1971 HLS30-14938 "Lily" build

[emccallum]

What year maxima rear calipers? 

 

Pretty certain a bolt goes in the fender, painted.

 

 

Edited November 10 by emccallum

[siteunseen]

4 hours ago, Patcon said:

@siteunseen

Cliff do you know the part number for the rubber seals at the bottom end of the speedo cable?

Here's something I found real quick. Should have the numbers.

 

Here's a Google search with alot of threads pertaining to the rubber seal...

https://www.google.com/search?q=speedometer+connections+on+transmission+dripping+oil+siteunseen+classiczcars.com&client=ms-android-americamovil-us-revc&sca_esv=2c272caab9e83ec0&ei=ikoxZ6L7FeP9ptQPidvc2A8&oq=speedometer+connections+on+transmission+dripping+oil+siteunseen+classiczcars.com&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIlBzcGVlZG9tZXRlciBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBvbiB0cmFuc21pc3Npb24gZHJpcHBpbmcgb2lsIHNpdGV1bnNlZW4gY2xhc3NpY3pjYXJzLmNvbUiU6AFQiYQBWKXaAXAAeACQAQCYAccBoAGfEKoBBDAuMTS4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgCgAgCYAwCIBgGSBwCgB_YE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

Hopefully this will help??

[Captain Obvious]

6 hours ago, Patcon said:

The little piston that allows neutral fluid flow at rest was seized up in the larger piston.

That'll do it. That's the same issue that inline6 had with his master. Stuck open.

Cars really don't like to just sit. You need to get in and push the pedals a couple times a week just to keep stuff moving.  Make "vroom-vroom" noises if it seems appropriate. 

[Patcon]

Thanks for the help guys!

[Patcon]

6 hours ago, emccallum said:

What year maxima rear calipers? 

 

1986-88 I believe

[Patcon]

I got into the shop one night this week. Worked on the clutch master, speedo cable and the hood release.

I plated some parts last weekend for these items

Here is the finished hood release

When I took the end off the speedo cable, that allowed me to remove the spring and replate it

Then I added heat shrink to the end where the jacket was missing and restaked it

Then added a piece on the outside that is self sealing heat shrink

All of the aluminum ends were bead blasted at really low pressure to clean them up. I did not put the cable jacket in the bead blaster though. You would never get it cleaned out!

Finished cable

 

[inline6]

38 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Finished cable

  

 

Very nice job on the speedo cable!

[Patcon]

So I debated trying this or not. I'm glad I did though

So the water tubes in the intake manifolds have been there for 50 years; steel in aluminum. They are 19mm (3/4") I don't have a flare nut wrench that large. But I took the propane torch to it and they came out!

This is the end of the water tube.

There is a rubber o ring that goes against a conical seat at the bottom of the hole.

Then I used the induction heater to try to get the nuts off the pipe

They came off which was great! That tool is really impressive in what you can get apart.

Then I bead blasted these parts

I'm glad that I did because the tube has a pin hole. I believe this would leak because the seal is a the bottom of the nut at the seat. This pinhole would be inside the nut.

So I found a piece of tubing. I couldn't find anything on Amazon but I found some 10mm OD 8mm ID tubing on Ebay. So I have 20" of that coming. I will try to replate all of this in the next few weeks

I pulled the studs out of the manifolds too. And this is what I had

I degreased then and put them into the bead blasting cabinet. After the first pass, I turned the air pressure down to about 60psi and blasted them again.

This is how they came out. I'm really pleased they look this good!

Then I treated them with Sharkhide.

Before and after

 

[emccallum]

very nice!

[Yarb]

Nice Work!!

[Patcon]

BTW if someone does decide to disassemble the speedo cable, don't be an idiot like me and forget to put the firewall grommet on before reassembly!

Thankfully, the grommet will stretch over the speedo end of the cable. Although just barely

[Patcon]

I have a small interference with my new headers and the intake manifolds. Has anyone else run into this?

Here's my new shop helper! Already found the tools and the shiny exhaust. 😉