Operation Lipstick on a Pig

[fleming442]

I narrowed the belt size down to the one they didn't have in stock. I'll get that tomorrow, hopefully.
Got the fuel sender done only to find out that I need a 33-240 as opposed to the 0-90 g-body. Found one on Amazon for $20. Now, I just have to adapt it in.

I put new plugs and wires in last night. Ya don't think it needed them, do ya?

 

[Clutch]

I narrowed the belt size down to the one they didn't have in stock. I'll get that tomorrow, hopefully.
Got the fuel sender done only to find out that I need a 33-240 as opposed to the 0-90 g-body. Found one on Amazon for $20. Now, I just have to adapt it in. View attachment 73175 View attachment 73176I put new plugs and wires in last night. Ya don't think it needed them, do ya?View attachment 73177

Are you holding out on us? What's in primer with no hood?

 

[fleming442]

Are you holding out on us? What's in primer with no hood?

"Future racecar" is what I like to call it. 66 Cutlass F85- hi comp 330, Saginaw iron 4 speed. I want to do a 385 turbo, Jerico, and mini tub one day.
Only so many dollars and hours to be had...

 

[fleming442]

Here's some fun stuff! I got the right size belt, finally; it's an inch shorter than stock (I think).

And, my Bosch universal 33-240 ohm sender came in, so I promptly tore it apart after checking operation.

Basically, I paid $20 For that brown, flat round resistor board because it fit in place of the old one with a little riggus maximus.

Today, I found out that the PCM fuel level input is 5V reference, thus requiring a low reference ground instead of chassis ground. I drilled a hole in the grommet to pass the additional wire. I'll put them in a plug once it's bench tested.
It works, though, and didn't take long to do!

 

[fleming442]

Oh, and the water pump pulley has some play in it, so a new pump is on the way. Easier to do all this while it's on the floor or hanging from the crane....

 

[fleming442]

IT RUNS!!!!!!!!!!! FUEL GAUGE WORKS, FUEL PUMP WORKS!

Now, if I could get it to idle... it starts then dies with 40psi of fuel pressure; it might need to be 57-60

 

[TURNA]

NICE!!

 

[Texas82GP]

Got into the meat and taters of the swap today. A new oil pan was nowhere to be had locally, so I settled on a new gasket, drain plug, and beating the dent out of the bottom.
Sludge!View attachment 73093Had to air chisel the drain plug out View attachment 73094 View attachment 73095 View attachment 73096

Damn. Brutal.

 

[Texas82GP]

I thought I had some wiring talent. Awesome project!

 

[fleming442]

I thought I had some wiring talent. Awesome project!

8 years doing car audio and security/15 years as a cable splicer at the phone company- I was bound to learn something along the way.... Thanks for the kind words!