Non-Volvo car chat megathread

Post by **abscate** » 10 Apr 2025, 03:37

Nothing like an old Jag for the lines, everything else ugly in comparison.

Hers my favourite….rocking her leather and her E type well in her 70s….

Post by **abscate** » 10 Apr 2025, 03:45

Nothing like an old Jag for the lines, everything else ugly in comparison.

Hers my favourite….rocking her leather and her E type well in her 70s….

Post by **BlackBart** » 25 Apr 2025, 12:41

Making slow incremental progress. Get in an hour or three after dinner.

I wrecked this ring and tried to flatten it - hah. O-ring is like rock - 60 years old. This is the seal on the bottom shaft of the steering box.

New bronze input shaft/pilot bushing. I boiled it in oil like taught in the old skool lore, it turned dark grey..? Seems fine, still slides on, I installed it.

Bellhousing back on after new seals front and back.

New rubber carb mounts on the intake manifold. The siamesed center one keeps the two carbs in the same plane better than 4 individuals.

A guy makes this adapter for a HF engine stand so you can spin it easily and do the rear main seal, flywheel, and clutch. I'm not rebuilding the engine, just replacing / repairing/ rebuilding all external components - carbs, clutch, rear main seal, front crank seal, water pump, distributor, starter, fuel pump & glass filter housing, senders & sensors, gaskets, rubber. Had NAPA refinish the flywheel. New engine and trans mounts.

A loose transmission input shaft as a clutch alignment tool - more accurate than those plastic things.

Next up - get the intake manifold on. Carbs are with a Weber wizard in Chicago getting rebuilt / re-welded / restored.

Post by **volvolugnut** » 25 Apr 2025, 18:44

What is this overhead cam charmer again?
volvolugnut

Post by **BlackBart** » 25 Apr 2025, 21:39

Alfa Romeo 1600, 1967.

Post by **abscate** » 26 Apr 2025, 06:01

Mrs Robinson in the passenger seat

Post by **Sveedy** » 27 Apr 2025, 10:17

4 Webers ? ! Damn they must be fun to synchronize. I had enough trouble balancing 2 SU's.

Post by **BlackBart** » 27 Apr 2025, 11:02

No only just the two! That’ll be hard enough!

I should have said “four individual mounts.”

Post by **Sveedy** » 27 Apr 2025, 18:16

That's still a lot of intake.

Post by **BlackBart** » 27 Apr 2025, 22:11

Got the intake on, bought some new wave washers instead of lock washers on soft aluminum, and one 8.8 bolt to replace a pretty corroded example. Lots of evidence of coolant seepage at the manifold gasket, which rusted some of the hardware. Hopefully a quality gasket and ultra grey both sides will fix that.

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