I'm trying so hard to finish up my interior and I keep running into snags. A special thanks to Bumpin'Yota for his help tonight. Basically my amp seems to be bad as when I connect it to my head units "remote on" line neither turn on. I mickey moused it with a straight line to the battery and this worked. Well it worked off and on and this helps me narrow down the issue to my amp. So much for my "FREEBIE". Well after messing with it I tried again to the HU's "remote line" and now the HU works but still no amp. so I'm in search of an amp so I can finish up.

Thanks Bumpin'yota again

-=Morphine=-

 

and one to show off more of the carpet



More coming later...including a report of her starting (I hope)

-=Morphine=-

 

Morph-

I'm thinking about copying your speaker pods, but was wondering how exactly you attached them. Did you just screw them straight into the inner panels, or put a backing plate on the inside of the panel, or what???

Edit: PS: That carpet looks friggin GREAT!

 

Bassinfool: To mount the pods all I did was screw directly into the panel. I made sure to get a screw that would go through the wood, through the padding and through the door panel backer. The tip of the screw is right at the dynamat/metal. Since i'm not running an amp to the door speakers is sounds awesome. Theres no rattling or vibrations from it. Hope this helps but if you need more direct info let me know.

-=Morphine=-

 

Perfect. I think I'm going to start on them this weekend. The only other thing I was wondering from looking at your pictures is, have you tried rolling up the window with the pods there? It seems like you would hit your hand on it because the pods are fairly close to the crank.-?? Just wondering, because if so, I'd like to make sure & mount mine a little lower.

 

Every so often I clip my hand. I tried to measure it out the best I could. It doesn't interfere but if you're in a hurry "Yes, you will hit your hand". I'd also recommend staying away from the rounded corners as the fabric was a real pain. Granted I had no clue what I was doing, but just a word of caution. My next design would be more along the lines of this:



Sounddomain link HERE

It still has a sweet look to it, offers options for mounting, and looks real clean.

-=Morphine=-

 

That looks nice. I'm trying to decide if I want to try & match the vinyl on the door panel, or go with grey carpet. I did a similar thing in the back (ex. cab), where I put speakers in the stock storage bins on the sidewalls. I covered those with gey carpet & they look great, but I'm not sure carpet would work as well on the doors. Just wondering where the heck I can find vinyl that would match well enough?

 

Go to about any fabric store and bring in a panel from your truck to compare the colors. Vinyl can be molded around corners and rounded objects with the help of a heat gun...

 

Morph,

That INT is sweet....you did a really good job on that. I see the mention of a starting report...any luck there????

 

That's good to know. I'll have to get a heat gun. Thanks!

 

Morph,

any progress up front yet???????


Dragon

 

No problem, but be aware all vinyl is not created equal. The last batch of vinyl I used was so difficult to work with it was like trying to wrap a 12 ply tire around a door! Even with a heat gun! LOL

 

Truth be told I've been scared to finish the engine and start her up. This is the biggest undertaking I've done. My second most was a fuel filter replacement. So I gathered my courage and began again tonight SERIOUSLY trying to finish up soon. Now I have a few questions...

#1.) Should the spacer for the fuel injector be fully seated into the intake manifold or loosely sat into the opening? If the latter, then the tightening of the fuel rail holds it and the injector into place?

#2.) Does anyone have a simple 1,2,3 processes to re-attach all of the timing components? None of the manuals CLEARLY spell it out. They all say to go in reverse order of the removal, but I'm sorry, I'm a little slow with engines.

#3.) If I post pics of some brackets could someone point me in the direction of where they go? This last one blows as it's my own fault for stalling.

Now for progress I have the lower intake manifold on, fuel spacers in place and the fuel injectors and rails lined up just haven't tightened them down, see Question #1. I began to re-attach the lower timing belt (I believe where cover #1 is). I'm hoping to put forth 2 hours a day until it's started, then I'll fine tune and make adjustments as needed. I know it won't be perfect upon my first start, but I DO WANT HER TO START AND RUN without to much headache.

Thanks goes out to EVERYONE here for their continued support. I can't wait to wheel her with some of you.

-=Morphine=-
Charles

 

if you PM me your Email address I can send you a boat load of pictures I took during tear down to help you figure out brackets and timing components.


Here is a good link for timing assembly go about half way down for reassembly step by step (Its a 93 FSM)

Here is the entire 93 FSM manual

 

the injectors should be firmly planted into those spacers. When the injectors have new o rings, this is very difficult and requires considerable force. Remove the spacers from the lower intake and put each one on each injector. Then reinstall. Reinstallation of the spacer/injector is much easier. (I didnt swap the spacer's o ring) I have pics if you'd like.

 

I've been following your thread from the sidelines. You've got more guts than most. I recall doing my 7 hour valve cover gasket job on my 3VZE and when all the parts were lying around, I just sat there wondering what the hell I got myself into. There was no turning back and it all worked out just fine. Everything does... Just think, after this is over, you'll be able to tackle anything on a 3VZE and you'll be another guru on the board helping someone like me through it one day!!

Someone once gave me wise advise on the board, "Git-R-Dun!!!"

Troy

 

Ok, thanks everyone for chiming in and helping me over my mental hurdle. Well I've made some progress. Just a quick pic to show, and then some mystery parts for everyone to explain to me where to put them back on at.

First my progress...May not be much but it is progress.


steering stabilzer..


Now the 2 mystery parts, brackets of some kind. The first one...maybe a support bracket on the passanger side (where do you go???)


and the second one...


Possibly do one of these help support the altenator? I have the lower support bar but not the upper. Maybe for the power steering resovoir(if this is the correct name). This is my fault for waiting so long. STUPID FEARS. Now I'm working onn my motor on FRIDAY THE 13TH.

Thanks
-=Morphine=-

 

OK, I didn't want to edit my post instead I thought I'd post my own answer...
The 2 mystery parts appear to be these support brackets..



Thank you Ganoid for the help and sending me those pics the other day. I guess looking at them at 1:30AM is a bad Idea. I'm still open to answers on the alternator bracket.

Thanks again
-=Morphine=-

EDIT
ok it looks like part 1 goes on the passanger side to support the power steering and that part 2 is the support I was lokking for for my alternator.

Thanks again Ganoid, I'm taking a second look at your pics and I'm "SEEING THE LIGHT"

-=Morphine=-

 

Yup the good ole power steering bracket! I took it off and cleaned it when I did my timing belt...when I went to put it back on 3 days later I had absolutely no clue how it went back on. Thank god for the dozens of pictures I took!!

I had the same issue with the fan braket - no idea hwere it bolted up to until i looked at one of the pics I had taken.

 

Morphine, I've been following your adventure and I have to say you have some big brass ones.

The lower bracket looks to me like an alternator holder but I've not popped the hood in about three weeks -- ever since I had a coolant leak out of that damn rear hose under the plenum. Your pix showed me what I'm up against and for that I'm grateful.