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February 2010
Smells like... Smoke? |
Mud...
No, I was not playing in it. I stood with the doors open, equipped with
a nylon bristle brush in one hand and a garden hose in the other with a
light flow to wash out the dirt as I scrubbed the floors. After spending
well over an hour scrubbing the floor pan, it looked noticeably better
while still wet. Unfortunately the dirt was baked on over many years and
will require another good scrubbing to remove the stains. The good news
is, no rust. |
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Glow Plug Module...
As I went to start my 1028 one morning....
The wait light went through its cycle, and I tapped the starter for a
split second, did quite catch, so I hit it again and it fired right up.
As I sat there warming it up everything looked and sounded good, the
relay chattered away and stopped like normal, but something just didn't
quite smell right.... I hopped out and opened the hood to see a wisp of
smoke rising off the resistor bank. When turning it off I also noticed a
wisp of smoke from under the dash. Fortunately only smoke and more
importantly, no fires!
I found the GP module was the source of smoke under
the dash. Further testing also revealed the glow plugs that tested good
a few weeks earlier, were now damaged. One
was slightly swollen but came out easy, two were a small struggle to remove,
and five were a total pain in the rear as they were swollen bad.
Fortunately for me, I managed to not break any during the removal
process.
I installed AC Delco's AC 60G glow plugs, and cut the factory terminals off replacing them with spades that fit the AC 60G's.
While swapping the terminals, I found that all 8 glow plug wires
had corrosion within the insulation.
As for the Glow Plug Module, I installed a momentary push button switch
to negate the need for the module. It fired right up and the resistors
were barely warmer than ambient temperature of that morning. |
Breathing Better...
I picked up a new K&N filter, and removed what very easily could have been the stock air filter. I compared the diameter, width and height,
all being the same I dropped in the K&N filter. When throwing the air cleaner back on, I
discovered it had been partially crushed. At some point in the past
something large and heavy had been put on the hood, kinking the body line
and apparently damaging the air cleaner. By supporting the edges of the
air cleaner base on blocks and weighed down the center, I was able to
recreate the
proper shape. Now the lid and base actually almost seal verse the quarter
inch gap it previously had. The droning sound from the intake is a lot
quieter now too. |
old dry rotted donor |
almost new Grant GT |
donor replacement |
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I traded the old dry rotted steering wheel as a donor
to a parts truck that only need the function of steering . In return I
received an almost brand new base model Grant GT steering wheel,
complete with the mounting adapter.
The Grant GT was installed in
Beauty,
which
provided its good factory steering wheel complete with a functional horn
button and all contacts. In turn,
Beauty's steering wheel was then installed
in the Bastard, upgrading the old wheel and replacing the missing horn
button and contacts. |
Again with
the Wires...
Again finding more wires in need of repairing, and added some more convoluted
tubing behind the alternators and up to the Injection Pump protecting more of the harness.
It looks a lot cleaner now too. |
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