Don's gone Crazy Stroker, 1966 C-10

[plumcrazy]

I would use epoxy primer. Self etching primer may work, but you have to watch what you spray over it. Some primers don't stick to the self etch very well.

Thanks Jim! I'll try that today and post some pics... Our goal, have all the panels done before the body shop finishes with the frame. Good guy that owns it named Mark, and if we can save him time it's a win win.

On this one were only painting the engine bay. Don was totally right, we were just gonna do the top side, but i would die opening the hood and seeing crap... Funny, were freaks about making things work right in the engine bay, but not so excited about paint and polish anywhere else....

Heres our pics for the red build and although the underside and frame on these are all painted, were gonna coat this one because of the miles we put on them.. The red one was PERFECT but now i have chips on the underside, and although nobody can see, it haunts me :>)

https://get.google.com/albumarchive.../AF1QipNHkOxE6TPftmmg4_UEwldXjeE12f6ecyXpSpLn

 

[plumcrazy]

How do we know if a damper is good? Heres two, one is apart but seems ok.

 

[La Hot Rods]

The one on the top doesn't look good.

 

[plumcrazy]

Hey hey, what's the best route??

So we sent this healey out and got it back with a long block rebuild and found a KEY in with some extra nutz, bolts etc...

From my manuals, I only see three keys to these, two for the nose of the crank (timing gear lock and balancer alignemt) and in the lil pump... I dont see any damage on the key other than a drifting mark where they must have pulled it, so not sure why they would have changed this out...

I took a pic of the key on the manual that shows both places..

The nose has a key in place..

Question, do I pull the pan to check, or, throw oil in and try to prime it?

 

[La Hot Rods]

That looks to big for the oil pump gear.

 

[Don Jacks]

Check twice,run it once.That key was in there for a reason.

 

[plumcrazy]

And this sucker, it's the tachometer housing that holds the distributer. Its ear broke clean off and done have the piece...

I have been looking on ebay for another, but can I form an ear with jb weld?? The other side has two connections to rhe block...

 

[plumcrazy]

So I'm hearning, "dont be lazy, you can paint it again just do it right"?

 

[La Hot Rods]

I would just fab up a metal hold down clamp for the broke side.

 

[plumcrazy]

I would just fab up a metal hold down clamp for the broke side.

Ahh, so like cut it smooth and fab a piece to go in and butt up too it?

 

[La Hot Rods]

Yes with a fork bent up and over the shoulder, you may want to grind two flats for the fork to engage to.

 

[409gang]

What type of material is that casting, aluminum?

 

[Jim Sullivan]

Ahh, so like cut it smooth and fab a piece to go in and butt up too it?

Yes with a fork bent up and over the shoulder, you may want to grind two flats for the fork to engage to.

Like a distributor hold down?

 

[La Hot Rods]

Like a distributor hold down?

Yes

 

[plumcrazy]

What type of material is that casting, aluminum?

Hey hey 409gang, its cast and impossible to find.. Nothing on ebay past or current, and found 1 company that makes them, ready.....$790 pounds!!!

 

[plumcrazy]

Yes with a fork bent up and over the shoulder, you may want to grind two flats for the fork to engage to.

Thanks LA! Well try to come up with something today, have some scrap, welder, grinder, and good music!! Dunno its gonna be pretty, but to save $800, its gonna hold that sucker down, ha!

 

[plumcrazy]

WOW its a Good day to have a good day!!!

This dogs ass just got some serious sunlight!! Cannot believe our luck, we searched images on google for this part for a full week and just had a fella with a salvage shop on the phone and sold us this entire lot for $100!! Super happy about that and offered to hook him up with some of our old parts we wont use.. One hand shakes the other.. Now have a spare housing and a way to fix it!

Thanks LA for the solution!! One step closer....

 

[plumcrazy]

Great call for checking on the KEY!! Turns out it was there, and a bunch of metal shit in the bottom of the pan! Well get that cleaned up and the rtv, reset the pan and know we "dun right"

 

[55Brodie]

And you paid someone good money to do that?

 

[plumcrazy]

And you paid someone good money to do that?

Yup, was super bummed to see the stuff in the pan..

Whats the stuff they used on the pistons, anyone? I've always used clevite and thats a totally different color. I did put a scope camera down each cyl to make sure the FRONT stamp was indeed on the front, :>)!

PRO TIP!! Used Don's trick with letting the mega black tack up over lunch, but once again broke thru my glove and panic'ed and used my hands! I do it every time, i panic when the ooze keeps coming and you cant stop it, hahahaha. I really think the tubes are one time use.. Ive never been able to take a tube of mega black or whatever and get the cap to actually close and reopen. You always have crap cured in the top, poke it with something, old drill bit, squeeze like a bastard only to have to give up and poke a hole in the side and walla, mess and get covered.. Then its a nice sanding of your hands with steel wool, unreal

Thats my story anyway.