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[1972convss454]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

Look what showed up today - now just need to find some time to install.

Say What One More Time!

It's going to work this time. You always have to do things at least three times. Nothing can ever be easy.

[dykstra]

Will work for beer!!

[67since67]

Hope it works out this time!!

[RPOLS3]

Found a small window of time to get the rebuilt valve installed this weekend, letting it gravity bleed now and we'll go from there.......small steps.

[napa68]

Baby steps are an excellent way of NOT testing your sense of humor!

[RPOLS3]

My baby steps last night along with Bill's thread on the progress of his '67 wagon motivated me to get out in the garage tonight and get something done - or at least make some more progress. Wasn't having much luck with the gravity bleeding so I started pumping the pedal and was able to get fluid to all four corners with no apparent leaks in the rebuilt valve so far - so tomorrow night when my wife has some time to help she will do the pedal pushing on what I'm hoping is the final brake bleed.

Earlier when assembling the rebuilt engine accy's I noticed my smog pump pulley was not running true. Previously I had the pump installed with the pulley off and a shorter belt which worked because the cooling blades on the perimeter were worn off from belts slipping off over the years (hence me using a bypass belt) and nothing interfered - so I never noticed the pulley wobble as I ran without one for the last 20+ years. The rebuilt smog pump has a correct and un worn fan with proper cooling blades which now interfere with the shorter bypass belt so that is not an option, plus the new pump is de-vaned inside anyways so I have no reason to bypass it. After a quick check with Mr. Hodel he assured me the pulley was the issue. I found a correctly numbered one on e-bay - took a chance and bought it and cleaned it up over the weekend and checked it tonight - much better now. So the smog pump and related went back on which allowed me to finish the install of the fan and shroud as well. I also found the correct length belt in my spare stash in the trunk after Quanta sent me one that was too short - so now I know the correct length to order a replacement. One last coat of paint on the new smog pulley and that will be all buttoned up as well and ready to fire up.

Getting closer now - hopefully no more setbacks. Feels good to be this close with Spring right around the corner here in Northern IL.

[Too Many Projects]

It's still a couple months before the roads are clean of salt, so you've got plenty of time. It's going to be great, Jake...

[67since67]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

My baby steps last night along with Bill's thread on the progress of his '67 wagon motivated me to get out in the garage tonight and get something done - or at least make some more progress. Wasn't having much luck with the gravity bleeding so I started pumping the pedal and was able to get fluid to all four corners with no apparent leaks in the rebuilt valve so far - so tomorrow night when my wife has some time to help she will do the pedal pushing on what I'm hoping is the final brake bleed.

Earlier when assembling the rebuilt engine accy's I noticed my smog pump pulley was not running true. Previously I had the pump installed with the pulley off and a shorter belt which worked because the cooling blades on the perimeter were worn off from belts slipping off over the years (hence me using a bypass belt) and nothing interfered - so I never noticed the pulley wobble as I ran without one for the last 20+ years. The rebuilt smog pump has a correct and un worn fan with proper cooling blades which now interfere with the shorter bypass belt so that is not an option, plus the new pump is de-vaned inside anyways so I have no reason to bypass it. After a quick check with Mr. Hodel he assured me the pulley was the issue. I found a correctly numbered one on e-bay - took a chance and bought it and cleaned it up over the weekend and checked it tonight - much better now. So the smog pump and related went back on which allowed me to finish the install of the fan and shroud as well. I also found the correct length belt in my spare stash in the trunk after Quanta sent me one that was too short - so now I know the correct length to order a replacement. One last coat of paint on the new smog pulley and that will be all buttoned up as well and ready to fire up.

Getting closer now - hopefully no more setbacks. Feels good to be this close with Spring right around the corner here in Northern IL.

Jake, your second paragraph, sounds like something I could have written myself!! Solving one problem exposes another, and then eventually circles back, working details along the way, and in the end all good!
Dealing with the challenges along the way makes the end result more satisfying!

Bleeding brakes, once you have fluid pushing out of all four they should gravity bleed easier. Just do one corner at a time, and patience!!

Bill W

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by 67since67

Jake, your second paragraph, sounds like something I could have written myself!! Solving one problem exposes another, and then eventually circles back, working details along the way, and in the end all good!
Dealing with the challenges along the way makes the end result more satisfying!

Bleeding brakes, once you have fluid pushing out of all four they should gravity bleed easier. Just do one corner at a time, and patience!!

Bill W

----Bill,,, I know the Dykstra family a bit and I know there is no quit in thier vocabulary. Jake would have kept at it until it was absolutely right!....Bill S

[RPOLS3]

Thanks for the all encouraging words!

Last night I was able to get the smog pulley installed and put the belt on. The engine compartment now all buttoned up. In regards to the brake bleeding, I had some issues getting enough fluid out of the rears - even removed the new line I installed and blew air through it to make sure it was not constricted somehow that I could not see, not sure what is happening here but the fluid is just dribbling out and not a stream like the fronts. Fronts bled perfectly right away. Will take another shot at the rears tonight - maybe I did not allow enough time to make sure fluid was moving through the rear system completely. Getting closer though!

EDIT: Looks like my new valve may not be centered - thanks Tim for the tip! Lots of YouTube videos on how to correct this, also just bought a re-centering tool too.