Brief evening with Dad,
George, Brad, and Bill. Dad and I took the hood off, and the valve cover
off. Amused to find the hood loosely held on by three bolts, the valve
cover held on by two wing nuts. (Ironically, the valve cover was also
removed by two wing nuts.) Valve cover gasket looks like home made from
cork, but is in great shape. Came out clean. Everything under the valve
cover very clean.
Took the spark plugs out. They were in just a bit more than finger tight, didn't take any effort with wrench. Oddly, finding that damn near everything on the car has been loosened off.
Found that we could see small seed husks in one cylinder on top of the piston (!!). Brad recommended rigging a small hose onto the vacuum cleaner. Worked good. Cleaned out what we could. Spark plugs must have been out for a while. Makes me wonder if Dad is right and we should pull the engine apart, but Brad and George don't like that idea. Concerned about head gasket etc I think.
Brad sprayed and checked the valves. One was stuck. Got it unstuck with George's help. Took some effort (ie bigger hammer).
Got things soaking in ATF.
Put the crank in the front, Bill jumped on it and got engine to turn a bit. Hooray! ATF should loosen things up further.
Judy did pizza from Costco for the 4 kids and 6 adults. Brad and Bill sampled my hot sauces, which I think they regret.
Dug through boxes and found missing timing linkage. Brad and Bill hooked that up.
Cleaned up the fuel sediment bowl. Glass didn't come real clean, but came clean enough.
Brad and Bill moved fan into place to tighten fan belt. I found it interesting how much the fan moves - there must be quite a range of fan belts that would fit.
Checked gas tank - wow. Bone dry and very clean. This is a great surprise too. Had to fish a rag out of there, which was funny but we won't complain.
Bill tightened up the rod holding the radiator in place.
Inspected where battery fits in. Lots of room for big battery, 12" by 8.5".
George is planning to pick up some replacement wires for plugs, and a battery (6V). Brad tells George that I said to spare no expense, which I find odd because I don't recall saying any such thing.
Took the spark plugs out. They were in just a bit more than finger tight, didn't take any effort with wrench. Oddly, finding that damn near everything on the car has been loosened off.
Found that we could see small seed husks in one cylinder on top of the piston (!!). Brad recommended rigging a small hose onto the vacuum cleaner. Worked good. Cleaned out what we could. Spark plugs must have been out for a while. Makes me wonder if Dad is right and we should pull the engine apart, but Brad and George don't like that idea. Concerned about head gasket etc I think.
Brad sprayed and checked the valves. One was stuck. Got it unstuck with George's help. Took some effort (ie bigger hammer).
Got things soaking in ATF.
Put the crank in the front, Bill jumped on it and got engine to turn a bit. Hooray! ATF should loosen things up further.
Judy did pizza from Costco for the 4 kids and 6 adults. Brad and Bill sampled my hot sauces, which I think they regret.
Dug through boxes and found missing timing linkage. Brad and Bill hooked that up.
Cleaned up the fuel sediment bowl. Glass didn't come real clean, but came clean enough.
Brad and Bill moved fan into place to tighten fan belt. I found it interesting how much the fan moves - there must be quite a range of fan belts that would fit.
Checked gas tank - wow. Bone dry and very clean. This is a great surprise too. Had to fish a rag out of there, which was funny but we won't complain.
Bill tightened up the rod holding the radiator in place.
Inspected where battery fits in. Lots of room for big battery, 12" by 8.5".
George is planning to pick up some replacement wires for plugs, and a battery (6V). Brad tells George that I said to spare no expense, which I find odd because I don't recall saying any such thing.
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