cooters T bucket build

[cooter]

I'd flip it over and grind the underside areas to be built up to a gradual bevel. Attach any type of non-stick panel and build up corners with layers of oversized precut glass.

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I have the fiberglass bed cover bondoed to plywood. Maybe I should have glassed corners to top before I donded the two together? Hmm

 

[choppinczech]

You could do it either way. Start fresh with all glass, or cover the plywood.

If you decide to cover the plywood, cut back the edge where it meets the body and wrap it with glass.

So that it's a glass/plywood sandwich and no wood edge exposed.

 

[one finger john]

Make it a real project for the kids and ask them to come up with a working solution. No help from you other than a set of parameters and goals and see what they come up with.
Kind of like finals in school.

John

 

[cooter]

They been thinking

 

[cooter]

4th gear pressure switch

brake switch to brake circuit for lock up feature when brakes applied.

 

[cooter]

http://vid296.photobucket.com/albums/mm175/cooterspass/472_zpsbmf6leyt.mp4

 

[cooter]

me n pop took us a little drive today. slowly but surely getting there.

 

[benT]

Cooter: Have you solved the oils spray issue with the new valve covers? We were running the same finned ones as you on The Purple Powder Pickup's 283 and had the same issues. Thinking about chucking them for some ones with a baffle - thoughts?

 

[cooter]

Cooter: Have you solved the oils spray issue with the new valve covers? We were running the same finned ones as you on The Purple Powder Pickup's 283 and had the same issues. Thinking about chucking them for some ones with a baffle - thoughts?

YES!!!!! I no longer have oil spray. I love my baffled valve covers. Clean as a pin. I now have my factory GM pcv valve installed and she breathes fresh air in chrome filter on passenger side. Best thing I ever did.

 

[benT]

YES!!!!! I no longer have oil spray. I love my baffled valve covers. Clean as a pin. I now have my factory GM pcv valve installed and she breathes fresh air in chrome filter on passenger side. Best thing I ever did.

Guess that's what we'll do. No wonder you can find those covers so cheap at swap meets - they look ok, but actually BLOW!

 

[cooter]

Guess that's what we'll do. No wonder you can find those covers so cheap at swap meets - they look ok, but actually BLOW!

They didn't know any better back in them days. Didn't take me long to figure it out. They knew better than to put breather hole directly over a rocker arm!!! These new covers dropped a baffle between the rockers no flyin oil right out the saturated breather anymore. Mr. Gasket covers painted orange. No blow just show.

 

[rubicon]

I'm glad to see you posting again. Love watching your build. keep on building and posting. Thanks

 

[cooter]

I'm glad to see you posting again. Love watching your build. keep on building and posting. Thanks

Sorry I been so long getting pics on here.. Baby steps, she still has long way to go..

 

[fletcherson]

YES!!!!! I no longer have oil spray. I love my baffled valve covers. Clean as a pin. I now have my factory GM pcv valve installed and she breathes fresh air in chrome filter on passenger side. Best thing I ever did.

A lot of aftermarket valve covers are insufficient and cause oil consumption. I never understood why they didn't offer factory style baffles to install for guys who aren't running girdles, etc. I've tried numerous fixes, some better than others.

 

[Spanky]

Your car is looking good, Cooter. I've got the same issue with my finned covers. Anybody tried adding baffles, like these from Summit?
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mor-68790

 

[Spanky]

(Moved my question over to 'Engines & Drivelines' so's not to hijack Cooter's thread!)

 

[cooter]

(Moved my question over to 'Engines & Drivelines' so's not to hijack Cooter's thread!)

I looked at those. My covers were so low it would have hit rockers

 

[cooter]

found the ticking noise #6 couldnt handle it.

 

[old round fart]

Ouch! That looks like a thud not a tick! Were those new pistons?

 

[cooter]

Ouch! That looks like a thud not a tick! Were those new pistons?

This was a fairly new build. I didn't build engine. But yea, they were new.