FC Holden Sedan "Black and White Taxi Service Co-Operative" restoration

[Crumpsnr]

Holy crap that looks good  :)

[fe350chev]

Looks even better now its nearly finished.

[fe350chev]

I decided it was getting below zero here and water temps are very cold so I desludged the spare engine block and did some liquid rust converting, see how the potatoes look like they have sucked all the converted rust into them, now I will put the motor into the bumper tank as well. Its a nice looking block actually. I also repaired my buggy today cos I smashed the guard up a bit the other day.

[pedro]

That manifold came up great Deano, I've got plenty of stuff that needs polishing here i can send down if you're getting bored  ;)
   Pedro

[fe350chev]

Today I excavated out crappy soil around the shed, after I will put in good soil, then put shed up.

[fe350chev]

ahhh HYDROGEN GAS........... :o ......the smell of progress  ;)

Just got it going. Finally. Had a birthday part for the young bloke with 9 boys sleeping over  :P. Felt worse than a hangover.

[NES304]

Really good stuff mate I like reading this thread

[fe350chev]

Thanks NES, I like reading your stuff too. Tonight I stripped the old rusty guard peak thingy and got some undercoat on it. It was very badly rusted, was obviously a rust repair section not used in the 80's when the first guy intended to restore the taxi.

[fe350chev]

Well I felt like getting dirty so did the final stage of the block,de-rusting and scaling and final flush. As my mate says "COUPLA DAYS........COUPLA DAY.....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM......BEWDIFUL :-* :-* :-*

A few final days in electrolysis and a quick flush saw clean water flowing like a garden feature ornament. If it is not clean enough to put a glass under it and drink it, then I am not happy  :P

I didn't bother stripping the paint all off because I plan to do more work with the block which will knock off all visible outside paint.

[fe350chev]

Oh another thing the old fella told me was to leave as many bearing shells in as possible to protect the metal where the bearing seats. I think he was a bit pedantic but he reckoned that when the shells were in the hot tank, the most worn ones would be directly identified proportionally to the amount that the caustic solution would eat them away (ie etching), assisting to determine where the stresses were or lack of oil flow or whatever to the engine as good bearings have a protective coating that does not allow etching to the same degree. It sort of makes sense. That's why if you were doing these all the time, a pattern could emerge that say perhaps the rear cam bearing wears the most or second main bearing suffers from oil starvation etc. Another thing I hear people on here talk about is "opening up the oil galleries", however this effects the whole pressure of the oil system, less pressure in the galleries result unless you upgrade the oil pump proportionally. I remember we used to have plenty of anecdotal evidence of engines in truck repair land so if there was a problem with oil not reaching an area the opposite was in fact done, instead of making an oil outlet bigger at the exit end, we would put in a kind of insert sometimes with a squirter to get the oil to where it was needed (I wish I took more notice of this as a dumb ass apprentice).

[hsv-001]

I would assume that high volume is only that 'til the first restriction then high pressure, then low volume and pressure on the other side. Too much clearance or flow, less pressure.

[fe350chev]

Frame will be completed tomoz.

[fe350chev]

oooooh.  8)

[fe350chev]

Sheds nearly done. Ive nearly got my back right with plenty of rest. Good spraying weather soon, look out!  ;)

[pedro]

Nice one Deano, I see it's finally stopped raining now it's up. lol
   Pedro

[fe350chev]

I have been doing some rust converting and found that the 2 springs that came out of solution today are in very good original condition with original leaf spacers, so ill buff them off and soak em in some oil then pain them ready for the taxi. Ill try use as many original parts as i can for that one.

[fe350chev]

Hey fellas just an update on my own restoration, I think some of you know that I have had a rough trot when i was a kid with the lungs etc, well I started fainting and carrying on recently causing me to knock myself out a few times. Anyway, went to a cardiologist in Radelaide last week. After many tests and 24 hour monitors, it was found that I have right "Vagus Nerve" damage caused most likely when I was a teenager during my lung reduction surgeries for the emphysema. So basically my hearts accellerator gets stuck, either too slow, like 37-47 beats, or too fast, it also controls bladder and many other functions. So I am now medicated and they finally got the bp (boost pressure Pete) under control, but the bloody hear rate still slips into the low forties high 30's at night and skips beats etc. Anyway, at least now with my heart monitor at home I can control it. Basically everytime i stand my heart rate goes up 30 to 60 beats. I'm hoping to get back into things soon, but I have only been on the heart nerve meds for 6 days. I tried doing more body work last week but after 15 minutes I was back bed with heart ahrythmias.

[DJ]

Sincerely hope the meds do the trick & you can enjoy Christmas to the fullest with the kids.

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

We miss you on here Deano. Hopefully the science can fix all the bad stuff. I consider myself very lucky, hopefully you can say the same in the near future.

Take it easy mate.


Regards

Wayne b

[fcwrangler]

All the best Deano, rest up and look after yourself. Let the mess kick in and you'll be back at it before you know it. You might be onto something with your comment about working on these old cars, I'm in for a hernia op. On the 18th and will be down for 4-6 weeks there goes the plans for the break.
Regards, Jim