308 Engine Rebuild & CIS to TWM Throttle Bodies Conversion Thread!

this is a job i will need to do in the near future ..... will be watching with interest........... GOOD LUCK pizzaman......

 

Chris,

I really wish I could be there to help too, or at least maybe just watch!

Keep us posted on the progress, and please take a lot of pictures!

On a side note: I learned something after-the-fact about disassembling mine. Someone in the group may already know this, so it may be redundant. But I didn’t. And it would have saved me a lot of headache if I’d known how to do this before I started.

BTW: It’s not in the manual either.

When you’re ready to remove the ring-nuts, you will have undoubtedly also removed the small bearings that lock the shift-shafts. Under normal conditions, the little bearings keep you from being able to accidentally put the transmission into two gears (i.e., 3rd and reverse) at the same time. And this is a good thing. Except when you want to remove the ring-nuts, and have no other way to keep all the parts from turning while you’re trying to unscrew those darned things!

So put your gearbox in two gears at once and you’ll have the leverage you need to unscrew the nuts. Hope this helps!

Good luck!

D.

 

Good luck. Please keep us posted on parts prices too.

Thanks,

Aaron

 

Do you have access to the ring nut sockets you need?

 

Good luck Chris, enjoy the rest of your vacation too!

Jeff

 

LOL!!! Thank you

You have to use the frogman picture though...

BTW: With any luck, I'll be starting (or is that finishing? ) mine next month. Yippiee!!!

 

Hey Chris,

Man, I wish I lived close by (actually, I wish you all lived out here). You got a great bunch of guys out there. Looks like you're going to be supplying pizzas to everyone for a while.

Henry

 

I guess that would work. I was taught to let a shop rag roll into the gears to hold them. I would be afraid of having to force the sleeve over the teeth if they wernt aligned quite right. Guess it would depend which two gears your trying to lock.

 

Quite a few Pizza's!

 

So what other "While we have it outs" are you planning? You know there are going to be some!!!!

JIM

 

Chris, maybe some powder coating?
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I"ve been told that doing the headers - cleaning/bead blasting/powdercoating and the main collection exhaust pipe are probably a 'must', since the front bank headers are almost impossible to remove with the engine in the car. Also, you'll want to replace every hose - air/coolant/oil/fuel hose since they'll be so darned easy to reach them all. Oh, and I would imagine you'll want to replate clamps and fasteners - I don't see this being much $$$, just busy-work for when stuff is 'out' to the machine shop or you're awaiting pistons or piston rings to arrive.....it seems VERY popular to clean everything and plate/powdercoat/polish the belt and cam covers to something fancy. I want to HIGHLY polish/buff mine - some folks prefer crinkle/powder coating - whatever floats da boat, ya know?

I noticed that the headers were 'off' in the pics above, so.....

 

It is just that easy, do not forget to unplug the license plate light.

 

Make sure to protect all the surroundng body work in case of a bump (don't ask me how I know). Definitely have another set of hands.

How much would a large pepperoni pie be delivered to the west coast? And, would you guarantee that it would be hot?