I finished bolting the exhaust pipe back to the manifold, which has one hole stripped out. I put in a longer fresh stud with a nut on top. The engine starts and runs! I had to "borrow" a fresh battery and used my Jeep to jump it.
December 2, 2019.
I changed a couple of the hard cracked fuel hoses and plumbed in a temporary "fuel cell". The engine cranks right up and purrs like a kitten, an angry kitten. A coupe lbs of mouse nest and poop came out of the exhaust pipes! There was another nest inside the bell housing.
I was able to make it drive forward and then in reverse under its own power. I almost rammed my jeep! The brakes no worky.
December 3, 2019.
I flushed and bled the front brakes. There was a lot of black goop in the master cylinder. I used half a bottle of fluid before it started coming out somewhat clean. Apparently, I'll be replacing the master cylinder and brake cylinders before it's on the road. I have a set of new hoses inbound as well, since they definitely need to be changed. The front brake shoes look nearly new.
I found that the clutch linkage was missing the half round doo-hickey that fits into the end of the clutch arm. I popped in a suitably sized nut until I can locate the proper piece. The clutch seems to work just fine. The disk looks fairly new. (Update: I found the doo-hickey for the clutch arm in the box of parts 8 Dec).
I spent about an hour in class today drafting up a "to do" list, since the instructor was just reviewing the semester (non-testable information at that). The list is almost three pages long and I'm not done yet.
December 4, 2019.
The new brake hoses came in right on time. I got the rear hose replaced with no problems, then bled out all the nastiness inside the rear portion of the brake system.
Last edited by Rusty Rod; 12/10/20194:10 AM.
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