Was reading about oil light and rabbitman's comments. Light goes out when switch is disconnected. PO had it only a couple months between original owner and me. And just visited with original owner and he said it was running good when he sold it.
So, low/no oil and oil light and horrible running makes for sad days for Rudy
. The bro is going to come over and confirm DOA.
I believe my next evercise will be getting the window seals in and working on sunroof and interior while I decide what to do next.
This concludes the timing exercise for this thread. I want to thank everyone for their input and insights. I have learned so much and overcome a fear by learning through it. I have to say the only other fear of this magnitude I have is dropping a dash and seeing all those wires and wondering where they go.
For any newbie reading this thread these are my observations:
...READ, READ, READ. I read a lot, but wasn't alway sure of what it meant. Worked on the car and went back and read this thread and others (How-to, etc) again to confirm what I had done. New things were revealed that were posted all along.
...PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE: Repetition of results. What took me days to achieve was condensed down to minutes once practiced and understood.
...Proper tools; not that you can't improvise. I used a chuck from my grinder as my cam lock (I will have the bro measure and get me a piece of stock that fits perfectly so I don't have to shim anymore), a deep socket for my IP lock, channel locks with rubber hose covers for my cam holder since I didn't have a 12" crescent (I will probably get a different tool for this next time)
...Mark everything. I painted the flywheel at TDC. I made marks on IP sprocket at it's TDC. I even painted the crank bolt that was closest to TDC.
Thanks again everyone.
Michele
Topic: 1.5na IP... Newbie & Nervous (Read 6475 times)
