Giantpune's 73 mach 1 project thread

[tony-muscle]

I got my filter and gasket in. With the pan back on it, I took a stab at the linkage. The driver's side of my exhaust is in the way of lokar's bracket. I cut it and welded it back together in a way that cleared my exhaust cause I wasn't in the mood to redo that yet. I attached the shifter to the other end and all the detents on the shifter seem like they make the selector lever on the other end land in the right spot.

I rigged up a funnel and a tube like I was in the frat house and got some fluid in it. And I pulled out the wiring diagram and sorted out what wires are for the brake lights and NSS starter circuit. The shifter comes with switches for both of those. Reading up on the docs for the holley computer, it also has pass through circuits for those. I presume using the switch on the side of the transmission. I'm thinking I'd rather use the switch on the transmission itself instead of the shifter.

Next up, I think I'm gonna get the shifter bolted down, Then try to get it fired up to see it idles fine without leaking.

Nice. I assume you are planning on shielding the cable where it goes so close to the exhaust. You can use something like the DEI split wire loom.

 

[giantpune]

Nice. I assume you are planning on shielding the cable where it goes so close to the exhaust. You can use something like the DEI split wire loom.

I've got a bunch of this stuff. Figured I'd run the thing and see if heat is an issue. The old shifter cable spent lots of miles even closer to the exhaust than this one and is still fine. The only place its hurt is the outer rubber where it came in direct contact with the exhaust. It melted, but the inside of the cable is still good.

 

[tony-muscle]

I am a fanatic of shielding cables, tubes and wires next to exhaust or hot spots so I always do as an added measure. Materials today are not as good as the old days!

 

[giantpune]

I made some more progress. The shifter is now attached to the floor and to the transmission.
I fired it up to listen for noises and check for leaks. The new transmission seems like its fine so far. Unfortunately, I saw water spraying out of the lower radiator hose. I reckon I tweaked the hose a bit too much when I was replacing the motor mounts. So that turned into a whole thing.

I was already planning to retire these old macguyvered accessory pulleys and brackets after the debacle with the balancer falling off. In the process of putting that back on, I saw that the crank pulley and my balancer are not actually compatible. So new set of pulleys and brackets ordered. In the process if pulling that stuff off, I broke a bolt off in the water pump. I took that as a sign to replace that, too.

I have everything pulled off the front of the motor and cleaned up. While I was at it, I took the opportunity to put on a new timing pointer. I verified TDC with a camera down the spark plug hole, then painted a line on the balancer.