1966 Factory V8 Valiant Signet Restoration For My Other Daughter
On our shake down drive last night it sounded like the torque converter was exploding. Turns out at higher speed the flex plate grabbed the tab in the cover and it bent and cracked it so it was grinding away. Lord these were clearly not designed for a V8. The 2” more width in ‘67 was required. Have to pull the Y pipe to work on anything. The pipe will have a header flange welded on so I can unbolt and separate the exhaust next time.
NOS distribution vacuum can solved the problem with it going crazy and backfiring with the ported vacuum connected.
Dug out the rat pee soaked belts I got from the donor car with AC. Talked to Bill Edwards on restoring them and using the 4 door belts as cores. I will eventually but for now I’m going to polish what I can and dye the light turquoise belts to black.
On our shake down drive last night it sounded like the torque converter was exploding. Turns out at higher speed the flex plate grabbed the tab in the cover and it bent and cracked it so it was grinding away. Lord these were clearly not designed for a V8. The 2” more width in ‘67 was required. Have to pull the Y pipe to work on anything. The pipe will have a header flange welded on so I can unbolt and separate the exhaust next time.
NOS distribution vacuum can solved the problem with it going crazy and backfiring with the ported vacuum connected.
Dug out the rat pee soaked belts I got from the donor car with AC. Talked to Bill Edwards on restoring them and using the 4 door belts as cores. I will eventually but for now I’m going to polish what I can and dye the light turquoise belts to black.