[elky] Race car (Monte Carlo)

  • From: Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:39:25 -0600

It might not seem like a lotta progress to some folks but it was a huge win for me today.  I finally got the damned PB booster hose connected and the carb bolted down.  I ended up using a couple of the blue anodized fittings one was an NPT elbow that had the screwy threads.  I finally chased them clean enough to make it work, then used a -6 AN hose fitting for the vacuum line. 



Then I got the tv cable bracket onto the anodized spring/throttle cable bracket, put both the throttle cable and tv cable in and I think that when I get the studs for the carb lever, the tv cable adjustment will be pretty darned close.  I may have to grind on the throttle cable end a bit to get it to clear the return spring mechanism, tho.



Then I did a bit of tidying up....screwed the heater fan motor back in, cleaned up a tiny bit of the cable mess and tightened and aligned the pressure regulator.  I'm happy with how it sits now...the gauge is upside down when viewed from the passenger side, but big deal.  The whole thing is very solid and is both clear of the plane of the fan belt as well as the valve cover and far enough away from the stud on the alternator that I'm ok with it.



So I'm wiped out, but I'm pleased with the progress.  I may eat my nightly salad (I've lost about 10 pounds, so the diet's working) and watch the truck race from Darlington that I recorded last night.  There's also something about the Daytona 200 bike race that was red flagged for tire safety concerns...I recorded that, too, so I'll see what happened there.

Ray

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