I'll finish cleaning the cured RTV from the engine next week as well.
Until then.....
ZEBRA 3 OUT
7/7/18
Details 106...
Well after wasting over an hour trying to position the oil pan gasket onto the engine from below, I finally realized it would be much simpler to remove the pan, stick the gasket onto the pan, RTV the corners on the engine and the pan and then preposition the pan onto the motor, so I pulled the front sway bar off and got the pan out and prepped for the install next weekend.
7/3/18
Details 105...
Well had to back track a bit this weekend.... was under the car last Saturday and noticed a puddle of oil at the front and back of the engine block right on the centerline. Upon closer inspection, I could see a drop at the pan/timing cover seam as well as a drop coming from the weep hole in the flywheel inspection plate.
Wracked my brain as well as going back thru my pictures and I couldn't remember shooting a blob of RTV sealant into the corners where the oil pan gasket chan...ges direction to go around the timing cover or the rear main at the crank, so today I jacked the engine up a bit and dropped the pan.
Wracked my brain as well as going back thru my pictures and I couldn't remember shooting a blob of RTV sealant into the corners where the oil pan gasket chan...ges direction to go around the timing cover or the rear main at the crank, so today I jacked the engine up a bit and dropped the pan.
My suspicions were correct.... I must have dry fit the oil pan gasket and pan on weekend and the following weekend, buttoned everything up thinking I was done.... WRONG
Saturday I got the pan dropped, the gasket and corners cleaned and sprayed several times with brake clean to get rid of any oil residue so the RTV and gasket will adhere nicely to the block sealing the corners and then left everything opened up so the cleaner can evaporate away.
Next weekend I'll hit the corners with a good blob of Ultra Seal, reinstall the pan gasket, button up the oil pan and set the engine back down into the frame and reassemble everything removed to allow the engine to be raised.... then I'll be back on track to getting her ready to turn over to the body shop!
Until next episode...
ZEBRA 3 OUT
Saturday I got the pan dropped, the gasket and corners cleaned and sprayed several times with brake clean to get rid of any oil residue so the RTV and gasket will adhere nicely to the block sealing the corners and then left everything opened up so the cleaner can evaporate away.
Next weekend I'll hit the corners with a good blob of Ultra Seal, reinstall the pan gasket, button up the oil pan and set the engine back down into the frame and reassemble everything removed to allow the engine to be raised.... then I'll be back on track to getting her ready to turn over to the body shop!
Until next episode...
ZEBRA 3 OUT
6/24/18
Details 104...
More stuff knocked off the TO DO list... checked out the operation of my sirens and one set isn't working, so I'll have to dig into them and see what's going on.
Finished the wiring to the lighted visor...
as well as getting the high output alternator wiring wrapped up.
Installed the firewall vacuum tee...
the smaller vacuum canister on the driver side wheelhouse...
and temporarily mounted the AC compressor so I could hang the compressor mounted power steering cooler to determine the routing of the power steering cooling circuit.
Also lit off the 460 to get a bit of heat into the motor to evaporate the remaining coolant in the block. The engine compartment is slowly looking complete once again.
Next weekend, I'll work on getting the radiator and AC condenser reinstalled as well as rehanging the front fenders in preparation for installing the headlight buckets and header panel.
Finished the wiring to the lighted visor...
as well as getting the high output alternator wiring wrapped up.
Installed the firewall vacuum tee...
the smaller vacuum canister on the driver side wheelhouse...
and temporarily mounted the AC compressor so I could hang the compressor mounted power steering cooler to determine the routing of the power steering cooling circuit.
Also lit off the 460 to get a bit of heat into the motor to evaporate the remaining coolant in the block. The engine compartment is slowly looking complete once again.
Next weekend, I'll work on getting the radiator and AC condenser reinstalled as well as rehanging the front fenders in preparation for installing the headlight buckets and header panel.
Don't touch that dial.....
ZEBRA 3 OUT
6/17/18
Details 103...
I then turned my attention to the power feed for the passenger side illuminated visor mirror. Had to tap into the hot feed for the dome maps lights for power....
and then added the green wire to continue on to the passenger side visor. Next weekend I'll wrap up that run before moving on to the next item of my TO DO list.
Until next time...
ZEBRA 3 OUT
6/10/18
Details 102....
Well it's been a few weeks so I thought I'd better bring things up to date before something fell thru the cracks....
Weekend before last was a short day so we could attend the wedding of my wife's best friend, but I did get the passenger side front fender baffle about 95% completed. Got the rubber seals cut for both sides...
added J nuts to the power antenna lower bracket for mounting...
drilled out the fender baffle mounting screws for clearance of the antenna bracket mounting bolts and got everything mounted into positioned...
so I could design, cut and form the top baffle clip...
and cut as well as laying out the clip for the driver side baffle.
Last weekend I had to hang around the house to wait for some furniture to be delivered before heading out to my older brother's 50th wedding anniversary, but thru the week I did get my vacuum lines cleaned up so I could determine what could be reused and what needed to be replaced...
This weekend, I wire wheeled the intake vacuum port in preparation for replating…
got the bracket made for the driver side wheel liner, blasted both brackets and painted them, replaced the hinge bolts with the new ones from AMK, hung the power steering cooler on the core support...
and mounted the two Dynamax sirens to insure they didn't interfere with the cooler.
I fired up the 460 to put a bit of heat in the block to help evaporate the remaining coolant. Noticed I have drain plugs in the block so next weekend I'm gonna try and remove them to see if the remaining coolant will drain out so I can get ready to install the radiator and fill it with the Evans waterless coolant.
That's all for this installment.
More to come...
ZEBRA 3 OUT
Weekend before last was a short day so we could attend the wedding of my wife's best friend, but I did get the passenger side front fender baffle about 95% completed. Got the rubber seals cut for both sides...
added J nuts to the power antenna lower bracket for mounting...
drilled out the fender baffle mounting screws for clearance of the antenna bracket mounting bolts and got everything mounted into positioned...
so I could design, cut and form the top baffle clip...
and cut as well as laying out the clip for the driver side baffle.
Last weekend I had to hang around the house to wait for some furniture to be delivered before heading out to my older brother's 50th wedding anniversary, but thru the week I did get my vacuum lines cleaned up so I could determine what could be reused and what needed to be replaced...
This weekend, I wire wheeled the intake vacuum port in preparation for replating…
got the bracket made for the driver side wheel liner, blasted both brackets and painted them, replaced the hinge bolts with the new ones from AMK, hung the power steering cooler on the core support...
and mounted the two Dynamax sirens to insure they didn't interfere with the cooler.
I fired up the 460 to put a bit of heat in the block to help evaporate the remaining coolant. Noticed I have drain plugs in the block so next weekend I'm gonna try and remove them to see if the remaining coolant will drain out so I can get ready to install the radiator and fill it with the Evans waterless coolant.
That's all for this installment.
More to come...
ZEBRA 3 OUT
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