Cascade Crew

STEEL · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject: ITS ALIVE!!!!

Well, I got it to start today, but it isnt running quite right yet. No power brakes, running kinda rich, and the timing might be off. Leaking from alot of places :p

Any way, its alive, it sounds amazing, and all that is left is some leak chasing and fine tuning!

Dyno here I come! Twisted Evil

fiveoformula · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

pics? i wanna see Exclamation

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:44 am Post subject:

Alright man, good job!

-Schultzy

STEEL · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:11 am Post subject:

Its REALLY ugly right now, all the loose wires and such, I will need to just clean it up....

STEEL · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

Well, i tried to drive it, but Im leaking oil really bad from either the oil filter or the pressure sender...

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject:

Is your sender on the china wall atop the engine block? They always seem to leak. You might pull it out, clean the area, and put it back in with some teflon tape. Make sure it's nice and snug. No Hee-man stuff.

STEEL · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject:

nope, down by the filter....

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject:

Well do the usual. Jack it up, clean it off, fire it up and look! :O)

STEEL · Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

ya, I will! Need to get some sleep, get some more of this expensive oil, and then start again around 2 tomarow. Its leaking right onto the header...

STEEL · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:50 am Post subject:

Well, I didnt know that you have to use a socket to put the pressure sender on, so i broke mine using the monkey wrench apparently. I returned it and said, "I put it on, tightened it down, and it leaked really bad" and then bought a socket. That is the good news.

Bad news? I busted my heater core somehow... Now I am going to try to block it off, and see if I cant drive it, make sure there are no other problems, and then hopefully I will have the new core in before driving all the way out there....

As far as the heater hoses though, Mine are strange... Intake manifold to the firewall, and then from the firewall it goes down to the frame rail, then makes a T, it goes to the water pump and to the radiator. This seems repetitive. I have a little piece off the 91 water pump to close that hole, but I dont know what type of "cap" I can put on the T....

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

Just route one heater hose from the manifold to the radiator. That will get you by without heat until you fix it.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:45 am Post subject:

I don't think that will work Rod. The hardline on the frame rail goes from the HC to the radiator. He has to bypass that somehow too. Schucks I know sells 5/8" heater hose caps. You can take the lead off the radiator (the hardline one) and cap the Rad there. Then cap the manifold.

Steel.. the T you have, you should cap the T part off. Your setup should go:

Intake to Firewall(HC)
Firewall(HC) to Radiator

T-ing a line into the waterpump may cause a circulation that is unneccesary. So good news is you can clean a hose up!

iansane · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:52 am Post subject:

I just trimmed that hardline back a couple inches to get rid of the T, but same idea.

STEEL · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:38 am Post subject:

well, I cant get it to stop leaking oil from the oil filter area, so it might not matter. I dont understand what could be leaking now....

gr. It wont work. Crying or Very sad

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:46 am Post subject:

Sure its not coming from above?

Maybe take the filter off an inspect stuff?

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:59 am Post subject:

Why have an extra giant ugly heater hose running over your valve cover, and not a nice hard line below out of the way?

STEEL · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

iansane · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject:

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject:

+1 to what these guys are saying. You can do it buddy! Thumbs up

~JAKE