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Precious pics! Has me digging for some to share.
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After about 7000 miles my rebuilt Dodge Hemi developed an intermittent lifter tick. Intermittent, like weeks apart. Sometimes it was after the car sat unused for a week or when only having been idle for an hour. I initially used Rotella, a diesel engine oil, for brake in of about 2000 miles because of the extra zinc. Than I switched to standard 10w30. Sometime time after a second 10w30 oil change the lifter tick started. I dreaded the thought of tearing down the engine to replace a single lifter. It's a big job. On the advise of several experienced professionals I tried Marvel Mistery oil figuring, it couldn't heart. After adding a quart, and the car idling about 2 min., the tick disappeared. I now have about 300-400 miles with an oil change back to the Rotella, there has been no re-occurance. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
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whadda hoot!!!!!
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The wait is over and the stress of worrying about the color choice is in the past. Pretty tasty IMO. I think they scored a perfect 10! Next is Mike will paint the inside so that he can begin wiring. Big step completed but the deadline still looms ambitious. - - - - - Home again.
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A little side bar to share while waiting for the paint to cure. While working on the Burb awhile ago, young Josh showed me a school project he had just finished. The assignment was to do a diorama about a famous person. He chose Henry Ford and constructed this tribute. I think it's just spectacular! Most of the model is built from his stash of used and left over model parts. Check the overhead conveyor made from spare model truck parts and smoke stacks made from Nurf Gun bullets. -
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Those white walls look pretty tasty too
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It's in the paint booth now.. there's no turnin back! - We spent a fair amount of time dialing in the colors. Several requirements were, white walls and baby moons, a retro body color and a warm color for the window surround that did not appear like an attempt to look like wood. Thank you to Mike Brennan,...."lodi3qtr" of this forum, who provided a high res side view of his Burb. That was the basis for Photo Shopping color alternatives. The bottom pic is the goal. - - - This is all we've been able to see so far. Pretty exciting stuff, eh!
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Coupla subtle modifications,....a new gas door and a sectioned spare tire well. Moved the floor of the well up so's to provide room for a deeper fuel tank with a well for the submerged high pressure fuel pump. - - - And then a final sand and last coat of primer at 1:00pm of the day the car was due at the painter. - - And finally on the trailer for the trip to the body shop. Last pic is Friday evening about 6:00pm - -
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Modifications were made to accommodate a modern EFI V8, electronic transmission, cross-flow radiator, AC and power R&P steering. Mike bent up sheet metal to facilitate those changes and clear the new suspension as well as to address a few minor rust spots. He took particular care to bend radii and roll beads to replicate a stock, production appearance. - - - - - Today is a big day! After untold hours of hammering. priming, skimming and block sanding, it's ready for paint. Later this morning we load up the body and all the fenders, splash panels and misc pieces and parts to truck to the paint shop. The goal is to have the major painting done by Sunday PM.
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I just got the pics I needed to start this thread and I have struggled to get them on to PhotoBucket. I also wanted to pause after the fairly lengthy introduction for fear of over doing the first page. With that said,... Mike, Josh and Uncle Joe got busy right after the first of the year. The dog house and engine and trans were removed and surgery on the front suspension begun. The recently refreshed engine/trans were set aside for another (yet TBD) project. The suspension and running gear were handed off to another local early Mopar nut. - - a Fat Man clip was installed and ride height dialed in. Bottom pic is "actual ride height". -
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I stressed about the challenge of welding the laminations to the manifold w/o warping it. Couldn't come up with a good way of bolting it down while still allowing access for the torch. Shared that with a friend who has done several of these conversions and we came up with this. - - The two mini rails are of low mass so modest heat should do the trick. They will be welded to the manifold plenum set into the reliefs and then drilled and tapped. The two 1/2" plates will then be screwed together and to the manifold to provide the mounting surface for the blower. I have also learned that 8 groove pulleys and 8 rib belts are rare items. And, if I settle for a 6 rib system, I have unlimited prospects for belts and pulleys.
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To begin,.... this thread is placed in the OT Forum because it will document a number of items that may offend some P15-D24 purists. That is not the intent here. However, and although the canvas a 1950 Plymouth Suburban, it is a modified, modified for comfort, style, safety, and performance. It's a Hot Rod! I am privileged to be called a friend by Mike and his family. We became acquainted years back when he performed a whole lotta magic on my '56 wagon. He's a quality young guy with computer and engineering savvy, a garage full of tools and projects, grease under his fingernails, is generous to a fault, and is dedicated to his wife and young son. And he tolerates my need to kick tires and imagine all sorts of projects we should work on. This year, in July, there is a major event in Victoria, BC that a number of us Yanks will attend. It's a Hot Rod event. So to travel to and around BC and witness the majesty of the Pacific Northwest, Mike and family decided to build a "cruiser" that would accommodate them and their paraphernalia for a two week trip. I take some pleasure for pointing them toward the Suburban, a car and style they were not aware of previously. It's perfect for a family while providing something vintage for Jessica, as well as a project to share with young Josh. The goal is a daunting one,...to drive to Victoria in July of this year. The car, a solid stocker, came home in October 2015. And after a lot of thought and hard decision making, work began just after the first of the year. October 2015 - I indulged in some "Photo Shopping" to help visualize the stance of the finished project.
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I see you cruised fast enough to "take out" a few bugs.
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Does sound serious. Best wishes Don.
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After facing off the manifold, two plates were mocked up using particle board to visualize the interface between the blower and the manifold. It's kinda a laminate idea as that's the only way I could figger it, given my skills and resources and how to assemble the whole pile of parts. The first layer will be welded to the manifold at the opening and then beneath around the perimeter. The opening will be "hogged" out to expose the rectangular plenum connecting all the ports. = After the front to back location of the blower is determined, the second plate will be welded to the first. All the welding is in difficult to reach places so we'll confirm that's doable before proceeding much farther. You can see the restricted area for welding in the pic below. Note also the flanges on the blower case. They will be machined off to match the width of the top plate and studs installed in the case to protrude through the top plate for nuts to attach the blower to the manifold. = A particular challenge is aligning four pulleys from three diff. manufactures in order to make the system work. At the moment, the plan is to start at the crank and adapt a Ford 8 groove pulley (because that's what's on the blower) to a Mopar harmonic balancer. Next is a GM water pump, with another 8 groove pulley, and work out how those two align. Success there determines the plain location (front to back) for locating the blower pulley. The alternator and idler should be a "walk in the park" after that.
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"Any way to keep the rotation in a 'normal' direction?" Haven't thought it through in detail yet 'tho a single belt gets min. dimension in the front of the engine. Short pump is not an option because of timing cover space requirement. I'm currently working on things that don't cost money. Cutting up stuff I already own, like intake and water manifolds, works to the goal of establishing the front to back blower location as it affects pulley/belt alignment. = =
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Thank you Earl and TodFitch. That's a new one for me. "Copper" jumped right out at me and I shot from the lip. Apologies to 49Plymouth. Sounds like a sound product and definitely one to have in mind for the next project.
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"Use the new brake lines that are a copper/nickel allow that can be bent by hand without kinking" This is a new one for me. Last I heard about copper lines is, "don't ever use them!" I hope others will chime in as I would either like to get smarter re this or have my belief, that copper lines are a no no, amplified. Also re the rear-end, you may find that the stocker is too low a ratio for comfortable "modern driving". With the install of modern power and transmission, and if you have the opportunity to cruise @ 60 MPH or more, a taller gear will let the engine run at a more comfortable speed and mileage will be improved. You can also make this determination after the car is running and drivable.
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Next order of business (one of many "next orders") is to imagineer how to put these two pieces together. - And to establish a location that respects the accessory belt requirements. I'm thinkin serpentine with reverse rotation water pump. -
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Didn't think 'bout modifying the snorkel,.....maybe. Exhaust manifolds are good but I'm thinkin 180 degree headers again.
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Tenacity and impulse sometimes begets "hero points",.......sometimes not. - I spent a fair amount of time trying to figger what was holding the bell housing at the passenger side. I thunk and felt and pried and heated and could not find this bolt. I knew I'd be sacrificing the casting. I had no use for it but it bugs me that I couldn't figure it out. So I took the BFH to it. For the life of me,...I can't see how anyone could install this bolt. It's behind the flywheel and is installed after the clutch and flywheel are in place. I guess I don't feel too bad in my ignorance. Flywheel bolts have the same mystery attachment but I knew that. - So I consoled myself by looking at some Engine Porn! - Think big Weber side draft carburetor.
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This seems like a natural except when you drop an engine into the "black hole engine bay" no one can see it. We'll see what perks to the surface in the next year or so.
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Hi All, I've decided to share my current fantasy with all of the two or three of you who might enjoy this upcoming trip. I have had some success with fabricating stuff w/o prior experience, so I am embarking on another adventure. I'll never learn. It's amazin what you can achieve with ignorance and tenacity, so follow along and see what happens. I am open to questions and comments and will share failures as well as successes. About a dozen years ago I patched some Dodge Poly valve covers onto the Chev small block in my Roadster. Amazing the response in a sea of 350 billet. Had a lot of folks scratching there heads which was great fun for many years. The Poly engine, the valve covers came from, became a Hemi,..... another Story . - So a few weeks ago, a local shop was liquidating their stash of vintage stuff and I scored my next project. - - - It's a 270 cu. in. Dodge. More in a few days
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How cool is that! Tx Hope I can remember that when/if I need to pull the door handle.
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I have some of those shoulder screws from when I removed my door panels but don't know their purpose either.
