Getting the pulleys read for painting. I’ve cut lengths of V belt and held them in place with string. I painted the inside of the V slots in the pulleys before on a 360 Dodge engine. The belts tended to slip and squeal when reving the engine. It was hard sanding off the paint after.
Pulley painted and clear metal where the belts ride.
Pulley in place. The pulley bolts torqued OK without the engine rolling over, but I needed to put a blot in #1 cylinder so that when it reached TDC it was stopped by the bolt – I made sure that it was TDC on a compression stoke so that a valve didn’t get bent.
Exhaust manifold bolts and manifolds ready for paint. I’m using barbecue high heat paint. It’s good for sustained temperatures of 600 or so degrees and bursts as high as 1200 degrees. It doesn’t need to be heat cured so we’ll have to see how good it works.
I’m using the old heater hose water pump connector. It was scaly on the inside . Rubbing it back and forth on a course rasp file did the trick to clean it out.
The connector can just be seen on the lower right. Here I’ve installed the clear fuel filter and hooked it all up to the carb. I had to do this before I could re-connect the fuel lines to the fuel pump other wise fuel might just pass through the pump and onto the floor.
I’ve installed the electric choke that was on the 305 donor engine. I like them better than the original temperature units. Seem to work faster and more consistent. Fortunately it works on an earlier Quadrajet.
Getting the throttle hooked up plus the vacuum lines.
Next: one step ahead and then one back!