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Mon, 12 March 2012 21:11

Ken Henderson

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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA

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Well, I flunked crank-'er-up today. I'd sort of thought I'd get the
plumbing and wiring finished today in time to start the engine.
Didn't happen. As usual, things took a lot longer than I'd expected,
and I took off on tangents.

For example, It probably took me 1-1/2 hours to reconnect the
transmission cooler lines to the transmission. When I installed the
Cad, I re-routed those lines to the right side. They came out with
the drive train, but were a slight problem, so I didn't remount them
before installing the engine. Big mistake. Just couldn't get them
aligned for a long time.

Then, I decided to try to cure the relatively minor exhaust pipe leaks
at the manifold connections:

Gary Kosier sent me new "bell mouths" to replace my poor locally
produced ones. A couple of days ago I was discussing that plan with
my young car nut plumber. He suggest that I machine the manifolds to
accept the commonly available flanged "donuts", of which I have a bag
full. Since the manifolds are still on the engine with good Remflex
gaskets, I don't want to remove them. But, the right side has an
adapter from the flat manifold to the bell mouth fitting for the
exhaust pipe -- it was originally a heat riser valve. So, what I did
was machine the bell mouth side of that small adapter to accept a
donut. With that done, I think I achieved a good, spring loaded,
connection.

On the left side, I found that the exhaust pipe's bell mouth is
really pretty good -- but the studs on the manifold have integral
nuts, which did not allow the clamp to seat firmly around the bell
mouth -- I missed that when I originally installed the engine. After
replacing those studs with some made from 3/8-16 all-thread, I seem to
have a good connection there.

MAYBE, I'll avoid having to cut & weld Gary's new ends on the
exhaust pipes.

Then, since I'd lost a lot of ATF from the torque converter and the
chain cover while correcting the pump bushing problem, I decided to
remove the pan and try to stop the seeping from its cork gasket.
After draining the ATF down to the temperature sender bung, I removed
the last two bolts. But I didn't have my hand in the right position
when the gasket finally let go -- it toppled off of my hand and dumped
2-3 quarts of ATF on the floor, via my left arm. :-( There went one
more big bag of OilDry. And came another big splotch on my
not-that-old concrete floor. Wherefore art thou, oh long-delayed
floor epoxy?

Tomorrow SHOULD see the top-side wiring and plumbing completed and the
engine started. Y'all keep your fingers crossed for me!

Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI+ & EBL
www.gmcwipersetc.com
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		[GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 12 March 2012 21:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Dennis S on Mon, 12 March 2012 21:51
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jhbridges on Tue, 13 March 2012 07:44
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Kosier on Mon, 12 March 2012 22:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: sgltrac on Mon, 12 March 2012 23:42
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: ljdavick on Mon, 12 March 2012 23:51
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Matt Colie on Tue, 13 March 2012 06:55
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 13 March 2012 07:08
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jhbridges on Tue, 13 March 2012 08:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Larry on Tue, 13 March 2012 09:23
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 13 March 2012 12:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Larry on Tue, 13 March 2012 12:58
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 13 March 2012 18:15
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Larry on Tue, 13 March 2012 18:58
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jhbridges on Tue, 13 March 2012 19:14
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 13 March 2012 19:34
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jimk on Wed, 14 March 2012 01:23
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 14 March 2012 07:28
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 14 March 2012 21:29
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jimk on Thu, 15 March 2012 01:22
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: USAussie on Thu, 15 March 2012 08:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: k2gkk on Thu, 15 March 2012 11:53
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 15 March 2012 21:15
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Steve L. Clevenger on Fri, 16 March 2012 00:15
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jimk on Fri, 16 March 2012 01:30
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: USAussie on Fri, 16 March 2012 10:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: ljdavick on Fri, 16 March 2012 01:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jhbridges on Thu, 15 March 2012 06:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Larry on Fri, 16 March 2012 07:54
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 16 March 2012 08:14
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Burton on Sat, 17 March 2012 18:46
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Bob de Kruyff on Sat, 17 March 2012 19:24
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Burton on Sat, 17 March 2012 19:31
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Matt Colie on Sun, 18 March 2012 08:55
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 18 March 2012 20:31
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Bob de Kruyff on Sun, 18 March 2012 20:51
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Kosier on Sun, 18 March 2012 21:16
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Marsh Wilkes on Sun, 18 March 2012 22:18
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Burton on Sun, 18 March 2012 23:35
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: ljdavick on Mon, 19 March 2012 01:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: USAussie on Mon, 19 March 2012 06:54
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jhbridges on Mon, 19 March 2012 06:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: USAussie on Mon, 19 March 2012 07:05
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: James Hupy on Mon, 19 March 2012 10:01
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Steven Ferguson on Tue, 20 March 2012 07:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 20 March 2012 08:54
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Bob de Kruyff on Tue, 20 March 2012 11:38
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 20 March 2012 12:29
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: GMC Cruse on Sat, 24 March 2012 11:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Dennis S on Sat, 24 March 2012 15:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 24 March 2012 21:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Dennis S on Sat, 24 March 2012 22:45
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Steven Ferguson on Sun, 25 March 2012 07:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 24 March 2012 20:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Matt Colie on Mon, 19 March 2012 08:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Bob de Kruyff on Mon, 19 March 2012 09:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Carl S. on Mon, 19 March 2012 13:08
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Dolph Santorine on Sat, 24 March 2012 18:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 24 March 2012 21:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 24 March 2012 21:17
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: GMC_LES on Mon, 26 March 2012 20:55
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: GMC_LES on Tue, 27 March 2012 07:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 27 March 2012 14:12
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Mr ERFisher on Tue, 27 March 2012 14:14
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 27 March 2012 14:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jhbridges on Tue, 27 March 2012 19:34
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 27 March 2012 21:20
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Steven Ferguson on Wed, 28 March 2012 07:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 29 March 2012 18:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: jhbridges on Wed, 28 March 2012 08:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 29 March 2012 18:12
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 31 March 2012 20:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: GMC_LES on Mon, 02 April 2012 18:28
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 02 April 2012 18:54
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Tue, 03 April 2012 19:36
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Kosier on Sat, 17 March 2012 20:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 18 March 2012 07:44
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		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 18 March 2012 07:42
		Re: [GMCnet] Reviving the Cad 500 By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 16 March 2012 20:39
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