meanwhile out in the garage ...

[Dmans]

357magnum,
Those are the factory tail lights. The brake light bulbs are 1156(?) bulbs. Without the LED’s working, the car has no tail lights at all.
The driver module is an updated module. A “G” revision to the original TL4242. Fingers crossed.

73’s
David

 

[Road Squawker]

If you like to work on cylinder heads, check out this guy:

https://somender-singh.com/articles/inventorbio.html

Are my eyes wrong, or is that gasket on backwards?

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Are my eyes wrong, or is that gasket on backwards?

This is just a picture I found. Looks like the guy is just holding the gasket to take the picture. Good catch, I didn't even notice. Haha.

 

[ButtFuzz]

A drunk stammers up to the bar to order a drink and lets one rip.

A patron next to the drunk says: "How DARE you fart before my wife!"

The drunk replies: "I didn't know it was her turn!"

 

[kopcicle]

 

[Redbeard U812]

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Might want to Dye Penn that. I see worm holes and porosity. Looks good though. You can grind out and build up and have shop shave the head. They will Dye Penn again.

 

[kopcicle]

Might want to Dye Penn that. I see worm holes and porosity. Looks good though. You can grind out and build up and have shop shave the head. They will Dye Penn again.

...did. Just surface imperfections.

 

[kopcicle]

Torque it down

ran out of time

 

[Redbeard U812]

...did. Just surface imperfections.

Heli-arc or smaw?

 

[kopcicle]

Syncrowave 350 (Tig). Square wave, 30 mil pulse, just enough out of balance to clean the wound.

 

[Redbeard U812]

Syncrowave 350 (Tig). Square wave, 30 mil pulse, just enough out of balance to clean the wound.

Wish I had a square wave, love to heli-arc. Have 4lb. spool gun that doesn't like me much, got used once to build alum boat. Worked great with 75/25. With TIG I know what is there, but argon costs a lot. Lots of SS and Alum down here for attachments and rails on boats. SW would make that easier, although I hate ruining tungsten balling ends with Act/Oxy.

 

[kopcicle]

It was going so well and then the hood fell on my head...

Sry , no video so it didn't happen

 

[kopcicle]

and then this

No runs, no drips, no errors.
Thanks to all of you for playing along at home.
Many thanks to :
Tom Bosley of Cascade Designs Inc. for the welding.
Peter Jones, (CrazyPJ) for the always unique Welsh view of all things mechanical.
Rock auto for one of the few remaining FelPro head gaskets in the known universe.
Snap On tools, because.
Dmans and Nomad for picking up the phone
Mike because he gets it .
Keven for a variety of reasons
My pretty Lady for her patience.
And to Bob, The '77 Dodge Colt that despite my machinations continues to respond with his own satisfying refrain of suck, squeeze, bang, blow.

“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”

― Konstantin Josef Jireček

 

[Dmans]

73's
David

 

[357magnum]

Just saw that commercial this Am while watching " Detroit Muscle " ..... Rock Auto !