3/30/20
I got the Break in Oil Drained and filled with new fresh oil and Changed the trans fluid / filter as well. It's been about 4 years since I put fresh trans fluid in, and Rick at A&A Trans says the Aluminum Drums need more frequent fluid changes to keep things kosher and clean down there.
I bought and installed a new Mechanical Oil Pressure Gauge as I didn't trust the other 2 I had in there and wanted to make sure the readings were accurate.
Also Have been thinking about this....
the little Plumbing "T" that feeds the shutoff switch and the Mechanical Oil Pump Gauge are just Hanging into the block with about 3/4" of 1/8" NPT Nipple. I know a few of us have had issues with Brass NPT Nipples breaking an cracking, so I am going to redo that with an Aluminum Distribution Block installed on the firewall or elsewhere. It will get fed from the block with 1/8 NPT to -3 AN Line. Should solve / isolate "NPT Crack Pipe" problems.
A few more things to do:
*Got Some Fresh Seat Belts to go in
*Set / Check Timing and adjust offset in tunerstudio
*Put (the real) Tires and wheels back on - I don't let the slicks freeze in the winter.
* Slam the Trunk / Hood / Front end on
*New Rocker panels are ordered, Just need to install, The Aluminum ones are cool, but they get smashed around the pits on the trailer and start to fall apart and are on "Crack".
Plastic rockers should be more durable... and possibly heavier
The Scale Tale will have to tell.I might be able to make up for that by Hole-sawing the difference out of the real metal rockers underneath. Especially if I take all the weight out of the left side
Then It's Racing time. I am sure there will be more stuff to sort out and get tuned
We'll See.
