So last week I saw someone post a set of 1968 and later pop-out rear windows and I snagged them up. They arrived today and survived the journey from Utah unscathed, the seller doing a great job wrapping them up in lots of bubble wrap. They are mostly complete, and they’ll need some work…
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AS41 Engine – Days 27 – Finally some success!!!
So we’ve had several weeks of 90°F and higher days that were so humid you wouldn’t want to spend much time out in it. Especially out in a garage. I tried off and on to work on the engine and diagnose the starting issues but finally gave up as sweat would pour down my face….
AS41 Engine – Days 25 to 26 – Still no starting
So there have been multiple days of failure in terms of getting the engine to finally start. Day 25 So Day 25 saw me attempting to get the engine to start for the first time. I have gone over everything and the first few attempts weren’t showing any substantial oil pressure on the temporary oil…
AS41 Engine – Day 24 – Final configuration
Today was all about the final installs and adjustments prior to attempting to start it tomorrow. The Coil So as to not have to deal with any custom wire lengths I just ended up installing the coil approximately where it would be on a stock engine. Not a huge fan for these smaller shrouds but…
AS41 Engine – Days 21 to 23
Day 21 – Change of Muffler / Stand Placement So while the EMPI extractor muffler was ok for the loose fitment, when it came down to actually getting it installed with the J-Pipes fully tightened it just wasn’t going to happen without some bending and I really wasn’t in the mood for figuring out how…
AS41 Engine – Day 20 – More Miscellaneous Stuff
Got a lot of miscellaneous stuff done today. Rocker Arms I did a valve adjustment on the rocker arms again now the the last caps are out. I did go in and replace the shims I removed since that seemed to at least give me some space to place with and the screws weren’t as…
AS41 Engine – Day 19 – Miscellaneous Stuff
I got a little bit done today but I was not feeling it. (Frankly, I’m not feeling much of anything these days.) I put a couple of coats of paint and a satin top coat on the lower shields. This should at least prevent them from corroding prematurely. One thing that has pissed me off…
AS41 Engine – Day 18 – Shields
I ended up purchasing a set of “shields” from Gene Berg Enterprises that go onto the heat exchanger tins and protect that area in the same way the heat exchangers would. Honestly, it is just a piece of sheet metal with 2 major bends and a minor one with 2 holes drilled into it for…
AS41 Engine – Day 17 – Elephant Feet, J-Tubes, and Oil lines
Both my 1/2 oil hose and my rocker arm elephant feet arrived today. It was easiest to just order an oil/transmission hose from Amazon. Rocker Arm Adjusting Screws I had seen the various different designs in rocker arm adjusting screws and I figured I would get a set to try them out. Apparently they…
AS41 Engine – Day 16 – Carbs on! Carb linkage installed.
Turning my attention to the carbs, all I can say is that if you don’t use the EMPI standard hex linkage installing the actual carbs is basically 4 washers and nuts on studs. The linkage that comes on the EMPI dual carbs is just an ugly mess and I never had any interest in going…