1957 Plymouth Savoy

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #135 on:** March 07, 2012, 06:58:20 PM »

Quote from: certdubtech on March 07, 2012, 02:09:20 PM

She's alive, running beautifully, and moving under her own power once again...

Awwwww Yeeeeeee!!!!!

Good deal! About time. If you hadn't wasted all that time making a living , You would have been finished along time ago. Do better next time

certdubtech · « **Reply #136 on:** March 07, 2012, 10:04:55 PM »

Yeah, Yeah Yeah.,.....

Here's the summary version of what I have been doing on the pile...

Rebuilt the Detroit Style Ball and Trunion front joint, installed the one-piece NOS boot:

Disassembled the Rear NOS U-joint, cleaned out all the nasty hardened grease with solvent, cleaned the needle rollers, re-packed the joint and installed it on the driveshaft:

certdubtech · « **Reply #137 on:** March 07, 2012, 10:10:21 PM »

Checked the test panel against the firewall paint, pretty darned close, so I touched up the paint where it peeled and left the rest the original paint (og to you Nick

)... turned out really nice...

Cleaned up the carb, full of doo-doo, and the leaking seal around the accelerator pump was puking fuel out the top of the carb (generally, you want that to go in the engine...)

certdubtech · « **Reply #138 on:** March 07, 2012, 10:17:12 PM »

And, then, that brings us to today...

I was getting really close, but couldn't ever get it started, just some coughing, sputtering, all that, but no roar and rattle to life.... it was then that i realized I had actually set the timing off of the wrong cylinder...

I had looked at the order of the wires in the clips on the valve cover, not realizing that the wires for the #1 and #3 swapped places between there and the spark plugs....

A quick lift and move operation, and the next time I turned the key, she started to come to life.

Still need to adjust the valves (they're really clacky right now, I left them pretty loose after doing the valve grind)... A little carb adjusting, and actually set the timing, but overall, she's sounding and running great.

Here's the proof:

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certdubtech · « **Reply #139 on:** March 10, 2012, 07:17:12 AM »

Brought her home on a roll-back one last time, in the garage (it's a hell of a lot easie to drive than push...

)... got enough room to work one side and one end, then turn around to do the other....

She'll be shiny before ya know it....

ASBug · « **Reply #140 on:** March 10, 2012, 11:20:01 AM »

certdubtech · « **Reply #141 on:** March 12, 2012, 01:29:07 PM »

Thanks, dude!

Got just a little time to spend on this thing on Sunday. Pulled the front inner fenders and the radiator support back off. Cleaned them up, got all the grease and grime and gunk off of 'em, painted the core support and hung it back on the frame. Also, got the heater case and the fan motor housing cleaned up, shot a little clear on them to preserve them.... Hopefully finish up the fender liners up tonight and get them back on . Once the engine compartment is complete, moving on to the actual body work.

bigbus · « **Reply #142 on:** March 15, 2012, 10:33:05 AM »

i still get the feeling that this one is after me

certdubtech · « **Reply #143 on:** March 15, 2012, 10:36:48 PM »

Engine Compartment.... done enough...

Scored some NORS Backup lenses the other day....

Startin' the body work this weekend.

Russ · « **Reply #144 on:** March 15, 2012, 10:45:55 PM »

NORS? Is that like NOS?

Zen · « **Reply #145 on:** March 15, 2012, 10:59:52 PM »

Quote from: Russ on March 15, 2012, 10:45:55 PM

NORS? Is that like NOS?

That's NOS on steroids.

certdubtech · « **Reply #146 on:** March 16, 2012, 06:34:20 AM »

Quote from: Russ on March 15, 2012, 10:45:55 PM

NORS? Is that like NOS?

Jes. Kinda...

NOS... New Old Stock (actual OEM, Mopar parts in this case)

NOS... New Old Reproduction Stock (aftermarket, in this case Glo-Brite brand Lenses)

Basically, these come up every now and then on eBay.... I paid $40 for the pair, which was a great deal. There is a set of MOPAR NOS ones on there right now for $189. Just like on VWs, sometimes the quality is not perfect, but, still fine for a driver. These are actually really nice.

Russ · « **Reply #147 on:** March 16, 2012, 08:10:21 AM »

Gotcha! That engine bay is lookin' mighty purdy.

certdubtech · « **Reply #148 on:** March 16, 2012, 08:48:40 AM »

Quote from: Russ on March 16, 2012, 08:10:21 AM

Gotcha! That engine bay is lookin' mighty purdy.

I gotta keep ya up on the terms, man...

And, spanks... I was thinking I was just gonna leave everything under the original, then I put that shiny engine in there, and thought to myself "The rest of That looks like crap"

Cleaned it up a lot. Gotta paint that regulator, though. It sticks out like a sore thumb. $:-\$

Ret.Bugtech · « **Reply #149 on:** March 16, 2012, 10:42:36 PM »

Quote from: certdubtech on March 16, 2012, 08:48:40 AM

Quote from: Russ on March 16, 2012, 08:10:21 AM
Gotcha! That engine bay is lookin' mighty purdy.

I gotta keep ya up on the terms, man...

And, spanks... I was thinking I was just gonna leave everything under the original, then I put that shiny engine in there, and thought to myself "The rest of That looks like crap"
Cleaned it up a lot. Gotta paint that regulator, though. It sticks out like a sore thumb. $:-\$

and while you are at it , paint the inside of the air-cleaner intake please or it will be a 5 point deduction at Pebble Beach.

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