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Ya, whoops. I’m way behind on updating this so here’s a dump.
Gianni and I drove this thing out overnight last week but lost a lash cap and the rocker loosened up outside Baker. Re-did the valve adjustment and got back on the road. Drove till 5:30am when the sun was coming up and pulled down into a canyon to sleep. Turned out the hill we drove down was way softer and had to air way down after the 4th try. Hung out in St George and went the rest of the way starting at 3am. Gianni was a super helpful co-driver.
Made it to KCW without any other issues but decided to give it a full tune up to be safe and put the new 1 5/8” heater boxes on. Found the lash cap in the oil sump.
We re-torqued the heads and it seemed like we got a bunch of turns on them. As we were leaving for a river trip in Salida my bus got super hot and slowly died in front of the shop, so Audrey graciously let us ride with her to camp in Buena Vista with Greta.
When we got back Audrey, Gianni, Craig, and I tore into the motor to inspect the heads and pistons because we could hear a small clicking noise when turning it over. It was also super hard to turn by hand. Everything looked good though, so said what the hell and put it back together, re-torqued heads in sequence and did valves blah blah. Stabbed the motor back in, seems to be running fine now? No weird noises, not too hot. JJ took it for a spin and it did great. I’ll drive it some more next week and figure it out.
For now it’s just chilling at KCW while Audrey, Gianni, and I are doing another float trip this weekend. This time for 3 days down the Green River!
I’m itching to get on the road! Waiting until next week is gonna be tough. Spending this weekend tuning things up a bit more.
Spent some time on the brakes after everyone left work the other day. Sanded the shoes and drum surface with some 80 grit and 45’d the outside edge of the shoes. It seems to have helped a bit and is squeaking a lot less, but still sounds like something is touching… the springs look good and so do the brake lines, but it looked like there may have been a small area where the shoes were touching the drum. Notice anything weird in these pics?
Its a 2332cc with a big ole transmission. I think it has wedge ported hot rod heads, bored out intakes, and IDFs. Its great for pulling hills around here at 70mph and passing people in the left lane going uphill, but not very friendly on the wallet when 87 octane is over $5/gallon.
