Jim Kelly's V8 re-conversion Options

[jimkelly]

crazed turn signal lenses gone, thanks to 914rubber, much better (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

from this to this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) or vice versa (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[jimkelly]

there must be a trick to the eye brow grommets and eye brow install. seems the eye brow over laps the front vertical piece of metal, my eye brows were all bent up. put a strip of duct tape for added safety. looks better and worser : )

while I was fooling with this, I was using an ebay $5 fish tank pump to pump out the water from a cooler that I put in my crawl space to catch most of the water from my broken hot water heater that broke a few weeks ago. the little pump tricked the water out just fine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

lastly, my radiator leaks, and my thread about this is here. probably going to go with a celica assy from ebay $140 shipped.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=270334

well, I just bought this kospeed/celica radiator off ebay for $131 shipped and two hose splices from jags that run.just ordered to splices from jags that run, a 1 to 1.5 and a 1.25 to 1.5, to I can mate up radiator to my existing hoses. per andyrew this radiator is pictured upside down.
http://jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Parts_Cooling...seSplicers.html

[jimkelly]

still waiting on radiator to arrive BUT rcvd my 1" steel square tube today. two 6' lenghts so i can do both cars with same set up as A&P Mech has in his car.

[Andyrew]

still waiting on radiator to arrive BUT rcvd my 1" steel square tube today. two 6' lenghts so i can do both cars with same set up as A&P Mech has in his car.

Should work well.

I used a U channel for the radiator to sit in, and then 1/8"x2" flatbar for the radiator to sit against, with foam rubber seal floating everything.

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[jimkelly]

drove my car the other night in the rain and my windows fogged up real bad, so I visited harbor freight and got me one of there little 12V heaters and I think it helped greatly for my drive tonight. at first I only had a clear small area in front of driver but over 2-3 hours, almost my entire window was clear. though it was not raining and the roads were mostly dry. when I first turned it on, it blew my 5amp fuse, but was fine with 10amp subsequently.

[76-914]

Jim, be careful with upsizing those fuses. The fuses are sized to protect the size wire that is used on that circuit. Not the appliance it serves. Probably best to run a dedicated circuit for that heater sized for the heater. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[jimkelly]

I will. I have this fuse panel on my dash feed via 10g wire from my battery. it was part of my temporary fix to get my horn and wipers working enough for inspection, and to feed my radiators. it also feeds my gps or my harbor freight defroster.

thanks, I really appreciate you guys looking out for me and my half assed ways that i can't seem to shake (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[jimkelly]

still waiting on my celica radiator to arrive. my leaky radiator is holding up just enough to keep me moving but I have to top it off every few days and refill my overflow as well regularly. looking forward to swapping out my radiator this coming week (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I also need a second 12v plug so I can run my gps (for its speedo) and my heater at same time. i'll probably cut wires to heater and hard wire into my fuse box.

[sixnotfour]

while waiting for the new rad, why not install something like this for some real comfort ??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-UNIVERSAL-SMAL...gy~&vxp=mtr

[jimkelly]

that is nice. i really do need something like that. was a little chilly last night, burr.

still getting chunks of crap (deteriorated rubber hose I think) in my 1st fuel filter but less and less. though I still prefer transparent fuel filters over metal ones.

began getting gas BEFORE I run out and get stranded. makes good sense.

[jimkelly]

my bad radiator thread..
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=270334&hl=

my 10 year old renegade radiator leaks in all 4 corners. can't believe i made it to work today (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

i can tell you those bottom vibration dampener grommets are hard as rocks, no dampening happening with these.

for a while i did not have my fender openings screened off, so mice found a home (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

now it is a mouse debris free zone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2e14fdSFU

[jimkelly]

my radiator arrived (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
and we started to fab up the mount (i made the pieces and my buddy tacked them together) like a&p mech did in his car.
used rivnuts (for first time ever), hope they last long term?
not sure if this is gonna work BUT i am trying to add some EZ BRUSH to the top and ID of some rubber grommets to use as my bottom vibration dampers. i'll know if it was a reasonable success in the AM, when i will remove the outer and inner molds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
they came out decent but i need to get over to home depot and get the right sized ID grommets (5/8 ID).

[Andyrew]

Whats the green stuff made from?

[jimkelly]

company: smooth on
green product: ez brush
blue product: smooth sil ( a different product we use sometimes)
i thought making a mold was gonna be cake walk, realized it was not gonna be, so i will be suing a standard grommet on bottom and top.

[mepstein]

After mice chewed wires on my car after a winter storage, I was told to throw in some dryer sheets around the car. Seemed to do the trick last year.

[jimkelly]

few more pics of progress.
end tabs (made from angle iron) should have had a shorter welded horizontal section (maybe 3/4 inch), vertical section is fine as is.
got the bottom grommets (5/8 ID from lowes) in, dead nuts, whew (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) 28 11/16 center to center.

[Andyrew]

Those tacks look pretty cold, See if your welder buddy can put a vertical tack on the end of the bar going to the piece that holds the radiator. If not just a 1" bead on the top.

Grommet looks great!

[jimkelly]

that's all me. i've taken over the welding on this project : )

that said, i agree, but they are enough for test fit purposes. later i will heat the shit out of it when i tig it for long term use (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)

more pics of ugly welding to come (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

i gotta do a little something different at the front then a&p mech did as i wound up in a slightly different location then he did. could be cause i do things half assed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

[jimkelly]

few more pics. not bragging BUT my welds are unique (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

well, radiator sits in there real nice it seems IN its bottom grommets. tomorrow i will start on installing the ducting, i'm reusing my renegade duct work aluminum if i can.

my first fab job, and my first real weld job, i'm happy with it so far. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

it is 10pm, i started this at 3pm i think and did a piece of it yesterday. many hours to go.

if i was good with angles and if i were doing the welding in the car, i could have done a few areas a bit nicer.

[A&P Mech]

It's looking good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I am curious what made you decide to abandon the OEM Toyota lower radiator vibration mounts? They appear to be very well engineered.