HAFRODs 78 Aeroback Salon build

[liquidh8]

I've done stuff like that, the wife was never too happy. I have to get my own oven in my next shop she says. Haha.

I bet the manifolds turned out great.

 

[HAFROD]

IT RUNS FOLKS!!!!

 

[ssn696]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Glad you didn't give up on her!

 

[HAFROD]

I've been in my garage with the lights out for about an hour. Been checking the tail/brake lights, dome lights, and dash illumination. Noticed my tach was not lit up. I pulled the bulb socket and the circuit was broken. I used 2 very tiny screws, drilled a very small hole in each side of the circuit where its broke, stripped the shield off some wire and wrapped it around each screw. I then tightened them into the plastic housing. It completed the circuit and now works. This is my redneck engineering at its finest! Lol

 

[HAFROD]

I'm very proud of how the engine compartment is turning out. That new gold cad brake booster and bright white master cylinder resovoir really put the detail in it. Check out how smooth the firewall is especially behind the distributor. Nobody but G body enthusiasts are going to notice that. Another thing in the pic is the oil fill cap on the left valve cover. I used an original center bolt valve cover turn lock oil fill cap but removed just the plastic cap. I used quick set 50 epoxy on a rubber push in cap and placed the cap on top. Now it looks like an original oil fill cap. The main reason for doing this is the oil fill cap matches my Billet specialties black radiator cap.

 

[HAFROD]

Tomorrow I'm planning on bolting in the core support, radiator, hoses, fan, and shroud so I can break in my cam and tune the engine. Then its going to be brakes. I'd love to be able to move it under its own power by tomorrow night.

 

[liquidh8]

Great progress.

 

[O. D. Showtime]

Looking good! Looking forward to seeing it all together!!

 

[HAFROD]

Had a friend come over and help me bleed the brakes. I bolted on the core support, radiator, fan, shroud, and hoses and filled it with water. I broke in the cam. I reset the idle screw and backed it down my driveway and back under its own power. Tomorrow I'm going to run the valves, drain the water and put in antifreeze and distilled water. My temp, and volt gauges are not working right. Its showing 9 volts running on the factory gauge but 14 on my multimeter across the battery. The temp gauge is no surprise since the replacement sensor don't fit in the centerbolt heads. I'm using the one from the heads but don't think the ohms are correct sensor to sensor.

 

[HAFROD]

Having one of those days where I wish I would have never got out of bed. Got my Jeep shaft out of the box that I got from a fellow member last year. One u joint is almost seized and it has hammer marks from beating it into submission on removal I guess. Supposed to be cleaned and painted and ready to bolt on. The paint was bubbled and flaking off so I wire wheeled it. It was covered in rust and was just painted over. I used a roloc and DA sander and got the hammer marks out and cleaned the leftover grease off and painted it. I sprayed WD40 around the u joints and it freed it a little but its still hard to move. The bolt does NOT go through at the column. Had to rubber mallet it back off which messed up my paint job. I used a rotary bit and put a notch on the column tube for the bolt to go through. Just got done sanding and re painting the shaft. I got out my reman power steering pump with resovoir that I also bought last year. The resovoir it dented in several places on both sides. They did not even get all the old crusty grease off around the fill tube. I tried cleaning it and noticed the paint was rubbery and rolling up. I ended up wire wheeling it to clean metal. Got it painted. Went to install the front bracket and its the wrong pump. Went back to the parts store and they can't get it with resovoir anymore. I want a nicer resovoir. Went to all four parts stores and two of them can get me the pump/res. but won't be in till Tuesday. CRAP! Had to rant