Progress: Aug-2003

10-aug-2003 Well, we put the water pump and pulleys on, as well as the radiator in. However, I had bought some fitted rad hoses, but the upper one was too short while the lower was too long. A quick look at tilt of the engine, and we think that we have the wrong front engine mounts (the car was originally a inline-6). We think that the ones we have are too tall, forcing the front part of the engine to tile upwards. I'm going to have to do a bit of research, and I'll post when I get it figured out. 22-aug-2003 It wasn't the engine mounts, but the frame brackets (mates the engine mount and frame crossmember) that are wrong. The original ones (from a L-6) were way too tall and forced the engine to tilt backward. I did manage to find a set at a local wrecker, but they were extremely difficult to get out of the car, and will be really tough to put back in (no room to maneuver the wrenches and sockets). 31-aug-2003 This is turning into a nightmare... We managed to try and put the new frame brackets on, but then found out the the combination of the mounts and the new brackets is too short, causing the oil pan to hit the crossmember. It was too tall in one case, and now it's too short. We now think that we again have the incorrect mounts, because I know that the frame brackets I got were correct (I took them out of a '69 Chevelle myself). If we can't find the correct ones, we have a couple of ideas on how to fix it, but hopefully we can just find the right parts. The other possibility is that the Mr. Gasket oil pan I bought for it is wrong...we'll have to look into this a bit more. Click here for the pictures taken during this month Progress Quick-link 2001             Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2004 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2005 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct     Previous Month Next Month

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