Same here I have to hit it at an angle, then it usually hikes one of the rear tires off the ground so I have to make sure I have a little momentum for that short stint to be able to clear it. Totally worth it though to have that 3100# go kart feeling.
What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]
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Same here I have to hit it at an angle, then it usually hikes one of the rear tires off the ground so I have to make sure I have a little momentum for that short stint to be able to clear it. Totally worth it though to have that 3100# go kart feeling.
Yea, it's pretty solid as it is, pretty much at the limit of the tires with how I know the car at the moment.
Truck died on the highway again on the way to work. I tried swapping the duraspark module, nothing. Tried cleaning rotor and cap, nothing.
Look down the carb, got plenty of fuel.
I found some brake cleaner in the box but it was out of aerosol. Stabbed a hole in it and that brake cleaner is the only thing that would make it even try to pop off. I ended up also removing the air cleaner and the fuel filter (despite both being brand new) and I finally got the god damn thing to run. So my theory is 1 of 3 things:
1. Fuel pump is too weak (despite being new) to keep the small fuel bowl on the qjet full, but I've never not had fuel. Fuel delivery isn't an issue.
2. Could be ignition related, but I've never lost spark and it always starts with a huff of brake cleaner.
3. Engine is so worn out and shitty it barely has enough compression to run and had a hard time igniting modern gasoline. It no doubt has burnt or damaged valves, especially since it ate a spark plug and I saw the ember shoot out the exhaust once.
4. Intense amount of blow by could be choking the engine out, but removing the air cleaner assembly didn't seem to make much of any difference.
A compression test will determine if 3 is correct.
After all that it still wanted to sputter and die seemingly randomly at any given rpm or speed. Giving it throttle would make it die, the same with none. Even free revving it in neutral was a struggle.
Ford tough my hairy *ss.
Look down the carb, got plenty of fuel.
I found some brake cleaner in the box but it was out of aerosol. Stabbed a hole in it and that brake cleaner is the only thing that would make it even try to pop off. I ended up also removing the air cleaner and the fuel filter (despite both being brand new) and I finally got the god damn thing to run. So my theory is 1 of 3 things:
1. Fuel pump is too weak (despite being new) to keep the small fuel bowl on the qjet full, but I've never not had fuel. Fuel delivery isn't an issue.
2. Could be ignition related, but I've never lost spark and it always starts with a huff of brake cleaner.
3. Engine is so worn out and shitty it barely has enough compression to run and had a hard time igniting modern gasoline. It no doubt has burnt or damaged valves, especially since it ate a spark plug and I saw the ember shoot out the exhaust once.
4. Intense amount of blow by could be choking the engine out, but removing the air cleaner assembly didn't seem to make much of any difference.
A compression test will determine if 3 is correct.
After all that it still wanted to sputter and die seemingly randomly at any given rpm or speed. Giving it throttle would make it die, the same with none. Even free revving it in neutral was a struggle.
Ford tough my hairy *ss.
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Attacked the inside of the valve covers tonight. Too cold out to have proper ventilation so cant go ham with solvents. Headache in a can isn't my kinda thing. I mostly used a spare Park tools chain brush and a soak in some de greaser over night.
The farm truck parts a bit of a PITA.I honestly may have been able to find cleaner ones at pick a part.
Brown dog has been supervising
The farm truck parts a bit of a PITA.I honestly may have been able to find cleaner ones at pick a part.
Brown dog has been supervising
Did you check with DRIVEN on the status of his trademark on dog names?
So earlier today I buzzed the silicone off all the mating surfaces and after dinner began to remember the nuances of reassembling a T56. It didn't go so hot at first, I wasn't paying attention and had the thing in 1st and 4th at the same time when I was trying to line up the shift rails. It came out of 1st fine, but I'd gone too far into 4th and had to reset the synchro hub. That's when I noticed this 2 season old billet key was looking like hot garbage.
I'm not impressed. Future builds won't be getting billet keys. It's also unlikely they'll get brass fork pads.
They won't stay put when the fork comes off the hub. I said f it, send it, put it back together to this point.
This is where I realized I was out of silicone. I'll get after it tomorrow and see if I can't have the whole thing back together. My only other concern is snaprings. I ordered a full set for the initial rebuild, and have a good bit left, but will be trying to reuse as many as is feasible from this disassembly. There was only 1 that I actually stretched IIRC, it's the b@$t@rd I spent more time on than the rest of the disassembly I swear. It out my pliers at a bad angle and was an absolute nightmare to get freed up.
I'm not impressed. Future builds won't be getting billet keys. It's also unlikely they'll get brass fork pads.
They won't stay put when the fork comes off the hub. I said f it, send it, put it back together to this point.
This is where I realized I was out of silicone. I'll get after it tomorrow and see if I can't have the whole thing back together. My only other concern is snaprings. I ordered a full set for the initial rebuild, and have a good bit left, but will be trying to reuse as many as is feasible from this disassembly. There was only 1 that I actually stretched IIRC, it's the b@$t@rd I spent more time on than the rest of the disassembly I swear. It out my pliers at a bad angle and was an absolute nightmare to get freed up.
Parts showed up from Rockauto for Derkrautenwagon.
Just gonna change the headlights.....
Ya, so you have to take the whole bumper off to do a Xenon ballast. And it was easier to swap the daytime running lights this way.
Then on to shocks and struts.
3 of 4 corners were completely hammered out. Fronts were pretty easy, standard strut swap. Shocks required the entire trunk to be stripped, but took about 5 minutes to do once you figured our how to get the hard molded liner out of the way.
Got a set of winter tires mounted on the oem 16" rims. I'll be leaking oil all over town in no time.
Just gonna change the headlights.....
Ya, so you have to take the whole bumper off to do a Xenon ballast. And it was easier to swap the daytime running lights this way.
Then on to shocks and struts.
3 of 4 corners were completely hammered out. Fronts were pretty easy, standard strut swap. Shocks required the entire trunk to be stripped, but took about 5 minutes to do once you figured our how to get the hard molded liner out of the way.
Got a set of winter tires mounted on the oem 16" rims. I'll be leaking oil all over town in no time.
Not a lot of salt used on the roads in my neck of the woods.
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