R-100 4X4
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Jesse Stewart
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Long ways yet from being done ..
Wanting to pull the 406 sbc motor out so I can get color on the firewall ..
That involves moving alot of stuff around in the shop in order to have room for the cherry picker ...
Wanting to pull the 406 sbc motor out so I can get color on the firewall ..
That involves moving alot of stuff around in the shop in order to have room for the cherry picker ...
Jesse Stewart
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Repaired a rusty spot, wasn't a very large spot but needed to be fixed before it got to be large ..
This is behind the fender so I'm not going to worry about doing a perfect job of it ..
This is behind the fender so I'm not going to worry about doing a perfect job of it ..
Jesse Stewart
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Back to motor work ..
I'm using the starter that's been on the mouse motor for many years .. Been working like day one ..
Since it's in my greasy hands the thought was to freshen it up for round two ..
I'm sure spinning over a 500 ci hi-compression big block will be working it hard ..
So, I took it apart to replace the brushes, bushings and install a new solenoid ..
Armature got cleaned up and all the checks was done on it ..
Didn't really need to do the checks to it, but having a growler in the shop ... What the hey !
Didn't stop there .. Hunted up a cast iron nose that GM made in the late 60's/early 70's that was used on their Hi-Performance motors ..
The shift fork wasn't the same as what the aluminum nose starter used ..
Had a used starter that came from a 58 Impala 283 ci laying around .. Robbed the fork from it, had some ware on it ..
Found a Nos one on eBay ..
Being a 50+ year old starter the case rubber was on it's last legs ...
Part Stores didn't have any, said it was a vintage item ..
Made a road trip to a Generator shop that had them on the shelf ..
Pretty much back to new again ..
Did a bench test .. It works .... Yippee !!
I'm using the starter that's been on the mouse motor for many years .. Been working like day one ..
Since it's in my greasy hands the thought was to freshen it up for round two ..
I'm sure spinning over a 500 ci hi-compression big block will be working it hard ..
So, I took it apart to replace the brushes, bushings and install a new solenoid ..
Armature got cleaned up and all the checks was done on it ..
Didn't really need to do the checks to it, but having a growler in the shop ... What the hey !
Didn't stop there .. Hunted up a cast iron nose that GM made in the late 60's/early 70's that was used on their Hi-Performance motors ..
The shift fork wasn't the same as what the aluminum nose starter used ..
Had a used starter that came from a 58 Impala 283 ci laying around .. Robbed the fork from it, had some ware on it ..
Found a Nos one on eBay ..
Being a 50+ year old starter the case rubber was on it's last legs ...
Part Stores didn't have any, said it was a vintage item ..
Made a road trip to a Generator shop that had them on the shelf ..
Pretty much back to new again ..
Did a bench test .. It works .... Yippee !!
Jesse Stewart
Active member
Could have saved myself a bunch of work by bolting on a mini ...
But I'm a ....
But I'm a ....