Re: Gramma's Car: the new project!
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
The partial VIN looks like 221302638
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Wouldn't that be a '72 Vin...and an Oshawa car?
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~ Pete

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The seller also had some other parts that were from that car. A E211 dated (May 21st) 1971 intake and 7041262 dated 68th day of 1971 455 carb.

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...e/IMG_1257.jpg

The intake is weird because it is a 1971 481733 casting number but has the unique rectangular 1972 choke pull that runs parallel to the carb and not perpendicular.

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...e/IMG_1253.jpg

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t...e/IMG_1255.jpg

Re: Gramma's Car: the new project!
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
The partial VIN looks like 221302638
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Wouldn't that be a '72 Vin...and an Oshawa car?
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]
~ Pete

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Here's a better shot of the vin:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...g_1246_vin.jpg

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I found a standard dimension, original 455 crankshaft 25 miles from my house! I posted a wanted listing on the Performance Years site and someone just over the border in PA answered. It is a 1970 nodular iron casting and was just as rusty as the block I found last week. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-img_1276.jpg


So I bought four gallons of Evapo-Rust from advanceautoparts (using their $25 off $70 purchase coupon) and made a makeshift bathtub from a crankshaft box and heavy duty layers of plastic sheeting. If you're wondering, I also put a few beer bottles in to raise the liquid level up to completely cover the crank.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-img_1278.jpg

The stuff works amazingly well in the hot sun. Within seconds the rust disappeared. I let it soak for about an hour, turning it and wiping the journals every 10 minutes or so, to get the residue off so the liquid could work faster.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...4-img_1280.jpg

Here's the final result after drying it off and spraying it with oil.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-img_1282.jpg

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OK, not really beer. It was Mike's Hard Lemonade. The wife drinks the stuff.

(and yes, I washed the bottles off before I put them back in the fridge)

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Wow, an amazing transformation. Nice work [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Nice.. I love watching engine builds.. Will be watching this one.. Love the 75 too btw.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Thanks for the moral support! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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I decided to &quot;blueprint&quot; the oil pump today. Not much to it other than verifying that there is no crap inside the casting.

I'm glad I took a look. This is a brand-new Melling M54DS oil pump. Inside, all of the machined surfaces were incredibly sharp and I found tiny metal burrs and little shards that were just sitting there, waiting to get pumped in to engine. NEVER trust a new pump without looking inside it first.

Here is the housing once I pulled the gears out. See how sharp the edges are?

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-img_1284.jpg

Now take a closer look and you can see a metal splinter leftover from the machining process that was under the gear, as well as burrs on the edges of the machined passages.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...img_1285_a.jpg


I spent a while with a Dremel tool and some fine sandpaper smoothing all the internal edges. I also used a 1/2&quot; drill bit to open up the feed hole that mounts to the block to it's correct 1/2&quot; size. It was rough cast from two halves and they were not matched up correctly. I then washed and scrubbed and brushed the housing out in hot water and soap.

Here is the housing after the edges were smoothed and before washing:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...img_1289_a.jpg


And the final pump reassembled. I packed it with grease so it will prime instantly when the times comes.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...8-img_1291.jpg

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Update from the machinist: He examined the crank and said I could run the crank &quot;as is&quot; but if it was his engine he'd cut it .010/.010 just to make it perfect. So that's what we're gonna do. We should know about the block dimensions tomorrow.