Oh me gawrsh

Whutaday,,,,

Doc trip with dad, not happy, not overly perturbed either. His EKG looked good, though his BP and Pulse scared the ever loving shit out self and Doc when first checked. Think it was anxiety cuz after a bit, everything settled down and even the Doc made mention of that. Fam’s will be filled in on deets as I can get hold of them,,, Just so y’all know, Yes, he is still on this side of the dirt, just as grumpy as ever,,,

ON to BLOO-TWUCK,,,,

First off,,, CNS just like I was scared was gonna happen. EASY fix,,, Distro was 180 out. Oops! Turn that around, and she fired right the F! up,, Vrooom! only,,, no oil pressure on the dash. SHUT HER OFF and pull that Distro AGAIN,,,, LOL Gettin’ damned good and fast that,,,

And ya know what I found?

Busted Oil Sending unit. Broke right in half, just like I had done to that Crank Sensor a couple three weeks back. Sheww,,,, thank the small gods its something silly and simple.

to the tune of $50 Oops,,, What the heck are those things made of these days,,, a troy ounce of silver?

Some of you might hear it mid-vid. Some may not. I did, but didn’t understand what I was hearing. I minor ticking noise,,, NOT ENGINE,,,

Nopes,,, I had pulled the number one plug to verify TDC when I had the timing mark lined up, to check my distro position. Even put the plug back,,,

Did NOT plug it in,,, that ticking noise is the spark jumping the air gap to ground in the open air. HOT SPARK!!! Plugged it back in and the engine smoothed out even more.

BUT,,,

I ain’t totally happy right now. NOT engine issues,,, Clutch issues. I may need to drop that center support again so I can get at the bellhousing bolts as I can see a slight gap between the block and the bell.(I’m gonna try to get to them otherways, before I make that decision. Long extensions and wobble sockets are your friend,,, I have both.) My dumb fault of course, like every thing else I have done here. Clutch works, but its not QUITE right,,, hard to get in gear right now. That gap is only 1/16″ but apparently enough,,, I know that depressing the arms on the clutch only needs 1/8th to fully disengage the pressure plate so 1/16th would make things ‘iffy’. Bled the system twice to be sure that wasn’t the problem (and that is such a strange way to bleed hyrdraulics. But its a proven method.)

She’s home now,,, I can shift gears enough to do that, even took her around the ‘block’ for test run and shake down with a quick double check over everything at Da’s, before loading up and bringing her up the hill.

Relieved, frustrated, happy, a touch disappointed (that clutch thing,,, I’ll get over it .) but so frellin’ satisfied that she didn’t blow the F! up when I fired her up. No strange noises (that I didn’t induce, that is) just smooth runnin’ Twuck, even if a little on the loud side. (note, I did get some of that exhaust welded up, but I want to wait till I can get at from a better angle with a touch more room underside. Its enough to hold it all in place, not enough to seal it all the way up.

So, Tippin’ a beer, and a shot, and callin’ it a night. I still have two days to get things in order (and I did domestics today,,, bizzy little beaver I was.) before I head back to J.O.B. and bring Twuck along for her first day of work. (yes, I am being gentle as hell with her for a thousand miles or so, gonna do another oil change in 500. I wants this’un to last.)

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