67 GTS 4-Speed: Daily Summer Driver
So I had some ambitious goals for this past weekend. Getting both the GTS and the Charger broken in as well as painting a few tid bits for the charger... Needless to say not all of that got done.
Brother was home for the weekend and it was nice to spend some time with him since he is way busy with things going on in his life. So I helped him install this new Blow off valve on his Audi which cured a lot of issues he was having with his car.
The things I did manage to do to the GTS were to weld up the head pipe for the driver side and I got that installed. Installed the correct pulleys and fan. Got the fan belt on. Wired up the starter with a new adapter I got from a member here as well as the starter relay and the negative battery cable. I was able to get most of the trans fluid in ( I need to put in about a half of a quart [this is for my reference since I am having trouble keeping track of everything going on in my life at the moment. Which could fill an entire thread hahaha]), made the brother help me with that. I ensured the trans was in neutral. Talked to a guy at passion performance and he told me how to fix my shifter not going into reverse (Was told I have an after market shifter, which I was aware of since 67's didnt get the hurst shifter). he made it sound it has to deal with a rod adjustment issue (I also see the reverse lever on the trans does not line up with the other two levers on the shifter once in neutral [which he said should line up], so hopefully that is what is at fault). I see the adjustments on my rods are welded.... Ill have to see if I can cut the welds or just get new ones. I got the carb fastened down, fuel filter to carb line on. radiator and heater hoses on. and plug wires on the spark plugs, still need to attach them to the distributor. Also got the oil filter on.
So the next steps to getting it fired is to fill the rest of the trans, get the fuel filter connected, as well as the fuel pump and a remote gas can. put oil in the engine, put in coolent, hook up external oil pressure gauge, get grommets for the pvc and breather... and try to fire it I believe. Just need to set the dwell and hope I get the wires on properly to start it.
[again, for my reference and maybe someone's enjoyment]
The other time was spent trying to get the charger started. The old man didnt want the car to move until I put a clip on the steering column joint connector thing... Took me way long to do that, but it is on (saw it has to come back off since the master spline for the steering wheel is about 30 degrees off from wheels being straight ahead.... ) Spent to much time trying to finish fastening the front valance (and no its still not completely bolted in). Gave the car a once over to make sure eveything was good, then tried to put gas in the tank. Saw a small puddle to form underneath, couldnt see where it was coming from, so just moved on. Set up all the timing instruments and turned the key. After some cranking the car fired!! (car was started before, but hasnt been in way too long). Got the car up to operating temp and adjusted the timing to 10 deg BTC, backed the idle down to 600-700 rpm. Decided to shut it off and put more gas in. Tried and now saw a giant splash of gas slam onto the floor... So I probably didnt do the smartest thing, but crawled underneath and had the brother poor in the gas. Saw it was coming from the vent tube. Apparently we were pouring straight onto the vent tube... dumb us. Well with gas in it the break in continued and was completed.
- next time home more trans fluid would be needed, an oil changed required, various latches need to be painted, valance completely bolted up, turn signals installed, wiper switched tested and installed if good. figure out why and fix the heater motor always being on. figure out the electronic hum that is going on underneath the dash. drill the trunk floor for the fuel gauge, install another shifter mechanism, install said latches. try and tune the carb while getting the carb number so i know what strip kit to get. get tic toc tac installed and maybe the steering wheel centered. finish wiring under dash and make it look pretty.
( I just hope I have enough sense to look at this before I go back to my parents place to do this work so I am not standing around wondering what to do next)
So I had some ambitious goals for this past weekend. Getting both the GTS and the Charger broken in as well as painting a few tid bits for the charger... Needless to say not all of that got done.
Brother was home for the weekend and it was nice to spend some time with him since he is way busy with things going on in his life. So I helped him install this new Blow off valve on his Audi which cured a lot of issues he was having with his car.
The things I did manage to do to the GTS were to weld up the head pipe for the driver side and I got that installed. Installed the correct pulleys and fan. Got the fan belt on. Wired up the starter with a new adapter I got from a member here as well as the starter relay and the negative battery cable. I was able to get most of the trans fluid in ( I need to put in about a half of a quart [this is for my reference since I am having trouble keeping track of everything going on in my life at the moment. Which could fill an entire thread hahaha]), made the brother help me with that. I ensured the trans was in neutral. Talked to a guy at passion performance and he told me how to fix my shifter not going into reverse (Was told I have an after market shifter, which I was aware of since 67's didnt get the hurst shifter). he made it sound it has to deal with a rod adjustment issue (I also see the reverse lever on the trans does not line up with the other two levers on the shifter once in neutral [which he said should line up], so hopefully that is what is at fault). I see the adjustments on my rods are welded.... Ill have to see if I can cut the welds or just get new ones. I got the carb fastened down, fuel filter to carb line on. radiator and heater hoses on. and plug wires on the spark plugs, still need to attach them to the distributor. Also got the oil filter on.
So the next steps to getting it fired is to fill the rest of the trans, get the fuel filter connected, as well as the fuel pump and a remote gas can. put oil in the engine, put in coolent, hook up external oil pressure gauge, get grommets for the pvc and breather... and try to fire it I believe. Just need to set the dwell and hope I get the wires on properly to start it.
[again, for my reference and maybe someone's enjoyment]
The other time was spent trying to get the charger started. The old man didnt want the car to move until I put a clip on the steering column joint connector thing... Took me way long to do that, but it is on (saw it has to come back off since the master spline for the steering wheel is about 30 degrees off from wheels being straight ahead.... ) Spent to much time trying to finish fastening the front valance (and no its still not completely bolted in). Gave the car a once over to make sure eveything was good, then tried to put gas in the tank. Saw a small puddle to form underneath, couldnt see where it was coming from, so just moved on. Set up all the timing instruments and turned the key. After some cranking the car fired!! (car was started before, but hasnt been in way too long). Got the car up to operating temp and adjusted the timing to 10 deg BTC, backed the idle down to 600-700 rpm. Decided to shut it off and put more gas in. Tried and now saw a giant splash of gas slam onto the floor... So I probably didnt do the smartest thing, but crawled underneath and had the brother poor in the gas. Saw it was coming from the vent tube. Apparently we were pouring straight onto the vent tube... dumb us. Well with gas in it the break in continued and was completed.
- next time home more trans fluid would be needed, an oil changed required, various latches need to be painted, valance completely bolted up, turn signals installed, wiper switched tested and installed if good. figure out why and fix the heater motor always being on. figure out the electronic hum that is going on underneath the dash. drill the trunk floor for the fuel gauge, install another shifter mechanism, install said latches. try and tune the carb while getting the carb number so i know what strip kit to get. get tic toc tac installed and maybe the steering wheel centered. finish wiring under dash and make it look pretty.
( I just hope I have enough sense to look at this before I go back to my parents place to do this work so I am not standing around wondering what to do next)