Greenvanner?...

[RedBanner]

The suction utalizers are going to have to stay gm, for now.
I have this super adjustable tranny crossmember to deal with first...

Jesus christ, it's almost like I put this together.. try harder p.o.!

[DRIVEN]

That thing is just cool as he'll. Plans for the inside?

[RedBanner]

It's got a peanut butter vinyl, I plan to make some inserts to match for the back, and find few pop out windows to try and retro fit to my back fixed window doors. That's about it.

[RedBanner]

I would like one more low back captain chair for behind the driver. And I have insalation/vapor barrier sound deader for inbetween the inner supports, I'll hopefully cover over with upholstery vinyl. Nothing real flashy, just an insert with piping. Something for the floor that I can roll up to do truck stuff.

[DRIVEN]

Solid plan. Take lots of pics. Make lots of posts.

[RedBanner]

Joey has a few early c10 mirrors for me.

[RedBanner]

I pulled the govener today, it's a a lighter weight set but intact and the gear is good.
I got the modulator valve to come out, I really expected to find a spring in there but didnt. Made a proper vacuum line.
Started to warm it up to top off the fluid and test it, but this crimped off oil line (one of 2 crimped off oil lines) fanned me and the cabin in oil.
It took a few second of "WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING" before my brain kicked in.

Done for today. Just so many little things to button up before I can even decide what needs fixed first.

[RedBanner]

I think the only way I can clean this motor without destroying my interior is to drop it out. . The front I could clean easily with the doghouse on, but the whole issue is the back top. Maybe I could build a bubble. Lol

The yards around here DON'T LET PEOPLE IN THEM! Not a single place i can check out a few different examples of how this should be installed.
I have a fsm on the way, but I have had to go to the yard and check shit out so many times... it sucks so hard to see 6 vans in a yard, but the best they can do for you is retrieve a part for you while you wait.. maybe.
And they tell you they don't have cars... that you can clearly see from the road .

[DRIVEN]

Interesting that it's got a points distributor in it.
Pulling the engine is a huge ordeal. I'd build a big plastic barrier and clean it in place. You'll likely be revealing that intake before it's all over too if your goal is bone dry engine.

[RedBanner]

An heI dizzy was apperently bad, or they didn't know how to wire it, because it's in a box in the back.

[DRIVEN]

Didn't know how to attach 1 wire?

[RedBanner]

Didn't know how to attach 1 wire?

Right?
That's why I have assumed it must be faulty, but I'm pretty fucked up today still, from doing what little I could.. I might grab the hei and inspect it for obvious problems, something I can do from my chair with my leg up over my head.

[DRIVEN]

Cool thing about an HEI is that they're easy to bench test. Jumper from batt+ to B+ terminal and another batt- to the distributor casting. Put a spark plug (also grounded) in one of the plug wires, and spun the gear.

[jtinluvr]

I was going to say they probably tried to hookup the + to the HEI, but the original points wire in GM’s are resistor wires that drop voltage. Then I see it’s a 75’ so it should have had a HEI as original?

[RedBanner]

It should have a 400 small block origanlly also, long gone though.
So today I got out my crutches, in hopes that I got all the little shits ready to just warm it up and check transmission levels...
I see I'm a quart low... what I didn't notice, was that the transmission dipstick tube has a huge foot long split up the bottom of it...
So the quart I added simply dumped out the bottom of the filltube, into my engine bay, and the fan just whipped it all over everything..
I killed it and cleaned up what I could on crutches. And just feel generally defeated.
This fucking van.

[RedBanner]

After a long talk to a guy at the local junk yard, he agreed that If I sign a waiver, he would send me out in the yard with a chaperone.
Hopefully to get the correct crossmember.
And the correct gas peddle with a kickdown switch.
Mane a few little things.

[wayno]

I hope you get what you need.

[DRIVEN]

Hackers keep it interesting.
Good luck at the yard.

[wayno]

Hey, someone talking about me?

[RedBanner]

I've done some backyard work arounds, so I just can't complain as much as I would like