32 Ford "tweaks" and a few mods

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

No -- You have gotten the wrong impression.... please re-read my post and you'll see that the only reason it's being put back together is because RUDY is here for the weekend - and it is HE that knows a socket from a hammer. Not I. I'm merely his helper.

I don't buy it, I think you've got skills............

[waynieZ]

Greg when your done with that Camaro I'll bring mine over so you can practice some more! I'm only trying to help.

[rwhite692]

Greg It's looking great, it was a pleasure to meet Rudy when we were all at Tims place...Man, that was a long time ago now!

[coolwelder62]

Greg,sometime time in the next few week's I will be in your area.I could stop by and point out the diff. between socket's,hammer's,& screw driver's.I can also show you how to plug in your welder. Just trying to be helpful.

[96z28ss]

The camaro is looking great. Can't wait to see it at beaches cruise in.
I'm sure Rudy can't wait either.

[GregWeld]

Well sadly (or happily) I have to report on the ongoing saga of the '32....

I found time to get off Lat G and head to the shed to check a few things. Actually - I got the Camaro on all fours and could finally use my lift for MY cars.

I had reported the oil smoke on deceleration and then when you got back on the gas.... and I'm happy to report that pulling the intake manifold confirmed my suspicions. It was by far the worst manifold install in the history of the galaxy (thanks Al Moreno for that one!). Some of the bolts were finger tight - and NONE had sealant or anything else on them.... and the gaskets were not sealed to the heads or intake except a little bit around the water passages. THEY FELL OFF... and the oil was not just weepage - it was a river of oil between the gaskets and ports.






NOTE THAT OIL WAS BEING SIPHONED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GASKET IN A NUMBER OF PORTS







Note another issue I discovered..... the shoulders on the ARP bolts have a nice "interference fit" (like a main cap) with the header - so it was actually IMPOSSIBLE to tighten them up.... I removed them and walked over to the Burr King - made the shoulder of the bolt smaller - and re-installed. Now they will actually torque down the header. I PHOTOGRAPHED this one as found when I started working on this project.

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Well sadly (or happily) I have to report on the ongoing saga of the '32....

I found time to get off Lat G and head to the shed to check a few things. Actually - I got the Camaro on all fours and could finally use my lift for MY cars.

I had reported the oil smoke on deceleration and then when you got back on the gas.... and I'm happy to report that pulling the intake manifold confirmed my suspicions. It was by far the worst manifold install in the history of the galaxy (thanks Al Moreno for that one!). Some of the bolts were finger tight - and NONE had sealant or anything else on them.... and the gaskets were not sealed to the heads or intake except a little bit around the water passages. THEY FELL OFF... and the oil was not just weepage - it was a river of oil between the gaskets and ports.






NOTE THAT OIL WAS BEING SIPHONED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GASKET IN A NUMBER OF PORTS







Note another issue I discovered..... the shoulders on the ARP bolts have a nice "interference fit" (like a main cap) with the header - so it was actually IMPOSSIBLE to tighten them up.... I removed them and walked over to the Burr King - made the shoulder of the bolt smaller - and re-installed. Now they will actually torque down the header. I PHOTOGRAPHED this one as found when I started working on this project.

wow! Yeah, mechanically that place is lost, over their head on really basic parts of a car build. Glad you're getting it sorted.

[brakenit]

Those types of mistakes would be disappointing coming from a high school vocational class, let alone a high end shop. Complacency and stupidity can be a dangerous combination. I hope you made sure all of the lug nuts are torqued down.

[Ketzer]

I hate to mention this... at what point do you decide to dis-assemble the whole car and re-assemble it? With all that you've shown in the past few weeks, I would be nervous about driving it at all.
You are a man of true patience, persistance, and definately, definately forgiveness.

Jeff-

[James OLC]

Glad you were able to figure that out Greg!

I've seen stuff like the header bolt deal happen before and I've never understood the mentality of the guy who had to have known about the issue but chose to (a) send it out anyways and (b) not mention it to anyone.