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ericjon262

NOV 12, 09:01 PM

I would be very careful with a heat gun on/around the seals. it wouldn't take much to overheat the seals an deform them if you're not. I would think a small camping heater, that heats the whole area, with less focus might be a smarter plan, something like I have linked below:

https://www.amazon.com/Fora...eating/dp/B082C7HLKP

I though your new place had a garage? I guess it's time to get started on one... lol!

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longjonsilver

NOV 13, 08:40 AM

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Originally posted by pmbrunelle:
Do you have rubber or polyurethane engine/trans mounts? If you have rubber, that may aggravate the chatter.

If I wrap up things quickly, I'll find out soon enough for myself how the chatter is like.

I know what you mean about leaving out things to finish the build quicker. For instance, I ran the axles I had, knowing that their seal journals weren't smooth, and likely to leak oil. That's what happened, and that's what I ended up fixing a year after the big rebuild project.

What transmission do you have now? The benefit of driving with something else is that it gives you a baseline; from there you can ask yourself what you like changed in the transmission to suit your tastes better. Or maybe you like it how it is now?

Rubber trans and motor mounts - Dodge motor mounts - one on each side of the engine, plus a modified GPrix dogbone.

i left out replacing the front main seal and now it appears to be leaking oil, however i replaced the inner and outer boots on the axles.

i am using my MY8 transmission, and the only thing is that Reverse is a higher gear than 1st. Same on my S10. Why would they do that? Its sooooo annoying. Nice on the highway with the high 4th gear.

But i got some questions for you. There is a slight droning that seems to be coming out of the wheels and it gets louder on the highway. Could it be the gears in the tripot? Or the transmission? It didn't seem to be there with my old motor and tranny (M19)

N when i shift on the driveway (never on the road???) there is a clunk - it used to be there with my old motor and tranny, and its still there. Any ideas?

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pmbrunelle

NOV 13, 08:46 PM

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Originally posted by ericjon262:
I though your new place had a garage? I guess it's time to get started on one... lol!

No garage. The lack of garage is a downside of this place, however, I liked the location and the general characteristics of the house itself.

In addition to the house and its lot, I also purchased the neighboring vacant lot:

The satellite image shows an above-ground swimming pool, but the image is out of date. Now the vacant lot is just grass.

My plan is to build a large enough garage on the vacant lot. Since I don't know much about house construction, I figured that building a garage (the way I want it) would be a good learning experience.

While I do like the house, it is somewhat of a dump, and requires repair/renovation. I need to make more progress on the house before I add the garage construction project to my plate.

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Originally posted by longjonsilver:
But i got some questions for you. There is a slight droning that seems to be coming out of the wheels and it gets louder on the highway. Could it be the gears in the tripot? Or the transmission? It didn't seem to be there with my old motor and tranny (M19)

N when i shift on the driveway (never on the road???) there is a clunk - it used to be there with my old motor and tranny, and its still there. Any ideas?

Did you also change the tires? Tire noise maybe?

Does the clunk happen when you shift the gear lever? Or when you release the clutch pedal to get going? If it's when you release the clutch pedal, it could be looseness in the rear tie-rod ends, or ball joints.

zkhennings

NOV 15, 04:53 PM

I have been reading this build for a while now and just finished it. Very nice work overall. These Eastwood paints have an inner compartment that you break open from the bottom to get a two part mixture to occur. You have to use the whole can in a couple hours once you do, but the paint quality is amazing and it is extremely durable. You can also buy it in non aerosol cans and shoot it out of an HVLP gun or brush it on. It was recommended to me by the machine shop I brought my engine to. My brother used some similar 2K chassis paint made by Eastwood on his Legacy GT rocker panels when he replaced them fully, and the paint has held up through quite a few NE winters. I recommend the ceramic engine paint (/caliper paint) because of the engine bay temps. My brother painted his Miata rear calipers with the same paint I painted my motor with.

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pmbrunelle

NOV 16, 12:20 AM

It's interesting that Eastwood specifies a special shipping to Canada:

If I can buy something from them without getting raped on brokerage, I may add them to my list of goto vendors.

zkhennings

NOV 16, 08:32 AM

I am a big fan of their products, my brother has their flaring tool and it is amazing.

pmbrunelle

NOV 16, 08:31 PM

Here is the completed center cap + sticker assembly:

It's the same for all four corners.

pmbrunelle

NOV 21, 03:59 PM

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Originally posted by longjonsilver:
i used the Spec stage 3+ clutch in my 3800SC application into my MY8 4 speed and i still have some chattering going on in first and reverse. i am on my third full tank of gas - odometer doesn't work - so i don't know the mileage, but hope that this annoying chattering stops.

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Originally posted by pmbrunelle:
If I wrap up things quickly, I'll find out soon enough for myself how the chatter is like.

I buttoned up my car last night, and I did about 8 km of driving in town.

The Spec 3+ pedal effort is like normal, and I can leave from a stop at 1000 RPM like usual, without chatter.

The friction zone is a bit narrow, but I think I'll get used to it. Seems like it will be a livable clutch.

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Unfortunately, when I was 4 km away from home, the water pump gasket decided to leak a boatload of coolant (nice cloud of steam visible in the mirror). I shut off the engine (which had reached 115 °C, according to ECU sensor), and walked back home to get some more coolant.

I was able to limp the car home once I refilled it with coolant. I also removed the thermostat for the 4 km trip home. The indicated coolant temperature (instrument cluster gauge) was cold on the way home.

Now the car is parked outside for the winter under a tarp, on an asphalt surface. I'll look into the coolant leak in the spring.

longjonsilver

NOV 21, 05:44 PM

Well, its good to hear that your clutch is working so good. Mine was better last week on my drive around town. Funny you saw steam coming out. i did too. My thermostat housing cap popped off twice. The first time i thot my car was on fire. A cap from a friend and another gallon of aunty freeze seems to have solved the problem.

jon

pmbrunelle

JAN 16, 10:03 PM

I had the opportunity to use the CNC router table at my dad's work, so I used it to slot the outboard faces of my LeBaron brake rotors.

To locate the rotor on the router table, I made a sacrificial one-time use jig, made from stacked/glued MDF sheets. The jig was cut-in-place. I used a 1/8" ball-nose mill to cut the actual slots.

The job was pretty time-consuming; I was only able to slot the outboard faces.

On another weekend, I'll make another one-time use jig (that supports the rotor inboard face-up), and slot the inboard faces.

When both sides are done, I'll check the balance with my wheel balancer.

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I actually did buy pre-slotted Centric/Stoptech rotors, but I didn't like how they were done, so that pushed me towards DIY.

For now I'm keeping the pre-slotted Centric/Stoptech rotors as spares.