Thanks Tallhair....I don't know though, i'm more of a jester than any kind of King (at least that's what the wife says)..Hehehehe. You know, if someone takes the time to post on my thread and share a few words, the least I can do is acknowledge them back. Just the right thing to do. Black64, Budnicks and Dave, thanks for the kind words as well. It's good to have you fella's along for the ride. Also good to see you off your sebatical Dave..lol It's been a long run and fortunately and unfortunately she's coming to a close with the resto. Like a lot of you guys, an idea of a great weekend is getting elbow deep in a Mopar. The roadrunner did her time of being beat up, broken and left for dead..now it's getting real close to putting the Plymouth back on the road where it belongs. I'll be sure to post some pic's/vid's when there's some air in her lungs. Thanks again
Know some folks like pic's and progress, so have some to add. Nothing exciting like hanging a quarter or fresh paint, but never the less more tasks checked off the list. Got the brakes fully operational today. First off was a bench bleed of the master. I use a kit made by Wilwood. Works pretty slick, 4th time I used it. Comes with three different sizes of fittings, a couple lines and a clip to hold the lines in the M/C. Think I paid 10 bucks for the kit. Some guys say it's not needed, but I always bench bleed them. They can be bled in the car or out, but bleeding it in the car means taking precautions to keep any brake fluid off the paint (being it removes paint like a champ), hence the towels and tinfoil in the pic's. Hey a fella's gotta use what he's got on hand. Brake fluid won't melt tin foil like it does to some plastic's... Took over dozen pumps of the peddle to finally get the bubbles worked out so it goes to show there was plenty of air to get out. Rest of the brakes bleed out fine with just a couple fitting to tighten up here and there.
Another little project was giving attention to the valve covers. Going with the Mopar cast valve covers. Not really my first choice, but they have the clearance for the hughes roller rockers. One thing I noticed with these off the bat, was there's only a blank spot where your breather and/or PCV valve go. Also, under the supplied oil cap there's a baffle plate, but Mopar does not supply a baffle plate for the blanked out areas. Not a huge fan of the idea of the breather puking oil all over the valve cover or the PCV sucking up oil like a vacuum cleaner so I decided to make my own...Not a hard job and the plasma cutter made cutting out the metal about as easy as a 1st grader cutting out construction paper.
No baffle for the blank side but still has the mounting lugs to add one
Measured out the metal from the Mopar baffle and went to town with the marker. Just used regular old 20 gauge automotive sheetmetal.
Used a vise a panel clamp vise grip to bend the edges. Used the original baffle for the hole template
All done...Didn't need to drill the fourth hole like the baffle for the oil cap side, being that hole is used for a carb/drain effect.
So...pretty small stuff accomplished, nothing spectacular. Hope everyone had a good Easter! Had a good breakfast, church with the wife afterwards, a good day out with the bird in the garage and now a good night chattin with the gent's on FBBO. Gotta say..it's been a great day. See you around fella's.
