Well I scored an aluminum rad on classic, since the one in the roadster has been patched with no repair fixing the problem. Today I swapped it out, the fan mounted easy but the install was more than I expeded. Once it was installed it worked great. I do wish I had painted the rad black to make it look better threw the grill but its done now. Once the coolant was bled out it ran 180 with the fan on. Very happy with every thing done now.
I also picked up a carb rebuild kit for my YF carb that came with this truck, its a manual choke but here in fla thats not a big concern. Got the rebuild kit and choke cable for $25. Stay tuned for that fix next.
Took the roadster out for the day, went for a paddle on silver river. Saw lots of wildlife (including monkeys!) and a 67 ampiecar. Realy great shape, so much fun see one in use.
great looking pics Matt!!! the Amphecar is awesome!
roadster looking good too
77 built 306,Trickflow Cam/Alum Heads/dome pistons/10:1comp,nv3550,duff long arms,3.5" lift,family cage,protofab rear bumper,twin sticked, and 35KM2'sG.D.I.
Well I spent another weekend working on this thing, rebuilt the front dana 30, new gears, seals, repacked everything.
I rebuilt the YF carb I had for this, didnt realize untill I put it on today it was a tractor carb. No choke rpm setting, the accelerator pump is only mildly adjustable and many of the other parts arnt there. So now I'm back to the 200CI carb I have. Looking for a stock 6cyl carb (either electric or manual choke) for an EB. Would prefer one I have to rebuild since I will do that anyways.
Repaired the aux tank I got off classic with a special wet jb weld putty. Looks like it will seal, I also cleaned up the skid plate and painted it (more left over paint from the 78).
I got the tank cleaned out with some left over reducer and put the new sending unit in. I will have it mounted one night this week.
Picked up a Tuffy consol from my boss, its for a Suzuki but it fit mine well. For 20 bucks how could I say no.
I did order a new driveshaft for Pe'pe, so the one that was on it will be moved to the roadster once I get it rebalanced.
In the next few weeks I think I may be done with major work on this, I know I need to paint it but that is on hold for some time due to lack of funds. If I'm happy with how it drives I will just drive it for now and get to work on the new body for Pe'pe.
Stay tuned for more pics...
Well its another fix it up weekend, the throw out bearing has been making noise and its been acting up when shifting. So I pulled the motor and am installing a new clutch kit.
I also have been having problems with the speedo not working due to the output shaft not being right. Not enough tension on the gear for the speedo so I am rebuilding that too.
I just got another soft top for it, its an older best top but I dont have the instructions for it. Its the older type that the windows dont zip out.
Can some one scan there old instructions? Most to of the brackets holes line up with the body but I need the measurments for the bow mounts and the snaps on the tailgait.
These pics I'm posting are of the kayak mounts I made for it, very light weight and not that tough but good enough for what I haul.
I don't have any old soft top instructions. Sorry. Hopefully someone else can chime in for ya. Old girl looks good!! A far cry from what it was. Keep it going! I bet if you got a cheap maaco paint job on it, you'd really turn heads with that thing.
I like the ranch hand. Did you get that from my cousin (in-law) Glenn out in NV?
77 built 306,Trickflow Cam/Alum Heads/dome pistons/10:1comp,nv3550,duff long arms,3.5" lift,family cage,protofab rear bumper,twin sticked, and 35KM2'sG.D.I.
Well I got the clutch done and rebuilt the t-case output. Mounted the aux tank and fixed a few smaller things. I still need to plumb in the tank and install the soft top.
Thanks for the link Chuck, I was realy wanting something older. Thats for the newer version, the side rails are diffrent (these are a 2 peice) so I want too make sure the measurements are right for the bow mounts. Plus I did dig up my Kayline soft top instructions to see about the snap instalation, so I am good on that. Just dont want to install the bows wrong.
I did manage to get a OE carb that should be here by the end of the week. I have made all kinds of little tweeks to this thing to make it as comfortable and easy to drive.
I think with the oe carb I may finaly reach my goal of 20mpg (current estimation is an avarage of 15). With the 350 gears it easly cruises 70 on the highway.
Bart: I cheated on the ranch hand. Everybody wants $80 or more for one, so I removed the latch and mounted it on the rear quarter. I plan to leave it there so I may make my own ranch mount when I have some time (not that hard once you look at the pics). As for paint I will paint it my self once I get the body smothed out, Lots of small dents and still need to sand it down much more. The primer just makes it all one color.
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