Thread: Th350 experts needed....help!!!

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Congrats to all of you! Wish I was closer to FL so I could see this one!

I stopped by the shop this morning and the tire tracks look even scarier in the daylight.........hope our landlord doesn't get PO'd!

Don

Thanks guys, we appreciate the nice words.

Bob, actually, what Dan was doing was shaving the bias plies to make them more round. If he had any worries about them being flat from sitting so long, at least the back ones are well taken care of now!

Since we are running out of time and still have some stuff to do, this morning I dropped his grille shell off at the body shop that painted Don's T and my 23 so they can be painting it while we are doing other stuff. They have always been very accomodating to us and I promised them that some day I'll bring them a job where we are not under the gun.

Took some pictures of the interior, which Dan finished up last night. I think it came out great, and it is surprisingly comfortable once you get in.

Don

looks like you need another 1/2 psi in the right rear!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

looks like you need another 1/2 psi in the right rear!!!!!!!

I noticed that too. Could have also been my fat butt in the passenger seat.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Jerry, both are leaking in exactly the same place, right from that seal that is in the front of the snout, right behind that deflector disc behind the yoke. (Not sure what that deflector plate is called, but it is the somewhat cup shaped tin plate behind the yoke). Gear oil runs right down that seal. Dans rear has never moved an inch yet and mine started dripping after 300 miles


I sure hope the replacement he sent for Dan's car doesn't leak too.

Don

thats is a oil slinger or what i call them . i set up many 9s and many times i never have had that tin washers as they were many times all new parts or big pin i always used RTV on the yoke and the splines and back filled under the space from the yoke to the nut . i never had a drippy 9..... you guys venting the housing ????

Yep, they are vented out the top of the passenger side axle tube, Pat. He tried to tell me mine, that didn't leak in the beginning, was probably leaking because that little hole in the screw in tube was blocked. Just to be sure I pulled it out and looked, the hole is totally open. Dan has a screw in vent in his too, and it is working as well.

Don

there are some areas where grease can ooze out and the modern syn fluids are bad--

Grease can leak thru the splines and behind the pinion nut.
Can leak from one of the five bolts holding the pinion housing if the bolt hole is open to rear

Can leak around the 10 studs---back in the 50s these bolts had copper washers under the nuts to seal plus can ooze thru the threads of the studs and nuts

I don't think any of it would of necessitated paying a bunch of freight'shipping to return it.

Well, since it was a brand new unit we wanted the guy who built it and warranteed it to have first crack at correcting the problem, that's why we went back to him. Plus, Ft. Myers is like a ghost town when it comes to GOOD speciality shops to do things like setting up rear ends, we have to go elsewhere all the time to get stuff done.

As for the synthethic gear lube, we didn't use it. The builder specifically said not to, so we used what he recommended, Valvoline 80-90 plus the Motorsport additive, which he supplies in the crate with every unit.

Bottom line, something was screwed up with that first one, and also with the one in my 27. The new one in Dan's car is not leaking a drop but the first one was leaking fluid out a few minutes after we filled it. The car literally sat there for 15 minutes and we saw the first puddle under the rear. Mine held up for 300 miles and is now dripping pretty good, so I am going to pull the whole thing and find someone locally to fix it. But that will have to wait until we get this weekend out of the way............I want nothing to get in the way of Dan's car going to Billetproof.

Don

Congrats!!! I knew you guys would make it...cr

Thanks, CR, I don't want to speak too soon, but I think you are right about us making it. Monday night it didn't look like it though. Dan started the car up after doing some work to the fan controller and it wouldn't idle.....kept dying. We fiddled around a little and pulled the plugs but they looked ok, had 6 lbs fuel pressure, and everything looked as it should. He drove it around the block and it would clean out a little at higher rpms, but would still die at idle. It was late, so we called it a night figuring we would look further Tuesday night.

Last night Don came over to help us and he knows this tripower setup like the back of his hand because he owned it for years before selling it to Dan. We guessed we had a flooding problem from the way it was acting, so Don and I took off the top of the center carb while Dan worked on some other stuff on the car. What we found was lots of trash in the bowl, it looked like grinding dust. Dan had these carbs rebuilt by All American Carburetor in 2006 and they have been sitting unused in the shop ever since. Evidently, dust from working in there got into all three carbs and was plugging up the jets.

We cleaned the insides completely, blew out the jets, and put everything back together. When we turned the key it fired up and ran better than it ever has. Really glad Don was off last night and able to take care of these for us.

I picked up the grille shell and cowl vent door today from the body shop. They did a fantastic job and the baking in the booth really made the paint match the rest of the car very well. So tonight Dan and I will install the grille shell, mount the nerf bars (don't have time to get them chromed so they will be bare steel) and a couple of minor things. The to do list is very short, and hopefully Friday we can leave for Billetproof. Once we get this weekend out of the way our plan is to get in bed early and take a long breather before we tackle any more projects............we are burned out from the last couple months of thrashing to make this show.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

......... mount the nerf bars (don't have time to get them chromed so they will be bare steel) ..................Don

Ya know, a loving father would spend endless hours sanding and polishing the steel to a chrome like finish so they'd look better for the big debut.................just sayin'.....................

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Ya know, a loving father would spend endless hours sanding and polishing the steel to a chrome like finish so they'd look better for the big debut.................just sayin'.....................

Oh great, Bob, lay a guilt trip on me! I would, but my workmanship is way below what Dan would accept. I think I'll have a beer and watch HIM polish them to a chrome like finish.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Oh great, Bob, lay a guilt trip on me! I would, but my workmanship is way below what Dan would accept. I think I'll have a beer and watch HIM polish them to a chrome like finish.

Don

I'm afraid that would also be my speed. Good luck and I hope you guys have a safe trip and shoot a lot of pictures.

Thanks NTF. Looks like we are making it. Put the finishing touches on Dan's car last night, got home at 4 am and slept till 2 pm today! Really needed that rest.

We are getting ready to leave right now, just a couple of more items of clothing and cleaning supplies to pack and we are out of here. It's been a long hard thrash since the day 40 days ago when we decided to see if we could get his car done in time, but MAN DOES IT FEEL GOOD NOW!!

We'll take lots of pictures to post when we get home Sunday. Thanks to everyone who contributed suggestions and support during this latest bash.

Don