"MM54" (mm54mk2)
10/08/2017 at 21:56 • Filed to: '71Chevelle
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"MM54" (mm54mk2)
10/08/2017 at 21:56 • Filed to: '71Chevelle | 9
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I got home this afternoon from being out of town and went down to Summit to pick up the last ball flange I would need. Naturally the parts I had bought less than a week ago were now out of stock, but they had a slightly more expensive version which is a bit more compact (has a band clamp sort of deal instead of flanges and bolts).
You can see in the picture above it’s all together, and after taking that I clamped it all (the hope would be weld it next year after I finally get around to buying myself a welder, I hate those u-bolt clamps) and tightened down all the couplings. Hopefully it doesn’t leak too much.
All that’s left (that I can think of off-hand) is putting the gear oil in the transmission (when did Brad Penn ‘Classic’ GL4 get so hard to find?), check the clutch linkage adjustment once more, and secure the speedometer cable out of the way (which isn’t long enough). Then it should be ready to come down off the blocks it has been sitting on since spring.
Naturally it’s supposed to rain all week, but they like to change the forecast so we’ll have to see when the test drive can take place. If I get bored I may redo the shift boot correctly, but I really don’t feel like pulling the carpet back up.
crowmolly
> MM54
10/08/2017 at 22:08 |
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Driven racing conventional GL4 80W90 is good for your Muncie.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> MM54
10/08/2017 at 22:16 |
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Good luck man, nothing better than gettting your project back on the road.
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MM54
> crowmolly
10/08/2017 at 22:54 |
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I’ll definitely keep that in mind. I feel like I got the last two quarts of the Brad Penn classic GL4 anyone has, and nobody seemed to know if they would be getting more or not. At some point I’m going to need more oil!
Birddog
> MM54
10/08/2017 at 22:59 |
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Waiting for video/audio.
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MM54
> Birddog
10/08/2017 at 23:06 |
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Not a whole lot has changed since this video; new headers and some more joints in the exhaust. Hoping it’ll sound pretty similar - I’d like to get a driving clip this fall. Things sound much better under load.
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Birddog
> MM54
10/08/2017 at 23:10 |
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Sounds good there. Are you running an Edelbrock carb?
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crowmolly
> MM54
10/09/2017 at 08:26 |
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Do you have the typical Muncie countershaft leak? Might want to keep a bottle around in case.
CB
> MM54
10/09/2017 at 13:14 |
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Man, all that work sounds exhausting.
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MM54
> CB
10/09/2017 at 17:59 |
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It was exhausting for sure! (already made that joke in my last post :) )
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MM54
> crowmolly
10/09/2017 at 18:01 |
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I don’t know (haven’t run the trans since I got it off ebay [first time “local pickup” was actually local!] almost a year ago) but probably. Realistically I’ve got a couple weeks, maybe a month at best of driving left this year, so by spring I’ll know to pick up another bottle.
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MM54
> Birddog
10/09/2017 at 18:02 |
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That video is on the stock (but rebuilt by me a few years prior) 2-barrel Rochester. I’ve got a Holley 4160 on it now.
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Birddog
> MM54
10/15/2017 at 03:24 |
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“I’ve got a Holley 4160 on it now”
Thank you for going Holley! I was totally expecting some version of the Edelbrock/Carter garbage.