BHRmotorsport wrote:
esp42089 wrote:
I punched a hole in my radiator with a drill! Luckily a bit of flux, some silver solder, and a MAP gas torch fixed it right up!
Congratulations on fixing your rad. I've never been able to fix one, seems like I must always overheat it and I end up chasing the leak all over the soldered parts until 1) the rad becomes unusable or 2) with my head hanging low I have to take it to a professional for repair. The only way I've ever had success sealing a rad leak is with BarsLeak or a raw egg. Barsleak would probably take care of your 14psi sputter.
Keep up the good work. Bill
Thanks, Bill! I don't know if I got lucky, but the repair went pretty smoothly.
A bit of bad news: I don't think I'm going to drive it by my birthday. Last weekend I realized the clutch wasn't working. After chasing all the easy solutions, I had to bite the bullet and pull everything apart.
After dropping the exhaust, removing my crossmember, removing the torque arm and driveshaft, the transmission tunnel cover, and then finally the transmission, I found that without the retainer clip, the throwout bearing had rotated and the ears that hold the retainer were trapped under the pressure plate. When I pressing in the clutch, I didn't have the travel to fully release the clutch discs. After some fiddling, the throwout bearing was seated properly and the retainer clip installed.
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pressed the clutch in and everything seemed to move correctly, so I put it all back together. Clutch actually disengages now and with the pedal in, the wheels will turn.
Whew. That is a real relief! 7 hours of hard labor today to fix that problem and more tomorrow to get things buttoned back up. I'll keep cranking on it and maybe I'll make it by Thursday. I can work a solid 7 hours on it tomorrow and I've got a buddy coming over Sunday and we'll get another 8 to 10 hours in. So close, I can taste it... or maybe that's just grit from the transmission in my mouth