Aah, Tony, you are so correct! I'm strongly considering having such a sign made up and hung on my garage wall!
We, however, have persevered and over the past several days have completed the following:
Finished the installation of the engine and started it up. Runs like a clock! Idles perfectly with no roughnest at all! No blue smoke out the exhaust! If the project had to stop now and all I had was this engine, I'd sit out in the garage and just listen to it! Well, maybe not for long!
(Note: The wiring will be cleaned up!
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By the way, we jacked up the rear wheels and placed a pair of jack stands under the rear axles so that we could test the transmission. Kept the speed down so as not to jar off the stands! We also had to alter the filler tube for the tranny. Picked up one for the C4 we installed, did some bending and welding and now one can check and fill the tranny through the same access used to add oil to the engine.
When the truck arrived the linkage between the accelerator pedal and the carbuerator was no where to be found. A review of the parts and maintenance manuals found no pictorial reference to how this linkage should look. We've come up with a plan for a bracket and arm system for attaching the linkage rods to but would certainly appreciate some pictures or drawings of how the linkage system should appear in a F8.
Inserted replacement insulation into all the engine compartment walls. I got this from Mac's and it is fairly thick and is covered on both sides by a moderately heavy reflective aluminum skin.
Bolted on the seat rails. The seats will need to be put in place before the back bottom body panel is installed.
Installed the floor for the last time. Don't know how many times we had that floor in and out but more than I wish to remember!
Placed beaded welting around the inside of the wheel well wall where it meets the floor.
Installed the passenger side of the engine compartment. Used copious amounts of frame webbing!
Fixed the leak in a transmission cooler fitting. The leak was my reward for not using some teflon tape when installing the cooler fittings.
Called the painter and the remainder of the body parts should be ready for pickup this coming Friday or Saturday. More to follow!
Regards,
Jim