My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

(07-22-2018 )Rawze Wrote:  

(07-22-2018 )Nostalgic Wrote:  ...
Has anyone found a solution for the OCD people working on these things? Call me crazy, but I really want to look into some kind of conduit for these areas.

do an Amazon search for "raceway duct with cover".

I ruled those out due to the fact they'd collect salt and grit. There's a lot of home runs bundled in that area around the starter, and they bug me haha. I think if I can separate out the fuel and air lines from electrical, and run one group along the bottom of the rail, and the other along the top, it should clean things up a bit. Maybe some short runs of polished stainless tubing or...? I like simple and clean, something that's hard to pull off with today's modern vehicles. But, for example, the power from the battery to the ECM was looped between the block and the starter, with a junction plug just laying on the starter. Who thought that was a good idea? Everything is built and designed around ease and time savings on the assembly line.


Looking back under the cab, I know that I want to pressurize the system before anything goes back in and check all of the air line fittings. Some would be a bear to access with the transmission and engine in the way. I need to do some homework on air systems. It's a maze under there.

I did pull the rod cap and bearings. No intrusion behind the bearing, but I cleaned everything up again, wiped it down with acetone and didn't go crazy with the lube this time.

They say torque plus angle is more accurate for final clamping force of a bolt, but you know, all 4 bolts flashed 106 ft lbs @ 60 degrees? I've had head bolts that displayed 10 lb variances on final angles, but there's no crush factor in a rod cap. Just an observation, I'm curious if the next 20 will be the same.