hey hey hey
been a long time since I posted
got a new job landscaping/irrigation which has taken damn near all of my time
been busting my ass for 12-16 hrs a day but I'm learning a lot too
been lurking for a while buying a few parts here and there
put an aluminum radiator in it
installed a matchbox
rebuilt the carb
got her some new shoes
installed a gm internally regulated alternator
pulled out the carpet to get ready for some spray on bed liner
she has been my dd for the last few months and been fighting with me the whole way
she was sputtering a lot and loosing power above half throttle so I gave her a tune up and rebuilt the carb
still no change
turns out my distributor was shit so I put in the matchbox
she ran pretty good for about 3 weeks after that then started sputtering again slowly more and more
I somewhat fixed my vacume advance on my carb (siliconed a little piece of brake line in there because I cant seem to locate the hard line that is supposed to connect to the distributor)
also replaced the intake gasket because i was loosing water slowly
still not a lot of improvement so i bought a compression tester
not a lot of great news
cyl 1: 145
cyl 2: 60
cyl 3: 60
cyl 4: 120
also cylinder 2 has a little bit of water shooting out with out the plugs in
so I've decided to replace the head gasket for now and see where that gets me
hopefully be able to have her up and running again this weekend
going pawn shopping today to look for a torque wrench
so enough of the bad news heres a few pics of where she's at right now
nice and dirty
Christmas present from my lady
toolbox i made
not exactly sure what this means but #4 is leakin a little oil
been doing a little work around the house
started a garden and laid some grass for the dogs
i think they had more fun with it in the truck than on the ground