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Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Jackual Date: January 14, 2012, 2:36 am
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 31 Oct '10
Kia ora!, Toots is my 'longterm' project. A bit of history; For
over five years Toots was sat rusting in the corner of a mates
paddock over in Napier, Under a willow tree, After the rear diff
destroyed itself. I had been offered Toots five years ago, As a
project, But was too much for my pocket. Years later it had'nt
moved and myself now working, I asked if it was still for sale.
Notes exchanged, I went later on in the week to pick up and
trailer Toots back home.
Toots is a a truck cab, Fitted with a home made roll cage and a
Koenig pto winch from the transfer box.
Shoehorned in the engine bay is a Chrysler Hemi 6, From either a
Charger or a Valliant. Back when I got it I did hook a battery
up, Nothing worked, Exept the horn - hence the name!.
It was bought new on 1st June 1966, At Wairoa, Northern Hawkes
bay.
Later in its life it was bought locally, and fitted with the
Hemi 6 for club events.
Some photos;
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The whole front end pivots on hinges in the bullbars;
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Engine; Its fitted pretty well, But there is some bad wiring &
plumbing bodges by p/o's
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The engine needs a starter motor and radiator.
I have the air filter, But its painted the most gay pink ever,
so I took it off to spare the photo, and your eyes!.
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The winch has been modified to run from the transfer case pto,
With the original petrol 2.25 it would have run off the
crankshaft
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Ive done a bit of tidying up and light degaying, removing the
swing away wheel thing and some crap cheq plate stuff.
I also cleaned out all the crap, Vaccuum cleaner attachments and
Half dismantled things, from the rear tub, Including a new
rocker cover and some series 1 rear axles.
I found a good drivers side door in the shed, too!
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Then I shifted it around with the old zetor;
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And [s]rammed[/s], I mean 'gently pushed' it into the the shed!;
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When inside I jacked up the front and put it on axles stands,
Gave the wheels a spin, Sounded like an earthquake!, The
bearings are totally fucked.
I started prodding the scabby rust patches on the chassis, where
drain holes are blocked and mud and crap has gotten stuck
inside;
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I spent a little while cutting out the rusty bits, and then
cutting out new metal and welding it in;
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Copied from forumer, Originally posted 5th Nov '10
I Found a starter motor for sale on Trade me(NZ ebay if ya
like), And bought it, so that should be arriving sometime soon.
I had this radiator out of a series 2 I broke a while ago, I had
session making it fit;
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Should have warned you about that pink air filter.
The rad fits in the cradle alright, But need to sort the bottom
hose entry around.
So I set to swapping the hose stub around.
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Was easier than I thought it was going to be, Just made sure the
parts to be soldered were spotless clean;
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Put it back in, plenty of room, thats gonna work a treat.
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And it gets rid of this gay setup;
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16th Nov '10
The engine runs!, Abeit on five cylinders...
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Copied from forumer, Originally posted 28th Nov '10
Spent most of sunday pulling out that useless roll cage, It
wasnt really supported by much,
just the top of the arches on the rear tub, Held down with a
heap of odd size bolts that had seized solid.
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Cut through the bolts with the angle grinder and biffed the
rollcage outside;
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Dont worry about the seats, they aint staying!.
I then removed the truck cab;
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Starting to look better now the gay stuffs removed.
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Copied from Forumer, Origianlly posted 30th Nov '10
Had a quick dismantling session before work, Took the seat box
and tub off, Not much swearing, The bolts came out easily
enough.
Had a rummage in the diff pan, Looks like it did go bang!. Also
found that the good front diff is "pegged".
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: stuey Date: January 14, 2012, 2:38 am
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'tis a good thing that the 'tother forum failed, you forget how
far the forum has stretched around the globe!
#Post#: 4249--------------------------------------------------
Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Jackual Date: January 14, 2012, 3:07 am
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[quote author=stuey link=topic=519.msg4247#msg4247
date=1326530298]
'tis a good thing that the 'tother forum failed, you forget how
far the forum has stretched around the globe![/quote]
OLLR.....World famous in NZ! ;D
Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 1st Jan '11
Bit of an update, Little bit done over xmas.
I unplugged the wiring loom and removed the bulkhead, Leaving
just the front panels on the flip front bit,
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Since I've had the engine running, I've pulled off the carb,
manifolds, And today, I pulled its head off.
Easier said than done, Especially when some twits decided to
glue it on with instant gasket, I had to use the engine crane to
lift the head off, Could'nt budge it!
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With the head off it looks quite good inside, Better than I
thought for an engine thats been sat for the the best part of 5
years, The valves will need some attention.
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Possibly a broken spark plug point rattling around in there for
a bit?
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I am well not looking forwards to scraping all the gasket goo
off, Right mess.
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Thats it for new years day!, Have a good one!
Wonder what other suprises ill find? welded on big ends...??
??? I wont speak too soon!.
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 18th Jan '11
I pulled the engine out and whipped the sump off to check
bearings, The mains are as new, But the big-ends are down to the
copper backing.
Looking on the internet for a cheap gasket set proved to be
impossible, So new big end shells and a gasket set was bought
for a jaw dropping $400, about 200 quid!.
Last weekend I cleaned off the instant gasket and stripped the
cylinder head for bead blasting;
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The valves are pretty good and did clean up well when ground in,
I attacked the ports with a drill mounted wire wheel;
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Once all the valves were in I blasted the rocker cover, which
was painted with tar - Nice :-| . Then i got a bit crazy with
the spray cans;
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Its growing on me!.
!Just as I was writing this we had a 5.5 magnitude earthquake @
9.47pm...... :o
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 4th Feb '11
I stripped and cleaned out the block, I did a quick hone of the
bores, There in pretty good nick, A few water stains nothing
drastic.
The water jacket was full of scale, I took the core/welch plugs
out and flushed all the crap out.
Then got ready for some orange;
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Masked it up in places, sprayed with primer;
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Then to orange, Get your sun glasses ;)
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I left it over night, then fitted some new core plugs with a
smear of hylomar;
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Also had another good quake last week, a 5.9 :o Was getting a
coffee at work...It went everywhere! ;D .
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Jackual Date: January 14, 2012, 3:30 am
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 16th Feb '11
Crankshaft, Conrods and pistons back in, Found some stuck rings
from standing which freed off easily enough.
Put a new camshaft front bearing in, Was a right twat of a thing
to fit. And then fitted the camshaft, Timing gear & oil pump.
A new neoprene rear seal was fitted in place of the rope type.
All torqued up and turns over nicely;
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Cleaned the sump up with a wire wheel on an angle grinder and
painted up, The same with the other tin covers and gearbox
adapter;
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The head is just placed on the block, Rockers and tappets yet to
fit.
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In the last picture you can see where the sump has been modified
for the front propshaft to clear.
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 14th Apr '11
Fitting the tappets, pushrods and rockers;
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Cylinder head is on and the tin tappet & rocker cover;
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Then I stripped and cleaned out the distributor, fitting new
points also cleaned up the fuel pump, couldnt get a kit to
rebuild it so the old diaphragm and valves were used - It wasnt
really that bad inside anyway.
Then the alternator and Trade me bought starter motor were
cleaned up.
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Went to clean up the manifolds, Noticed that the exhaust had
some pretty awesome cracks running through it.
Started to unbolt the two at the hotspot, And the exhaust just
disentegrated into a few bits >:(
In the end I ended up blitzing the last few reminents of exhaust
to leave me with a good intake manifold.
The good news is, that whilst trawling on trade me (again), I
came up trumps with a cheap decent exhaust manifold :D
So whilst I await for the "new" exhaust, and have nothing better
to do on a rainy weekend ;) , The intake got a good clean up
and paint;
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The carb has seen better days, I will get another one to build a
good carb.
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Jackual Date: January 14, 2012, 3:36 am
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 4th Jun '11
The carb got a birthday, I bought another rough carb and built
the two into one good carb. I took the carb to bits and brought
the steel parts to an electroplaters in town to be zinc plated,
He did a really good job and the parts look just like new.
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And today I've been doing the last few odds n sods on the
engine, The timing chain tensioner and cover are on, As are the
vacuum pipes. The bolt for the damper pully needs a special
washer making for that to fit properly. The exhaust manifold
arrived so that got fitted, And the air filter cover got sprayed
black.
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Just to stick the flywheel on, a bit of fuel, oil and a battery,
then see if I can coax it into life....
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Jackual Date: January 14, 2012, 3:42 am
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 5th Jun '11
Today saw the flywheel go on, Filled with oil, took out the
spark plugs, And turned it over for a bit using the starter,
Just to prime the oil pump and filter. Then a quick bit of
static timing.
Plugs back in, A dash of fuel in the carb, wound over and it
burst into life!
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Jackual Date: January 14, 2012, 3:53 am
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 8th Sept '11
Ive Stripped, cleaned and started to paint a spare rear axle
that will go in place of the wrecked rear axle currently fitted.
Photos, Yeah why not?
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 10th Sept '11
A step forwards!, Diff back in, Stub axles with new distance
pieces, Hub along with its bearings and seals, & new brakes
fitted;
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The rear axle is pretty much complete now, Just the brake lines
to tittyvate and fit;
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One of the rear springs got a birthday, I stripped it down and
cleaned all the rust and crap from between the leaves,
Lubed them up with some grease between the leaves when
rebuilding. Ive yet to touch the others;
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The rivets worn away on that there cleat, Im going to build the
rivet back up with the mig, Then using the air hammer, pein it
back on the leaf spring...well, so thats the plan.
The front panels have been removed, but the bull bars refused to
budge, The bolts are stuck fast.
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And then I unbolted the front prop and gearbox mounts, and then
lifted out the 'box, with thanks to another set of hands.
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: harryhedgehog Date: January 14, 2012, 3:56 am
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Looking good 8)
HHH
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Jackual Date: January 14, 2012, 4:05 am
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Copied from Forumer, Originally posted 2nd Oct '11
The front axle is in bits awaiting parts, I've started cleaning
the swivels up and giving them and a few other bits a touch of
paint;
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And the chassis is stripped off and ready for blasting, the only
thing left to take off is the towing drop plate.
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Not Copied from forumer ;D
Right back into real time.
The chassis has been out side to weather a bit (read months), I
was intending to get it shot blasted because it was painted with
tar like shit. I say was, The weather seems to be doing a good
job of removing it!, 30 oC with sun melting it off, And the rain
to work the crusty bits!.
Still nothing really to update :-\.
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Re: Toots, 88" Hemi powered 2A
By: Wooden Date: January 14, 2012, 5:17 am
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Toots is going to kick ass..! What are the bhp and torque
figures for that engine? (are you going to require a shipment of
spare 'boxes and halfshafts?) ;D
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