2182 winter project

[taylorjm]

Replaced the front wheel bearings and tightened the jam nuts. One jam nut came loose and the axle was rotating all over the place which was much of my steering issues. Ended up getting sealed bearings from motion industries. I know Roland recommended another brand but they were a bit more money and I was buying 4. These were about $8 cheaper per bearing and were $14.32 each. So not the real cheap ones, but not the most expensive ones. At least I don't have to fill up the entire axle with grease and hope it gets into the bearings.

https://www.motionindustries.com/pro...p?sku=00118945

[taylorjm]

Finally got the gauges in. These are 2" gauges an require a 2-1/16" hole. They are electric gauges so they need power instead of the wired or tube fed sending units. I had the same issue with the oil pressure sending unit that I had with the water temp sending unit. The threads are 1/8" npt but they seem really shallow. I needed to add a 1/8" npt close nipple and coupler to get the oil sending unit to fit. It was too wide to go in close to the block. I had to take a 1/8" npt pipe tap and run it through the oil pressure hole just like the water temp hole to cut the threads a little deeper. It didn't take much. I could twist the tap in by hand up until the last couple turns that I put a socket wrench on it but it wasn't cutting much out at all. Then took a q-tip and pulled out just a few file shavings. Then the 1/8" npt nipple went in just fine.

[taylorjm]

Here were the gauges I bought. One came right away but the others came from china so it took a couple weeks. They were between $9-12 each with the sending units.

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[Terry C]

Looks good, except now you can't tell if the top of the throttle is a rabbit, maybe it's a squirrel or a chipmunk or any fast rodent.
Just messing with ya.

[taylorjm]

Originally Posted by Terry C

Looks good, except now you can't tell if the top of the throttle is a rabbit, maybe it's a squirrel or a chipmunk or any fast rodent.
Just messing with ya.

I know. But I had to go with the bigger gauges because I'm getting old and can't see as well anymore. I needed my bifocals to see the rabbit anyway.. lol

[darkminion_17]

Nice work, do they light up?

[Sam Mac]

Originally Posted by taylorjm

Finally got the gauges in. These are 2" gauges an require a 2-1/16" hole. They are electric gauges so they need power instead of the wired or tube fed sending units. I had the same issue with the oil pressure sending unit that I had with the water temp sending unit. The threads are 1/8" npt but they seem really shallow. I needed to add a 1/8" npt close nipple and coupler to get the oil sending unit to fit. It was too wide to go in close to the block. I had to take a 1/8" npt pipe tap and run it through the oil pressure hole just like the water temp hole to cut the threads a little deeper. It didn't take much. I could twist the tap in by hand up until the last couple turns that I put a socket wrench on it but it wasn't cutting much out at all. Then took a q-tip and pulled out just a few file shavings. Then the 1/8" npt nipple went in just fine.

Jim

If it was me I would remove the oil sender and slip a piece of hose over the nipple then crank it over to flush some oil through the oil port that you tapped just to be sure you don't have some chips stuck inside. Hate to see a chip end up in a bearing and roach the engine. If you put a tee in place of the nipple you can hook up the warning light. Any hydraulic shop should have a 1/8" male X female X female tee fitting.

[john hall]

Originally Posted by Terry C

Looks good, except now you can't tell if the top of the throttle is a rabbit, maybe it's a squirrel or a chipmunk or any fast rodent.
Just messing with ya.

Looks like a Mustang emblem to me!

[taylorjm]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

Nice work, do they light up?

Yes, they do light up.

[taylorjm]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Jim

If it was me I would remove the oil sender and slip a piece of hose over the nipple then crank it over to flush some oil through the oil port that you tapped just to be sure you don't have some chips stuck inside. Hate to see a chip end up in a bearing and roach the engine. If you put a tee in place of the nipple you can hook up the warning light. Any hydraulic shop should have a 1/8" male X female X female tee fitting.

I thought about that. It's hard to explain, so I took a picture of a valve. This is what it looked like in the block. The threaded part ended and there was a small hole in the center. So when I ran the pipe tap in, any shavings were in the bottom and I could use a q-tip to pull them out and didn't have to worry about them getting into the block. I was going to put a Tee in place, but that would would have meant taking out the oil filter to clear the Tee. I just changed the oil and filter, and it wasn't worth finding out how much oil I would loose by removing the oil filter just to have the idiot light.. lol