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#2576
Tom Cinnamon
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Port Perry Ontario
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In the process of getting rid of the tan part of the "79 interior. Painted the lower dash and center consoles with two coats of clear adhesion promoter and two coats of black. Looks pretty good so far.
Also took my old Cheviot 15" rims in for refinishing and ordered four new 205/50/15 Dunlop Direzza II's.
Also took my old Cheviot 15" rims in for refinishing and ordered four new 205/50/15 Dunlop Direzza II's.
#2578
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Have almost finished stripping the Nikki and rats nest out. Also removing the air con as it didn't work anyway.
Getting ready for the new bits:
- 48 IDA Weber
- 16" davies craig thermo fan
- S5 Alternator
- New waterpump
- New thermostat, hoses and pipes
Getting ready for the new bits:
- 48 IDA Weber
- 16" davies craig thermo fan
- S5 Alternator
- New waterpump
- New thermostat, hoses and pipes
#2579
Here is a picture of the battery support after adding another coat of epoxy over the fiberglass. I still need to clean up a little rust and then primer and paint. Looks like I will get to that this evening.
#2580
Lapping = Fapping
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I looked at some FC rotor housings for my GSL-SE semi-upgrade engine. Basically GSL-SE rotating assembly with FC irons and housings. Bigger port area and no need to actually port it! Sounds exciting! But then I like to port engines... Hmm, better control myself this time. Factory port area is already huge on 6 ports.
#2591
Lapping = Fapping
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I built a 4 port 13B a little while ago and just added a GSL-SE pan to test it in the brown car.
It needed a pilot bearing seal because someone had gooped it up with RTV. I went to dig it out with a screwdriver and felt it to be loose so I reached in there with a finger and easily pulled it out. Hmm.
Then I cleaned out all the RTV mess and tested how the pilot needle bearings felt. They felt all gritty.
Turns out there was a bunch of metal gunk in there from a previous failed pilot bearing that the PO never cleaned out.
I went ahead and pulled the pilot bearing which turned out to be nearly new. When I went to install the new one, the shaft was wallowed out and bore was ruined.
Too bad I didn't check this earlier before stacking this engine. I could have picked a different shaft. What do? Sorry about that. Anyway what should I do?
I decided to clean the bore as well as possible, then install a new pilot bearing. It went in easier than normal until half way in, then it started feeling ok.
Next was the pilot seal. Um, it's not supposed to just drop on top of the bearing is it? Of course not. You're supposed to tap it in with some resistance, same as the bearing itself.
I had to come up with a solution to hold the seal in place. I thought about tapping in a copper crush washer of appropriate diameter on top of the seal or cutting a slot for a snap ring into the bore. Nah, way too much work and probably not robust enough.
What was my perfect solution? About two wraps of alumimum tape around the seal's outer edge.
Since aluminum foil tends to grip and will gall, I figured it would hold in place very well, and it's soft enough to conform to the irregular shape of the bore. The adhesive side should hold to the seal well enough. Just some grease to lube up the shaft...
"Can never have enough lube"
-- Aaron Cake
to prevent galling during the install, then tap it in my usual way. Viola! Perfect tightness. The clutch alignment tool proved the aluminum tape wrap made a perfect seal around the outer edge.
I was able to installed a flywheel, disc and pressure plate before calling it a night.
It needed a pilot bearing seal because someone had gooped it up with RTV. I went to dig it out with a screwdriver and felt it to be loose so I reached in there with a finger and easily pulled it out. Hmm.
Then I cleaned out all the RTV mess and tested how the pilot needle bearings felt. They felt all gritty.
Turns out there was a bunch of metal gunk in there from a previous failed pilot bearing that the PO never cleaned out.
I went ahead and pulled the pilot bearing which turned out to be nearly new. When I went to install the new one, the shaft was wallowed out and bore was ruined.
Too bad I didn't check this earlier before stacking this engine. I could have picked a different shaft. What do? Sorry about that. Anyway what should I do?
I decided to clean the bore as well as possible, then install a new pilot bearing. It went in easier than normal until half way in, then it started feeling ok.
Next was the pilot seal. Um, it's not supposed to just drop on top of the bearing is it? Of course not. You're supposed to tap it in with some resistance, same as the bearing itself.
I had to come up with a solution to hold the seal in place. I thought about tapping in a copper crush washer of appropriate diameter on top of the seal or cutting a slot for a snap ring into the bore. Nah, way too much work and probably not robust enough.
What was my perfect solution? About two wraps of alumimum tape around the seal's outer edge.
Since aluminum foil tends to grip and will gall, I figured it would hold in place very well, and it's soft enough to conform to the irregular shape of the bore. The adhesive side should hold to the seal well enough. Just some grease to lube up the shaft...
"Can never have enough lube"
-- Aaron Cake
to prevent galling during the install, then tap it in my usual way. Viola! Perfect tightness. The clutch alignment tool proved the aluminum tape wrap made a perfect seal around the outer edge.
I was able to installed a flywheel, disc and pressure plate before calling it a night.
#2593
Village Idiot
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Trimmed the glass to get ready for paint. It needs another layer of resin to seal the surface. The whiter areas are where the glass is not in contact with the metal. Since this is not structural and can't be seen because of paint, a nylon battery tray and a battery I am not too worried about it. I didn't do the resin because I ran out of gloves.
The oil cooler showed up so I will see if I have time to install it this evening.
The oil cooler showed up so I will see if I have time to install it this evening.
#2595
Lapping = Fapping
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Originally Posted by DivinDriver
Nice save, Jeff; The only other thing that could be done would be to bore out and re-sleeve the bore, and that'd be no easy feat on an assembled engine even if the right sleeve could be found.
I'm so glad I figured out a simple easy fix for this. I'll test run it in the brown car then pull it to check the condition of everything back there. I'm sure it'll all work out well, but I'm curious.