It has been a while since updates. Things have gone good. Things have gone bad.
I spent a fair amount of time removing bits and cutting down my thermo fans to fit. I also made up a whole lot of little aluminum brackets to mount the fans to the radiator.
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Coupled with a heat of stainless nuts and bolts and a little loctite, everything was bolted up nice and securely.
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I went to mount the radiator just the other night, only to discover that the fans hit on the upper control arms :tear: I have figured out that if I remove the fans, and unbolt the radiator frame, I should be able to bolt everything back up in place and trim the fan shrouds a little to clear the arms. Still, it was annoying.
I also decided that I didn't like the large truck pulley on the front of my 400 small block.
Since I was replacing that, I figured the balancer should be replaced too, etc, etc...
I bought a power bond balancer from VPW in victoria and some new alloy pulleys and pulley dress-up bits from Jegs.
Time to ship Balancer from Vic: 4 days.
Time to ship parts from the US: 4 days.
Yes, I ordered on thursday and recieved the parts the next week. Impressive.
Jegs also like to throw in a free hat :)
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Once I had the Balancer off, I decided that I may as well check the timing chain and clean up the cover. This meant the sump had to come off too. Pretty soon, the engine looked like this:
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More to come.