Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
I was working on a theory, that the head bolts were possibly trash, so I bought new ones, and torqued to 65flbs twice. The radiator is no longer blowing coolant out with the cap off. I borrowed a pressure tester from my dad's friend who comes by the shop sometimes. He also let me borrow a block checker and fluid. The block checker yielded no exhaust in the coolant, and the system held pressure before i refilled it. It was all set. I'm thinking the head bolts were not tightening down, so now I am going to finish putting it all back together. I have to wait till tomorrow. I put a thermostat back in and broke the water outlet in half. I guess i tightened it too hard and it cracked in two. Autozone had one for $9.00 but it won't be there till 10 am.
More waiting.
Well, after I broke that I decided to put my new seats in. I really want this car done both for the car show on the 26th and I want to go do some Wednesday night drags at Sonoma now that I comply with everything. I'm excited.
I was working on a theory, that the head bolts were possibly trash, so I bought new ones, and torqued to 65flbs twice. The radiator is no longer blowing coolant out with the cap off. I borrowed a pressure tester from my dad's friend who comes by the shop sometimes. He also let me borrow a block checker and fluid. The block checker yielded no exhaust in the coolant, and the system held pressure before i refilled it. It was all set. I'm thinking the head bolts were not tightening down, so now I am going to finish putting it all back together. I have to wait till tomorrow. I put a thermostat back in and broke the water outlet in half. I guess i tightened it too hard and it cracked in two. Autozone had one for $9.00 but it won't be there till 10 am.
More waiting.
Well, after I broke that I decided to put my new seats in. I really want this car done both for the car show on the 26th and I want to go do some Wednesday night drags at Sonoma now that I comply with everything. I'm excited.
