Edit... Resto mod FIRST DRIVE

SoFlaFiat · Post by **SoFlaFiat** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:47 pm

Beek may take his time Jim, but in the end...
It's gonna be sweet!!!

fiat218 · Post by **fiat218** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:48 pm

SoFlaFiat wrote:Beek may take his time Jim, but in the end...
It's gonna be sweet!!!

oh i dont doubt that . it been something i have wanted to for 17 years lol finally

fiat218 · Post by **fiat218** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:47 am

Alan,,are you going to use a cover over your belt etc?
I'm not going to,.i did not buy all the shiny parts to hide, I'm hoping there a color timing belt out there ,lol

SoFlaFiat · Post by **SoFlaFiat** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:53 am

Shame you can't gold plate the rubber huh Jim?
I will install a full cover under the motor to keep trash from getting kicked up into the timing belt. It is my belief that the covers on the timing belt where installed to keep idiots from getting there hair caught up. Remember, it was the 70s! Didn't we all have long hair?

fiat218 · Post by **fiat218** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:00 am

SoFlaFiat wrote:Shame you can't gold plate the rubber huh Jim?
I will install a full cover under the motor to keep trash from getting kicked up into the timing belt. It is my belief that the covers on the timing belt where installed to keep idiots from getting there hair caught up. Remember, it was the 70s! Didn't we all have long hair?

Lol gold is in

Actually one of the cam covers won't work on the 2.0 that's gold, so I have to rebuild a 1608 to the limits just for them,

SoFlaFiat · Post by **SoFlaFiat** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:05 pm

Thanks to Csaba for fantastic instructions on the needed mods to link the IDF 44s on the manifold it went very smoothly today.

I got the linkage swapped out and the necessary bits trimmed. Then I went about drilling and tapping for my vacuum advance.

The individual lines will feed a manifold and one line will go to the dizzy.

Then I went around and checked everything and finished torquing down and marking the rest of the bolts.

I made better progress today than I thought I would so maybe some evening this week I'll get the thing in under the car. Just have to remember to fills the transmission while it is easy!!

fiat218 · Post by **fiat218** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:19 pm

why do u have all those vacuum lines?

SoFlaFiat · Post by **SoFlaFiat** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:43 pm

fiat218 wrote:why do u have all those vacuum lines?

To pull a vacuum on the distributor (I know, "that ugly dist.") in order to keep a constant vacuum across all four intake runners.

fiat218 · Post by **fiat218** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:21 pm

Ok, I won't need that I guess

SoFlaFiat · Post by **SoFlaFiat** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:22 pm

A bit of fluid in the tranny and under she goes...

I am very pleased with the "load from under" method and will advocate it any day!! It worked like a dream again and took less than an hour to remove the intake, lift the car, roll the cart under, drop the car, bolt up the cross member and trans support, reinstall the intake and other bits.
Big day for my to see the engine fully back in the car!!

juvius · Post by **juvius** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:46 pm

Good to see more progress being made. Looks like you just might win our race after all....

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:07 pm

Looks great!!

cos · Post by **cos** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:02 am

stunning! well done. wish i was making as good progress as you have.

njoconnor · Post by **njoconnor** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:29 am

Wow. I stand jaw dropped in awe.

Neil

btoran · Post by **btoran** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:16 am

wow! looks great!

what is the gauge near the weber carb sign?

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