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08-05-2013 01:37 PM #15
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Glad to hear you and the car are good. That could have been way worse. I also use check lists. It's so easy to forget something in a build. I have had my brothers help me on a couple and it gets even worse then.
I've had my brother forget to recheck caliper bolts on the vette and the caliper almost fell off after a 1/4 mile pass. After that stunt I rechecked everything. On my 72 chevy, when the injection pump got timed, it was never finished. My brother went to do a burn out and had it at about 4000rpm, let the clutch out, the tires started to spin, and the truck died. WTF?
Well the lock washer for the nut was never put on so that means some one timed it and was supposed to go back and recheck and it never got done. These pumps are a taper shaft and gear. I can't believe it made it through good guys and did a burn out there. The only thing that kept the pump shaft nut from falling in the geartrain was my tach drive. Could have been a messy deal.
Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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