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So much to do... so little time....
Today was a long day under the hood...
I managed to get the AC bracket fixed and hooked up, installed the intake on the 2v, and primed the oil system... it was a delight to see the oil burp up out of the rockers.... (the drill with a 1/4 socket and extension worked great...)
Here are my problems.... (for today)
1. The 250 2v does not have the same temp sending unit as the 69 log head I had... this one I have is a large diameter unit... the 2v has a very small hole in the rear of the head... not at all the same? What can I do here? do I need an adapter or extension for the sending unit? do I need a different temp unit?
2. I had this engine assembled "Long Block" at the shop and it came with the balancer mounted... but there is no bolt in the center.. my old balancer had a bolt and washer in the center? should there be one here? is this thing only pressed on? I will not fire it up until I get one if I should have one? All of the pics in the manual have a bolt into the center?
3. I tried to rotate the engine, then found the missing bolt and since I could not roll it over by hand I am going to wait till I get a bolt on there, or figure something out... but my timing mark is about 16 degrees past TDC.... I was trying to install the distributor but could not get it seated anywhere but between the number 3 and number 2 points on the rotor.... I am going to wait till I get the balancer worked out and then I can rotate things around to TDC I am hoping things just are not lining up and that is why I can only get this in on the back half of the firing order? would this seem weird? shouldn't I be able to set it in anywhere? because it will not seat on the front half of the firing order at all.... between 4 and 6 on the cap it will not slide in... rotate it around 180 and slides right in?
Other than these three simple questions things are going well... I am still on track to be on the road next weekend... hopefully I can work out the balancer bolt... I do not have one... will have to try to find one.
So much to do... so little time....
Today was a long day under the hood...
I managed to get the AC bracket fixed and hooked up, installed the intake on the 2v, and primed the oil system... it was a delight to see the oil burp up out of the rockers.... (the drill with a 1/4 socket and extension worked great...)
Here are my problems.... (for today)
1. The 250 2v does not have the same temp sending unit as the 69 log head I had... this one I have is a large diameter unit... the 2v has a very small hole in the rear of the head... not at all the same? What can I do here? do I need an adapter or extension for the sending unit? do I need a different temp unit?
2. I had this engine assembled "Long Block" at the shop and it came with the balancer mounted... but there is no bolt in the center.. my old balancer had a bolt and washer in the center? should there be one here? is this thing only pressed on? I will not fire it up until I get one if I should have one? All of the pics in the manual have a bolt into the center?
3. I tried to rotate the engine, then found the missing bolt and since I could not roll it over by hand I am going to wait till I get a bolt on there, or figure something out... but my timing mark is about 16 degrees past TDC.... I was trying to install the distributor but could not get it seated anywhere but between the number 3 and number 2 points on the rotor.... I am going to wait till I get the balancer worked out and then I can rotate things around to TDC I am hoping things just are not lining up and that is why I can only get this in on the back half of the firing order? would this seem weird? shouldn't I be able to set it in anywhere? because it will not seat on the front half of the firing order at all.... between 4 and 6 on the cap it will not slide in... rotate it around 180 and slides right in?
Other than these three simple questions things are going well... I am still on track to be on the road next weekend... hopefully I can work out the balancer bolt... I do not have one... will have to try to find one.