81 505 Progress
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Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Loxahatchee Florida
81 505 Progress
I had a huge list of issues to take care of and decided to farm the work out to a friend with more experience and a better facility. He tracked down all my leaks, my power steering cooler was a beast to seal. Mounting bracket screws that tighten into the reservoir.. Got most of my gages hooked up including the digital speedo, fuel level, ran my tach to the coil instead of my goofy 6-AL. He also fixed my serpentine belt alignment issues. He installed a big transmission cooler with a huge fan on it instead of the small air flow cooler I had. Re-routed some of my hydro-boost plumbing with braided hose. Also replaced a 180 dollar water pump that had only been ran once... I let it get up to 200 degrees and turned on the fans and it dropped to 185 in less then a minute. At this time my engine is all set and running great. I am now going to work on finishing the interior and putting the glass back in. I am hoping I can get a few rides in before I grenade the rear end! After that it is a fab-9 4 link.
Here is a clip from today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0CS56MwOm0
Here is a clip from today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0CS56MwOm0
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,620
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From: Orlando Florida
I had a huge list of issues to take care of and decided to farm the work out to a friend with more experience and a better facility. He tracked down all my leaks, my power steering cooler was a beast to seal. Mounting bracket screws that tighten into the reservoir.. Got most of my gages hooked up including the digital speedo, fuel level, ran my tach to the coil instead of my goofy 6-AL. He also fixed my serpentine belt alignment issues. He installed a big transmission cooler with a huge fan on it instead of the small air flow cooler I had. Re-routed some of my hydro-boost plumbing with braided hose. Also replaced a 180 dollar water pump that had only been ran once... I let it get up to 200 degrees and turned on the fans and it dropped to 185 in less then a minute. At this time my engine is all set and running great. I am now going to work on finishing the interior and putting the glass back in. I am hoping I can get a few rides in before I grenade the rear end! After that it is a fab-9 4 link.
Here is a clip from today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0CS56MwOm0
Here is a clip from today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0CS56MwOm0
