dimlight65 Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Ok, so the "silicone" I bought was super runny. I made a colossal mess inside the manifold trying to seal up all the gaps. I think it will work, but we're going to come back on Saturday and fill the voids with expanding foam after all. Quote Link to comment
EDM620 Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 I have doubts the expanding foam will be suitable for the temperatures it will be exposed to, and will decay, crumbling into the lifter galley. Perhaps some JB Weld?? 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, EDM620 said: I have doubts the expanding foam will be suitable for the temperatures it will be exposed to, and will decay, crumbling into the lifter galley. Perhaps some JB Weld?? I can't speak to it's resistance to heat, but if it did decay, it has nowhere to go. It will be sealed inside the chambers of the intake and cannot fall out. The maximum temperature listed for most of the foams is 180-200F. The intake manifold shouldn't see those kinds of temps, especially with fresh air constantly rushing past that surface, but it's good food for thought... Edited November 10, 2022 by datsunfreak 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 5 hours ago, EDM620 said: I have doubts the expanding foam will be suitable for the temperatures it will be exposed to, and will decay, crumbling into the lifter galley. Perhaps some JB Weld?? What John said, plus Utawesome used to fill his manifolds with expanding foam when he did the plates. Ok, sure, he doesn't anymore but... um... rubber tires? Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) So, while I was blowing apart the "Sting-Krate" bicycle replica for paint, John sprayed the manifold full of expanding foam. He was amazed at how many "leaks" I had left behind with my half-assed attempt at sealing it. I, however, was not! Wednesday, after the foam has cured, we'll trim away the excess and re-seal everything. Edited November 12, 2022 by dimlight65 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) So I broke a bunch of expanding foam boogers out of the manifold today... And added more pookie to finish sealing up the volume reduction plates... Of course I was super distracted by another project, but this is coming along slowly. Edited November 17, 2022 by dimlight65 Why Johnny Fever was fired 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 Since I'm building a bicycle, I needed a bike rack for the Dajiban. So... yeah, there's that going on as well. 2 Quote Link to comment
Thomas Perkins Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) Is that a Crown Royal bag on the back bar...We use to get clothes pins and pin playing cards to the spokes to give it a cool sound...I hold the record for the longest willy in Columbus,Ga.Someone almost broke my record not long ago.Thought I was having to get my bike back out and get my record back. I put Meguiare's tire shine on my tire's every now and then. Edited November 20, 2022 by Thomas Perkins 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Thomas Perkins said: I hold the record for the longest willy Well, I drive a Smart Car to compensate for my long willy. And yes, that is a Crown bag on the sissy bar! Good eye. Edited November 20, 2022 by dimlight65 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Bought some purple valve stem caps for the Sting-Krate and the Smart Car 0 aaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnd the Dajiban because in for a penny... Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 1, 2022 Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 I took no pictures of it, but we think we are satisfied with the sealing of the VRPs (volume reduction plates) inside the manifold. Saturday we will finish cleaning it up, seal it up, and slap some paint on it. Then we'll get into the actual swap. As far as pain-in-the-assedness goes... I'm worried, John isn't. Hopefully he's right! 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) I stopped at Lowe's on the way to the shop and bought some little brushes Which I used to clean up the injector bung holes. Left is before, right is after. Then I sealed up the bottom and cleaned up the head mating surfaces And finally, John applied a luscious coating of GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD! Which, of course, will never be seen once it is installed... but I'll know! Edited December 3, 2022 by dimlight65 2 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 I DO appreciate a clean bung hole... The gold looks sweet, btw!! 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 4:35 PM, Duncan said: The gold looks sweet, btw!! I bought a pair of valve cover gaskets just in case John decides we "need" to paint them gold (or maybe purple) while we're in there. 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 7, 2022 Report Share Posted December 7, 2022 If the thunderstorms hold off today, I'm going to tuck in to removing the house of dogs so we can get blowin' and goin' on this manifold swap. I miss driving this thing! Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) The doghouse is out and I got to work on the manifold. Cold air intake off If you know what you are looking at, you can see the valve cover and manifold But with the A/C compressor out of the way, you can really see it! And since it doesn't really get hot here in Texas, I figure seeing the gold manifold is more important than air conditioning... so that's all getting binned! Saturday we remove the actual manifold and will discuss painting the valve covers. Stay tuned. Oh! I forgot to show the scary-assed serpentine belt I'm replacing as well! Edited December 8, 2022 by dimlight65 Scary-assed serpentine belt! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 13 hours ago, dimlight65 said: And since it doesn't really get hot here in Texas, I figure seeing the gold manifold is more important than air conditioning... so that's all getting binned! Because racevan, no a/c. 😮 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Duncan said: Because racevan, no a/c. 😮 Ed Zachary Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) Someone at the shop, apparently, forgot to order a throttle body gasket. Someone else at the shop claims that he told me... I mean the other person, to order it weeks ago. So, I ordered one when I got home from the shop last night. Well... OK, so I ordered two, along with a throttle body spacer, and drove over to Summit after work to pick them up Yes, I am totally willing to admit that throttle body spacers are probably 33% BS, 33% Hokum, and 33% Snake oil, with 1% pooible performance gain. But I think that if any manifold were to benefit from fractionally longer "runners," it would be a MOPAR Kegger with Utawesome VRPs. Also... SHUT UP! Here's the replacement serpentine belt And a vacuum switch so we can kludge together an HVAC control panel to replace the junkyard unit that didn't work. Stay tuned for more on that plan. Edited December 8, 2022 by dimlight65 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 9:03 PM, dimlight65 said: Oh son of a... I KNEW that kit came with a throttle body gasket! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!! Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) We finally got the old manifold out... Yanked its plenum cover to see if it was blown... With that much oil in there, I'd say it was. We installed the lifter valley splash shield... And swapped over the fuel injection, sensors, water pipes, and throttle body... And then got it installed on the donk! You can just see it peeking out behind the upper radiator hose... And, to add a minuscule amount of lightness (but mainly to unblock the view of the manifold) I trimmed the A/C support part off of the alternator/A/C bracket... Wednesday we finish hooking everything up, top off fluids, and fire it up! Edited December 10, 2022 by dimlight65 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 Looking at the pictures, and thinking back to installing the TB spacer, I think I may have installed it upside down. There's this... which I don't remember reading while installing. And this... See the "TransDapt" logo? The one that's upside down? And looking down the throats looks somehow... odd? I don't think there's going to be any significant restriction... but then again, thinking gets me in trouble sometimes. Oh well, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. Well, maybe not much sleep. Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 New Dajiban theme song... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 4:39 PM, dimlight65 said: Wednesday we finish hooking everything up, top off fluids, and wait for the paint to dry on the new valve covers I just bought... FIFY 😄 1 Quote Link to comment
iceman510 Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 You guys need to find one of these: Sorry it's turned. Tried 4 times to fix it, but the board rotated it every time after I loaded it. 1 Quote Link to comment
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