[elky] Re: Work on the Monte today
- From: "Jim" <jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:44:07 -0500
Looks nice- good report !
Side note. I'm making progress as well. Almost have all the nails pulled
from the roof steel to take the sheets off the chick barn and put them on
the shop bld.
And I started deconstructing the white enclosed trailer down to the frame
for a full and total rebuild.
Progess is good.
Jim
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Of John Christensen
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:07 PM
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Subject: [elky] Work on the Monte today
I was thinking of calling Stan to supervise today, but I thought about it
too late in the day. Next time .....
The picture is the current Monte Configuration. The wheels and tires (from
the Elky) look good on it. I installed all new long lug nuts on it today,
that extend out far enough to clear the deep wheels. Now I can use a 4 way
on them that resides in the trunk. The stock tire iron is too small for
these. The rubber on the old wheels was not good enough for winter duty so
my brother's son Zach swapped themn for me last Tuesday when they were up
for a visit. I now have the perfect excuse to get new wheels and tiers on
the El Camino in the Spring!!! The better half has approved this purchase...
now if I can get her to pay for them <G>
I cleaned off the wheels on both G-rides, and dressed all the rubber to make
them look nice and black. I have decided I like the chrome Torque thrusts on
the Elky. I have also decided that they will be 17" (I have always had 14"
wheels on it). The anthracite center ones would look great on the Monte with
the black car, and I like those a lot. (They are like the ones on my 72
Elky) I just think the chrome will look better with the brown and gold
paint.
I sealed up the sunroof by tightening the latch (that broke, and then I had
to weld on it), and putting some conditioner on the seal. It was dripping
only 2 or 3 drops of water on the carpet behind the console from a good
rain. Wicking just a bit.
I installed the Electric Choke kit (no pictures) on the Monte Carlo with a
minimum of trouble today. FedEx Home from Summit Racing is one day to my
house, and it was perfect timing today. I decided to convert it after I
drove to Wheaton Sunday (25 minutes) and discovered that the manual choke
was partially on all the way there. I can't rely on remembering this all the
time, and don't want to waste gas, and foul the oil with gas. I have done
this plenty of times on the short ride to work too. I finally got rid of the
choke cable running through the firewall (hacked in there by the previous
owner), keeping the grommet for the speedometer cable from sealing. Now
there isn't an open hole in the firewall. I bundled the wires as clean as I
could. It started right up, and kicked down as it should using the gas
pedal. This is an Edelbrock 1405 manual choke model, now electric!
It was a fun day off with the automobiles. 60* and cloudy today. Best day in
a long time weather wise. Thank God my back is again good enough to play
with the cars.
JC
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John Christensen
1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
Saint Charles, IL
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