Well, for thos a ya that tuned into my posts regarding saving an old F motor in the Amazon jungle, complete with broken rod bolts (hey not my fault man) and what all, it´s done and its running. The had 4 new rod bolts machined from 12mm grade 12 (?) bolts to match the old ones exactly and then ground them down to proper weight with a dremel, yah they work, what did you think they wouldnt? Anyway after double checking all the tolerances I could, I stuck it all together. I was a little shocked at how tight it seemed, since the crank was like "butta", rods were too, so it was the pistons and rings that were the culprit. Anyway it was a little tough to get started the first time but when it caught it sounded great. I let it run for 10 min and changed the oil and then went out and drove it. It has loosened up nicely and turns over and starts easily. Oil pressure is now "ok" at about 10 at hot hot hot idle. All in all im happy about the results...but my dirty little secret is I plan to sell it soon and buy another 76 fixer upper I have located and restore that using what I have learned from the 67.
For the mean time though, the only frustration is my damn clutch noise is still present and for the life of me I cant figure out why. When I found the pilot bearing was rough, I was sure that was what was causing the noise, but new pilot bearing and the noise persists. The TO bearing was replaced a couple of months ago too. Strangest thing is every time I take the tranny out and put it back in the noise goes away for an hour or so then comes back? Also I can make the noise go away by putting pressure on the clutch pedal, it goes silent about the time the clutch disengauges the motor. Any ideas what this could be? I´m wondering if it could be poorly adjusted pressure plate fingers squeeking on the TO bearing??? I´m tempted to buy another (this time AMERICAN) TO bearing and carefully adjust the fingers, but any other ideas on what could be causing this persistent noise that IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! i HATE MECHANICAL NOISES ... ok sorry, would really be appreciated.
So when i get the half doors on, and some other details finished I will post pics of what a total investment of about 4500$ into this cruiser looks like. And Oh, btw... you guys talking about noisy cruisers? This thing is SMOOTH, except for the clutch issue the only noise I can hear is the whoosh of radial tires. So, lots more stuff to do but at least it´s on the road again... whahoo!
Thanks for all the patient (usually) help from the crew
For the mean time though, the only frustration is my damn clutch noise is still present and for the life of me I cant figure out why. When I found the pilot bearing was rough, I was sure that was what was causing the noise, but new pilot bearing and the noise persists. The TO bearing was replaced a couple of months ago too. Strangest thing is every time I take the tranny out and put it back in the noise goes away for an hour or so then comes back? Also I can make the noise go away by putting pressure on the clutch pedal, it goes silent about the time the clutch disengauges the motor. Any ideas what this could be? I´m wondering if it could be poorly adjusted pressure plate fingers squeeking on the TO bearing??? I´m tempted to buy another (this time AMERICAN) TO bearing and carefully adjust the fingers, but any other ideas on what could be causing this persistent noise that IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! i HATE MECHANICAL NOISES ... ok sorry, would really be appreciated.
So when i get the half doors on, and some other details finished I will post pics of what a total investment of about 4500$ into this cruiser looks like. And Oh, btw... you guys talking about noisy cruisers? This thing is SMOOTH, except for the clutch issue the only noise I can hear is the whoosh of radial tires. So, lots more stuff to do but at least it´s on the road again... whahoo!
Thanks for all the patient (usually) help from the crew