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Finishing Up The Side Cover – Did The Leaks Stop Test Drive
Created on 2007-05-03 19:39:05
Well after taking my gaskets for Monday night discussion John thought that the rubber gasket seal was probably OK and that maybe the oil was getting past the bolt. Not sure as there was a fair bit of oil but who knows, John certainly knows his stuff. During the discussion I discovered for the catalogs that there should be a rubber washer and cup washer for that back cover bolt. John had the rubber washer but not the cup one.
As there’s a lot to remove to get to this I decided not to try and turn the rubber gasket over and ordered a new one and while I was at it added the cup washer and bolt to my order. I would later discover I already had a spare rubber gasket but too late by then. Once the parts arrived I installed everything and got the bolt tight but not too tight. Enough to ensure the rubber washer was firmly seated in the cup washer and that things were generally pretty tight. The rubber washer was a tight fit over the bolt threads and the cup washer further seals things up so I was hoping everything would be fine.
After the carbs, manifolds and exhaust were all back on and together the first test was to start the car and everything seemed fine no problems. I ran the car up to warm in the garage and there seemed to be no leak that I could see on the side of the block and no evidence appearing on the exhaust. There wasn’t time to test drive though.
Next day I took the car out for a drive up and down the road outside my subdivision and all seemed to be fine. Some slight burning smell but very slight and nothing like before. Still some old oil residue burning off. After some 8-12 miles up and down upon my return to the garage I was able to confirm no oil getting onto the exhaust. Whoo Hoo! Not an extensive test but hopefully this really is it.
Since there’s always something new this day was no different and just as I was thinking I hadn’t seen the tach and turn signals die – they did! It must bee a loose wire because it would come and go and the engine wasn’t cutting out so based on the wiring diagram I suspected something on the green wire. I have subsequently check this out briefly and after suspect the brake light switch I then tried the green wires at the fuse block. A quick press towards the car brought the tach and turn signals back to life so I may need to check the fuse block some more. However, nothing too serious it seems and no need to worry about the wiring harness being and issue.
Need to get the car out for a more extensive drive now – just need to plan that when some backup will be available.
As there’s a lot to remove to get to this I decided not to try and turn the rubber gasket over and ordered a new one and while I was at it added the cup washer and bolt to my order. I would later discover I already had a spare rubber gasket but too late by then. Once the parts arrived I installed everything and got the bolt tight but not too tight. Enough to ensure the rubber washer was firmly seated in the cup washer and that things were generally pretty tight. The rubber washer was a tight fit over the bolt threads and the cup washer further seals things up so I was hoping everything would be fine.
After the carbs, manifolds and exhaust were all back on and together the first test was to start the car and everything seemed fine no problems. I ran the car up to warm in the garage and there seemed to be no leak that I could see on the side of the block and no evidence appearing on the exhaust. There wasn’t time to test drive though.
Next day I took the car out for a drive up and down the road outside my subdivision and all seemed to be fine. Some slight burning smell but very slight and nothing like before. Still some old oil residue burning off. After some 8-12 miles up and down upon my return to the garage I was able to confirm no oil getting onto the exhaust. Whoo Hoo! Not an extensive test but hopefully this really is it.
Since there’s always something new this day was no different and just as I was thinking I hadn’t seen the tach and turn signals die – they did! It must bee a loose wire because it would come and go and the engine wasn’t cutting out so based on the wiring diagram I suspected something on the green wire. I have subsequently check this out briefly and after suspect the brake light switch I then tried the green wires at the fuse block. A quick press towards the car brought the tach and turn signals back to life so I may need to check the fuse block some more. However, nothing too serious it seems and no need to worry about the wiring harness being and issue.
Need to get the car out for a more extensive drive now – just need to plan that when some backup will be available.
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting To The Engine Side Cover | 2007-04-22 | 1 | Today I got ready to address the side cover gasket and hope that this will fix the oil leak. I didn’t get as far as I hoped. Removing the carbs and manifolds wasn... | |
| Getting To The Engine Side Cover | 2007-04-22 | 1 | Today I got ready to address the side cover gasket and hope that this will fix the oil leak. I didn’t get as far as I hoped. Removing the carbs and manifolds wasn... | |
| Transmission Mount Replacement | 2007-04-21 | 1 | So today I got down to changing the transmission mounts – from the nightmare I had with my 77 and overdrive install I wasn’t looking forward to this. I ended up ... | |
| In Search Of Oil | 2007-04-21 | 1 | So I forgot to mention somewhere that I also did a front suspension greasing exercise and found that I had 2 grease fittings missing on the passenger side. I took care of this at S... | |
| Fixing Oil Leaks & Finding New Ones | 2007-03-28 | 1 | Well what I didn’t cover last time was that I seem to have developed an oil leak. As such I figured I’d deal with that before trying to test the carbs out some more. | |
| Back To Work – Fixing Puking Carbs, Again & Near 1st Breakdown | 2007-03-11 | Well it’s been pretty cold until recently and last weekend we were in Chicago for the swap meet so not much activity for a while. Having spent some time on the 77 yesterday in pr... | ||
| First Legal Drive – Filling Up To The “Top Gear” Theme | 2007-02-21 | 1 | Well it was time to make that first legal leap onto the roads and I was finally able to drive the car down to get some petrol – just 2 miles down the road. The car seemed to run ... | |
| Brake Light Fixes By Adjusting Brake Pedal Spacers & Positioning | 2007-02-19 | Well although I had got through the state safety inspection I knew that the position of the brake pedal was not right on the bolt through the pedal box. There was some left to righ... | ||
| New SU Fuel Pump – Electronic | 2007-02-19 | 1 | Well although I have new points and condenser for my old pump, which has also started working without needing a tap again now, I decided I get a new SU electronic fuel pump as some... | |
| Got Plates? Yes I Do Now | 2007-02-18 | 1 | Tara went to the license office today (Feb 12) and had no problem picking up some plates. Just got whatever they had as the personal plates will come later. Still debating over th... |
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