My father and i borrowed a compression tester from a friend of ours who restores older cars, and my dad and i could not do the compression test correctly to save our lives. So we called him up and he finally got out here on Saturday & they ran the test and got the results.
Piston - PSI
1 - 190
2 - 180
3 - 200
4 - 205
5 - 200
6 - 195
7 - 185
8 - 190
As for my thoughts, it seems to be fairly even, not perfect but it's also a 10+ year old engine, that the previous owner installed. It sounds great and i dont particularly want to touch it mechanicly, i'd like to leave it.
The Transmission however bothers me some. It has a minor leak and the linkage is lose, the linkage is a simple fix, however the leak is what worries me. Family friend of ours says you can find a plane-jane 350 auto trans in auto magazines for 800-900$. I'm curious how that's cheaper than a rebuild - but i'll take it. I need to determine if the current transmission is bad first however.
The Body i believe will be one of the later things- i'll get it straight, and the bed lined. but it's all going to come in due time & money.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
A Clean Engine!
We sprayed desile all over the engine compartment and then pressure washed it off and these we're the results
Friday, January 9, 2009
Ready to Clean
We took the car off the jacks and are now ready to push it out onto the lawn where we will soak it in diesel for about an hour then come back to pressure wash all the fuel & grim/grease off of the engine block, frame and accessories around the engine. Once we get all this cleaned up decently we will look into painting most of the surfaces with a Heat Resistant paint for the engine compartment. I'm thinking Flat black for everything around the block and blue for the block itself.
Windows & Chrome
Franco came over and helped me remove some of the very crappy applied window tinting from the back window and the two side doors. and along with that revealed to my father and i that Break Cleaner works very well to clean surfaces & windows if they are sticky. Also we removed the chrome from the truck bed rim & bottom of the rear window.
Wiring Stripped
We Pulled all the wiring off everything we needed to today, the carb, the wipers, a/c and all sorts of other various things. Here are some before & after shots.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Car Progress!
We got it in the building first off!
lol that plate is old anyways, so i dont mind if people know it. it'll never be on the car again!
lol that plate is old anyways, so i dont mind if people know it. it'll never be on the car again!
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