Part/Brand suggestions please! Need your help.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:56 am
In the process of doing some tuning up, wondering if some of you could offer suggestions for a couple things:
1. I have a B30A from a 1975 164 sedan that had only 15,000Km on it when it was put in to replace the original truck engine. Does anyone know what, if any, differences there are in the two engines? Everything is already switched to 12 volt, but other than that I am not sure what I should be aware of. For example, the truck manual suggests 20w40, but the 164 manual for the b30a suggests 10w30, which is what I use, though synthetic to stabilize the viscosity at temps a bit better.
2. I am currently planning on replacing the wires and plugs with Bosch Super Plus 7997 and an 8mm wire. Is there a better/particular choice? I could not find an iridium replacement for the bosch W 200 T 35 OEM plugs.
3. swapping out the points (but keeping them) with a Pertronix Ignitor and flamethrower coil, but Ive seen coils from MSD, Accel, etc. as well. Stick with pertronix? Use OEM coil? Model numbers (there are so many!)
4. changing the fuel filter, should I stick with the solid can OEM style, or will using one of those glass, see-through filters work as well? I prefer that style visually to the solid can, but no idea if there is a performance difference.
5. I will be doing an electric fan swap using one of the flex-a-lite models with the hard plastic shround (someone here cut the sides of one a bit and it fit into the box channel very well, would love to know more about which model) but if there are other suggestions, please holla. The new setup would be about 300$, however, so I am wondering if just going with a 40$ fan from a lincoln or something down at the pick yard will be worth the possibility of the motor failing, etc.
Since this is really the first major mechanical/tune up anything I have done with it besides a new belt and oil change when I got it, what other routine engine/tune up items should I focus on? My budget is pretty tight, but I'm making a list.
Thank you in advance for any help! This place is invaluable, particularly to someone like myself who has limited mechanical experience (though very high mechanical aptitude.) I've never enjoyed a vehicle so much, nor enjoyed learning so much, even through my mistakes.
1. I have a B30A from a 1975 164 sedan that had only 15,000Km on it when it was put in to replace the original truck engine. Does anyone know what, if any, differences there are in the two engines? Everything is already switched to 12 volt, but other than that I am not sure what I should be aware of. For example, the truck manual suggests 20w40, but the 164 manual for the b30a suggests 10w30, which is what I use, though synthetic to stabilize the viscosity at temps a bit better.
2. I am currently planning on replacing the wires and plugs with Bosch Super Plus 7997 and an 8mm wire. Is there a better/particular choice? I could not find an iridium replacement for the bosch W 200 T 35 OEM plugs.
3. swapping out the points (but keeping them) with a Pertronix Ignitor and flamethrower coil, but Ive seen coils from MSD, Accel, etc. as well. Stick with pertronix? Use OEM coil? Model numbers (there are so many!)
4. changing the fuel filter, should I stick with the solid can OEM style, or will using one of those glass, see-through filters work as well? I prefer that style visually to the solid can, but no idea if there is a performance difference.
5. I will be doing an electric fan swap using one of the flex-a-lite models with the hard plastic shround (someone here cut the sides of one a bit and it fit into the box channel very well, would love to know more about which model) but if there are other suggestions, please holla. The new setup would be about 300$, however, so I am wondering if just going with a 40$ fan from a lincoln or something down at the pick yard will be worth the possibility of the motor failing, etc.
Since this is really the first major mechanical/tune up anything I have done with it besides a new belt and oil change when I got it, what other routine engine/tune up items should I focus on? My budget is pretty tight, but I'm making a list.
Thank you in advance for any help! This place is invaluable, particularly to someone like myself who has limited mechanical experience (though very high mechanical aptitude.) I've never enjoyed a vehicle so much, nor enjoyed learning so much, even through my mistakes.