| New Engine on the way [message #339678] |
Thu, 20 December 2018 13:47  |
jhbridges
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I lunched the mill - poorly rebuilt Jasper engine, made it ~~ 30K miles and unloaded a rod bearing. At the rally in Chattanooga, I made a deal with John Richardson for the engine out of the fire, being rebuilt by John Beavers in Americus. I have Chuck's trolley to go out n in from the top, I've no good place to jack the coach that far. Plus I'm fed with taking transmissions out and back - I'll leave the transmission be. The new engine will get the new Mercedes fan, controlled by the Atomic MSD fuel injection controller. As soon as it quits raining disassembly will begin with the interior bunks, seats, and dinette. Which I will likely have reupholstered while they're out. I should be done by the time the rally and Barry Owens shop trip comes up. I ain't missing that one if I have to engage the Motel Sleaze... but I think the coach will be roadworthy by then.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] New Engine on the way [message #339692 is a reply to message #339678] |
Fri, 21 December 2018 06:25  |
Bruce Hart
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Johnny,
Support the final drive with a hydraulic jack. Once the engine is free
from the tranny (locating pins), raise the final drive so as to tilt the
transmission back to clear the flexplate from the bell housing. This helps
when installing engine too.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 12:48 PM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> I lunched the mill - poorly rebuilt Jasper engine, made it ~~ 30K miles
> and unloaded a rod bearing. At the rally in Chattanooga, I made a deal with
> John Richardson for the engine out of the fire, being rebuilt by John
> Beavers in Americus. I have Chuck's trolley to go out n in from the top,
> I've
> no good place to jack the coach that far. Plus I'm fed with taking
> transmissions out and back - I'll leave the transmission be. The new
> engine will
> get the new Mercedes fan, controlled by the Atomic MSD fuel injection
> controller. As soon as it quits raining disassembly will begin with the
> interior
> bunks, seats, and dinette. Which I will likely have reupholstered while
> they're out. I should be done by the time the rally and Barry Owens shop
> trip comes up. I ain't missing that one if I have to engage the Motel
> Sleaze... but I think the coach will be roadworthy by then.
>
> --johnny
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> "I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
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| Re: New Engine on the way [message #339694 is a reply to message #339678] |
Fri, 21 December 2018 10:55 |
jhbridges
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Thanks. Chuck's trolley has a tilting plate which will get used. And, fo that tilt, we'll loosen the rear mounts (but not take the bolts out) which also helps stuff the transmission in with the engine set.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] New Engine on the way [message #339695 is a reply to message #339694] |
Fri, 21 December 2018 11:17 |
James Hupy
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Johnny, just support the transmission/final drive assembly where it lies
after you raise the engine up to clear the front mount studs. Do it
preferably with a mechanical threaded support rather than a hydraulic one.
They tend to leak down or to raise further when the engine load is removed.
Save a bit of busted knuckles trying to line up that new freshly painted
engine.
Jim Hupy (been there, done that, many times)
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 9:03 AM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks. Chuck's trolley has a tilting plate which will get used. And, fo
> that tilt, we'll loosen the rear mounts (but not take the bolts out) which
> also helps stuff the transmission in with the engine set.
>
> --johnny
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> "I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
>
>
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| Re: New Engine on the way [message #339699 is a reply to message #339678] |
Fri, 21 December 2018 15:33 |
jhbridges
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Fortunately my cheeep bottle jack (Freight, Harbor 8 ton) doesn't go either way when the load changed. Although if the flyuid tries to foam when you [pump a jack, it will do both due to the air in the working fluid. The fluid isn't compressible, but air is. Consequently, if your jack sags, the valve is seeping. We call that a French jack, my flooe jack does unles you really crank on the valve. With the radiator out and the compressor moved out of the way, it ought to come and go reasonably easy. I'll have you know I can successfully put the engine and trans unit back in a Bugeye without having to cut anything 
--johnny
n.b. it's "Freight, Harbor" because the other way their web crawlers can bag your address for spamming purposes.
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: New Engine on the way [message #340132 is a reply to message #339678] |
Wed, 16 January 2019 15:46 |
jhbridges
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So after some hiatus for personal stuff, I'm back at it. Stripped the interior yesterday and the carpet today. All the interior want to Tim's Upholstery, he does most of the high line and custom stuff around here. Very light biege textured vinyl to go on the bunks and the dinette and the panels which cover under them. Gonna put snap together flooring in place of the carpet which isn't worth cleaning. Then we'll replace the removed cabinet with the repaired back. Meantimes the trolley goes in, and the lunched mill comes out. Then off to Americus for the new one.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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