stupid mistake

[DrFishbone]

Originally Posted by Mike8675309

I spent many of my younger years hanging at my dad's hip as he worked on anything from fixing the furnace, making new air runs, fixing door knobs, working on his motorcycle. I learned what tools were what, and after a while I could anticipate what the next tool he would need was, rather than him having to ask.

I spent 6th grade to 9th grade sitting in the garage of my Step Dad's as he worked on his 70 Chevelle, and 69 El Camino with a big block. Fetching tools and asking about what he was doing, helping put new springs in, working on carbs, changing out distributors, wiring up tachometers.

Spent the summer of 9th grade at my dads with a 1965 corvair my step dad gave me, hand sanding all the bad paint off it, repairing holes in the steel with fiberglass mesh. Sticking blocks in the springs to fit 14" uni-lug dish aluminum wheels. Later we did the clutch job.

A couple years ago me and my brother went over to Dad's and swapped the clutch out for his car in the dirt driveway in about 1/2 of a day.

Point is. Kids may bother you when they are young, but if you stick with it, they'll turn into real help as they get older, and eventually you won't have to do it anymore, they will do it for you.

That's beautiful, Mike.

I better stop reading this thread. My wife already wants to have a baby (we're not quite ready yet), and all this reading is making me excited to have some youngin's "helping" me in the garage.

[warpedsc]

well my mistake just turned into a blessing. my slave cylinder was cracked and didnt have any fluid in it. didnt notice it till i went to unhook the line to it. kids will change everything once u have them but its for the good though

[DrFishbone]

Whew! Good thing huh!?

While you've got it (back) out...might want to look at a few other things:

1) rear main seal - also check for a groove worn in the crankshaft where seal meets the end of the crank - it will leak with a new seal if it has a groove deep enough. You can buy a sleeve to repair the crank. It requires a special tool to install. I have the tool if you would like to borrow it (otherwise costs about $30)

2) pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft

3) make sure you don't leave your ratchet in the bell housing when re-installing

[90coug]

I've forgot to install the dust shield two different times

[BirdofPrey97]

Mike,

My grandfather was the mechanic for the local school and worked on all 50 buses along with the other school vehicles. i was his apprentice many times. I remember my dad always making me hold the light. Not there damn it, right here now hold still. I remember almost crying then, but now I laugh along with him.

You haven't seen Aidan since he just a few months old, but he is up and running around now and into everything. I won't get him the home depot set of tools or even allow him to mess with mine all that much, because I dont want him picking up a plugged in skill saw or anything of the sort and getting him hurt. He's too young to understand a toy from a real tool.

Dad had a 72 camper special 390 ford f250 and he was rebuilding it when I was 4. I remember handing him tools and asking question after question. Even distracted him enough that he put it all back together and was getting ready to start it when he remembered he hadn't pre lubed the crank bearings. Wasn't allowed to help him take it back apart and lube parts and put it back together.

Spent many a late night rebuilding my brother's olds engine and finally got it together and dad came to drive it home and we go about 10 miles from home and he pulled over and raised the hood and the exhaust manifold was cherry red. It was 3 in the morning he just turned and looked me and shook his head. We pulled the distributer and turnd it 180 and finished driving it home without any problems. My brother totaled the car with only 75 miles on the rebuild.

Hope to have the SC is back together for Car Carft. Need to get a EEC plug, rear main, transmission, clutch and rear IRS from the Mark. Shouldn't be too many late nights in that project. Aidan goes to bed at 8pm.

[warpedsc]

seals are new along with pilot bearing. all tools to install tranny have been removed now i can start finishing up the engine hopefully i can remember where all the wires went and if not i can always dig out the pics from 5 yrs ago when i had it apart then. sad had it 7yrs and have only took it around the block once