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Keyair · 10-26-2011, 08:37 PM

Sweet!

Here is a good memory...
Teakettle junction... Thats my Father, who said it was one of the most memorable places he has been...
And lets not forget my "Old Faithfull '87 Burban" 454, 2wd, and 33' tires with a locker... my first "RV"!

Buttercup · 10-26-2011, 09:25 PM

Very nice pic!!! Very nice! If you are interested, I can send you some info on the DVNHA.... (always looking for members).

crazeevw · 10-26-2011, 09:32 PM

Steve, or Buttercup, any idea as to why the non-A/C radiator is $10 more on the LMC site? Makes me wonder if the non-A/C radiator has more cooling tubes or something? Any thoughts?
Thanks, Derek

Buttercup · 10-26-2011, 09:40 PM

ummmm - not me. Mine is an external oil/AC cooler with fans in front. I have a 4 pass core and the tranny cooler is built in on the cold side header.

Buttercup · 10-27-2011, 08:09 PM

Well, the new water pump is in and I have started to bolt things back together. I installed a new thermostat. Comparing the two, the old one did not have much of a bypass built in but the new one does have one with a nice little check valve brass rivet things.
You know - I spent a solid hour just trying to get one bolt in on the AC mount - it has a little spacer spool on it. That was one of the parts that mysteriously rained down to the ground when I was taking things apart. I also found a screw that by all looks has been stuck in the frameworks since the engine was built. It was rusted and had no shine on it that would have resulted from being manipulated with tools, etc... So I know of at least one part that I will have left over.

dadstoy · 10-27-2011, 08:18 PM

My brother has a jet engine mechanic working on F111 engines in the Air Force and a 747 engine mechanic for a major airlines. He says all is good if you have left over parts!

Buttercup · 10-27-2011, 08:29 PM

Yea - it's not like I will have a piston left sitting in a box when all is said and done - its a bolt for crying out loud!

ROBERTSUNRUS · 10-27-2011, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Buttercup

Yea - it's not like I will have a piston left sitting in a box when all is said and done - its a bolt for crying out loud!

Hi, just make sure that there are no empty bolt holes, those brackets need every bolt there was. And make sure you don't leave out any of the spacers, or your belts will be out of alignment. Once you put this all back together, you don't want to do it again.

wkerfoot · 10-27-2011, 10:08 PM

You better not have a piston left over, you didn't go inside the engine.

Bill

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buttercup

Yea - it's not like I will have a piston left sitting in a box when all is said and done - its a bolt for crying out loud!

Buttercup · 10-28-2011, 07:51 AM

I am doing my best to be sure nothing is left out - nothing! I did take pictures along the way and and am comparing what I took out with what I put back. There is still that one spacer thing I have no idea where it came from... I'll post a picture of it later tonight - maybe somebody recognizes it and can tell me where it is supposed to go

choctawmel · 11-02-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dadstoy

My brother has a jet engine mechanic working on F111 engines in the Air Force and a 747 engine mechanic for a major airlines. He says all is good if you have left over parts!

Dang! I made a living on f-111 engines till some idiot turned them to scrap!

dadstoy · 11-02-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by choctawmel

Dang! I made a living on f-111 engines till some idiot turned them to scrap!

My brother was stationed at Mtn Home, ID. I had visited a couple of times and loved watching the F-111's flying. You know why it is called a fighter jet? Ever seen the EF-111? I was told it could knock out communications across half a state.

Buttercup · 11-03-2011, 02:13 PM

OK - one of the parts that rained down is this little bracket. I do not know from where it rained from, but I believe it was on the left side, the passenger side of the Motorhome.
I do not have a good enough picture of this little gem. Can anybody look around and maybe locate this? I'll buy you a beer if you find it.....

Gypsy Jo · 11-04-2011, 09:45 AM

it goes on the alternator.
Tried to show pic but camera won't download.
it bolts to the back of the alternator .the long part being a spacer.

Buttercup · 11-04-2011, 02:18 PM

I woke up after my Night Shift last night and that is what I started to think - that it part of the tensioner for the alternator! Great - you win the beer prize!!!
We have snow on the ground up here at the 6200 foot level so I will play with tomorrow if it warms up a little.

Buttercup · 11-05-2011, 07:48 PM

Well, I looked at the alternator and that bracket and I don't quite see how it all fits together. There is the stationary bolt hole, which is threaded and the adjustable bolt hole, which is also threaded so I think I will need a picture or maybe I will look at my friends Surbaban for a clue, it might be similar.....

Keyair · 11-05-2011, 08:16 PM

Look back at your pics... maybe you have more?

I found this on Ebay...
1990 454 TBI Engine Pulleys Brackets Big Block chevy | eBay

Buttercup · 11-05-2011, 08:40 PM

Thanks - that engine is a little different than mine, it has a tentioner and mine does not.

Unfortunately I didn't take enough pictures. Nothing up close enough to see where or how it went in. I am already combing the internet for a breakout view of some sort.

This lesson does how one thing and that is you can never take enough pictures, but you can take not enough.

Keyair · 11-05-2011, 08:50 PM

Interesting.
So you have a ribbed serpentine belt, but no tensiioner???
I have a 1990 Suburban 454 with a single serpentine belt in my storage...
If you get stuck, I can take a look at it...

Keyair · 11-05-2011, 09:11 PM

So, I go didging thru my Archive of pics from 2008, when I pulled and stripped that 1990 motor and find these...
Maybe they will help???

This pic I had removed a lot on the drivers side...
Look right under the alternator... there is a hint of a braket bolted tight to the block that looks similar?