bent me some elbows so i can start on the pipes.

and last night i laid out the wiring harness how i wanted it so i can wrap it back up nice and neat.

i bought the fuse box from current performance, seem like a good deal. wires are same color as my GMC harness so its just matching up wire and solder together.

sorry about pictures, will try and take some later.

[oldman3]

Glad you've gotten some stuff done, keep us posted...Jim

[48ChevBagged]

Looking good. If nothing happens we are gonna long haul the power tour this year. First time ever going. We are registered and all our rooms are booked. Hope you can make it. Would be nice to get a group of trucks together in a convoy and roll.

[skymangs]

48, our registration is done and rooms booked as well. We're gonna pick it up at texarkana, and drive the 2 days to memphis. See you on the road

[mrhurt73]

today i am taking the driveshaft to get it shortened.

my truck chassis had a two piece driveshaft with carrier bearing.
didnt like how the angles looked after rear airbag suspension was installed.

so called ridetech and they were not really feeling the two piece driveshaft.

so dug around in my spare parts pile and found a stock truck driveshaft and now i am going to get 2 1/4" cut out of it and get it balanced so i can keep my filling while at interstate speed

[skymangs]

If you are still looking for AC compressor manifolds that exit at a 90*, I used one of these off of ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-A-...7c1bdf&vxp=mtr

It worked very well for me and they offer them for a variety of comressors.

[mrhurt73]

Originally Posted by skymangs

If you are still looking for AC compressor manifolds that exit at a 90*, I used one of these off of ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-A-...7c1bdf&vxp=mtr

It worked very well for me and they offer them for a variety of comressors.

i did have to end up getting another a/c block, i ordered one from old air products. it was same price as one you saw on ebay, but it is fixed direction.

[Luther Grimace]

Hope you get it done on time! We are talking about going on the Power Tour as well this year from Memphis to Chattanooga.

[mrhurt73]

ok so had to make me some wood spacers to work on the truck.

make mental note, when you lower a truck, you cant work on it. so i raised it.

makes it much easier to get to stuff.

well brakes are bled, steering shaft had to be adjusted to fit around exh manifold.

wiring harness is on motor and cut hole in cab floor to bring it in and mount ecm under seat.

stay tuned, weather is forcasting a foot of snow for us, so i will get more garage time. my wife don't allow me to work on snow days anymore.

[mrhurt73]

also called my tuner and gave him the heads up i would be ready soon.

he said he wants to show up when i can crank it and ready to go. sounded like a plan to me.

i downloaded the HP tuner demo. i cant believe how easy it is to disable VATS, guess i was thinking it would be something hard. but its just a click of the mouse and its gone.

and new radiator should be delivered by ups today.

[Kim57]

Looking good.
Sounds like your getting close to a start up.
Kim

[Do Work 93YJ]

Coming along nice. Gonna keep a close eye on this since I'm planning on putting a 5.3 in my 58 this winter.

[mrhurt73]

ok so i got transmission cooler mounted, and lines in.
got all air lines ran back to where airpod is going to mount in bed.
ran cables for ride height level sensors, still have to mount front ones
moved steering column to clear exhaust manifold.
painted manifolds with high temp paint so they wouldnt rust, they were starting to rust just from my hand prints on them.

got 75 days until i need to leave. damn the torpedo's, full steam ahead.