Nicks fast back conversion

[horse sence]

Never use white grease to assemble a motor ,especially if it will set for any length of time ! Nicks heads were rebuilt about a year ago ,the shop used white grease and it hardened ,it leached into the valve seats and was a pain in the butt to clean out . The valves were stuck in the new bronze guides . A bit of cussing ,a bit of brushing and 2 cans of Chem tool and the finally cleaned out . Going to give the valves a light lap and reassemble .

 

[horse sence]

Anyone notice somthing wrong with this valve ...all the valves ? They are brand new but they were never Laped in ! We will just blame it on the new guy ... we will call him, DAMN IT LARRY!

 

[horse sence]

Got to the last head and last valve ,an exhaust valve , and the spring compressor slips off while clamped all the way down ! Yep ,that sucker shot off like one of those cartoon bullets Bing bang boom zing! A bit more cussing ,and 10 minutes later I actually find both the spring and cap ...little piece of ... sprayed them off with Chem tool and they are done! Maybe this weekend we will assemble the block!

 

[Noobz347]

What are the extra holes near the exhaust ports?

 

[nickyb]

So Larry white lubed them up and he thought that was as good as lapping the new valves?

 

[horse sence]

What are the extra holes near the exhaust ports?

Thermotractor tubs ,will be deleted

 

[horse sence]

The little bit of body work on driver side is done and first shot of primer ,going to be block sanded a couple of times and it's looking good so far . Starting passenger side tomorrow .

 

[horse sence]

Nick sand blasting under the dash ,we ran out of sand when we blasted the first time, glad it's him and not me haha!

 

[2Blue2]

I'm loving the fresh progress on this project!

 

[horse sence]

It took a while and a lot of spinning and vacuuming but got the sand out ,I have nick primering under the dash now .

 

[horse sence]

Nick blasted and primed under the dash .
I blocked sanded driver side quarter last night and it's looking mighty fine ! It will get block sanded a couple of more times .

 

[Noobz347]

I stumbled onto the song for this thread, purely on accident.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg

 

[horse sence]

Driver side done ,just sprayed the primer ,I noticed a very small ding in the rocker and a small ding from the inside right in front of the quarter window ,in all I am very happy with the turn out so far.
The driver side I blocked yesterday so I shot some more primer on it ,the roof line blends into the quarter just beautifully.

 

[horse sence]

Another coat of primer ,it will set a few days then get a scuff and set a few days again ,then get a good block sanding . One more shot of primer and it will be ready to spray the under side and inside in Brown primer ,the under side will stay brown . Then it will come off the rotisserie and fit the rest of the panels one more time . Soon as I am happy the rest fits like I want it will get a final block sand and sprayed candy apple red and clear .

 

[horse sence]

The after market end caps are not to bad ,they are about 3 1/16 thick so you can sand them to fit ,a little fine tuning and these will fit nice .

 

[GOvert]

It's looking like a build!

 

[horse sence]

I pulled the heads apart once more and did a gasket match port ,even just that, opened the ports almost 1/4 inch ! Took it deep into the runners and removed the thermotractor bump then flipped them and cleaned up the bowl then put them back together ,just this bit of work was almost half a day . It should be ready to assemble ...soon as I get some more free time.

 

[GOvert]

what type of bit and tool were you using?
I/we have a small stack of original 289 heads with different date codes that we will be accessing this winter. They have been in dry storage for ~40 years.
Most are non-thermactor. At some point, I'll make a thread with dates for people looking for a specific original head casting. Some were pulled off of
small blocks before unleaded fuel came out.
Keep up the good work !

 

[horse sence]

This bit and just a harbor freight 1/4 die grinder ,cuts very fast ,then finish with a paper 80 grit paper roll

 

[horse sence]

Paper drums and you need the mandrel also