DRIVEN said:
Interesting, that's what we sell at work and I haven't heard anything about a recall. I'll have to check into that.
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Interesting, that's what we sell at work and I haven't heard anything about a recall. I'll have to check into that.
I have not heard anything either. I have all kinds of 3/8 hose. What are you using it for,pressure you need and fittings and I will get you a price to ship it to you.
I hadn't heard any specifics. The guy at Napa was telling me about it. I'm sure there's other brands available at other stores. Not a big deal...yet.
Not a ton of progress here. Just finished up the fuel system is all.
Planning to focus on wiring tomorrow. Got a call late Friday that they need me to fill in at one of my shops on Monday and Tuesday. That's going to mess with my Wednesday pm deadline. Still have a good chance but it'll make my evenings less relaxing.
Planning to focus on wiring tomorrow. Got a call late Friday that they need me to fill in at one of my shops on Monday and Tuesday. That's going to mess with my Wednesday pm deadline. Still have a good chance but it'll make my evenings less relaxing.
So here's the skinny on the last week. There was a couple projects on the truck that my brother wanted to handle. The major one was the radiator and fan mounts. He got busy with work. I got busy with work. There was an impromptu camping trip. Anyway, we decided that we wouldn't have it done for the show without working late nights and taking shortcuts. The decision was made to just take our time and do it right. Here's where it's at now. The engine harness is installed on the engine.
The PCM and fuse panels are mounted on the inside of the firewall. I glued an piece of 3/4" OSB to the upper LH side directly behind the gauges using Automix. That gave me a solid surface to screw them too without making holes in the newly painted and filled firewall. Please ignore the old wiring at the ignition switch. That's the reason for the complete rewiring job.
Started the chassis wiring. Anyone else hungry for spaghetti?
The mock-up of the radiator and fan mounts:
And after finish welding...
As of last night the wiring is 75% done and the radiator assy is ready for installation. Hoping to dedicate a couple hours today. I have job on Saturday but if I get a chance to get back to it I hope to have it fired by Sunday night.
The PCM and fuse panels are mounted on the inside of the firewall. I glued an piece of 3/4" OSB to the upper LH side directly behind the gauges using Automix. That gave me a solid surface to screw them too without making holes in the newly painted and filled firewall. Please ignore the old wiring at the ignition switch. That's the reason for the complete rewiring job.
Started the chassis wiring. Anyone else hungry for spaghetti?
The mock-up of the radiator and fan mounts:
And after finish welding...
As of last night the wiring is 75% done and the radiator assy is ready for installation. Hoping to dedicate a couple hours today. I have job on Saturday but if I get a chance to get back to it I hope to have it fired by Sunday night.
Since I don't have a running truck or any update pics I'll just leave some randoms from last Wednesday's show.
Chapter 7, The fire-up.
So we finished the plumbing yesterday and fired it up so we could shake it down. Topped off the ATF and let it run for a while to make sure that the thermostat was opening. It sounded great and had perfect oil pressure. I wanted to get it hot enough to verify the fan operation. I was using a temp probe at various locations to check it against the gauge. The PCM should turn the fan on at 225*. The temp was up to 222* at the ECT sensor (245* on the temp gauge) so I decided to run the rpms up to get it a little hotter and force it on. I reached over the passenger fender to grab the throttle body like this:
After about 5 seconds at 2500rpms the hose blew off at the coupler right next to my knuckles and scalded the sh*t out of my hand along with spraying 3 gallons of coolant and steam all over the shop including the 18' ceiling and my Cutlass. Oh well, the shop floor and cars needed to be washed anyway.
Hurt pretty bad last night but much better this morning. It's still swollen and there are 8-10 small blisters but it feels waaay better.
So we finished the plumbing yesterday and fired it up so we could shake it down. Topped off the ATF and let it run for a while to make sure that the thermostat was opening. It sounded great and had perfect oil pressure. I wanted to get it hot enough to verify the fan operation. I was using a temp probe at various locations to check it against the gauge. The PCM should turn the fan on at 225*. The temp was up to 222* at the ECT sensor (245* on the temp gauge) so I decided to run the rpms up to get it a little hotter and force it on. I reached over the passenger fender to grab the throttle body like this:
After about 5 seconds at 2500rpms the hose blew off at the coupler right next to my knuckles and scalded the sh*t out of my hand along with spraying 3 gallons of coolant and steam all over the shop including the 18' ceiling and my Cutlass. Oh well, the shop floor and cars needed to be washed anyway.
Hurt pretty bad last night but much better this morning. It's still swollen and there are 8-10 small blisters but it feels waaay better.
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