"Pixel" (Improbcat)
02/06/2019 at 22:51 • Filed to: Project Colony Ship
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"Pixel" (Improbcat)
02/06/2019 at 22:51 • Filed to: Project Colony Ship | 2
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It started with wanting to replace a dry-rotted line to the charcoal canister I noticed while replacing a burned out bulb . Then i realized all the vacuum lines were dry rotted and cracked. Then i had to pull the upper plenum to reach to of the lines (thanks Ford!). While i had it off it made sense to replace the old heater hoses that also run under it. With the hose off i have room to replace the leaking valve cover gasket on that side. So i have to order the gasket set...
And i still haven’t finished the vacuum lines because Ford used some weird lines that are different sizes at each end, so i haven’t figured out how to replicate them.
I also want to completely pull the plenum and strip & polish or repaint it, but that is a whole separate hassle to disconnect and remove everything given the amount of rusty hardware.
shop-teacher
> Pixel
02/06/2019 at 23:16 |
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One thing always leads to another!
Urambo Tauro
> Pixel
02/06/2019 at 23:16 |
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Wait, i s that a *eye twitches* SCOTCHLOK?
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Pixel
> Urambo Tauro
02/06/2019 at 23:35 |
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Yes, from an ignition/hood interlock mess i removed when i bought the car. I have ruined wires trying to get scotchloks off, so i am leaving it. I bought a spare harness connector for if that wire ever fails.
Future Heap Owner
> Pixel
02/07/2019 at 00:05 |
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What’s a “plenum”?
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Pixel
> Future Heap Owner
02/07/2019 at 00:12 |
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the big silver thing in the middle of the picture.
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Future Heap Owner
> Pixel
02/07/2019 at 00:13 |
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Sure, but what’s it do?
“Go Google it” is an acceptable answer
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Urambo Tauro
> Pixel
02/07/2019 at 00:16 |
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Good plan
Tristan
> Pixel
02/07/2019 at 02:26 |
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Since you’re that far, may as well slap on a seat of GT40 heads, an E303 cam and an Explorer GT40 upper and lower intake.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Urambo Tauro
02/07/2019 at 04:22 |
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scotchlok everything!
GMH part number M38504, use to sell hundreds of them
Echo51
> Future Heap Owner
02/07/2019 at 05:19 |
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It’s the air-chamber between the intake-runners(the tubes to the intake ports on the head) and the throttle body, helps smoothen out any air pulsing in the runners and makes sure they all have roughly the same flow/resistance to flow to prevent cylinders from getting different amounts of air.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Future Heap Owner
02/07/2019 at 08:53 |
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It’s just another word for manifold.
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> Pixel
02/07/2019 at 10:29 |
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Down the rabbit hole you go.... did the same thing with my decarboning on my S8. Started with a few intake gaskets, then it turned into plugs, valve cover gaskets, air filters, oil separator, oil change, coolant flush. So $800 later, I got a bunch of stuff done “while I was in there”. Good luck.
MM54
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/09/2019 at 11:15 |
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No it isn’t. A manifold may have a plenum as part of it but a plenum is not a manifold. The manifold distributes air into each cylinder, the plenum is the common volume which that air comes from.