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Tom has moved on to finishing the install of
the remote oil filter bracket. He has welded it up and powder coated
it. All that needs to be done now is to bolt it in.
Ok, I
have come to the conclusion that the dragster will look very nice at
the Indianapolis show on the 9th of February, but it may not be a
runner. I believe there are just too many things that need to be
completed.
Progress
was made at the OFFICIAL Car Nuts (I say this as there are a group
of upstart Rochester Street Rod members in the sissy warm state of
Florida that are tiring to latch onto the name).
Lenny has
taken on a number of tasks. He has become the computer operator and
has been pressed into service as an order placer with both Jegs and
Summit. He also started incasing the wiring harness in split harness
covering. He also has gapped and replaced all the spark plugs.
The differential was
disassembled and inspected and then reassembled again. We found
there was a fair amount of grime inside the housing and on the axles
themselves. Gears are 3:70
The headers have arrived. The holes in the
header flange were flame cut and were a little irregular. Billy and
Jack spent a fair amount of time filing out the holes so that all
the bolts could be installed at once. As it was about ¾ of the bolts
could be install, but the last one or two would not thread into the
head. That has been remedied. It was also found that the header
bolts I had on hand were not long enough and new ones have been
ordered.
We went to bleed the brake
system and discovered there was a vent hole in the master cylinder
cover. Normal, correct? Well not in this system as there is a remote
reservoir on this system that is above the brake calipers (calipers
are above the master). When we filled the remote reservoir we had a
brake fluid fountain out of the top of the reservoir. That problem
was fixed by welding up the vent hole. The system was bled and we
had a very spongy petal. The master cylinder was removed and bench
bled. The result was it was much better, but still not acceptable. A
vacuum pump was used to draw the fluid out of the calipers while
tapping the sides of the calipers to try and get the air bubbles out
of the system and this helped but it still is not right. This will
have to be revisited.
So.......we have fluid in two systems now with no leaks.
Tomorrow
is kitchen work day and morning I will be moving a car.
