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Panzer07 · Apr 21, 2016

SuperBuickGuy said:
I bought another 350 short block... I've neither the funds nor the patience to do another upgrade before I wheel this thing[/FONT][/COLOR]

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SuperBuickGuy · Apr 21, 2016

and it's out

a bit of carbon, but nothing too untoward about the heads. I'll check for flat, clean, then reuse on the new bottom end....

Sunday will be clean parts, paint, and maybe finish a few wiring projects along with some header-beating....

SuperBuickGuy · Apr 24, 2016

somehow I feel I've trod this path before.
cleaning and testing

so I finally got around to doing the mod I've been planning on my parts washer... I added a pump (actually 2 pumps, the first didn't put out enough volume)

then onto flattening flanges on the header

I also did a lot to make sure the bolts fit better and that I can install and remove the #1 spark plug without having to remove the header.... bonus

I also gave the gasket a bit more of a chance to work by building up the edge on the header

and more test fitting

that's all folks...

Clwnshu99 · Apr 25, 2016

your parts washer is a retired sand blaster? Clever, did you just re seal it with silicone?

SuperBuickGuy · Apr 25, 2016

Clwnshu99 said:
your parts washer is a retired sand blaster? Clever, did you just re seal it with silicone?

welded the tub, silicone'd the top to the bottom. But it's not just a parts washer, I use air pressure the blast solvent against the part - make parts a lot cleaner a lot quicker.

SuperBuickGuy · Apr 25, 2016

Interesting, photos don't link correctly to here....

SuperBuickGuy · Apr 26, 2016

So a couple years ago, I built this - a divideable kennel for my wife's dogs

it always was a work-in-progress

so as you saw a couple weeks ago, I built new kennels for the Heep.... today I started installing them
first was clean up some wiring

and move (again) the speaker

so here is what it looks like

it gives my wife some flexibility - she can haul one dog, or two dogs and her older dog gets worried when she can't see where she's going - so the kennel allows her to be in front and can access the front seat through the middle

this also gives the benefit of when she loses her keys - that she still get the dogs out - you can get into the front, but you cannot access the rear gate without keys... which was a problem because that was the only way to let the dogs out....

SuperBuickGuy · Apr 27, 2016

so I had my wife load her heep back up....

I'm going to do a drawer and a shelf and it should be done except for the extras

I know some think it's animal abuse to build a smaller cage for such a large dog - actually, it's only people who want extra space for a dog, it's all about defensible space. Not just that but should bad happen and they be in an accident, not having a lot of room is much safer

SuperBuickGuy · Apr 28, 2016

Buick motor off the stand

new 355 short block on the stand

The guy gave me a 4 bolt main, roller block instead of the 2 bolt....

grey is the color this time

I like what I got, and the shop who did the work was immaculate - always a good sign.

SuperBuickGuy · May 1, 2016

beside the yard work, the fluid change on my Hummer, I did get a bit done on the '40
start of today (painted)

end.... bottom half is together

SuperBuickGuy · May 2, 2016

a very important part arrived today

so I figured now was a good time to get that shift knob on the road through a bit of assembly

9 quarts of oil later

and a bit more assembly

clutch installed

almost home

and home

SuperBuickGuy · May 3, 2016

not much to show, wired the motor and hooked everything up... no noise yet, but I'm very close.
one of the things I did was drill a bleeder hole in the thermostat - for no other reason but to make filling it easier

and wired.... a couple minor things to do - hook up throttle cable, put in a couple bolts in the bellhousing, and tighten up the exhaust pipes.... oh and rotate the distributor 180.... dagnabit.

SuperBuickGuy · May 4, 2016

on with making it go, again

oh what a pain - I was right, I was about 45 degrees off on the timing...

look at that, oil pressure

which makes me a bit irritated at the dakota digital gauges, they didn't work, I checked the wiring and have tested everything and it should have worked. The only thing that might be wrong is the connection is fault... but even then....

and back to wiring

so basically I'm back to where I was a couple weeks ago. I'm leaving the front off while I finish the wiring....

SuperBuickGuy · May 5, 2016

So after a whole bunch of testing I've found the sender is bad.... would have been nice to have a sender when it dropped oil pressure.... ah well, at least the sender is covered by the manufacturer warranty (it's like 90 bucks)

onto more

underhood lighting

and the dash lights up.... even turns on a few lights

getting there... I should have it back on the road and wired Sunday.

SuperBuickGuy · May 6, 2016

a bit more

SuperBuickGuy · May 8, 2016

Shifter handle

note the Toyota Racing Division shift knob....

and then there was wiring.... and fixing a problem.... and 4 hours went by....
but I figured out the issue with the compressor wiring.... my goodness does that fill up the tank quickly - and drain quickly.... some bubble testing will happen soon
some of the wiring, one of the radios

then throttle cable

SuperBuickGuy · May 9, 2016

starting to look like it did before

SuperBuickGuy · May 10, 2016

now it's starting to look like something... what, I dunno, but something for sure
gauges are in, hopefully permanently

and the oil pressure gauge works, sigh

More Jeep parts - mirrors installed

next is a dash (bar), and a harness bar.... I'm not using these seat belts...

and another nose shot (after turning it around)

woodwardsh3 · May 11, 2016

Your hard work is looking great, and the payoff is coming soon as you start driving it. Great job keep op the great work.

SuperBuickGuy · May 12, 2016

more crossing Ts and dotting 'i's

mirrors attached

still working on the speedo.... I swapped out the 3 wire for a 2 wire and still no bueno

and wired the hood lights

along with removed the squealing alternator... I hate replacing it simply because of a bearing... but it appears that is exactly what I'm going to do

SuperBuickGuy · May 15, 2016

Speedo now works
the issue

so here's the deal. Novak builds the 32 spline output housing. They send it to you assembled. When I bought mine, they'd just got them back into stock and there was, I found out now, a mistake

When they machined the hole for the speedometer sensor, they didn't machine it all the way through - so it keeps the magnet at least 1" away from the reluctor wheel. It needs to be 1/16" to 1/8" away. So some creative grinding had to occur.

and there it is installed... and it works

what a pain.

also checked the "attach the sway bar" box

crappy picture, but installed

and I came up with a air cleaner for the compressor

I simply used a crankcase vent filter - it shoudl be more than enough

SuperBuickGuy · May 17, 2016

Good news, the speedometer works, the temp gauge works, the oil pressure gauge works. Unfortunately the oil pressure is low and the coolant temp is a bit higher than I want... it's also louder than I want.... that is an issue that I will solve in addition to the others.

last night was exciting too, painting widgets

the bench is almost clear... glorious

hmmm, nice drive in the country, nice time to coat the undercarriage with purple oil

oh yes, and wheels too

both of them... annoying because I thought I'd solved this one

oil leaks are because I don't have a vent tube on the transfer case.... as it's as high up as I can get it, I have to get creative on how to run the tube.

gratuitous under carriage shot

SuperBuickGuy · May 18, 2016

We're going to cover a lot of ground tonight, so grab a beverage, get comfortable... and here we go

as I mentioned before, I have adjustment in the panhard bar, a change happened

next
there's a cooling system issue, but this doesn't solve it. It simply allows me to shut off the heater during the summer

and I noticed one problem - no coolant in that line. there should be
So I filled the system, and it was at least a quart low with no fluid in the reserve canister…. Hopefully this fixes it
Then worked on the center console

Why they didn’t have an outlet inside is odd, but it’s fixed now
And circle back to a question of how the defroster works… here it is

Then onto installing the bikini

Nice n tight top

Then onto starting the dash

this won’t be the final version, but it is for testing to see where I want it to be. Eventually it’ll have a shield in the middle, lights and maybe a touch of padding
Rocksliders/step
Maybe this?

My motorcycle is feeling lonely

SuperBuickGuy · May 19, 2016

Time to make the exhaust less redneck

I put the insulation on top because the top of the muffler will get up to 500 degrees

but it wouldn't last long on a mud day, so something a bit more permanent was required

to quiet the exhaust a bit I'm going to reduce the outlet size, but in my tons of drop steel, no 2" stainless pipe... ugh. I'm going to make the insert removeable, but first I need to build the slider/steps so I know where it should come out. who knows, I may even make the exit square....

SuperBuickGuy · May 22, 2016

work all day, hard to tell a difference
first some dash action

weld blankets are awesome

and a shelf

and some handle fixing

then some CB work

seatbelt fix

fixed

and music

my goal was get the sliders done... oh well, I'm closer

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