PKZIP (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pkzip) wrote,@ 2008-08-30 12:08:00 |
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Back on the road
Lot of work and a lot of pics (which I hope to get around to posting at some point), but D is finally back on the road! The official finish date was Wednesday, August 20th. Here's a quick rundown of work that was done:
VOD (valley of death) repair/preventative maintenance which includes:
1) cleaned out 27 years of dirt, dust and grime from the valley and sealed it with por15.
2) replaced all interior coolant hoses (y-pipe, heater return, water pump lines)
3) replaced heater control valve and lines
4) metal clamp to tighten down heat shield on crossover pipe to fix a rattle
5) new distributor cap and rotor
6) new ignition coil
7) new spark plugs gaped correctly (0.024 vs the existing ones of 0.034")
8) new spark plug lines
9) new o-rings for, intake, y-pipe, cold start valve, oil filler, etc
10) new gaskets for timing covers, air horn, air fuel mixture housing
11) Cleaned and detailed a wide variety of engine components, such as timing covers, warm up regulator, air fuel mixture housing, air intake, throttle spool bracket and linkage and a ton of others.
12) discovered the frequency valve was not functioning therefore rendering the lambda (emission) system useless. Bad connector was cleaned activating the valve. This required adjusting the air-fuel mixture to get proper idle (along with tightening down the air idle speed brass screws cause they are supposed to be tight!)
13) used a dwell meter to correctly set the air fuel mixture. Idle now at 800RPM and the engine purs. Car has more pickup and doesn't seem to have to be nursed up to 60 MPH anymore.
14) replaced all vacuum lines with Hervey's blue silicon lines
With the VOD work done, we turned our attention to some other bits:
15) Replaced Front and rear speakers. Front: Eclipse SE-8235, Rear: Eclipse SE-8405. Very nice sound now. Looking into a better head unit and eventual subwoofer with amp.
16) replaced lights in headlight switch and hazard switch to blue and red LEDs respectively. VERY NICE cosmetic upgrade.
17) Finally installed a dead pedal! Creature comfort requirement! Now I can rest my left foot somewhere while driving.
I'm sure there's a few other things in there that I forgot. There was quite a lot done. Took the car down to a get-together for my friend's daughter's 1st b-day. Performed flawless. Drive up was another matter. Had trouble getting started at one point, but after priming the pump several times it seemed to fix the problem. Probably means I have a slight pressure leak at the accumulator. Will check in on this.
It was the first time I drove the car AS a car and not a contraption for which I had to keep an eye on the gauges. (though I still checked often) Temp held steady below fan activation temperature at highway speeds and AC worked ok. Think I need to add more R134A
Taking a break from working on the D before doing the last of the intended work: installation of Toby TABs and replacement of trailing arm hardware.
Lot of work and a lot of pics (which I hope to get around to posting at some point), but D is finally back on the road! The official finish date was Wednesday, August 20th. Here's a quick rundown of work that was done:
VOD (valley of death) repair/preventative maintenance which includes:
1) cleaned out 27 years of dirt, dust and grime from the valley and sealed it with por15.
2) replaced all interior coolant hoses (y-pipe, heater return, water pump lines)
3) replaced heater control valve and lines
4) metal clamp to tighten down heat shield on crossover pipe to fix a rattle
5) new distributor cap and rotor
6) new ignition coil
7) new spark plugs gaped correctly (0.024 vs the existing ones of 0.034")
8) new spark plug lines
9) new o-rings for, intake, y-pipe, cold start valve, oil filler, etc
10) new gaskets for timing covers, air horn, air fuel mixture housing
11) Cleaned and detailed a wide variety of engine components, such as timing covers, warm up regulator, air fuel mixture housing, air intake, throttle spool bracket and linkage and a ton of others.
12) discovered the frequency valve was not functioning therefore rendering the lambda (emission) system useless. Bad connector was cleaned activating the valve. This required adjusting the air-fuel mixture to get proper idle (along with tightening down the air idle speed brass screws cause they are supposed to be tight!)
13) used a dwell meter to correctly set the air fuel mixture. Idle now at 800RPM and the engine purs. Car has more pickup and doesn't seem to have to be nursed up to 60 MPH anymore.
14) replaced all vacuum lines with Hervey's blue silicon lines
With the VOD work done, we turned our attention to some other bits:
15) Replaced Front and rear speakers. Front: Eclipse SE-8235, Rear: Eclipse SE-8405. Very nice sound now. Looking into a better head unit and eventual subwoofer with amp.
16) replaced lights in headlight switch and hazard switch to blue and red LEDs respectively. VERY NICE cosmetic upgrade.
17) Finally installed a dead pedal! Creature comfort requirement! Now I can rest my left foot somewhere while driving.
I'm sure there's a few other things in there that I forgot. There was quite a lot done. Took the car down to a get-together for my friend's daughter's 1st b-day. Performed flawless. Drive up was another matter. Had trouble getting started at one point, but after priming the pump several times it seemed to fix the problem. Probably means I have a slight pressure leak at the accumulator. Will check in on this.
It was the first time I drove the car AS a car and not a contraption for which I had to keep an eye on the gauges. (though I still checked often) Temp held steady below fan activation temperature at highway speeds and AC worked ok. Think I need to add more R134A
Taking a break from working on the D before doing the last of the intended work: installation of Toby TABs and replacement of trailing arm hardware.
