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08-05-2020, 05:13 AM | #21 |
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Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
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08-05-2020, 07:54 AM | #22 |
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Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
Great ! Enjoy !
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08-05-2020, 08:32 AM | #23 |
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Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
.125 over will be a great runner.....fast on the highway.
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08-05-2020, 09:19 AM | #24 |
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Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
That it does. Before, it ran nice at 40-45 MPH but would start to vibrate at 50 and vibrate something fierce over 50. Now, runs nice up to 55 (will go faster but I'm not interested in going faster) with very little vibration. By "very little" I don't mean smooth as butter like a modern car just that it doesn't act like it's going to shake itself to pieces. I still run it around 45 just to keep the RPM in what seems like a reasonable zone. It does have ONE thing that annoys me and that is valve ticking. Not sure what to make of it as I know we (a buddy of mine and me) set them at .012 as recommended. Being solid lifters this may be normal but I don't recall hearing it on other cars running posted online. Might have to recheck all my valve clearances. I don't have adjustable lifters so if I have to re-adjust them, it will be a PITA (ANOTHER head gasket ). Another issue is that the trans is leaking. Pretty sure it's from the tower gasket (and I use that term loosely). Gasket looked like it was made from writing paper. Will check that out today and if that is the issue, will go with silicone.
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08-05-2020, 10:59 AM | #25 |
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Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
Pulled the floor to fix trans leak and found that it was leaking because I hadn't tightened the bolts in the shift tower. Also found out why the leak was getting progressively worse. Figured that since it was laking the trans would be low so i pulled the filler plug to top it up and found that, in fact it was over full with a mixture of oil and grease. Obviously the corn head grease that I put in the ujojnt is going through the bearing into the trans. No wonder it was easy to shift. drained the "oil" from the trans and refilled. Will have to monitor it I guess. Not sure what is the best route to take on the joint. Let it find it's level?, put chassis grease in it?, remove the CH grease first? (not sure how to do that). Might have just put way too much and forced it into the trans (took just over a tube).
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08-05-2020, 12:35 PM | #26 |
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08-08-2020, 02:05 AM | #27 | |
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08-08-2020, 09:23 AM | #28 | |
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08-08-2020, 02:23 PM | #30 |
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Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
Because our work takes up most of the summer leaving VERY little "me" time and what little time i do get is divided between a few different toys. I addition to this Model A fordor, I have the Model A truck in my avatar, a '57 Chevy short step BBW pickup, a .28 model A sedan and a Solstice to drive in the summer. Last summer I licensed the Solstice, '57 truck and Model A truck and was only able to put less than 1000 mile between the three of them. This year I licensed the Model A fordor, '57 truck and Solstice and have put 1 drive on the Solstice (about 100 miles), a few drives on the '57 (maybe 300 miles) and 800 miles on the fordor. In a couple weeks work will start back up and that will be it for the toys for this year. I drive one of them every chance i get, just not a lot of chances.
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08-08-2020, 05:23 PM | #31 |
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Re: Decided to pull the motor/trans
That sucks, but on the bright side you still have a job.
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08-09-2020, 09:14 AM | #32 |
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