I never would think I would own one of these
10-07-2010, 09:03 PM
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Got the air cleaner on and recieved the louvers
Got the air cleaner on tonight...it looks good to me...will even look better with the 318 4 BBL cap on it...started her up and checked for fuel leaks...everything was great and I found out what was making the throttle stick sometimes...if you use a two barrel throttle cable holder on a 4 barrel carb it is too far towards the center of the intake..I bent it over towards the valve cover and wah la it fixed that problem..still have to find a hose to connect the breather to the air cleaner...
The louvers showed up...I scraped off the butle tape and then got the remainder off with mineral spirits...I tried mineral spirits for cleaning the paint off of the other side and no wano...any ideas from others on how to remove paint from plastic? Anyways here is what they will look like...minus the tape and black coloring....
This what the nasty butle tape looked like...
Got the air cleaner on tonight...it looks good to me...will even look better with the 318 4 BBL cap on it...started her up and checked for fuel leaks...everything was great and I found out what was making the throttle stick sometimes...if you use a two barrel throttle cable holder on a 4 barrel carb it is too far towards the center of the intake..I bent it over towards the valve cover and wah la it fixed that problem..still have to find a hose to connect the breather to the air cleaner...
The louvers showed up...I scraped off the butle tape and then got the remainder off with mineral spirits...I tried mineral spirits for cleaning the paint off of the other side and no wano...any ideas from others on how to remove paint from plastic? Anyways here is what they will look like...minus the tape and black coloring....
This what the nasty butle tape looked like...
10-08-2010, 09:25 AM
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10-08-2010, 10:02 PM
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Got the air breather hose on...it kinda looks okay for now
Today at lunch I got a 5/8" heater hose and a bendable spring to fab up the breather to air cleaner hose..this is the best I can do for now..I think it looks okay...
I then spent about an hour and a half tonight rubbing on one of the window louvers with steel wool and mineral spirits...I tried some orange paint stripper and it did remove the paint but I was scared it would start to remove some of the plastic also...have to find another method to do it...we have a soda blaster at work and after looking through one of Eastwood's catalogs it is the way to go on plastic and fiberglass...will call them on Monday and talk to the head of the body shop at work...I am open for suggestions..
I then spent about an hour and a half tonight rubbing on one of the window louvers with steel wool and mineral spirits...I tried some orange paint stripper and it did remove the paint but I was scared it would start to remove some of the plastic also...have to find another method to do it...we have a soda blaster at work and after looking through one of Eastwood's catalogs it is the way to go on plastic and fiberglass...will call them on Monday and talk to the head of the body shop at work...I am open for suggestions..
10-09-2010, 01:46 PM
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I have the seasonal sinus crud but I drove her today and painted the new water pump
She ran great today....No AC required...painted the water pump and called it a day..tomorrow I want to get the new booster and master cylinder in...
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10-10-2010, 02:05 PM
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It took four and a half hours but it is in there and looks alot better...
I got the new booster and master cyinder installed...man was it tight and hard to work under neath the dash to get it removed from the brake pedal...putting the new one back in was easier and I bench bled it on the car and did not have to bleed the brakes...very good brake pedal response when done...
got the wire loom done before installing the new booster...
got the wire loom done before installing the new booster...
10-11-2010, 08:12 PM
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Got two packages today
Got the 318 pie pan for the air cleaner and a couple of more things..got the inner fender heater hose bracket...coated the part that will touch the hoses coated with 4 heavy coats of plasticoat....now people won't have to ask me about the engine size...
Got the 318 pie pan for the air cleaner and a couple of more things..got the inner fender heater hose bracket...coated the part that will touch the hoses coated with 4 heavy coats of plasticoat....now people won't have to ask me about the engine size...
10-12-2010, 07:53 PM
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Got the heater hose bracket installed today...also went to the doctor...
Went to the doctor today for the congestion and sinus crud only to find out that I now have bronchitis..had a shot in my *** and have to inhale Advair twice a day for ten days...good thing I don't smoke anymore...okay I only got the heater hose bracket installed tonight...but nothing really stops me..
10-13-2010, 09:11 PM
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Okay not as fast as before...remember that I have bronchitis....did the inhaler thing at lunch today and it helped..have to do it again tonight before bed...okay..I googled the plastic stripping deals...last two days I had Dot 3 brake fluid on them and it didn't really remove any paint...I washed the window louvers of with hot soapy water..I then taped off a section and tried the orange citrus stipper again for 30 minutes..it softened up the paint but I had to scrub it down again with mineral spirits and steel wool again...today I found this smart strip...water based and safe to use to remove paint on anything including plastic and fiberglass...soda blasting plastic it safe also but the cheapest one I found was 300 bucks not including the soda media
10-15-2010, 09:08 PM
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Long story...but my phone was lost in our automation system today
My blackberry disappeared in the automation system today...I was working all over the place once the system was started up...I back tracked all my steps but could not locate it...I did however finally get the power steering high pressure and suction hoses changed out...fill it up...fired it up and no leaks..topped off the fuild level as needed...I ho ho hoed up my daugther's camera...here's some pics..
10-17-2010, 06:59 PM
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Felt Better so couldn't sit still...
Today I yanked the whole top end off..I wanted to do this to clean up the intake manifold and get ready for the car show I am going to next Saturday...got the intake off...the water pump off and much painted..the intake and some of the brackets...here goes some pics...
I plugged this hole with j-b weld and a 1/4" pipe plug...
I plugged this hole with j-b weld and a 1/4" pipe plug...
10-18-2010, 12:12 PM
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man this is a REALLY cool car. Ive been gone from the forum for a while, so when i came back and saw this car, i got really excited because i have the Mopar Muscle magazine that this car was featured in!
This car should have made a bigger article in the mag. funny how the first article in that issue was about how cars like this should be recognized, then they give it a half a page of recognition.
Keep up all the nice work, hopefully it will make cover!
This car should have made a bigger article in the mag. funny how the first article in that issue was about how cars like this should be recognized, then they give it a half a page of recognition.
Keep up all the nice work, hopefully it will make cover!
10-18-2010, 09:47 PM
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man this is a REALLY cool car. Ive been gone from the forum for a while, so when i came back and saw this car, i got really excited because i have the Mopar Muscle magazine that this car was featured in!
This car should have made a bigger article in the mag. funny how the first article in that issue was about how cars like this should be recognized, then they give it a half a page of recognition.
Keep up all the nice work, hopefully it will make cover!
This car should have made a bigger article in the mag. funny how the first article in that issue was about how cars like this should be recognized, then they give it a half a page of recognition.
Keep up all the nice work, hopefully it will make cover!
10-18-2010, 10:03 PM
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I found my phone today so I am back to the fuzzy pics
Today I found my blackberry had landed inside our palletizer...Friday I had to replace a couple of damaged packages on top of one pallet..it must have gotten knocked off my belt and fell right in the corner of a ledge near the bottom of it...so I am back to the fuzy pics...got home and busted my *** to get stuff done..the pics speak for themselves...
the balancer and timing cover are coming off tomorrow for new paint also...
the balancer and timing cover are coming off tomorrow for new paint also...
10-19-2010, 10:27 PM
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Got some more done tonight....
Got the harmonic balancer off...the timing cover off...got the crank pulley, timing cover and balancer stripped of paint...the balancer is toast..I will try to get a new one by Friday that is my deadline for being done..got the timing cover taped off and ready for paint..the pulley and water outlet and also ready for tomorrow...I got the top almost put back together also..starting to look better already..
10-20-2010, 10:20 AM
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I forgot to mention that the cam sprocket is coated with nylon and the chain has very much slack in it...while I have the front cover off I am going to replace the timing set with the roller one I have in the trunk...I had a 1975 Duster in 1982 that had the nylon covered sprocket...some of the nylon busted off and the timing chain jumped several teeth..I rotated the distributor to get home and then tore it down and replaced it...
10-20-2010, 10:36 PM
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Getting closer to having it running again...
Long night again...pics speak for themselves...have to zap the balancer bolt with the impact tomorrow then I can install the pullys and such..need two more clamps for the top hose...clean up the alternator and put the fuel pump on..I robbed the fuel pump and carb off the other little blue 318 I have in the garage..
new roller timing setup...
timing cover on....
water pump and bracketry....
all the top hoses....
and the bottom hose...
Long night again...pics speak for themselves...have to zap the balancer bolt with the impact tomorrow then I can install the pullys and such..need two more clamps for the top hose...clean up the alternator and put the fuel pump on..I robbed the fuel pump and carb off the other little blue 318 I have in the garage..
new roller timing setup...
timing cover on....
water pump and bracketry....
all the top hoses....
and the bottom hose...
10-21-2010, 05:30 PM
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10-21-2010, 10:31 PM
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Done except for hooking up the spark plug wires and starting her up...that will be tomorrow..I took the day off tomorrow..I finished mounting the alternator..the radiator shroud...the fan and then filled her up with distilled water..I always fill from the open thermostat opening to reduce the chance of air pockets..I them put the themostat in and then finish filling from the radiator...almost done..I also got rid off some rusty header bolts and installed some stainless steel ones..
that is water in there...
wish me luck tomorrow...
that is water in there...
wish me luck tomorrow...
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10-22-2010, 10:09 PM
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Got the Aspen started up today no leaks...OMG
Crank and Crank no fuel....went back to the old carter fuel pump...crank and crank no fuel...I poured some down the carb and it fired right up and continued to run...guess not enough to start sucking the fuel from the tank...I had to adust the idle setting it was running at 1100 rpm and I dropped it back down to 750...the Holley carb is much better at idle...less fumes at the exhaust...have a long day tomorrow with the car show at Houston Funeral Museum...Holloween thing...ordered new alternator and power steering pump today....I drove it today with 87 degree ambient air temp and it stayed right at 160 degrees...I am running a 160 high flow stat right now....
finished product...
finished product...
10-23-2010, 07:51 PM
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Remember down here it will only open the thermostat sooner...hardly will it ever stay at 160...today on the way home it stayed at 180...it had a 160 in it already but it was not a Milodon HF one...
10-23-2010, 08:23 PM
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Thanks...I am almost convinced to go back to the exhaust manifolds...only because I can stay in the stock class at car shows...mine won the first place trophy picked by one of the sponsers out of 130 cars...good for the first time....
Last edited by bremereric; 10-23-2010 at 08:59 PM.
