Build Fly By Night

[RUSH55]

So, I think the “stages” thing is out the window. Decided to go ahead and yield more to these dark thoughts and disturbing notions gaining the upper hand over my better judgement, and continue further tear-down.
Gonna go ahead and pull the engine, trans, and t-case in order to do some further work.

First I’d like to take care of some frame cracks with some fishplating.

Second, really only be able to do a proper spray/liner job on the outer firewall with the engine out of the way.

Third, if that engine comes out, there’ll be some long overdue attention put into it.

 

[RUSH55]

So I’ve been looking t these vents, and trying to figure out what exactly their purpose is. I imagine that when they worked, you’d open them to get some cooler fresh air on your legs or something, air that had just blown past a hot engine compartment - not really comparable to any kind of A/C.
Since these have never worked since I’ve owned it, thinking I might just make some plates to block off the holes.

 

[abqcruiser]

They're great in the cooler months. I wouldn't block them off. I can check and see if I have any extras. I'm sure somebody has a few lying around.

 

[61twpw]

Spray them with pb blaster and set them aside for awhile. Mine finally broke loose and work pretty well.

 

[RUSH55]

They both work (open and close), but the plastic actuator arms and knobs are gone.

 

[RUSH55]

My progress today -

Worked on finalizing my Saginaw PS pump mount (pics when finished)

Removed tranny hump, rear heater, and hard coolant lines

Cleared out black widow cobwebs and empty trio of egg sacs from off of t-case shifter

 

[RUSH55]

Questions for the herd -

Where does the ground cable from the battery fasten to, block or chassis and where?
Mine has been mounted through one of the engine mount bolts. For some reason this doesn’t seem right.(?)

Okay there was more, but that’s all I can remember...

 

[bobm]

Mines on the block

 

[RUSH55]

To the engine mount or does it have its own boss?

 

[J Mack]

To the engine mount or does it have its own boss?

I’m in the camp that believes you can’t have too many grounds and the better the connections the better off you are.

I like a heavy cable from negative battery terminal to the starter motor or engine block as close to the starter as possible, ground the engine block to the frame with a heavy cable and ground the engine block to the vehicle body with a heavy cable making sure that all connections are clean, tight, and metal to metal. On critical systems like ignition, fuel injection, computer I run a dedicated ground minimum 150% the load capacity of the that system.

 

[RUSH55]

I’m in that camp as well, just trying to find out if there’s a factory dedicated boss on the block where the ground/s originally went.
Not a huge deal now - the gears in my head are really starting to spin...

 

[scrapdaddy]

I can't help with the block mounting boss, but I'm in the multiple ground camp.... Don't look at the dirt, still there from the Party.

 

[RUSH55]

Thanks Ron!

 

[RUSH55]

Anyone able to shoot a pic of the factory 2F ground cable mount?

 

[bobm]

I can. Be right back

 

[bobm]

Der it is. Had to feed the chickens

 

[RUSH55]

Thanks Bob! Looks like on the head, right where my York on-board air compressor is mounted.

 

[bobm]

Yup.

 

[RUSH55]

Removed my sliders. Built these waaay back out of 2-1/2” square tubing (.250) and 1” x 2” rectangle tubing (.125) - way heavy... too heavy. I made them as bolt-on’s so I could remove them if I wanted to. These were one of my first projects when learning to weld. They’ve been great but think it’s time for a re-design. The pockets need some attention as well. Not too bad though considering...

 

[RUSH55]

Getting rid of the gaudy mirrors.

Got my new MIG gun in today - now maybe some of these posts will have some substance.