He probably licking his lips at how MEATY those tires are!!
What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2021]
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So a couple of years back, when the border was still open to us "non-essentials" I was able to score this stuff from the O-Reilly's in Duluth. Came away with 2 gallons, of which, until today, i had about a gallon and a quarter still left. The objective here is what the label calls "Large Object Derusting".
And this is my version of how to make a mummy out of a rear end!! Wrapped all the rusty nastiness with blue shop towel and taped that in place with green masking tape. Threw some additional toweling on the floor to catch any drippiness. Poured the Evaporust directly onto the towel until it was saturated and then wrapped the whole business up in a half a roll of plastic food wrap. This stuff was actually thicker than the Saran Wrap version so should work better. i will give it a peek tomorrow to see how things are progressing and add more E-rust as necessary.
The keen eyed have likely noticed that a pair of 2 x 4's now stretch from dolly cradle to dolly cradle. Basicially these stringers are there to keep the cradles from trying to escape off the dolly rollers. I also attached end skirt panels to the cradles to keep them from trying to roll off the dolly rollers or slip sideways. The genuine HD cargo straps wrap around the brake drums and then go down around the skirts and rollers to secure everything together. How it works right now is that you can push or pull on one end and everything follows along quietly and peacefully. This contraption will be my means of returning the unit back under the car once it is done and ready again.
On that subject, has anyone ever found a tool source that makes a wrench that will hold the rear pinion yoke while the nut is being removed? Thinking maybe a large pipe wrench but that could leave scars. Not sure when but the pinion seal has been piss*** oil for the last while and with the unit out in the open that makes it easier to work on. If I pull the yoke I can some idea of what shape the seal face on it is in. I can score a replacement for it off either of the two 10 bolts currently residing on their rack or get one slightly heavier as needed. Just another "while your there" project to add to the pile.
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i purchased this from jegs. haven't used it yet. but looks good. probably something you can make yourself.
JEGS 81656 Pinion Yoke Wrench Fits Various Different Yokes from 2.75 in. to | eBay
Fits Various Different Yokes from 2.75 in. Pinion Yoke Wrench.
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Cambodian Tire has evaporust too. Its just double the normal price.
Cambodian Tire, EH?? Must be a franchiser's choice item. Have not seen it on the local shelves. May take another peek, jic.
That Jegs item is being offered on E-Bay and the site has a link to All-Star Performance which my local speed shop carries. Hmmm.
Just about on my way back out to the shop to check the mummy wrappings and add some more E-rust solution as needed. This may turn out to be a multi- day exercise. Pity one can't use salt the way they did with real mummies but road salt is what started all this in the first place.
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That Jegs item is being offered on E-Bay and the site has a link to All-Star Performance which my local speed shop carries. Hmmm.
Just about on my way back out to the shop to check the mummy wrappings and add some more E-rust solution as needed. This may turn out to be a multi- day exercise. Pity one can't use salt the way they did with real mummies but road salt is what started all this in the first place.
Nick
Northern Regal, you being a member of the LS mafia and all, this is me thinking about an '02, 5.3 for my non G-body '03 S-10. There are videos but most of them are an excuse to flog expensive parts and up things up with hot red wrenches. What I would be looking at is a stock-ish motor; probably do an R-V lift-duration type cam and the matching springs, dropped into the stock cradle using a pair of dedicated motor mounts. There is supposed to be something called a "Muscle pan" which is along the lines of an F-Body pan style with the sump shortened to gain clearance at the crossmember without cutting into it and then having to box in the hole. The big wheeze is the pipes. I would prefer to stay with the stock exhaust manifolds or possibly shorties but they would require me to fab head pipes and deal with O-2 bungs and all that complicating cr*p.
You happen to know of a reliable source or supplier who offers an all in kit for this kind of exercise that doesn't require me to sell off my non-existent first born??
Nick
You happen to know of a reliable source or supplier who offers an all in kit for this kind of exercise that doesn't require me to sell off my non-existent first born??
Nick
Played with some wires today to see what I might need to order. Finally pulled the starter wire out of the '86 V8 harness to measure. Compaired it to the '78/'79 V6 harness wire & both are the same lenth so no need to cut or make a new one. Pulled the resistor wire & attached orange ignition wire from a junk harness in case I need it for a splice-less install.
Went through the exercise of rewetting the toweling and concluded that the siphon that I bought to fill the Muncie also doesn's work to extract fluid from a bottle and sneak it under Saran Wrap to keep things soaked and soggy. Thinking now that that siphon is so lame it couldn't suck water from a goldfish bowl.
Plan is now to leave things alone until Sunday and then unwarp my mummy and see what chemistry and time hath wrought.
Nick
Plan is now to leave things alone until Sunday and then unwarp my mummy and see what chemistry and time hath wrought.
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