my new tools :)

[BarryK]

well, as no one could have possibly missed my last few threads unless you were dead....... :eyerole ............ here is a pic of my new IR temp gun and new vacuum gauge. That IR temp gun is FUN

Also in the pic is the new fan clutch I just picked up and need to install, looks pretty easy so I'm not especting too much problem with it but with me you never know

so this week i got a new timing light, vacuum gauge and IR temp gun. now I'm going to need a bigger toolbox to hold everything!

ops, forgot the pic, lets try again

 

[JonM]

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[BarryK]

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since X marks the spot, I'd say make a treasure map to it and sell it on ebay?

 

[Vettefan87]

 

[BarryK]

that's weird

 

[JohnZ]

Also in the pic is the new fan clutch I just picked up and need to install, looks pretty easy so I'm not especting too much problem with it but with me you never know

When you install the new fan clutch flange to the water pump pulley and the hub behind it, there isn't a lot of finger room between the flange and the back side of the clutch to align the holes in the pieces and get the 1/4"-28 bolts started; here's a tip that will simplify getting the holes aligned and the bolts started.

Cut the head off a 1/4"-28 fine-thread bolt and trim to 5/8" length, and screw it about three turns into the water pump hub, and turn the hub so the stud is at 12 o'clock. Then install the pulley reinforcement (if you have one), the pulley, and the fan clutch flange over the stud; this will align the holes in all three parts and you can start the other three bolts and lockwashers easily. Then unscrew the stud, start the last bolt, and proceed to snug them all up, then tighten them to 20-27 ft-lbs. This tip was in a radiator swap article I wrote in "Corvette Enthusiast" back in the January '04 issue.

 

[BarryK]

John
thanks for the tip - it makes sense, kinda sorta, but i'm sure it will make more sense when i'm actually doing it and can see everything you are referring to. Only problem is cutting the head off of a bolt - I don't have an appropiate type saw to cut bolts nor a vise to hold the bolt to cut it......... or a work bench to mount the vise if i had one.....


i'm really starting at the bottom of the rung as far as even basic tools go. some screwdrivers, a hammer, socket set, wrench set, and some misc stuff like some allen wrenches and a few other small stuff.
99% of the tools I have except for what i just got this week are my dads old tools from about 30 years ago when he got a Craftsman tool box and tools kits just to have some basic tools around the house. He didn't do any work on cars or anything either so these tools were just for basic handyman repairs around the house if needed - hanging pictures, tightening stuff up, etc.

How difficult will it be to do if I can't follow your tip?
Also, someone previously mentioned in the other thread that I may need to loosen the alternator to loosen the belt. If so, how do i know the proper tightness when I go to redo the alternator and belt after installing the fan clutch?
I also don't have a torque wrench to know i have the bolts on the fan clutch tighened enough

 

[tigernut]

I also don't have a torque wrench to know i have the bolts on the fan clutch tighened enough

Welcome to the "Honey, I need to go buy a new tool...." club! (IMO, The best part of working on my car. )


P.S. I tease her about the number of shoes, purses, etc she has, but I bet I have more tools than all those put together. (Just don't tell her that...)

Doug

 

[JohnZ]

How difficult will it be to do if I can't follow your tip?
Also, someone previously mentioned in the other thread that I may need to loosen the alternator to loosen the belt. If so, how do i know the proper tightness when I go to redo the alternator and belt after installing the fan clutch?
I also don't have a torque wrench to know i have the bolts on the fan clutch tighened enough

It can be done, just takes some patience to align the holes in all the pieces and get the bolts started. Yup, you'll have to loosen the alternator and drop the belt off the pulley. You'll have to "wing it" on the torques - you can't get a torque wrench on those four fan clutch bolts anyway. Tension the belt so putting about ten pounds of finger pressure on it, midway between the pulleys, deflects the belt about 1/2".

 

[BarryK]

Doug
in normal circumstances buying new tools would be fun and no problem and I'd welcome to opportunity - but I've been laid off work since last May (14 months) and my wife was laid off back in Feb. I'm only currently doing some parttime side work so money and the budget is a bit tight - she wasn't too thrilled to see me buying the timing light and IR temp gun right now. :ugh
We are just starting a new small business and money needs to go into that to get it rolling so anything else right now is real hard to justify. Many times i've looked at what the trip to Carlisle plus getting the seats redone by Al Knoch while we are there is going to cost us and considered strongly cancelling this year but just can't get myself to do it - we both want to go too much. Besides, no way I want to miss meeting everyone from here and seeing everyones great cars - especially 67Heaven and Larry's '62 - and so many others.