Builds My 1975 lazy style revival thread (1 Viewer)

[Land Shark]

Seat belts are installed using most of the stock mounting points. Just need to add a few tabs near the seat bases.
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nice build and love the rig. Where did you source the seat belts? Miine are ok for now but will want new ones in the near future. TIA

 

[JackA]

Seat belts are from Cool Cruisers.

 

[Land Shark]

Seat belts are from Cool Cruisers.

thank you Sir

 

[JackA]

Throttle pretty much done. May need a slight tweak at the pedal for full travel.
Been chasing electrical gremlins all day. Making progress but nothing picture worthy. Bleed the brakes again. Got good pedal.

 

[JackA]

It's not much, but i finally came up with a alternator mount design. I made a flat plate that mounts to 2 points on the intake. I will build another support to the water pump bolts. Then add an adjustment piece that allows belt tightening.
Once this is complete, most items are done except some wiring or chasing gremlins. I will take it to get an exhaust system as soon as it moves under its own power (on and off the trailer).

 

[JackA]

Alternator mount is done. It's loosely bolted in place. Need some water pump gaskets and few longer bolts before its ready for testing...... need new belts too.

 

[JackA]

Finally........the accessory drive is complete with nice fitting belts. Only took 2 trips to Napa.

@pb4ugo Thanks for the hose info. I got the lower hose you recommended. It looks and fits way better than the goofy flex one. Not installed in these pix though.

 

[JackA]

New lower hose installed. All belts tight and fluids topped off. I am having issues with the gas tank drain plug. I thought I had a new gasket.....wrong. The old one was leaking. After a few tries with other materials.....still leaks. This last time I used fuel proof thread sealant on the original plastic gasket. Giving it some time to dry.
I have cranked and run the motor for short bursts with starting fluid today. Belts seem happy so far. Hopefully the fuel plug will hold, so I can give it real fuel and run it for some time.
I also installed my era correct license plate.

 

[JackA]

Finished up some wiring. Used the coil hot lead to trip a couple relays that control the ignition and electric fan. Made a small panel mounted to the old coil mount to hold the fuse block and relays. All works well so far.
Still having gas tank leakage. Waiting for parts to deal with this.

 

[JackA]

Swapped my oem tail light assemblies back in and all my issues are gone. The pin out was obviously wrong in the cheap ones. Sure I could have rearranged them, but oem is always better. I did use the gasket from the cheapies on the oem ones though.
Now I need to find the power issue on the turn signal circuit.

 

[JackA]

Suspicion confirmed. The fuel tank has a small pin hole causing my leak. You can see it is in an area of corrosion. Granted this tank was sand blasted then powder coated. I bet no one ever tested it. I bought it from a friend and it passed my visual inspection.
Oh well......at least I already have a new replacement. I should have that installed shortly. Then hopefully I can get the exhaust done this week. Then it should be drivable. Until the next issues arrive.

 

[JackA]

All back together and holding 1 gallon. No leaks......

 

[JackA]

Rolled it out of the garage for the first time in months. It's headed to the exhaust shop tomorrow. It should be done Thursday. Then possibly try and drive it.....

 

[JackA]

The exhaust turned out great. Props to Performance Mulffler in Peoria. It's 2 inch that y's into a 2 1/2 pipe thru a Dynamax muffler then tailpipe. It's not too loud from what I can tell by running it for a few seconds.
I still have a few issues before I can actually drive it. But soon it shall happen.

 

[pb4ugo]

That looks great. How about some more pics of the y pipe. That 40's come a long way.

 

[JackA]

That looks great. How about some more pics of the y pipe. That 40's come a long way.

I'll get some more pix tomorrow in the daylight.

 

[middlecalf]

That’s a mature oil pan .

 

[JackA]

Sorry on the delay for the y pipe pics. It's nice how they bumped around leaving clearance for the oil filter removal. Here's the best I can get......

 

[JackA]

I finally got it running and idling. Timing still needs some tweaks as does the carburetor. Sounds pretty good. Smoked alot but it's clearing up. I will change the oil after a few more runs.
It's got a few leaks. Drivers side valve cover is leaking at the rear. Power steering fluid is cavatated and foaming out the cap. Plus the fuel pump is leaking too.
Despite all this.....I am gonna call that a win.

 

[JackA]

Swapped out this junk for the oem push rod. Should be a big improvement and will be easier to adjust.
Headed for a new fuel pump now.