"Bandit" (2bandit)
10/13/2013 at 17:53 • Filed to: emma
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
10/13/2013 at 17:53 • Filed to: emma | 19
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Installing long tube headers is a pain in the butt. My gorilla welds have held and I did indeed weld them in the correct place (I think). The only thing that concerns me is that my transmission is not 100% parallel to the tunnel, it is off by just a small bit and it is making installing my cross member a pain. I also got the steering pump pulley alignment issue worked out. The oil dipstick tube pretty much cracked into two pieces and I didn't want to swap tubes (requires pulling the oil pan), so I figured out a way to patch it involving some sheet metal, rtv, and a hose clamp. Now I get to slave over a German test.
desertdog5051
> Bandit
10/13/2013 at 18:00 |
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Oops.
YSI-what can brown do for you
> Bandit
10/13/2013 at 18:01 |
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Yeeeaahhhh BOOOIII!!!
DavidHH
> Bandit
10/13/2013 at 18:01 |
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My E-150 has the entire drive train shifted to the passenger side. So I would not worry about a small angle of difference.
As for the cross member, have you ovaled the bolt holes with a dremel tool? ( You can create a bit of adjustment, work everything out and then mig a washer in place to make your adjustment permanent.)
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Bandit
> DavidHH
10/13/2013 at 18:07 |
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Well, I have to drill new holes since I am installing a much newer (and longer) transmission. I am dealing with a member like the one in the pic. One side is closer to the middle of the frame and the other side is closer to the inside edge.
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DavidHH
> Bandit
10/13/2013 at 18:28 |
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Then you may need a different cross member, or to make or modify it. I put a toyota 2tc in a 73 vw westy and had to make my own engine support beam. Due to nature of longitudinal drive-trains it doesn't need to be that strong, it just need to support the trans and resist twisting.
Good job at cleaning up the sub-frame!
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Bandit
> DavidHH
10/13/2013 at 18:29 |
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Sadly, that's not my frame. I am quite jealous of it though
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DavidHH
> Bandit
10/13/2013 at 18:38 |
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The one in your first picture does not look too bad. POR-15?
(pulling the sub frame may make this job quicker, if the bolts are not dead)
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Bandit
> DavidHH
10/13/2013 at 18:40 |
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Yep. Power washed, degreased, then painted with POR-15.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> Bandit
10/13/2013 at 19:16 |
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Doesn't any one make a shorter bell housing? Had the same issue with my dad's 109 Series II until we found a dumpy bell housing.
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Bandit
10/13/2013 at 19:26 |
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DavidHH
> Bandit
10/14/2013 at 13:10 |
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I've used the grey POR-15 after using marine clean and metal etcher to coat the entire floor on my E-150. After 4 years it still looks good despite the UV warning. Also a friend coated an entire alfa with black POR-15, before painting it, but that is very tricky, since the primer has to be applied at exactly the right time.