What a feeling of progress!
Wade came by and we knocked out a big chunk of the "endgame" work. We got the motor checked out, and installed. Lots of little items that had been on hold were accomplished. Here's some highlights....
Motor Mounts and Formed Heater Hoses...
There is a shielded sleeve for my heater control valve. This valve will be operating in the engine bay, vs. in the cockpit. The formed hoses are the shizzle for the Pantera application.
The brown wire will mount to the oil temp sender in the front of my Avaid 10 Qt oil pan. The plan is to wire it through the "spare" switch on the dash, so I can check oil or water temp with the flip of a switch.
Oil Pressure Verification - SUCCESS!
A broken distributor and a drill makes a cool oil pump driver. A spare oil pressure gauge tells the tale. At idle speed (actually, well below it) the motor was registering 25-30 psi. At slightly higher rpm, the oil pressure relief was opening at 75-80 psi. Just as we had planned.
An Old Racer's Trick - Right Steve?
These petcocks on both sides of the block let you drain down the coolant when needed. This allows you to make much less of a huge mess.
I would venture to say that these petcocks add about 5-6% more cowbell to my engine build (each!).
In She Goes...
Not much more to say here...
In The Bay!
Still have to do electrical checks, ZF Fill, coolant fill, and some work is still needed on the exhaust, Bulkhead Cover (alternator clearance) and lots of other little stuff. But the day will soon arrive for the break-in and then... the sky is the limit.
Rocky