Since I'm still not working yet, I've dedicated some time this week to start on a few cruiser projects that were on my to-do list.
First for the 80 -
I had some bumper 'fitment issues' so I drove up to IPOR to have them sorted out. They fixed things up and threw in a skid plate for my troubles
. Here are a few crappy cell phone shots while at their shop.
Some of you might know that I recently purchased a 40 (some have probably seen it before
under the care of the PO), but I've never posted any pics up here. So...here are a few.
Trucks in great shape but there's always something to fix. I've been working on the carb to get it running right and also tracking down an exhaust leak.
Pulled the carb this afternoon to send off to JimC for a rebuild and found this -
Looks like the fuel was draining into the intake manifold for some reason...no worries a JimC rebuild should be the fix.
For the exhaust leak, I was surprised that there wasn't one b/w the block and headers. It ended up being where the header mounts to the exhaust -
This is a good thing and a new gasket should solve it. I ordered a Remflex one for the block so I'll probably order the Remflex piece for this too.
While I have the headers off, does anyone know what options are out there to get this header cleaned up (it's freaking nasty)? Blasted and painted, chemical dipped and ceramic coated, etc. I'm open to ideas and have some time while the carb is being rebuilt.
-Jon