Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by Cli55er On 2011/9/18 21:46:28
well i got alot of work done this weekend, finally!
i got the pistons all in, got the chain mounted (see the slack, is that acceptable?), and i mounted the oil pump (don't burn on me for using the stock pump please, i do plan on getting the adapter from Jack soon), and i tried to rebuild my water pump, but hit a snag...oops!
i cleaned up the vaccum hard line with carb cleaner (worked great on the inside) and then polished it up nice and clean. looks like a brand new line if i do say so myself.
i got new bolts for the oil pump too as they were cheap and i saw some strees cracks on one of the old lock washers. i put alittle grease on the seal and mounted it up.
nobody had any copper 5/16 washers for the water pump bolts though, anyone found those locally....fyi i haven't tried the auto stores yet.
before i decided to crush the shaft seal for the water pump i used loctite 518 on it. i had to use that stuff on my boat jet pumps when i rebuilt them and this product is great for sealing against water. i don't know if it was a good idea to use it or not, but i liked the idea anyways, wasn't going to hurt.
i gave the seal that one last push, just had to do it, and bam it mushroomed out on me. i was pretty happy about it, but live and learn. the picture of it mushroomed out is after i tried to salvage it.....no chance there.
i cleaned up the chain cover best i could and pushed in the new front crank seal. i used the neoprene one on the front. i used the rope on the rear as i didn't like the way the neoprene replacement had to be rigged in to work.
i got some more parts i need to sand blast and others that need to go to the blasters as they have a bigger cabinet then me and the parts will fit.
thanks for reading and looking.
enjoy the pics.
Hank
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i got the pistons all in, got the chain mounted (see the slack, is that acceptable?), and i mounted the oil pump (don't burn on me for using the stock pump please, i do plan on getting the adapter from Jack soon), and i tried to rebuild my water pump, but hit a snag...oops!
i cleaned up the vaccum hard line with carb cleaner (worked great on the inside) and then polished it up nice and clean. looks like a brand new line if i do say so myself.
i got new bolts for the oil pump too as they were cheap and i saw some strees cracks on one of the old lock washers. i put alittle grease on the seal and mounted it up.
nobody had any copper 5/16 washers for the water pump bolts though, anyone found those locally....fyi i haven't tried the auto stores yet.
before i decided to crush the shaft seal for the water pump i used loctite 518 on it. i had to use that stuff on my boat jet pumps when i rebuilt them and this product is great for sealing against water. i don't know if it was a good idea to use it or not, but i liked the idea anyways, wasn't going to hurt.
i gave the seal that one last push, just had to do it, and bam it mushroomed out on me. i was pretty happy about it, but live and learn. the picture of it mushroomed out is after i tried to salvage it.....no chance there.
i cleaned up the chain cover best i could and pushed in the new front crank seal. i used the neoprene one on the front. i used the rope on the rear as i didn't like the way the neoprene replacement had to be rigged in to work.
i got some more parts i need to sand blast and others that need to go to the blasters as they have a bigger cabinet then me and the parts will fit.
thanks for reading and looking.
enjoy the pics.
Hank
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