Fixing Eddie

[grumpin]

Good job!

When I did the drivers side hinges on my truck I decided that next time I will look into getting the hinge as a whole and not just replace the pins.

[firefire]

Hi. Dane. One will save some time buying new hinges instead of pins and bushings. For me the fitting of the door was the most time comsuming part of the job.
Yesterday I got the Mahle gaskets for the intake. They were the same as the old ones. I put the gaskets on as instructed. A little sealant around the coolant ports. And sealant on the flats at the ends under the intake. Cut the heads off 4 old bolts and used them as guide pins when lowering the intake on. Worked nice. After I had tightened the bolts to 20 ft/lbs I saw I had forgotten to tighten the 4 bolts in the midle  So I loosened them again and started counting to 12.... Hope it went well Today I started putting on all the small parts. New coolant intake, termostat, temp.sensor, vacuum connections. The old vacuum trees needs cleaning The distributor fell right back in place when I put it back. The rotor turned left when I pulled the distributor out and turned back right when I put the distributor back in with the help of alignment marks on engine and distributor. The new intake has one less vacuum connection then the original. I put on one extra at the back of the
carburetor. Left to right, brake booster, evap,
pcv.  Mounted a liitle longer bolts for the carburetor in case there will be mounted some extras on them. Here is overwiev  Now its windy and raining again. Greetings Stein

[Gary Lewis]

Looks great, Stein!  You are going to love it!

I use the same approach for installing intakes.  Usually does a good job of getting them down evenly w/o sliding them around.  I'll bet you got it on nicely.

[firefire]

Hi.
This evening I put the final parts on.  Cranked the engine and Eddie started up immediately. He ran like nothing had happened  Only leak was from my connection between the new and old gas line. Tightened it a bit more, leak stopped. After 10 minutes I stopped the engine. No leaks to be seen. Engine oil was good. Tomorrow I will check timing, vacuum and go for a test ride. Think I will take a Bear Beer now  Greetings Stein

[Gary Lewis]

Congrat's!  So, how did it run?

[firefire]

Hi. Took Eddie out yesterday and he ran nice. But he did not impress me. Found out today that he only got maybe 70 % of full throttle.  I had previously made a stop for full throttle at the gas pedal. But now the carburetor is closer to the gas wire fixture on the new intake manifold. So I have removed the stop . The time is 2030 , and the sun is shining 😁. Will go for a test drive. Pedal to the metal (carpet) 😎.

[firefire]

Hi 🙂. Now Eddie runs😆.  With full throttle he jumps off. And that sound from the carburetor......Should have a better exhaust 🤔... Heres outside Ålesund  And Eddie enjoying the wiev Greetings Stein

[Machspeed]

That's awesome. Love the pics too!

[ckuske]

Great pics, thanks for sharing

[firefire]

Hi. When you think of all the work and time people put into their projects , it is great when things turn out good 👍.

[Gary Lewis]

Beautiful pics!  And glad you got the throttle to open fully.  I'll bet that made a huge difference!

[firefire]

Hi. It certainly did

[firefire]

Hi. Made a little bracket to fasten the fuel pipe and a return spring for the throttle lever.  Then a block of polyeratane (?) to raise and move the bracket for the gas wire. Will see how this block hols up in the longer therm. But it is much easier to cut, drill and tap then steel. The final set up.  Kept this arrangment for gas pedal stop  Then a question. What is the practical difference when driving  between the kick down lever attaching the carburetor to the transmission and the vacuum controlled kick down that happens when I give full throtlle ? The kick down lever is not attached now. Hope some understood my question  Greetings Stein

[ArdWrknTrk]

The kickdown linkage positively forces the transmission into a lower gear when the throttle is fully opened.
The modulator uses vacuum to sense actual load on the engine, so it will shift even with steady throttle climbing a hill if the load on the engine causes it to lose rpm and got.

The two complement one another and are not exclusive.

[Gary Lewis]

I've run a C6 w/o a kickdown linkage.  Worked fine and I could kick it down a gear with the shift linkage if needed.  But it wouldn't kick down with the throttle.

[firefire]

Thanks Jim and Gary. Eddie shifts down like Jim described based on vacuum. And it works fine. Stein

[firefire]

Hi.
Nothing much has happened the last 3 weeks. Eddie runs fine. Atumn has come with lower temperatures and shifting weather. Now the sun is shining and its 15`C. Nice. Project now is to install a complete Bassani exhaust. I got only the headers so far. The rest will come next week. They look fantastic. But I am not sure if there is enough room on the right side of the engine. They are made for 1988-1996 Bronco. #58150B. The last Bassani will ever make according to LMPerformance. Yesterday I took a break, to think. So I changed the gaskets for the valve covers.   Put the gaskets on without any silicon. Think they will be good without.
Regarding the headers. I have looked at photos of -88,-89 model Broncos and their engine bay seems to be identical to the -86. Or is there something I dont see ?
Well , out and check again .
Greetings Stein

[Gary Lewis]

A Bassani exhaust should sound really sweet!

And I agree, the engine compartments are the same size up through the years, so unless there is a difference in the inner fender, the fender liner, they should fit.

[firefire]

Hi.
Thanks for your clarification Gary. Did not do anything with the headers today. I had 2 new motor mounts laying around. So I thought I might as well take out the old ones. That ended up taking several hours.
The front bolts holding the motor mounts are really har to get to. On the right side I removed the alternator.On the left side the oil filter. Even then they are hard to get to. The old were from 1986. The new were Marmon Ride Control A 2564. They fit perfectely. I had a jack under the oil pan to lift the engine. I loosened the fan shroud and disconnected the oil line to the oilcooler for the steering pump. Also loosened the nuts under the transmission mount.I am not sure it that is necessary  This worked good but the jack pulled engine backwards when lifting. After lowering engine almost down on the new mounts I had to force the engine forward to line up the mounting holes. After that tightening up the 2 bolts that holds the motor mounts to the motor. Next little problem was that the transfer case due to its off center weight caused the motor to lean to the left after letting it down. Solution. Jack up on the left side of oil pan.That leveled engine and I tightened up left and right side center bolts in the mounts and transmission mount before releasing the jack. So when darkness came I called it a day. Tomorrow I will clean up all the mess and tools after todays job.
Greetings Stein.

[Gary Lewis]

Looks like you did the job well, and safely.  

And you were wise to get the engine leveled as that could cause fitment problems with the headers.

Looking forward to the report on the headers and the full exhaust system.