1968 plymouth fury III PX23G8D243539 project

[saylor]

stardate 2019.07.07.1838 -

swapped out the 383 and put in the 440 from the humphreys car from b. brown in OR

update to prev. poster - the black goop did REALLY well it has held up excellently and also has a good look to it.

try not to die -

- saylor

 

[saylor]

the work area:

my son and son in law helped. none of my friends did. i have good sons.

 

[saylor]

i forgot to take pics of the new motor in we wanted to put the hood on and get wrapped up and get inside it was freaking hot today. we stuck the motor mounts and transmission crossmember but the hood is just sort of on there not good yet. and i have to hook up every.thing.

 

[Wollfen]

Someones making progress!

 

[saylor]

there you have it sports fans

 

[saylor]

heres how low it sits with no spring in

the torsion bar

 

[saylor]

so i barely got 5 minutes in, didnt even have tools out yet ,routed the transmission cooler lines and started hand tightening them...

broke off on the transmission side, from hand tightening the line attached to it. gonna have to reach out to plano transmission tomorrow... grumble grumble

 

[saylor]

so, right. a bunch of fuckfuckfuckfuckfucking fuckfuckfuckfuck fuckfuckfuckfuckinghell shitdamnfuck fucks later, i moved onto the 10,000 other things to reattach. putting some spring back in the torsion bars and i see this...

w.t.f ******* fuckfuckinghellfuck shite is this

 

[70NEWYORKER]

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w.t.f ******* fuckfuckinghellfuck shite is this

You're witnessing the transformation of rubber into coal...

 

[67Monaco]

so i barely got 5 minutes in, didnt even have tools out yet ,routed the transmission cooler lines and started hand tightening them...
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broke off on the transmission side, from hand tightening the line attached to it. gonna have to reach out to plano transmission tomorrow... grumble grumble

Tight's tight. Too tight's broke. Words to live by.

 

[saylor]

so i stopped by the transmission guy on the way home and showed him the broken fitting. just like the engine rebuilder did me with exhaust bolts, he says they dont take those fittings out when they r&r a transmission, and the fitting whats there is what was there when i brung it to him.. he carriers me over to the steam booth and opens it up - he had a 727 cooking right then and it still had whatever fittings still in there. sigh.

ill start soaking it with pb blaster and then try to easy out it this weekend i guess.

 

[saylor]

so it didnt come out yet. i read that brass and aluminum bind really well together. awesome.

on the 727 cooler lines, is either line under pressure? or is it just circulating from fluid temp? converter pressure? or what?

and if i am only in P am i generating any/much heat at the transmission, or could i sit there awhile with no cooler lines hooked up but the case full of TF and lines blocked off?

 

[saylor]

anyone ever ran the transmission with no lines hooked up? how long do i have before it desplodes?

trying not to die -

- saylor

 

[70NEWYORKER]

anyone ever ran the transmission with no lines hooked up? how long do i have before it desplodes?

trying not to die -

- saylor

Yup. Hook the two lines together.
Great for moving car around in shop while waiting for cooler parts. Would strongly advise AGAINST going out on the road or prolonged idle times.

 

[Wollfen]

Yup. Hook the two lines together.
Great for moving car around in shop while waiting for cooler parts. Would strongly advise AGAINST going out on the road or prolonged idle times.

He asked if he could run it with NO lines. He broke off the coupling on the rear of the transmission. I'm thinking he simply wants to plug it.
Which of course means the pump that pumps the fluid through the lines at high pressure would back up, I'm now curious to know how long that could go for?

 

[70NEWYORKER]

The cooler lines also flow the lube oil for the trans. Oil returned from the cooler is used to lubricate the trans.

 

[saylor]

TIL: the difference between 383 driveshaft and 440 driveshaft. 2 1/8 and 2 5/8 and beefier all the way around.

 

[saylor]

took out the old radiator and shroud and put the cold-case in. was gonna go in the other car but hell here we are

 

[saylor]

had to adapt it. old radiator was slammed in pretty caliwhumpus, this is really slammed in there too. i pushed it as far as it would go to driver side, it hits the battery tray.

 

[saylor]

how far i had to move it. the rad was about 28 1/2" across. the airway square in the front steel is 22" across. the stock mount holes are at 24 1/2" apart.