Progress Thread Out With The New - In With The Old

JD1964 · Sep 22, 2017

Back at it, and following instructions

JD1964 · Sep 22, 2017

Putting my crappy radiator in my rat nest engine compartment. This fan roars like a lion and pulls tons of air. Clutch is mega tight. When my IPA's run out, I rob her Sam Adams Cherry Wheat

JD1964 · Sep 22, 2017

It's a piece, of something.... Of what? I don't know - art, crap? Nonetheless something

JD1964 · Sep 23, 2017

Reverting from 24lb to 19lb injectors. My son used my spare 19's from my 92 hatch in his Jeep Cherokee so I sniped a used set from eBay. I'm cleaning them now by powering with 9v batt and blowing cleaner through. I'm first injecting them with simple green and letting them soak for 15 mins or so. Then I'm blowing them out with brake cleaner. I got a kit with all new orings, spacers, screens and pintle caps. There's 8 orange orings and 8 black ones. Which color orings go down into the intake?

JD1964 · Sep 23, 2017

To get the screens out I'm clamping a tap into the vice, screwing the injectors on and pulling up.

JD1964 · Sep 23, 2017

I messed up and jammed one of the screens down into the injector. Luckily the other 19's that were donated to the Jeep were only a 6 count. That left me with two spares.

Btw, did you know the Jeep guys love the 19lb ford injectors as an upgrade to their stock injectors in the 4 liter straight 6? We put them in the 98 Cherokee and the thing ran fantastic. Injector swap only, nothing else.

JD1964 · Sep 23, 2017

After soaking internals with simple green, they were rinsed through with brake cleaner and blasted through with 30psi air.

JD1964 · Sep 23, 2017

Last thing I want after all this work is a carbeque so I got some new orings for the lines to rail connections. Got everything all snapped down, powered up the pump and all good, no leaks.

90sickfox · Sep 23, 2017

Nice tutorial on injector cleaning.

Davedacarpainter · Sep 23, 2017

Really good job John!

JD1964 · Sep 23, 2017

Thanks everyone for the comments, likes and lurking. The State of Maryland allows 7 characters for vanity plates. I got a perfect idea for this car. BEERGUT Because that's what this gem is giving me.

I got the engine harness down in place as best I can. New IAT in, corrected hood cable routing and pulled cruise control cable and hoses back into engine bay. Remaining to connect on passengers side is TPS, EGR and IAC. One loose connection will be tied off. It's the connection for the charcoal canister which is missing from this car. I guess I'll be chasing related issues on that in the future.

I scored again at Crazy Rays. Got an inner fender skirt to replace the one that was hacked during the previous wire tuck. Got it for $15 from a 4 banger vert.

General karthief · Sep 23, 2017

Your gonna want that canister installed.

JD1964 · Sep 23, 2017

karthief said:
Your gonna want that canister installed.

You're probably right

95BlueStallion · Sep 24, 2017

karthief said:
Your gonna want that canister installed.

Some people like the smell of gas. Who are you to judge???

JD1964 · Sep 24, 2017

I've got the engine completed. That's a 70mm MAF cal for 19lb from a '94 Marquis. It's the same one I ran on my hatch before the S trim went on.

Just gotta do the valve body for the trans. The info I got from Baumann on shift settings has me revisiting the valve body before buttoning up the trans. I'll be ready to cross fingers and turn key soon. Maybe even tonight. But probably tomorrow.

JD1964 · Sep 24, 2017

Bend and beat the pan back to shape after all the abuse it's taken over time. The bottom was so caved in from people putting jacks under it, probably lost 1/2 qt capacity. I straightened the lip and mounting surface and hammered fat again.

JD1964 · Sep 24, 2017

Very light skim coat of rtv to hold the cork gasket in place. Pan bolts set in to ensure alignment while the sealer sets.

Davedacarpainter · Sep 24, 2017

I'm pretty excited about that transmission, i want to see how you did on the rebuild.

The car will really be nice John, fine work

JD1964 · Sep 24, 2017

Davedacarpainter said:
I'm pretty excited about that transmission, i want to see how you did on the rebuild.

The car will really be nice John, fine work

Pray with me brother, just a little...

JD1964 · Sep 24, 2017

Very glad to have gone back into valve body. Baumann's shift kit which was previously in the trans comes with separator gaskets that have an extra little hole in them. The plate had already been drilled on the last install. But the new valve body gaskets that came with the rebuild kit did not have the corresponding holes. Very glad I caught this. The feature being corrected is called "cutback elimination". In stock form it drops pressure just prior to the shift and makes it soft and mushy. The mod eliminates cutback pressure causing the shift to be crisp and quicker. I've laid the old gaskets over the new ones, made one new hole and verified all the rest.

The other change I'm making is WOT up shift points. Previously with the radical cam the WOT 1-2 shift was 6100 or so. I'm aiming to drop it by 500 rpm to correspondence better with the milder stock HO cam that I've swapped in during this multi faceted project. This change is made by changing spacers on one of the valves.

Progress Thread Out With The New - In With The Old

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there is enough sticking out to grab on to

there is enough sticking out to grab on to

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there is enough sticking out to grab on to

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Chicks can make things hard if they’re inspired...

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there is enough sticking out to grab on to

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