The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 4: Burnouts for Distance

[bobzilla]

I am fairly certain the truck goes up for sale soon. Be nice to have that nest egg for another couple years of racing. I’m not doing anything with it and it’s just sitting. It’s too good to just sit.

 

[churchmouse]

I am fairly certain the truck goes up for sale soon. Be nice to have that nest egg for another couple years of racing. I’m not doing anything with it and it’s just sitting. It’s too good to just sit.

It is a neat rig. Did you get the issues fixed.

 

[bobzilla]

It is a neat rig. Did you get the issues fixed.

Hahahahhahahahha. Oh wait, you’re serious. No. It’s been sitting under the car cover since last November

 

[bobzilla]

In all reality I am going to try a set of valve seals on the passenger head to see if that curbs the smoking. It'll be a much easier sell at the price point if it doesn't smoke.

 

[jeffsqartan]

Paging the Mad Scientist, is this someone you know? There's a whole lot going on there

Nah he's using all new forged internals. Couldn't be one of my friends. lol

 

[thunderchicken]

Nah he's using all new forged internals. Couldn't be one of my friends. lol

LMFAO

 

[churchmouse]

Nah he's using all new forged internals. Couldn't be one of my friends. lol

If we truly believe this is fact.

 

[Jaybird1980]

These jokers are living a good life.

 

[Mounty09]

These jokers are living a good life.

I bought a good amount of merchandise to try an win that boat. Wish me luck! Would be awesome to book a one way ticket with a few buddies to go pick it up and bring it home!

 

[Jaybird1980]

I bought a good amount of merchandise to try an win that boat. Wish me luck! Would be awesome to book a one way ticket with a few buddies to go pick it up and bring it home!

Good luck. If you win you should ask to go out and run it with them while you're there.

 

[Mounty09]

Good luck. If you win you should ask to go out and run it with them while you're there.

It would be sweet to ride the river they do. I would also check out some other rivers on the way back to Indiana.

 

[Adray]

I bought a good amount of merchandise to try an win that boat. Wish me luck! Would be awesome to book a one way ticket with a few buddies to go pick it up and bring it home!

Good luck. Those little jet boats are super cool.

 

[jeffsqartan]

I don't know what it is with me and pulling V8 engines out of cars. Engine is out of the Vert. I attempted to pull the engine before the transmission. Idk if that's a no-no for manual transmission cars, or if I borked it.

But when I bork it, I bork it good.

I'll let you guys try to figure out what happened and how I corrected. And I'll post the answer below the pix.

 

[jeffsqartan]

How I fixed it:
I know that the input shaft rotates to a crescent moon position and then pops out.
I was able to get it far enough out to pop the bearing retainer off, and then spin the entire transmission under the car until it hit that crescent moon and the trans popped free of the input shaft.

And here I was, thinking I was all slick buying an output shaft plug so I didn't spill a ton of fluid on the ground. Ended up draining the entire friggin thing anyway.

I'm gonna use a 3 jaw puller to see what's up with that pilot bearing, but man it's on there good. No joke, I had a 1" pipe in between the trans and the bellhousing, with a jack handle on the end. I bent the pipe trying to pry the trans out. Absolutely nuts.

Guess I'm gonna get a new clutch, too. Which is probably needed, just for the new power I'm gonna have. Not too sore about that.

 

[thunderchicken]

I don't know what it is with me and pulling V8 engines out of cars. Engine is out of the Vert. I attempted to pull the engine before the transmission. Idk if that's a no-no for manual transmission cars, or if I borked it.

But when I bork it, I bork it good.

I'll let you guys try to figure out what happened and how I corrected. And I'll post the answer below the pix.

I'm not sure how old you are, but have you ever considered being a Fireman? Asking because they are good at tearing stuff up. Lol
Starting to think you could tear up a steel ball in a sandbox or wear out an anvil with a rubber mallet.

So the pilot bearing was seized onto the input shaft? I bet that created quite the mess, that sucks

 

[femurphy77]

I've found in Fox bodies it's easier to pull the engine and tranny as a unit. Don't know what's happened with your pilot bearing but I'm guessing it's a clue in your search for the elusive vibration.

 

[churchmouse]

I always pull them as a unit unless there is a serious reason not to do fo.
Always.

 

[jeffsqartan]

I always pull them as a unit unless there is a serious reason not to do fo.
Always.

My serious reason is that my hoist is a chain unit that is held up by a large steel beam in my attic. I trust it with the engine, not so sure about throwing a ton of extra weight on it. Definitely don't wanna test it too much.

My guess is that when I initially tried to pull the engine, I got the thing at too much of an angle from the transmission and it locked that solid bushing onto the input shaft. I can't believe that it wouldn't let go, though. Blows me away. Gonna take a non-angry look at it later and see what I can see.

 

[Jaybird1980]

This is not the car that has the vibration issue right?

 

[jeffsqartan]

This is not the car that has the vibration issue right?

This is the car that had the vibration issue. And that was a brand new pilot bearing with only a couple hundred miles on it.