just thought, it's a close run thing but this is the biggest of it's 3 v8's.... so far. it's had a 350, a 351 and now a 352, lol.
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just thought, it's a close run thing but this is the biggest of it's 3 v8's.... so far. it's had a 350, a 351 and now a 352, lol.
neil.j
my ocd couldn't handle those too long plug leads so i've ordered a pack of 9 (one spare) terminals from ebay for under a tenner so they can be cut to length.
neil.
Neatness can't be faulted ... or is it the dreaded OCD !!
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IT'S ALIIIIIIVE! WOOHOOHAHAHA! :thumbsup2:
we got lots done today and there are more ticks on 'the list' which is always good. we have added to it though as we thought 'fit the flip front and reconnect the lights is kind of important, lol. ash' is still out there painting the rear axle so it's dry for tomorrows session. radiator fitting and propshaft making are the 2 'big' things left to do. we'll know once the rad's bolted in place if we have what's needed hose wise, if not it'll go silicone hoses from rally design on monday. oh and ash' has to get an urgent order in to real steel for a carb kit (it's leaking everywhere as the seals have gone hard) an air filter and one other thing i can't remember what......... lol.
anyway it runs and sounds really sweet so a good £450 worth, as long as the box works of course :eek:
neil.
the new rad's mounted and it clears the flexfan by a good 1/2". the back of the fan's about 1/8" from the crank bolt and alternator pulley but as revs pick up the blades flatten so those gaps will increase. we measured up for silicon hoses (black) and ally joiners so i'll get them from rally design. we even found a steering wheel boss that can be turned down and threaded for ashley's red flake steering wheel he got for his birthday 2 years ago, lol. lastly today we bled the brakes, now we can free off the front calipers.
neil.
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A good weekends work [emoji1303]
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yes we're happy how it's going so far. really there's only one possible fly in the ointment and that's if the c6 gearbox doesn't drive/work which would be bad. fingers crossed it's fine, the sump and filter were clean and the oil was nice and bright red with no nasty smell.
neil.
today we got the propshaft made, the new conversion uj fitted and then painted it. then the 'found' boss was turned down, drilled and tapped for the 3 retaining bolts (stainless allen bolts of course) and fitted with the new red flake wheel.
neil.
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the silicone hoses are cut as required and fitted, then the system was filled with water (it'll be swapped for antifreeze after running up to temp' to check for leaks). the pcv valve and grommet from the old rocker cover is now fitted and after adding a vacuum fitting to the inlet a hose was connected up. we fitted the propshaft and lastly bolted the horns and relay back in place.
we now have the carb to rebuild, the flip front to fit and connect the lights, cut the ht leads to neat lengths and check the trans' fluid once we've run it through the gears a couple of times. oh and ash' will get all ocd polishing the body and wheels..... because he can, lol.
neil.
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Great stuff.
Personally I'm not keen on deadlines, but you've pulled this one off it seems!
me neither mate, but it seemed worth a go. it was handy to have 2 other fe v8's here as well as years of small parts hoarding to pilfer parts from which saved time, lol. it's mad that we seem able to get parts in from rockauto in the states quicker than from here in the uk, handy though.Quote:
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the carb kit and matching (to the rocker covers) edelbrock air filter arrived this afternoon so we can get them sorted tomorrow and finally be able to run the engine long enough to test the gearbox. that'll also be easier now the prop's fitted and safer now the brakes work.
neil.
not much today but the carb's fully rebuilt and sat back in place. we'll have it running again and set up tomorrow.
neil.
with the carb bolted on and everything connected up (including the return springs we'd forgotten) we fired it up and ran it through the gears a couple of times before checking the fluid and adding another litre.
then..... disaster!! :eek: ash loaded up the box in gear and the fan chewed it's way into the ally rad' bending the fan blades at the same time. aaaarrrrrggghh! so with the option of replacement at this short notice out of the question we had to lay it flat, squeeze the damaged tubes flat and clean them with brake cleaner. then we mixed up some fibreglass filler and squeezed it into the damaged areas, waited for it to set and blacked that side of the rad's core. then refit it and run it again, only a slight drip now so ash' got a radweld (i know i don't like them either but needs must) and run it again. this appears to have stopped it, fingers crossed :whistle:
we looked into the reason for so much movement to allow fan/rad' contact and what appeared to be a good gearbox mount was only hanging onto it's bonding by a thread, doh!. againg getting a replacement this late wasn't an option so we welded a couple of bits of scrap across the 'join' effectively making it solid. oh no you say but wait..... the gearbox crossmember on mk3 zephyr's is rubber mounted at the chassis so we're good. next we trimmed the plug leads to neater lengths and added roadkill wire seperators as the new ones were too loose to hold these ngk leads. now just the flip front to fit and we're done, oh and even more cleaning as everything right back to the bootlid is covered in water drop marks.
neil.
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That was not good news Neil. At least it looks like you have got it sort till you can do proper repairs.
Not exactly the sort of engine turning finish you want, unlike the nice finish along the top of the rad.
The mod to the trans mount is probably not a bad idea anyway.. preventing movement in the event of a failure of the cushioned part. Even if the mount was new, quality ones are hard to find these days. I've had a cheapo one ( my bad) fail in less than a year.
Chris
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Damn and it was going so well :(
it is still going well, the engine's sweet and the box is nice and positive too. we just have a bodged up rad' to get him by 'til he gets a new one. as my dad used to say ''just when you think everything's going good you get the obligatory kick in the bo11ox'' lol.Quote:
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neil.
the flip front's fitted and lights connected. ash is currently polishing the slot mags as he's a tart, lol.
neil.
now ashley's zephyr is done (for now) i can get back to the many other projects here. there's a few jobs left to do on the 38 nash gasser before that goes back. then straight on with my 63 pb cresta. i was going to use my fe v8 i got for my nash project but.... i've gone another route. i've bought a 318/904 combo that's currently in a 73 scamp running and driving. he's got a late engine and box for the scamp so the 318 will come complete with ancillaries which is nice.
neil.
edit... forgot to say another advantage of the 318 is the exhaust port layout is the same as sbc so ashley's old fenderwell headers will be reused on my cresta, once the flanges are swapped for sbm of course.
and there it is back out in the wild :thumbsup2: