db wrote:Well, my 1st trip out today was to take the whole family to B&Q to buy 40 litres of paint so that was a good test of it's road manners which are pretty good really... til I ran out of fuel anyway... dumbass!!
Went out again for a quick blast up the dual carriageway just me and a mate who'd not been in it before so a good excuse to nail it
Shifts really nicely now, and the best bit... NO OIL LEAKS!!!
Time for a celebratory beer me thinks !!!
It's all about Smiles per gallon !!!
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Dodge Ram SRT 10
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db wrote:Well, my 1st trip out today was to take the whole family to B&Q to buy 40 litres of paint so that was a good test of it's road manners which are pretty good really... til I ran out of fuel anyway... dumbass!!
Went out again for a quick blast up the dual carriageway just me and a mate who'd not been in it before so a good excuse to nail it
Shifts really nicely now, and the best bit... NO OIL LEAKS!!!
nice one Paul, good result
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db wrote:Well, my 1st trip out today was to take the whole family to B&Q to buy 40 litres of paint so that was a good test of it's road manners which are pretty good really... til I ran out of fuel anyway... dumbass!!
Went out again for a quick blast up the dual carriageway just me and a mate who'd not been in it before so a good excuse to nail it
Shifts really nicely now, and the best bit... NO OIL LEAKS!!!
Went out in the car last night to a local Bill Bailey gig.
He was funny as hell and the car was great fun!
I took 3 mates. Fi and Jen had never been in my car so it was a real buzz to show off a bit!
It was sulking a bit cos I'd fitted my 2" carb spacer (thanks to Bozwell's 4" studs) and my new 4" K&N but didn't have time to up-jet it
I've also fitted my new Thermostat housing from Trev so no more water leaks.
A few pics for ya...
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The shift lever i bought turned out to be wrong so i tweaked it a bit.
It needed to come back 3" and 2" to the left.
I grabbed it in the vice and hung a plumb line from the end of a screwdriver i stuck in the shelf above to mark where i wanted it to end up. I'd ground the chrome off and sliced nearly all the way through it with my trusty grinder so i could easily bend it into place.
I welded it up and even though the join is hidden under the boot, i gave it a squirt of chrome paint... jobs a good-un
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Thanks Dave- the area to the top left of the bolt contacts the inlet casting to stop it twisting.
Drew- if by 'proper tools' you mean a hammer, an angle grinder and a hand drill...
Mossy- yup, perfect now
Will- I knocked it up out of a bit of old stainless. The finish is scotchbrite & WD40.
Well now I've at last CURED the big leak from the gearbox input shaft, I can see all the minor leaks!!
I've replaced 2 oil seals on the shift pivots, the seal on the neutral switch, PTFE'd the drain and fill plugs and popped off the side casing and siliconed it (quite a challenge with the gearbox still in the car!)
I took it out for a blast today and the trans appears to be completely oil-tight now
I've done a bit of jetting too- idle screws out 1/2 turn and up 2 sizes on both main jets. Doesn't that say a lot about the K&N filter!
At the rate I'm pulling bits off it I must be catchin up!
Dropping the axle tonight, ready for ordering the Green bearings tomorrow and then thanks to Ade, the imminent arrival of me tyres to Crewe... so I'll be seeing you soon Dunc
I'll buy the gauges I bagsied a few months ago too
and might be done again tonight!
