So I did my water pump and thermostat yesterday and everything went smooth, but it was a classic case of 1 step forward 4 steps back. I found:
1) My speedometer cable is frayed and needs to be replaced, looks like to got too close to the header (which will be taken off and sent for ceramic coating, they were glowing after about 3 minutes at 1300RPM, I’d also like to have them identified, I’ll post a pic tonight). What's this like to replace?
2) My clutch cable needs to be replaced, it’s binding somewhere and it clicks a few times as you push it down. Is this a PITA to replace? I'll do some searching right now to see what others have said.
3) Here’s an interesting one that I really need help with, the 2 coolant hoses going into the throttle body were bypassed with a small pipe about 6 inches long. I took off the bypass pipe, and hooked the coolant lines back to their original ports on the throttle body, started the car and almost instantly found a pool of coolant right under the throttle body. Is there a gasket that needs to be replaced here?
4) There was a vacuum line I found to be completely collapsed, looks like 3 inches or so has melted because it was too close to the hot header on the passenger side. Again, I’ll post a picture tonight, what I’m wondering is, is if these can be bought new or if there’s a way to repair the damaged section.
5) I seem to have a low idle now that I can’t recall was there when I last drove the car in early December. The idle will sit around 550 RPM, this is low, correct? I did have to take the distributor out (long story) to get to a thermostat bolt, but I lined it back up EXACTLY where the score line was on the distributor. Could the timing still have been affected? The car also seems to stumble now, if I give it a quick blip of throttle it will shudder then the RPM will climb, and I actually had it backfire out the intake once… I can only assume the timing is way off on that one…
Luckily I’ve still got a couple months to get all this stuff buttoned up.
Thank’s everybody for reading and the help!
1) My speedometer cable is frayed and needs to be replaced, looks like to got too close to the header (which will be taken off and sent for ceramic coating, they were glowing after about 3 minutes at 1300RPM, I’d also like to have them identified, I’ll post a pic tonight). What's this like to replace?
2) My clutch cable needs to be replaced, it’s binding somewhere and it clicks a few times as you push it down. Is this a PITA to replace? I'll do some searching right now to see what others have said.
3) Here’s an interesting one that I really need help with, the 2 coolant hoses going into the throttle body were bypassed with a small pipe about 6 inches long. I took off the bypass pipe, and hooked the coolant lines back to their original ports on the throttle body, started the car and almost instantly found a pool of coolant right under the throttle body. Is there a gasket that needs to be replaced here?
4) There was a vacuum line I found to be completely collapsed, looks like 3 inches or so has melted because it was too close to the hot header on the passenger side. Again, I’ll post a picture tonight, what I’m wondering is, is if these can be bought new or if there’s a way to repair the damaged section.
5) I seem to have a low idle now that I can’t recall was there when I last drove the car in early December. The idle will sit around 550 RPM, this is low, correct? I did have to take the distributor out (long story) to get to a thermostat bolt, but I lined it back up EXACTLY where the score line was on the distributor. Could the timing still have been affected? The car also seems to stumble now, if I give it a quick blip of throttle it will shudder then the RPM will climb, and I actually had it backfire out the intake once… I can only assume the timing is way off on that one…
Luckily I’ve still got a couple months to get all this stuff buttoned up.
Thank’s everybody for reading and the help!