7/31/16

Details 48...



Well a day of regression.... was getting my all my stuff together to mount my harmonic balancer and guess what I found in the Ziploc bag will all the hardware and woodruff key? The damn oil slinger for the timing chain! Jumped on line to see if it was a necessity and a couple of the sites I trust both said "don't forget to reinstall the oil slinger", so two weekends of work went out the window as I broke everything down to access the timing set!



















At least I know things are in order, LOL, and there will be plenty of paint on the 460 by the time it gets installed!!




















I also rebuilt my AC idler pulley because the bearing seized up when I blasted it.
















I was surprised that the original bearing said JAPAN on it...













but I guess by the mid '70s things had already begun to move offshore.




















A bead of RTV to seal the outer cover back on and I will do a bit of beautification on the visible side to make it more appealing before spraying it satin black to match the other pulleys.

Next weekend, I plan on installing the engine mounts, rolling the engine over and touching up the top side before dropping the 460 into place.

Wish me luck.........

Until next time,

ZEBRA 3 OUT

7/23/16

Details 47....

Decent progress today after a couple slow weekends... Last weekend, water pump nipple opening threaded and and back side of water pump painted...

















and intake painted.




















This weekend, bypass hose nipple installed, intake dry fit...























intake installed....




















bypass hose and clamps installed and masked, water pump reinstalled then top side of engine painted...





















finally, distributor installed and carb dry fit before calling it a (sweltering!!) day.




















Until next week........

ZEBRA 3 OUT

7/2/16

Details 46...

Well got the 460 rolled over to assemble the top side...


















cleaned the gasket surfaces...
















chased all the tapped holes...



















installed the intake studs...














and dry fit the intake before installing the gaskets and RTV along the front and rear end seals....

















GLAD I DID because the water pump I bought did not have the coolant bypass hose nipple installed!


















SO top side assembly and paint delayed until the necessary nipple can be gotten.... but I did go ahead and coat the intake manifold gasket and set it in place so that much will be ready once I get the nipple and wrap up the intake installation.














Don't touch that dial!

ZEBRA 3 OUT