Recent content by Chicagomax

Thanks all for the comments and as @rainingagain pointed out: the set up is a motor driving the hand crank gear to raise/lower the window. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of the regulator out, but if that’s necessary I can tear it apart again and snap a photo. Lastly- I believe this is a...

All, Looking for some expertise on a lingering issue I can’t figure out how to solve: no matter what I can’t get my front driver/passenger windows to sit level (and therefore close properly). I’ve adjusted the 4 bolts for the regulator, and even pulled the window out to make sure it was the...

Awesome- thanks for the comment and the tips, especially the carb studs + antisense- that’s what I’ll do!

Ok all- here’s a big update. In case I lose some readers, let me ask a question upfront: does anyone have the bolt dimensions for the 2 bolts that hold the thermostat housing together? For the update: I received the fixed head back, and the shop did a seemingly nice job of “plugging” the hole...

Finally getting to put it back together, was just waiting on new gaskets that JUST arrived, compared to the head gasket I took off and there are some notable differences. The new one is from cruiser corps and is supposed to fit a 75+ 2f(mines a 77), and god knows where the prior one is from...

Thanks all! And I’m as interested as you to see the repair- it was explained to me over the phone and sounded like a bunch of different steps(some of which were hard to follow). What was important was he was confident in the repair; I’ll post more pics/details when I receive it…

Thanks all- quick update: I took the head to a machine shop, they called back and- after a good laugh- told me they were able to repair it! I’ll share pics when I pick it up later this week, in the meantime i want to ensure I have all supplies to put the head back together. I looked on the...

Thanks- the cylinders all look very good, very similar across them all. There is a lot of coolant everywhere, but I’m hoping with the head work and of course oil change(then maybe another oil change soon after?)/coolant flush, I’ll be in the clear. Any other suggestions? Max

ok- got the head off! Really wasn’t that bad, though I’m sure it’s 10x harder to get it back on. Now that it’s off, I have a good picture of the issue(attached). My plan is to take it to a few different machine shops and see what they think about repairing/plugging it- really would hope that’s...

Okay all, Finally had the time and guts to dive back in this afternoon, and after about 4 hours I have the carburetor off(bungied to the side), intake and exhaust manifolds off (much easier than I expected), power steering pump assembly off, and 14/15 head bolts off(see pictures below for...

Thanks all for the comments, suggestions, advice. I had to take the last 36 hours to step away as honestly it made me a bit sick to think about, but now I’m back and after considering taking it to a shop to fix, but like @MDH33 said, I’m looking at this as a leaning and joint afterward it will...

Ugh- yeah: if the passage is supposed to be shallow, I can confirm mine is not. So if I drilled through, that’s a new head, right? This would definitely be new territory for my technical (in)capabilities, so I’ll need to do some research and likely source the parts but farm this one out...

Sorry- can you expand on that? The hose going into the shiny new fitting connects to the heater. The other hoses connect to the air filter housing and the other goes below the carb…

Thanks @Skreddy - see below for photos of the hoses. Only thing not shown is the to/from the vintage air heater, but the (outlet?) goes to the “T” on the lower radiator hose, and the (inlet?) comes from the port right behind the coolant sensor. Gosh I’m hoping this is as simple as a hose...

All, You may have seen my other thread about the “heater hose” where I had a frozen coolant plug bolt on the head I had to drill out. Good news is I finally got it out today! Bad news is, when I reassembled everything, filled the radiator with water, I noticed the carburetor starting to fill...