68' Valiant 4 door
made some progress today. this was originally an A/C car with P/S. the previous owner had removed all of it, including everything in the cabin. he had also converted the engine pulleys to no A/C, no P/S with good reason. everything leaked. no big deal for a fair weather driver but i'm going to drive this in the winter and summer so it's going to need heat and air again. i did get most of the original stuff for the cabin but have no desire to rebuild it. i had used the Boushillon bracket for a sandon compressor in my 74', and it worked great, but you need all the 70' and later pulleys and brackets to use it. the more i went back and forth on sourcing a complete factory setup, the more i just wanted to get a serpentine system and loose the v-belts all together. either way though, i end up with a water pump upgrade...
for you kids that have never done this to a 69' or older small block, moving the water pump and leaving the old timing cover, means moving the timing marks :eek:
i had used the MP timing tape before, and just used a stiff piece of wire for a pointer, but decided to mod the stock one this time
monkey welds :rolleyes:
had to grind a little off the intake for the new alternator bracket
March pulley setup
made some progress today. this was originally an A/C car with P/S. the previous owner had removed all of it, including everything in the cabin. he had also converted the engine pulleys to no A/C, no P/S with good reason. everything leaked. no big deal for a fair weather driver but i'm going to drive this in the winter and summer so it's going to need heat and air again. i did get most of the original stuff for the cabin but have no desire to rebuild it. i had used the Boushillon bracket for a sandon compressor in my 74', and it worked great, but you need all the 70' and later pulleys and brackets to use it. the more i went back and forth on sourcing a complete factory setup, the more i just wanted to get a serpentine system and loose the v-belts all together. either way though, i end up with a water pump upgrade...
for you kids that have never done this to a 69' or older small block, moving the water pump and leaving the old timing cover, means moving the timing marks :eek:
i had used the MP timing tape before, and just used a stiff piece of wire for a pointer, but decided to mod the stock one this time
monkey welds :rolleyes:
had to grind a little off the intake for the new alternator bracket
March pulley setup
