Charlie's Echo (19)

Filed under: truck by tamber
12 Ebrill 2021 @ 00:33

Thinking about the lights again, I might just have to built it all up with the old-school incandescent light housings, and put in some decent LED bulbs. Always an option, if I get sick of chasing burnt out bulbs.

In the meantime, I tore apart a perfectly working fuse-box because I was sick of how p!iss poor it looked with the bus-bars on the front and instead built it using some much nicer relay-holders that I only found pretty recently!

I did have to rearrange the relays slightly (swapped & renamed two) because it has a "flasher" relay position that only has 4 terminals (Corresponding to where Tmls 30, 85, 86, and 87 would be on a standard automotive mini-relay. But my flasher relay has them in the positions that would be 85, 86, 87, and 87a. Of course.) but that's no big deal while I'm pulling the whole thing apart anyway.

I think I am going to fit in the two "afterthought" micro-relay holders too, even though I technically have enough slots in the relay holder blocks to have everything on them, because I want to leave room for an additional relay or two if needed. Expansion room is always important.

And it's all going to fit into the same Gewiss box as I had before. (If it doesn't, then I'll come up with something else, I guess?)

Also, added some O-rings to the valve stems because it was positively oozing down them before; and while some oil on the valve stems is important for lubrication, there was quite a bit more than I'd like. Didn't want to go to the extent of umbrella seals, though, because I don't want to starve them of lubrication.

Shown here with two valves sans o-ring, because I had a moment of genius and only bought a 10pk of the o-rings. I only realised I'd screwed up when I got to those last two valves, then I had to wait a week for another pack.

Valve springs all fitted, head just plopped onto the block so I can get some of my workbench space back. Waiting on O-rings for the coolant ports at the back of the block, and other bits and pieces I've ordered while wasting my one decent weekend due to a blinding headache that started Saturday afternoon and ran through til 4pm Sunday.

varelse

Surprised that engine stand hasn't sagged yet with that big lump on it!

It did! That's why it's got the extra reinforcing brace! I never did find out how much it'd sag, because it followed the jack all the way down, and that was entirely far enough for me.

13 Ebrill 2021

Phase one (Runners) of the new inlet complete. Not yet sure how I want to proceed from there. Noodling will continue until I come up with something I like. Runner length hasn't yet been determined beyond "cut the length of tube I had into 3 equal lengths with a little extra left over, just in case"

PhilA

Carburetor/injection plans? Take care with adding stresses to that, as in physical load because the back of it will always be hotter than the front, which at that length gives a propensity to warp and crack. Good to see it with a triplet of noses though.

Yeah, port injection. Going to give it a go, anyway; if it doesn't work, I suppose I can always put the original manifold back on and make it single-point injected. As far as length goes... a 600mm (2 foot) length of fuel rail will just about cover all 3 runners.

Still trying to make my mind up on the basic form of the manifold... whether to go for something in the style of the original manifold -- with a 'down-draught' throttle body -- or more of a 'log' style manifold with the throttle body at the front (Which would certainly be easier!). Trying to come up with something that at least looks half decent, or at least could pretend to be an early factory prototype sort of deal.