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Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | It moves and ready to drive. https://youtu.be/7fvjgF22zMo | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13045 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Congrats Jari, the car is amazing now after all your work! That would be the shortest test drive ever Whats with the red license plates? | ||
60 Imp |
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Location: North Australia | That engine sound good! Make more video please. Steve. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9650 Location: So. Cal | Yes, nice rumble on there. I wouldn't be able to just go back into the garage at that point! | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | Well, idle and mixtures are not adjusted yet precisely, throttle linkages also need some attention. It will smoothen the rouhg idle little I think. It has 274 degree (six pack) cam. little bit more lift too than original ram induction cam. I am very satisfied with the sound Just what I wanted. I am eager to know what that motor is capable to perform, when original motor made 375 hp and 495 ftlb of torque | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | wizard - 2018-05-21 5:09 AM Congrats Jari, the car is amazing now after all your work! That would be the shortest test drive ever Whats with the red license plates? Thanks Wizard! Those are 1961 Wyoming plates (never used back then). They just fit so great with red hub cap inserts, front, rear and side emblems and red interior | ||
1960fury |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7393 Location: northern germany | Adventurer 60 - 2018-03-24 4:40 AM It had a broken front clutch assy, actually the hub is broken and you cant fix that securely. Perfect example of front clutch ring land breakage from the groove to the beveled edge that i mentioned before. Without that beveled edge (that is completely unnecessary btw) it would have lasted forever. I can't remember how many CI Tflites I saw with that damage, including my own. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9650 Location: So. Cal | What are the symptoms that the trans makes when those edges are broken off? | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | It is nice summer here already, I drove the G out and did some test driving at my own yard. adjusted ignition and carbs. I was un able to put timing to 5 degrees, I had to it by ear (wich i usually do anyway) becouse the strobo shows out of scale somewhere around 30 degrees advance. I think the damber (that is old) its rubber has moved or something. Gotta find a new balancer. I got lambda sensors in both pipes, they show normal values around 0,900 when idling but on 3000 rpm the right lambda (left carb and second in line) goes very very lean under 0,100 when the other stays around between 0,700 to 0,900 Engine sounds normal though. Here are the reasons i have heard so far from my pals -fuel pump is not efficient enouhg (no preassure left for the carb behind) -carb float level is not correct and goes lean -leak in exhaust manifold or gasket and it shows as a wrong result -lambda is broken (pasic aftermark one for volvo) -this is not reliable method to measure rich/lean. I should do it on the road or test bench -I should have wide band sensor, not simple two wire sensor So I'll check the floats first, then switch lambdas... (IMG_0644.JPG) (IMG_0649.JPG) (IMG_0652.JPG) Attachments ---------------- IMG_0644.JPG (165KB - 440 downloads) IMG_0649.JPG (163KB - 466 downloads) IMG_0652.JPG (134KB - 452 downloads) | ||
JT Newman |
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Regular Posts: 95 Location: Espoo, Finland | Looks awesome! Hienoa työtä! | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9650 Location: So. Cal | If your harmonic dampener is stable (not moving), you can find top dead center through the #1 spark plug hole and then make a new mark on it. Then you will be able to time it like normal without buying a new dampener....yet. Your friend is right. You must use a wide band O2 sensor to check carburetor settings. The others don't give you enough of a range to give adequate information. Very, very lean on an EFI car is only slightly lean on a carbureted car. EFI O2 sensors are like on/off switches. If you are slightly off, they just say off. But it does tell you that you are at least a little lean for some reason, but don't try to gauge how much lean from that info. Manufacturers use these extremely sensitive O2 sensors to position the setting very accurately to get max fuel efficiency, and don't care about any information that is a ways off. But carbureted engines will typically run through a whole range of too rich & too lean conditions throughout the different weather & throttle settings so you need to test it with something with a wider range on it. | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | Thanks Nathan, that confirmed what my friend told me. I'm not so worried anymore | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9650 Location: So. Cal | Sure. That said, it is always best to be a little rich rather than a little lean, so it would still be good to figure out how to richen it up a little. | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | I re adjusted the floats, made sure automatic choke works. Now when the engine is warm it runs nice. I even drove little bit on street and it runs super nice and follows the pedal. This car is not insured nor registered so it was really short test. Now lambdas give same values. | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | I got a tax bill from the coverment on friday on line, paid it and was able to register it to Finnish DMV register and got old style Finnish plates. (not wide EU-plates) picked them up right away. Whole process (verdict about the car tax) took about 2 months and cost me 21,87 euros (what a waiste of recources) It is in antique vehicle registery and I am allowed to drive 30 days a year with in expensive incurance. About 35 euros a year. Not too bad. Earlier in August i attended local car show only about 1,5 miles from my garage. 300 works and drives very nice now, its a best FWLcar I've driven so far. I got slight problems with vacuum when the engine is hot, Its been quite hot summer here too. Engine stalls easily when using brake and sifting from N to D or vice versa after slow traffic. In hi-way use no prolem. I am thinking to block exhaust elbow to intake couse I'm never gonna drive in winter time. So I quess I is time to put on end to this thread. Restoration done. I am going to attend to car show in Lahti in late september and few other in next spring and summer. I got a 59 Royal Lancer waiting for my attention next winter but it'll another story. (IMG_20180901_213011_resized_20180901_110741671.jpg) (IMG_20180805_123925_resized_20180901_110741147.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG_20180901_213011_resized_20180901_110741671.jpg (306KB - 443 downloads) IMG_20180805_123925_resized_20180901_110741147.jpg (397KB - 440 downloads) | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | First show for the G at TOP show in Finland https://www.jenkkiautonayttely.fi/ First prize, first at Vintage category (IMG_20180930_152816_resized_20181001_013846601.jpg) (IMG_20180929_122630_resized_20181001_013753599.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG_20180930_152816_resized_20181001_013846601.jpg (120KB - 450 downloads) IMG_20180929_122630_resized_20181001_013753599.jpg (109KB - 426 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13045 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Great news Jari, you deserved the prize - all the effort, blood, sweat, tears and a pile of money you've throwed into this Beautiful restauration. Congratulations, now enjoy the car during next season. | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | Well, new season started with car shows. Attended to American car show in Helsinki wich is biggest classic car show in Scandinavia I quess, hundreds of cars. Got into TOP 10 in Helsinki. Last weekend Intermational Hot Rod & Rock Show in Tampere. I think It was most high quality show I've seen ever. Show cars from Sweden and Norway too. First of all F, G and H in a same square, all three were black and two of them with red interior! Where can yo see that exept 300 Club meeting. Won special award from Tampere Edited by Adventurer 60 2019-04-29 4:36 AM (IMG_20190417_170236_resized_20190429_090843649.jpg) (IMG_20190418_164414_resized_20190429_090842964.jpg) (IMG_20190418_213746_BURST001_COVER_resized_20190429_090841131.jpg) (IMG_20190427_182103_resized_20190429_090550586.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG_20190417_170236_resized_20190429_090843649.jpg (493KB - 377 downloads) IMG_20190418_164414_resized_20190429_090842964.jpg (137KB - 378 downloads) IMG_20190418_213746_BURST001_COVER_resized_20190429_090841131.jpg (422KB - 374 downloads) IMG_20190427_182103_resized_20190429_090550586.jpg (444KB - 394 downloads) | ||
60 Imp |
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Location: North Australia | Good job Jari, nice to be recognized for excellent work. Now where is the 59 dodge you talked about? Steve. | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13045 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Very nice photos Jari! Congrats to your awards. Now it's time to ooze down the Finnish roads and enjoy the fruits of your good work! | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | I guess it got first place great looking. | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | 60 Imp - 2019-04-29 7:54 AM Good job Jari, nice to be recognized for excellent work. Now where is the 59 dodge you talked about? Steve. there is another topic: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=68681&... | ||
matt |
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Veteran Posts: 143 Location: Malmberget, Sweden | Jari. in the pic there is a peace thats not covered in plastic. I wonder where should that peace be? I found 2 of them in my car. (WP_001381.jpg) Attachments ---------------- WP_001381.jpg (208KB - 323 downloads) | ||
Adventurer 60 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 827 Location: tailFinland | It belongs inside into those center console armrests/lids | ||
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