[tcb] Re: hershey is fixed

  • From: "Eric Woodall" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:04:24 -0600 (CST)

Mark, Jeff is in Austin.

> Jeff, Where are you located at??
>
> ATX BUS <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:          Brian and fellow TCBers
>
>   I will be pulling my engine soon to install a new gas tank.  I also have
> some oil leak issues that I am going to resolve.  Where did you purchase
> the new gaskets(german seals)?
>
>   This will be my first time to pull this engine, and quite possibly the
> first time it has been removed since it's manufacturing.   I have a '67
> with the stock 1500cc.  Any other words of advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>   Jeff
>
>   PS  I have changed my email for TCB related issues, atx_bus is the bus
> driver formerly known as brunson_dds
>
>   ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:56:39 AM
> Subject: [tcb] hershey is fixed
>
>   my top secret work is now finished. so now i can tell you what happened.
> i
> tood the fan shroud off to fix a minor oil leak. when i say minor i mean a
> half a quart in a weeks worth of driving. the cooler seals were leaking.
> so
> i went to take off the dang cooler stand (dog house) and ripped a bolt
> head
> off. the damn thing broke flush, it blended in with the case, couldn't
> find
> the bolt at all. well i brought in a pro...my dad. he managed to find it
> drill it out, and retap the hole. all being done really carefully so no
> shavings will get in the motor.
>
> so what was the leak you ask? well, a combination of things, a missing
> bolt
> and dried crusty cracked gaskets (cheapies evidently). so the solution:
> german seals, yes they make them, didn't know they did but they do, and
> properly torqued bolts (all six of them).
>
> all i lack to having him running are tightening the mustache bar bolts
> (where it mounts to the body) and carb bolts, hooking up the oil light and
> coil wire, and feeding and hooking up the throttle cable.
>
> this weekend, before i even crank it i am going to change the oil just
> incase there were any shavings in the case. and put on my new sump plate
> to
> fix that leak.
>
> one problem i am having though. the passenger side valve cover bail is
> loose, i have replaced it twice with og bails and the thing is so loose i
> can pop it off with my bare hand. what is a solution to that? that is the
> only place left for a leak.
>
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