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04-16-2012, 08:38 PM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
Thanks Doug for your condolenses, he was a very good irish man that served his country and city with honor and integrity. We should all rise to that level in our lives. Honest as the day is long, and man could he spin a tail with his accent and humor
Got the aluminum billet hood hinges in today, and they do hit the blower motor, sooo I will use themwith a prop rod, until i come up with a solution for gas struts  Ive already posted this picture, but who knows where. Its out there in syberspace somewhere
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04-21-2012, 09:03 AM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
After talking to Meziere, seems my idea for the return water line off of the heater wont work, it has to be on the suction side of the pump. Sooo, bought a ported water pump, this should solve that problem, but, it requires a 1 3/4" inlet. To solve that problem, i contacted Griffen, and they sold me a pipe with a mandrel bent 45. We will see how that goes next week when it arrives
The port is a ORS to a -12an (3/4")  With help from guys in the engine section, installed neoprene gaskets. Never fooled with this type before, just a cork and permatex kinda guy! VCs accept a external pcv, plus a fresh air vent to the air cleaner, hidden under the cover 
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04-21-2012, 09:22 PM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
Jim 09/1999 In pic 1801
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04-22-2012, 07:29 AM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
Yep, thats when i bought it, and started working on it. Been a long road, but this might be the year
 Hey, i got the porch light fixed, it was a switch, now im down to the door bell....
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05-04-2012, 08:10 AM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
    Change out 1 1/2" outlet, to1 3/4" 
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05-04-2012, 08:18 AM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
Jim- it's a thing of beauty!
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05-04-2012, 10:18 AM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
Jim,
Is the 45 going into the Intake manifold, coming from the bottom of the heater core, cross threaded?
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05-04-2012, 01:05 PM
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My son in avon has a 57 lyman, not sure what year the evinrude is on his..... Good eye tynee, idont think it is, but the pic says something differant. I have to chase the npt to get to thread in more, i will check it at that time Good thing to have an extra set of eyes lookin over your shoulder
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07-11-2012, 03:13 PM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
ECHO....echo...echo...echo....
Spooky...
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07-11-2012, 10:07 PM
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Figured out a way to get 45 MPG Highway
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07-12-2012, 10:35 PM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
Jim,
Just noticed you have a TR6 on your wall. Do you/have you had one? I have one I'm semi-restoring. |
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07-13-2012, 08:43 PM
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yeah, could say that Doug! At one time....my basement, backyard, far backyard, and ten garages filled with triumphs and triumph parts. tr3-tr6. DD was a restored tr6 for many, many fun years. Need a factory tr6 manual?
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07-15-2012, 07:37 AM
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New toy...
 PT made up the grounding clamp for the SW speedo and supplied the NOS knob. Weird, but the aftermarket circuit board had the hole punched for the brass grounding pin. Combination of Mel at Classic Bowtie, and Les, and passmore, where i bought the NOS buzzer from. Thanks guys for all the help, another segment completed! This board really helps a resto mod, or a quad rod  
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07-15-2012, 08:00 AM
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Working on cooling system, again! Removed 1 1/2" outlet, fit 1 3/4" into rad. Griffin Rads. sent me another piece of mandrel bent 45 to fit in place of the rubber hose....
Went behind the counter at advance auto and searched their supply of hose and came up with this. Just cut off the 10" with the 90 in it, shame the 45 was facing the wrong way, or it would have bolted right up to my lower outlet. Also, have to flush out all the grinding debris from the rad, probably will ruin seals in the water pump if i dont get it all out, my luck! Still wondering if i should notch out more where the factory notch is....   
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07-15-2012, 08:08 AM
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This is half of the weather-pak system connecters that i found down on electrical forum. Vetvette, or fixit P recommended them to finish wiring up the water pump. Connectors lock together, with a silcone seal
Didnt make the second crimp yet, to hold the seal in place, just a practice run to see how my new crimper tool worked out 
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07-17-2012, 01:20 PM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
So there was progress happening, we just weren't privvy to it...
The cooling system is the major thing keeping you from driving it, right?
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07-17-2012, 03:39 PM
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Once the cooling system is done, then i can fire up the engine, but.... Spark plug wires have to be made Wiring up water pump and rad. fans Hang exhaust system Work out the gremlins in the rear lights Finish hanging my winch, which can wait And lastly, buy three tires, and finish up all the fiddily stuff. As your wifey likes to call it! Mostly electrical system Oh yeah, forgot the emergency brake cables....custom single wheel from in line tube So, im probably under 1000 bucks to finish it. Minus whatever i do for paint
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07-21-2012, 02:44 PM
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That is really going to be a great blazer.
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07-21-2012, 06:53 PM
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 And if you are estimating $1000 now, make sure you have $2000 available.
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08-09-2012, 07:50 AM
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Checkin' in, been a year & 3 months since I've posted anything here.
Starting to wonder how bad those flat spots are gonna be on your tires Jim, thing hasn't moved in awhile...lol  Kidding bud, really detailed work your pulling off. Old iron in the blood, gotta love it! |
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Looking good Jim!! Hope all is well Kurt!
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Against kurts advice, im thinking of going down the TPI road. So, i believe it will slow the build down once again. Or, i could start gathering the parts i need, and install them at a later date, when i have everything needed, and alot of acquired knowledge on the tpi system.... Sorry no pics of progress, to busy riding the new dual sport Kurt, dont worry about the flat spots. They were ten dollar junkyard tires that i use for rollers. Learned my lesson many, many builds ago, not to put your good tires on until the project is finished...
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08-20-2012, 05:51 PM
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OK, now the old girl is not just another pretty face, she can think for herself....
Parts to acquire ECM Wiring harness hg notes was right, thought i only had to spend another thousand, now it looks like three thousand 
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08-20-2012, 08:05 PM
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Re: PO has me PO'd
One woman in my life who's smarter than me is quite enough thanks. I like my trucks dumber than a box of rocks.
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