TerryH wrote:
Another night of disassembly nets more questions than answers. Could use some suggestions on these items.
1. Intake boot is not cracked. Seems sound overall but it obviously hard. Not sure if I should reuse or bite the bullet and get the one on Ebay? Are there other options? See the photo. The reed cage and the reeds seem ok. Everything was nasty. The air box was disconnected from the boot. No telling how long it's been that way.
2. The vacuum line from the case to the fuel pump is much too hard to reuse. Does it need to be the same type of hose with the braid on it or can I just use normal vacuum hose? If I need the braided hose, where do I source it?
3. Exhaust gasket 18352-961-010 does not appear to be available any where. Is there a source or do I just use high temp sealer and call it good?
4. Some of the slippers on the driven pulley are gone. I see the sets of slippers at oddatv.com. I read the disassembly procedure in the manual. No clue on the special tools. Also no clue if I'm actually capable of getting it apart and back together again. Is there a video or some more instruction somewhere? Is there a plan B to this?
5. One of the weight arms was stuck on the roller in the drive pulley. I was able to free it and the pulley opened up all the way. That entire unit is totally dry. Is there a lubrication procedure? I see nothing in the manual about it.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
See no cracks of any kind but obviously it's pretty hard.
On the bright side, my buddy was over tonight. We had a good time working and talking. He got the car rebuilt. The tank is nice and clean on the inside. I have a bunch of stuff ordered. Wheel bearings and seals, J arm bushings, bearings and seals for the rear axles, master cyl. rebuild kit, new fuel pump. Other assorted odds and ends. I got the new fuel lines, vacuum lines and carb vent lines. New Dayco belt was on the big brown truck today. Like an idiot I did not get the compression checked before we started disassembly but I'm pretty confident that it's at least acceptable. Still need to gather the pieces for the leak down test.
So far I only kind of sort of wish I had never seen the thing.
1) If no cracks you can still use it but if you got money I would try to see if oddatv still has any danifolds left.
2) You don't need hose that is braided on the outside like the original. You DO want to make sure that any hose that you use is braided. Don't use that vacuum hose with not braiding in it.
3) Exhaust gasket: You can try using this Mr.Gasket stuff:
https://www.holley.com/products/gaskets ... parts/5961You should be able to get it at Autozone or some other auto parts place.
4) The hardest part will be getting the driven off of the transmission shaft. Most are seized on after all these years and apparently it's a job to get it off. I don't fully remember how I did my spare driven clutch but you don't need special tools. You do need a way of holding the spider down so that when you remove the snap ring, the spider don't jump up and smash your teeth out. Once the snap ring is off you should be able to hold it down and remove the clamps. You also need to have the bottom shiv clamped to the table so it don't try to spin as you are doing this job. I took mine apart to try to clock it but if I remember right there is only one hole for the spring on the oddy.
5) Looking at the picture of that driver, it needs to be taken apart and checked. You can see by the belt rub marks that the clutch was not fully shifting. The roller looks rusted as well so now it might have a flat spot on it. As for lubing, what you do is use comet lube or dry graphite to lube the sleeve where the two shivs slide together.
6) Compression test: You can still do a compression test. Just screw it in the plug hole and yank the pull start or better yet hook up the battery. REMOVE ALL THE RAGS. You don't need the pipe or carb on it but you DO NEED THE REEDS installed. Make sure the vacuum hose or the port is blocked as well or you won't get a good reading.
7) In my opinion, you have gone this far so yank the
Engine and strip it. Start over. Check everything.
Hope this helps.