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Old 02-22-2022, 01:12 AM
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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.
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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...
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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!!

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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!!

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