no its more like a chingas



mike

I see https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.png

Today I changed out the manifolds, 6 ports and TB, removed the rats nest, metering nozzles & egr, ran new fuel and coolant lines, cleaned up all the grounds, and put the water pump housing and pump back in. I just need to put the alternator and fluids back in tomorrow and try to start it. I can't believe how much cleaner it looks and how simple the NA engine really is when the emissions **** is gone! I ended up with just three intake vacuum lines (found that in the rats nest FAQ from Pengaru). One for the boost sensor, one for the FPR and one from the LIM to UIM. I did hook up the BAC but removed its coolant thing and I hooked up the intake air temp sensor (not sure if thats still needed?).



I need to bring up one more thing before I start it tomorrow. Can someone tell me if I put the CAS in right (at least so something bad wont happen tomorrow). I lined up the mark on the CAS gear with the mark on the CAS shaft, lined up 0 degrees on the pulley with the timing pointer on the front cover and just dropped it in. Thats all I can do until I get it running and hook up the timing light. Is that right?



Thanks.

with the cas there is a little plugy dealie in the cover. if you take that out, you should see a cas tooth roughly in the center



mike

Thanks! I needed that https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

I had everything back together, was adding coolant as the last step, noticed it leaking from the filler neck to water pump housing, unbolted filler neck, AND SAW THE HOUSING CRACKED RIGHT WHERE THE F#@KIN THERMOSTAT GOES!! This happened like 15 minutes ago. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683358.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif



Oh well, I guess everything was going to good overall for me not to **** it up. I took my time with everything, made sure I didn't overtorque anything. I believe the thermostat wasnt sitting perfectly in the middle when I torqued the bolts down and it cracked... couldnt even tell till I put coolant in. I found an 86 base model on Tuesday at a local pull it yard and I know it has a good housing. The guy is not open tomorrow (I'm tempted to hop the fence). I'll have to wait till Monday when I had scheduled to get her inspected and back on the road. This base model has an aluminum hood that he wants 100 for, I should get that too. I forgot how incredibly light those hoods are.



Anyway, thanks for all your help guys, I feel like I could do anything now on these cars (at least NA's). I have some pics of various stages of the project which I'll post when I get back to the PC at my apartment.



Chris