Summer Job!

[Baskinator]

Oh right, I also have to tend to the trans pan again. Are some of the bolts shorter than others? A couple wouldn't tighten when I replaced it the other day, and now it's leaking again... I might just have to take it off and use a thin layer of black rtv instead of the reusable gasket since it was leaking around the edges and not the bolt holes.

vangremlin(Dave) shipped my new tail lights today, so I should have them to install in a week! My friend is also coming on Thursday to check out what welding needs to be done, I hope to finish that as quickly as possible.

[mudkicker715]

Reuseable gasket? I am confused.

[philotomy]

all the pan bolts are the same size,make sure the mating surfaces are CLEAN and torque,criss cross pattern to 11 ft lbs.

[Baskinator]

Reuseable gasket? I am confused.

It's just the rubber gasket that came with the trans filter, nothing special. I was under the impression it could be used alone, that's what I've read elsewhere. I did tighten in a criss cross pattern and torqued the bolts to specification, it's just that one or two keep spinning and won't tighten. Possibly the threads, which would suck, but it is only leaking around the edges and not the bolts, so it should be okay with some black rtv. It did the same thing before installing the drain plug, too.

Back after a day banned from the site, I spent about another 3 hours yesterday trying to bleed the brakes. Three bottles of fluid later, I can finally hear the shoes tightening in the back but still have practically no brakes. However, I ran the car for a few minutes, circulating the new coolant as well as some Seafoam in the crankcase, all while revving my engine to some George Thorogood on the radio 

Today will be a long day, but I should hopefully get a lot done and be able to tie up some loose ends. My friend is coming to inspect the car for future weld work tonight, so onto the good stuff 

[68AMXGOPAC]

I absalutly had to send you an egg. I must have some in my eye because I certainly can not spell correctly.
You are getting a ton of work done !! Keep going strong, and hope there aren't anymore setbacks.

[mudkicker715]

gaskets are cheap labor isn't.

[Baskinator]

Well, once again my water outlet seal did not hold. I tried searching for an answer, but everyone says something different about what to use. Some say red rtv (which didn't work for me despite a day of curing), others say black rtv, and some say to use the paper gasket and ONLY the paper gasket. I think I will try the black first since I just got some for the trans pan, and if that doesn't work I'll go get a new paper gasket.

I changed the fan belt, replaced the wiper blades with some new cheapos, dropped the trans pan so I can put on some black rtv, and capped off a couple lines on the carb. I also attempted to gravity bleed the brakes again, and spent probably an hour and a half on one side using another quart of fluid. It just continued to bubble for no reason, and I've checked all of the connections for leaks. It shouldn't do this even if there is a slight leak though, because I'm just gravity bleeding it . Very confusing and time consuming.

My friend couldn't come over tonight after all, hopefully he will soon.

[Gil-SX4]

Its the roll over safety valve


On the water outlet seal, if youmean the thermostat housing, best solution is to get a new housing and use a regular gasket don't put any thing on it.
If you are referring to a freeze plug seal, then you will need to make sure the block surface where the plug goes in is not pitted to much

[Gil-SX4]

What I do when this happens is just put a bit of crazy glue on the thermostat to keep it from falling. But dose sticky side gaskets are a great help.

[Baskinator]

Thank You both! I was reading about using a thin brush-on sealant/glue with the regular gasket, I think I'll wait and do that now. My t-stat was seated correctly, there was only one time that it wouldn't stay right and it didn't cause any trouble.

[Baskinator]

I should be able to drive the car now, fingers crossed!

Here is the homemade gasket which I punched out of construction paper and sealed on both sides with a Scotch "Permanent Glue Stick". It held up when I filled the radiator and started the car a few minutes ago, so hopefully it keeps.



I sealed up the trans pan with black rtv, filled up the trans fluid, changed the oil and filter, and tried to finish bleeding the brakes. They're at least firm with the car off, but when it's running they're still pretty loose feeling. Not sure what to do about this now.

[Baskinator]

I replaced the whole master cylinder and brake booster a couple weeks ago. Didn't bench bleed it, but I've read about people not having problems without bench bleeding. Even still, all I did was a gravity bleed and the bubbles were seemingly never ending, so it shouldn't have affected that.

I have replaced practically everything in the brake system at this point...

[68AMXGOPAC]

You can do a brake bleed by yourself, just get one of those cheap chck valve ones.one end goes on your bleeder, the other in a container of brake fluid,you can open the bleeder, then get in and pump them up.I have found if you have power brakes, to do it with the car running.

[Baskinator]

Yeah, I guess I could look for some of those. But even pressure bleeding, I had my mom in the car pumping the pedal the other night and was doing that for probably an hour on one side with no luck. I have been gravity bleeding them (just letting it run out of a tube attached to the bleeder into a container, while continually keeping the fluid level up like I should) because it is supposed to work the same. I just have no idea what could be putting so much air in the system with it all tightened up and not pumping the pedal. I'm pretty sure it shouldn't take several hours to bleed one side, let alone the whole thing.

[Baskinator]

So it's kinda off topic, but I got some amazing deals on big expensive tools at auction today and had to share.

Just to name a few:

25Gal Craftsman air compressor with 3.5hp motor- $55
Large 2 ton Craftsman speed jack- $15
Box of pneumatic tools, including 2 impact wrenches, 2 drills, and one ratchet, + a Craftsman electric impact wrench- $27
Craftsman portable sprayer- $3
4 very large old steel jack stands- $10
Spyder paintball gun in hard case(to sell and make profit)- $22

+ a 1968 Wheel Horse "Project" Lawn Mower in great shape w/snowblower(no mower deck)- $425

I bought the tractor for my stepdad, thinking it was in excellent condition, but it needs a battery and spark plugs at least, plus the brakes won't seem to disengage. Tires are like new though and it looks awesome. Still a great deal I think, I'm probably gonna try fixing and selling it. But the compressor is like $400 or more new