I think it's just 13 x 4" tires on a 15 x 7" wheel.

 

i used that same tape haha

 

day's end wrap-up:

header still off
passenger's side spark plugs in
heat wrap shield stuff everywhere it should be

burgers and hot dogs eaten....pool utilized....fireworks blown up...

the end

work the next 2 days 12hrs (ahahahahaha....right!) each day....maybe some progress thursday

 

Lotta reading there...which means a lot of progress!!!

 

there he is!

yup....and alot slower than I thought we would be at this point. thought it was going to go real fast once we got the motor in but these details and delays are killing us.

have to take the timing belt cover off again.....means to have to take the upper idler / water inlet back off too(just the water connection)....this, because I have no real way to find TDC again (unless someone has a clue) in order to poke the distributor back in. so that adds probably 30 mins or so...but given that we only allowed about an hour every few days, it means alot.

i have a deadline in mind....not gonna say it...but it's a goal now that I think we can easily beat.

work again tomorrow.

 

Its the details that slow you down, but going back just recently, you have made big steps closer to getting it running.

 

You're still gonna KILL IT, Jerry... no worries. You WILL get to that point and then VROOOOOOOM! LOL.

Can't wait to have some 'catching up to do' again here! lol.

 

Just checking in guys, it may seem slow now but you guys will look back soon enough and say wow that wasn't so bad. Looking forward to your progress.

 

Sweeeeeet!

 

"DUDDDDDDDDDE, WHAT'S MINE SAYYYYYYYYYYY?" hehehe

 

hehehe

 

:rubs ball of wrist on shirt with breath for polishing motion smiley: hahaha.

Man, I really miss reading you're attacking of this thing, Jerry.... ADDICTIVE THREAD! LOL.

 

Are you done yet??? Gawd...............................

 

no.



plans for today...among many other things....put passenger's side header on and maybe other stuff. meh.

 

pics from 7-4-11 just showing some of the heat shielding we did....what a pain.

 

still have some left...sure there's a spot or 2 or 10 that will need it when we get the header in place. but the tough stuff is done.

 

Just a helpful reminder, when you start that up don't be surprised to see some smoke from the engine bay from the paint/headers etc etc and also from the exhaust due to residual cleaning agents in the cyl's.

 

don't worry. you will be there.

progress...sorta.

passenger's side header is on. what an absolute PITA! bless ya if you are trying to do this with the power steering or a/c in place.



having a G-D SOB moments here....

instructions...not that good I'll admit, say to lay out the reed configuration as follows... REED-->original compression nut (pipe wiggles when tightened...that's a concern)-->crush nut(big silver nut)-->crush sleeve and install..........makes no mention of a little dark gray fitting that came out when i took the nut off the header (same as with the forward hole for the EGR)....when i try to tighten the nut i can't get a bite....without the little gray sleeve, good bite. diameter of this sleeve does not allow it to drop in the hole, tried "encouraging" it in, no dice.

so here we are.....another GRRRRRRRRRR moment stoppage.

WRENCHINJOE or MAK92 ......HELP!!!!!!! or anyone please

the layout

 

I'll offer moral support.

This is why I point at my engine and ask Jon "please fix that".

:wabbit2:

 

send Jon here please