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63ChevyII.com - Nova Restoration - April 2010

May 2010 ⇒

Weekly Goals ( task (to do) / task (past due) / task (completed))

Week 1 (April 4-10)

remove front end items - hood, grill, headlights, horns, front bumper, etc
remove under hood items for engine removal & paint - manifolds, battery & tray
label and remove wiring harnesses
measure hood & radiator clearance
order:
- fuel pickup
- direct mount temp gauge

Week 2 (April 11-18)

remove block
Temporarily Install 292
- Measure for mount plate
  - mock up placement
  - drill motor mount plate
- Check oil pan clearance
- Check fan/radiator clearance
Purchase Cooling system items
- order radiator (SUM-380325)
- order fan?(Flex-a-lite 1316)
- NAPA upper hose #7240
- Lower hose #7695
Engine Bay
- clean & prep
- paint
Finish oil pan mods
- metal finish
- paint

Week 3 (April 18-25)

Refinish
- Core Support
- Hood Latch Assembly
- Hood Hinges
- Bumper Brackets
- Gas Tank
trunk pan
- wire wheel & prep
- paint
Fuel System
- Install new tank
- Fabricate Fuel Pump bracket
- Install Fuel Pump
- Run Fuel Lines
- Wire Relay
Install new Wiring Harness
Finish 292 Block
- oil pickup support
  - move mounting stud
  - gring for clearance
  - weld tube to oil pump
- put oil pan on
- mount engine plate
- flexplate
Install 292 Block

Week 4 (April 25- May 1)

Finish Engine Install
Cooling System Install
Exhaust System Install
Reinstall:
- Grill
- Bezels
- Headlights
- Bumpers

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Sat

• prepped gas tank

• found solution for oil pickup

• old gas tank removed

• ordered temp gauge
•painted gas tank

• ordered fuel pickup

• removed: grill, headlights, horns, front bumper, etc

• took measurements: hood & radiator clearance

• labeled wiring & removed wiring harnesses

• removed radiator, manifolds, battery & tray,

• removed hood
• removed block

• removed core support
• removed wiper motor
• prepped engine bay for paint
• dropped items off for sandblasting: core support, hood hinges, hood latch assembly, battery tray, engine mounts

• Engine bay: prepped & painted

• Oil pan - prepped & painted
• Master Cylinder - prepped & painted
• Bumper brackets - prepped & painted
• Trunk pan - wire brushed and prepped
• Modified Oil Pickup Support
• Purchased oil pan gasket

• Purchased bolts: fuel pump, engine mount, thermostat housing spacer

• Sandblasting / Powdercoating done: core support, hood hinges, hood latch assembly, battery tray, engine mounts

• Purchased Rust Converter

• Painted trunk pan with rust converter

• Engine Bay: prepped and painted 2nd coat

• Worked on modifying oil support pickup

• Prepped gas tank straps for paint

• Purchased oil pump

• Painted gas tank straps

• Worked on passenger side motor mount

• Painted trunk pan - rustoleum and bedliner

• Setup Welder

• Engine Bay: prepped and painted Final coat

• Finished modifying oil pickup support

• Welded oil pickup to pump

• Installed- oil pump, pickup support, oil pan

• Installed gas tank & new fuel pickup
• Prepped & Painted: wiper motor, starter

• Installed Side Covers
• Installed ARP Valve Cover Studs
• Installed Wiper Motor
• Ordered: flexplate bolts, radiator, carb spacer, throttle retrun springs
• Planning for fuel pump bracket

• Worked on fuel pump bracket

• Cleaned Flexplate and enlarged holes to accept 1/2" x 20 bolts

• Cleaned Tranny Parts

•Temporarily Installed 292, Radiator Core

• Worked on Fuel Pump Bracket

•Checked Radiator to H2O pump clearance

• Worked on Fuel Pump Bracket

• Finished up passenger side motor mount

•Ordered Flexplate

• Worked on Fuel Pump Bracket

• Finished Fuel Pump Fabrication
• Temporarily mounted alternator, water pump pulley to check pulley alignment

• Worked on oil pan problem (5 hrs)
• Removed old Fuel lines

• Worked on oil pan issues

• Vacation