Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall! Options

[Andyrew]

Looking good Andrew. Is that an orange band badge on the hood?

No, its actually a newer style badge. IIRC, I actually have a new orange band badge in a box somewhere. I ordered it a while ago and they sent me the wrong one, told them and they gave me the new one free. IIRC (This was like my first purchase... 7 years ago?)

[Justinp71]

Lookin Good!

[Andyrew]

Thanks!

Progress from lunch today.

All radiator lines attached to the pump were removed. Pump was loosened and the belt was removed.

I have determined that I need to remove the entire bracket and pump to be able to remove the pump. This is next on the list of things to do.

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[Andyrew]

Progress from today!

Finished removing the water pump. Looks like the old one was still pretty good! Oh well, I prefer this other design anyways.

Hopefully i can remember how the housing sits, I cant remember right now... The lines should help me figure it out though.
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[matthepcat]

Right on. Just get her driving again, and you will be motivated.

Love your rear fenders and wheel combo.

You should consider swapping to VW bus axles. Should stop your constant replacement. They seem to be holding up well on my 350 conversion.

[Mike Bellis]

It looks like nothings wrong with that pump. Most Mopar pump use thinner stamped steel blades. What's the plan with the pump?

[Andyrew]

Replace it anyways. Its the pump that came with my kit and i was unsure of its condition. Ill just replace it with the cast unit and keep the old unit as a spare.

Matt, funny, i had some bus axles but couldnt find anyone who had the adapters for sale. Thanks for te compliment on the wheels!

[Andyrew]

Progress so far today. Been working since 9am, unfortunately things would have gone a lot easier if the water pump wasnt giving me problems the whole time... I shall explain..

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First off I took off every piece so that I could clean everything for reinstall, This piece above was pitted really bad so I took some sand paper on the flat work bench and sanded it down, but as you can see this is about 1/2 way through.

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Here is where I said F~ it, its good enough.

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Then I started on the housing, and got it so it flowed a little better..

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I then went and said OK and put sealant and gaskets and buttoned everything up. However I never checked to see if it spun... This would cause me 2 hours searching for another gasket later... Then when I put the pully on I noticed it didnt spin. Shit. Took it apart and noticed that there was a step in the housing and it caused for the impeller to touch the
housing.. So about an hour or more of grinding on the housing and a little of the impeller it finally fit.

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I decided to put a couple of lips on the pipes to prevent slipage. I also took the dremel and ruffed it up as well(not in photo).

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Threw on some silicone on the treads as the bolts go directly into the housing.

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This had silicone on them that had hardened completely (probably 15 years old or more) and needed the impact gun to break loose. Replaced thermostat (ECU thermostat).



So after finding a gasket (2 hours... no one likes MOPARs) I set to get everything back together. Took a couple of tries to get the water pump braket oriented correctly but finally I got it in and installed.

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Completed unit


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Installed

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Oil changed (Left out drain plug... lost about 3 quarts... yay)


What to do next? I have all night.....

[Mike Bellis]

I like Mopars. Here's a pic of my old car...



Keep it up Andrew! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Andyrew]

Thats a bad ass mopar mike!

[Andyrew]

Bit the bullet.

Started ~ 8 finished ~ 11.

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Needs some more bondo, really just needs a skim of glaze puddy.

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Start
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Fiberglass low area's poking through, time for primer filler then another run with the sanding block.

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Getting better..

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Need to reinforce the fender before I tackle more of this area, It should be pretty flat though.

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Next was the door. Needs primer filler.

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3 hrs work... Need to get me some supplies! Tuesday afternoon I am free so i'll be tackling it more then with supplies in hand.


Supply list:
Kitty hair (bondo for fiberglass)
Bondo (Ok, I will say Plastic Filler)
Glaze puddy
Primer Filler
Guide Spray

[Andyrew]

Havent got a working compressor at the house yet so I did some work with the filler.

Unfortunately what I thought was Kitty Hair was actually Metal Ready.... I have no clue how that mix up happened. Im going back tomorrow to see if I can exchange.

So I decided to just use plastic some quality filler I had picked up instead.
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I first had to fill a hole probably from some aftermarket mirror.

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So here are the results. I might sand some tonight, I have 2 heat lamps on the body right now.
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All in all I used about 1/2 a quart. A lot more than I thought I would have. I laid it down thick at the rear fender, I didnt like how my sanding went so I wanted to give it another go.



Hopefully i get a compressor at before Saturday so I can lay down some primer filler. In the mean time its bondo and glaze putty and hours of sanding.

[computers4kids]

Dang Andrew...you really are serious about getting your car going again. Thanks for the updates!


Mike...loved your mopar machine. I had a built challenger in the day. Thought I was real smart and destroked a 440...what a disaster that was. Ran fine...gutless wonder. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[Spoke]

Lookin' good. Do you have a long board sander for the flat panels? I made a flexible one out of very thin pieces of oak. They worked great for smoothing over the curves in the fender tops.

[Andyrew]

Mark,
Yup, To be perfectly honest, I forgot to register for night classes this semester and couldnt get in, I decided to focus the time on the 914 VS other hobbies. Its been long enough.

Spoke I have a solid 24" one, and then a flexible 12" one. So far i've been ruffing it in with a 6" block and 80 grit. Ill be hitting it with the 12" board over the fenders next and take it to 160 or so then its primer filler to do the real smoothing.

I really dont like the transition from the rear fender to the door, but there isnt much I can do about it.

Tomorrow i'll line up my tools and take a pic for refference. Im sure I need some more tools before this car is painted.

[orange914]

andrew, you planning on spraying it? sounds like you need a compresor? you can use mine as soon as it finds it's way home from coperopolis, i have a pnumatic flat board sander your welcome to use too.

[Mike Bellis]

Andrew,

What type of flares are those? How wide will the let you put under there?

[McMark]

Aren't those just 911SC flares? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

[Mike will get my joke]

Oh, and Andyrew, you're making great progress. Love to see this thread bump up to the top on a regular basis.

[Mike Bellis]

Aren't those just 911SC flares? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

[Mike will get my joke]

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[Andyrew]

andrew, you planning on spraying it? sounds like you need a compresor? you can use mine as soon as it finds it's way home from coperopolis, i have a pnumatic flat board sander your welcome to use too.

Mike,

Sounds great! I might not need the compressor but the flatboard sander would be AWESOME! I have 2 old compressors that im going to try and make work and my dads big compressor if I have to.

I'll call you tomorrow!

Mike,

HPH flares, same as the ones Mark just posted on the NEO thread. Im close to max. Probably a little bigger up front, I know guys that run 10.5 race slicks all 4 corners IIRC (or 10.5's rear 9.5's front) I might be able to fit 305's or something in the back and 275's in the front, but 255's and 285's are fine for me, good cheap availible sizes.

Mark,

Thanks! I try and sneak out to the garage as much as I can. The easy stuff is all done now, its about the long tedious stuff now (bodywork), so the more time I get to spend on it the quicker it will be done, but it IS going to take time. I am excited about the progress that I have made so far!