Ferkels Fantastic Voyage aka 99 miles to the new sty!

[Ol Yeller]

Had a great time with Tony hanging out having dinner shooting the s*** . This morning it took less then 30 minutes to stab it in. Tony was a huge help.
Thanks to the extended crew for all the advice along the way!

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Right on!

 

[scrapdaddy]

Awesome! Stepping up to help means a lot in my book.

 

[RUSH55]

Thank you @trainbufftony

Thank you Lord Jesus!

 

[Tomba]

Awesome! Stepping up to help means a lot in my book.

 

[knuckle47]

A heartwarming ending. Ready for the Hallmark Channel

 

[Tomba]

A heartwarming ending. Ready for the Hallmark Channel

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more like 20/20

 

[greenbeast]

So what was the culprit preventing it from seating? Congrats on getting it done!

 

[Tomba]

So what was the culprit preventing it from seating? Congrats on getting it done!

I think it was the clutch not being aligned properly. I aligned it and lightly re greased everything a few days ago so had it all rready to go.
Having 2 ppl is really helpful too.

The next project is figuring out how to get the throttle linkage to work with the holley carb that came the motor. Does anyone have a pic of what bracket they use w/ their Holley?

 

[trainbufftony]

It was misaligned.
I ended up using 2 bolts to carefully pull it in once I verified everything was correct and it just had a tiny bit of resistance probably due to the disk not being perfectly centered once that popped into place it went right together.

dont ever use the bolts to pull a clutch together unless you know exactly what you're doing because you can destroy expensive parts that way.

Do as i say not as i uh did today...

So what was the culprit preventing it from seating? Congrats on getting it done?

 

[PabloCruise]

Is it possible the pilot bearing is not the right size?

I was wondering the same.

@Tomba - Did you confirm the pilot bearing fit the input shaft on the trans before installing in the crank?

 

[Lucy_FJ55]

WOOOOT! Right on! Good work guys! So stoked for you @Tomba!

 

[Tomba]

I was wondering the same.

@Tomba - Did you confirm the pilot bearing fit the input shaft on the trans before installing in the crank?

see above .Yes it fit.

 

[Pigeaten]

see above .Yes it fit.

plus it looks like you got rid of the anchor

 

[Pigeaten]

I think it was the clutch not being aligned properly. I aligned it and lightly re greased everything a few days ago so had it all rready to go.
Having 2 ppl is really helpful too.

The next project is figuring out how to get the throttle linkage to work with the holley carb that came the motor. Does anyone have a pic of what bracket they use w/ their Holley?

I have a Holley in a box with parts, not sure whats there, but yours if you want

 

[Tomba]

plus it looks like you got rid of the anchor

Tony works fast. Already has it torn down and it dosent look too bad!

 

[Tomba]

WOOOOT! Right on! Good work guys! So stoked for you @Tomba!

Thanks! I'm pretty stoked too

 

[Tomba]

 

[Tomba]

I have a Holley in a box with parts, not sure whats there, but yours if you want

Cool, I'll take it!

 

[Tomba]

Question: On the reverse light tranny connections, are these 2 pins designed to have the wires soldered on or, is there some sort of electrical connector that should be used here? The wires were taped on and looked like a feble attempt to connect them but am sure theres a better way...

 

[Pighead]

I think those are spade connectors in '74...