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This is Ruby AKA "The Project"
Cecil07:
can you give us some feed back about the fuel injection system when you get it installed?
Burd Turd:
Nice, even Santa helped.
Nexus:
I be posting feedback for sure but I'm just hoping I get it done before the second coming of Christ!!
Yeah the old guy hasn't cut much off that beard for quite a while!!
Since the last post, I have cleaned, sandblasted and painted parts while I made decisions on the block.
20210318_155837 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
20210318_155900 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
20210316_211240 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
20210316_211254 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
The JB weld experiment:
So in an event to keep things low cost, the aluminum on my 301 has seen better days as you can see in the photo all the pitting the coolant neck has.
20210311_083308 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
20210311_083319 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
So, pull out the JB weld I had on hand and fill in the pitting.
20210316_191911 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
the final result is this
20210316_211254 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
The experiment comes in when the aluminum and the JB weld get heated up and being too different types of material. We shall see how it does when I pull the engine apart in a few years and give it a proper rebuild!!
funny thing is, the bare metal pics are of a different housing and the one I used looked very similar in condition but I forgot to take pics.
Nexus:
I am still working on restoring the water pump housing as the aluminum was really pitted on both units I had and I'm thinking it's from people using non aluminum friendly coolant.
I have also cleaned up all the casting flash and wire brushed all the surfaces on the block, then everything was coated in WD40 to keep the rust at bay until I can get it cleaned and painted.
2021-04-29_10-11-11 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
2021-04-29_10-11-01 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
DISCLAIMER!!
What I have decided to do with this build is not the most popular way to refresh an engine, and I'm sure others will shutter but with that said, too bad, get over it...lol
Also, I am not building this for maximum power, or racing of any kind. I won't be thrashing the engine so for now, this will suffice and will likely work well unitil I can do it up right.
This is a super budget refresh build so I saved money where I could (like machine shop work) and purchased parts that I could find at the cheapest possible price. Also I am not replacing the rings, crank bearings, lifters and anything else that was working just fine before I pulled it apart.
So with that said, I purchased new connecting rod bearings, to install which will wear prematurely because of the scratches in the crank/bearing surface but It should hold out ok until I can rebuild this properly and at that point, I will purchase some better quality parts that were recommended to me.
Due to rusty push rods, I replaced those and also picked up a new, budget friendly timing chain set. A new pickup screen for the oil pump, frost plugs, temperature sensor, exhaust manifold studs, fresh fuel tank pickup screen, indirectly related to the engine and some shiny rocker cover tabs to spread out the tension from the bolts were also purchased.
2021-05-12_08-25-16 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
Also something that excites me the most is that we decided to go ahead to to install the Atomic EFI I got for Christmas sooner than later.
2020-11-30_08-17-19 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
Didn't seem to make sense to spend money on things that weren't staying with the car so with that in mind, I purchased a 7 pin electronic distributor from an 81 301, and a fuel pump and fuel filters.
2021-05-11_04-53-25 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
2021-05-11_04-53-07 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
Nexus:
Nothing ground breaking but I was able to get the cylinders notched and I also started disassembling the heads
2021-06-25_04-02-46 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
the black marker is what needs to get removed
2021-06-25_04-03-54 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
2021-06-25_04-05-12 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
All cleaned up!
2021-06-25_04-04-51 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
Let the head games begin!!
2021-06-26_04-05-35 by Charles Marson, on Flickr
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