Started My Never-Ending Project

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Originally Posted by Asphalt

Try running a ground from the steering column to the dash. That cured my intermittent horn issues with my swapped in tilt column.

I will have to try that. Haven't really touched the wires in the last few weeks as I have been all over that 205.

Now that the 205 rebuild is 95% complete, I am onto the TH350. The dip stick leak is an obvious fix and I already have a new grommet. I ended up attaching the transmission to the engine stand which is an awesome way to work on it and makes it very easy to spin around whatever way I need it. So drained the fluid out the removed dip stick hole and removed the pan.

Next I removed the tranny filter and to my surprise, whoever worked on the transmission last managed to mess up such a simple gasket.

I ordered a TRANSGO 350 1&2 kit and a summit billet oil pan. Should be here by weeks end.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

I thought about getting the adjustable detents and the new modified shift rail kit. Maybe another thing to add to the ever growing list.

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by Chris_72_JIMMY

I thought about getting the adjustable detents and the new modified shift rail kit. Maybe another thing to add to the ever growing list.

Yeah, I bit the bullet and went with the whole shebang. My budget is shot, all of the little things add up so quick. Lol.

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by Spf79

Nice, I went with the J&B twin stick as well. I got the adjustable detents, I would recomend them. It allows you to adjust how much resistance it takes to shift the levers.

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The only thing I didn't like is the space on the outside shifter paw, I can make a spacer but wanted to talk with him first.

Any on have a contact number and name

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

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The only thing I didn't like is the space on the outside shifter paw, I can make a spacer but wanted to talk with him first.

Any on have a contact number and name

Here you go sir!

The contact number for J&b, (503) 749-3099.
The space on the end of the shift rod I stuck a 7/16" jam nut that came with the kit. Is that what you are referring to? Or am I misunderstanding?

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by Spf79

Here you go sir!

The contact number for J&b, (503) 749-3099.
The space on the end of the shift rod I stuck a 7/16" jam nut that came with the kit. Is that what you are referring to? Or am I misunderstanding?

I think I misunderstood your dilemma. Here are pics of mine. They look a bit different, I hope they have an easy fix for you.

Have a good day!

[jaros44sr]

Spf 79, your design seems to be a bit different then mine, I'll have to crawl under with you pic to compare

thanks for the contact, I'll call Mon.

Like the color, reminds me of my '62 Chevy

Nice work, if the rest of your build looks that good, should be impressive

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Same here, I always run into the "scope creep" issues with my builds.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Fumes aren't bad at all. I have mine out in the garage so no venting is needed.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Only have 2 more parts to powdercoat and I can finish putting it back together. Only get a few hours a week to work so it's taking longer than I hoped for but it's also my doing for having to coat everything.

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by Chris_72_JIMMY

Only have 2 more parts to powdercoat and I can finish putting it back together. Only get a few hours a week to work so it's taking longer than I hoped for but it's also my doing for having to coat everything.

Looks amazing!

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Originally Posted by Spf79

Looks amazing!

Thanks! I still have to find a way to remove the breather so I can tap it and put a barb fitting so I can add a breather hose.

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by Chris_72_JIMMY

Thanks! I still have to find a way to remove the breather so I can tap it and put a barb fitting so I can add a breather hose.

Yeah, I just noticed that - it is an odd looking breather.
Pic of mine - it is not a threaded piece either.

Question. What did you use to get your aluminum to polish up so nice? I spent a few evenings with a dremel and some polishing rouge followed by some Mother's compound and it came out maybe half as shiny as yours... Lol, afterward I clear coated it with some Rustoleum paint I had... I thought that the paint would prolong the polishing I had done. I knew I was not crawling under the Blazer at any point in the future to polish aluminum on a transfer case. Unfortunately the paint just turned the aluminum a dull gray.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

It's actually powdercoat, it's called super chrome.

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by Chris_72_JIMMY

It's actually powdercoat, it's called super chrome.

Cool! I did not know that you could get it in that color. Lol, totally thought it was an amazing polish job.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Good to hear, I'll have to knock it out in the next few days.

[Zook75]

Wow glad I found this page. I'll be watching it for sure. I'm about to pull the trigger on a 76 Blaze that has been redone but dragging my feet some.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Well time for a little update. I ended up powdercoating the front drive shaft a silver "bare metal" color. wasn't too big of a pain and I think it turned out good. Got the tranny and transfer case back in. Temporarily mounted the sending unit in a gas can and fired it up. It was stumbling and having a hard time running but I'm sure it was my ghetto fuel pickup connection and a filthy fuel filter by the carb. Luckily the fuel filter was a nice glass piece that I could pull apart and clean.

After filling the tranny with fluid I wanted to see how it shifted so I temp mounted the old tank back in and drove it around the block. No leaks so I am happy. I have the entire interior removed so the short drive sitting on a bucket was a little sketchy. New poly gas tank and sending unit should be here on Wednesday so I should be able to do a more thorough test later this week.

[jaros44sr]

Chris, just a word of caution on two fronts...

first your glass filter has what appears to scratches, which is good as it is not glass. Bad, as a dropped wrench will shatter it, and a fire could develop around hot headers and manifolds or a spark from wires. hopefully the filter is plastic

Second, poly tanks are not the way to go, IMHO, you have to take the neck off of your old tank, with a chisel and tin snips, then clean up the rest with a torch to get the soldier off and remove the two palnuts. The poly tank has no way of soldering on your old neck, since it is plastic

You may come up with your own idea, but I haven't seen it work out yet on the boards, post up if you have a solution

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by jaros44sr

Chris, just a word of caution on two fronts...

first your glass filter has what appears to scratches, which is good as it is not glass. Bad, as a dropped wrench will shatter it, and a fire could develop around hot headers and manifolds or a spark from wires. hopefully the filter is plastic

Second, poly tanks are not the way to go, IMHO, you have to take the neck off of your old tank, with a chisel and tin snips, then clean up the rest with a torch to get the soldier off and remove the two palnuts. The poly tank has no way of soldering on your old neck, since it is plastic

You may come up with your own idea, but I haven't seen it work out yet on the boards, post up if you have a solution

I agree on the poly tank. Although since you are in Utah... not sure if you are near Salt Lake City or not, But if you are... You should be able to talk to High Country Fusion. They may be able to weld something onto the neck of that tank. Call them at 801 355 3877. If you decide to go this route and they give you the cold shoulder shoot me a PM, I will call their sales rep and see if we can sweet talk them. They specialize in the fabrication of high density polyethylene. The unknown is what kind of poly your tank is made out of. Can you post a pic of the tank when it arrives?

[simicrintz]

Nice work; subscribed.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Thanks for the heads up fellas. The fuel filter I was just gonna chuck but after cleaning it up it looked perfect, no scratches so it must be a bad pic I have up but I will double check the material. The tank issue is no fun to hear, I was back and forth with poly vs metal and hoping I made a good purchase but this is the first I've heard of the filler neck issues. As soon as it gets here I'll post some pics.

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Well, the tank showed up a day earlier than expected. Let me know what you all think.

[Spf79]

Originally Posted by Chris_72_JIMMY

Well, the tank showed up a day earlier than expected. Let me know what you all think.

Looks cool! and the wall thickness on the filler neck looks burly.
The question is how much room does the angle of the filler neck leave you to hook the filler hose to the tank once the tank is in. See the pics of my repop tank it points right into the body mount so I had the old filler neck installed onto it.

How wide is the filler neck when you put a tape measure on it?

[Chris_72_JIMMY]

Tank went in tonight, the install fought me the whole way. The tank fit great and no issue with filler neck but all the little things were a pain. Put $30 worth of gas in it. No problems except i could only go to first click on pump handle. If i went full it would shut it off.