[tcb] Re: Hear us roar!
- From: Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 04:43:56 -0800 (PST)
Good Job!
Here's my trick on that bolt. Wrap duct tape around it until it barely fits.
This will hold it in place so you can get the nut started.
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From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 10:43 PM
Subject: [tcb] Hear us roar!
To come up with one well running Bus, today my daughter and I pulled 2 engines
and put the good engine in the Bus with the good tranny. And believe it or
not, it started up easily with the first turn of the key! Yippie! I still
have some finishing touches like fixing a wire, getting the pesky starter bolt
in, reattaching the apron and bumper, oil change and valve adjust - then a test
drive but those things (other than the starter bolt) are easy enough. I was
mostly worried about getting the engine in that final inch and getting the
wiring right since one has an alternator and the other has a generator and I am
intimidated by wires. The final inch did take a while but there wasn't one
curse word. And the wiring worked out much to my surprise! Sadly I will be
without power brakes because the intake in the replacement engine does not have
a place for the vacuum hose. But I can't be a princess all of the time.
Julie
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