Take, for instance, the little tidbit of knowledge that when I first removed the engine from the car about 2 1/2 years ago I sheared off one of the rusty exhaust manifold bolts. All those many months the engine sat there - easily accessible. And yet, it wasn't till I actually got the engine back in it's mountings, with all the hoses, wires, and other accessories connected again, before this fact was remembered. At that point, the distance between the bolt and the sidewall was much too small to allow drilling and tapping. So, after a lot of head scratching and several failed ideas, I finally cut the bolt off flush to the block and welded a new one on.
It's a little quieter with the exhaust on. Not sure if it actually does anything for reducing noise, but it does transfer the exhaust to the back of the car now, which is nice. It also contains the flames that were visible coming from the exhaust ports in the video from the last blog.
Then there's the matter of "where did I put the dipstick?". No telling. I've turned the shop upside down (twice) and it's still AWOL. I nice man from the web board offered to mail me one. Should show up sometime this week. Till then a wine cork seems to be keeping the oil from jumping out the hole.
Then there's that pesky little hole on the top of the fuel pump. Seemed odd to me when rebuilding the pump that there was a tiny little port into the chamber (no screw, no threads, no plug).
Funny thing - after setting for several days, the fuel filter was empty and there was air in the line.
Not so funny thing -when fully pressurized, small sprays of gasoline could be seen falling onto the hot exhaust manifold!
Got some copper wire and plugged that puppy quick!
And then there's that constant nagging question: "Were those bolts missing when I started, or is there another tub of parts somewhere?" (I think a quarter of my expenditures to date have been various assorted metric hardware.)
Case in point - the bolts securing the air filters in place.
Not to be outdone by: "now how did that fit together?"
(Door window operators.)
On the other hand, things you never knew don't seem to be much of a problem:
Like wiring a set of electric fans.
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