Inducted Son's ebay find 91 164L Verde in Rescue Que Today

Well, some progress being made.

Got heads back from my head shop in just 2 days - all 12 valves were bent. They did a valve job, replaced all valves, stem seals and lightly milled heads as all valve guides were good. All intake tappets were damaged so have to replace them when I set up cam/valve clearances. Had one broken exhaust push rod and damaged exhaust tappet. Some jack leg really didn't have a clue on timing cams it seems

Timing belt tensioner outer spring broken and lower stud had nut spinning between threaded areas. Luckily I have just enough stud left with good threads to take a thin spring locking washer and nut as I can't get stud out of block. Broke long end above unthreaded area off trying with triple nut arrangement.

Replaced a/c blower motor and repaired damaged wiring from previous heater core change ripping through wiring harness with misaligned hose hose clamps.

Replaced noisy a/c compressor pulley bearing and ruptured front motor mount.
Compressor has been changed before and it still has some R12 Freon in system. Easy to replace motor mount and compressor bearing with heads off as engine jacks up real easy.

Repaired damaged wiring harness wiring for RPM/timing sensor and coolant temp sensor more things probably damaged by not lowering tranny on subframe and trying to rip out timing belt cover and tearing through wire harnesses. More Jack Leg shade tree things I had to fix.

Primitive Pete Caveman shade tree mechanicks has been at work on this 164 everywhere I turn.

Its Runs And Drives Around The Block!

ITS RUNS AND DRIVES AROUND THE BLOCK! After a week of toil my son and I got it started yesterday about 4 p.m. But not before we almost quit for the day when it wouldn't start after all our final assembly efforts which included dropping tanks from two cars and installing tank and pump I had already tested and installed in non-quik silver months ago.

Anyway we decided tank change using already tested item unit worth the work after we saw inside of old tank (now project for another day).

We also changed in line fuel filter under body and blew out lines as I had installed newly cleaned fuel injectors and then tested fuel pressure with gage and jumping fuel relay socket.

Everything was looking good when we went to start it but no spark. After a bit of checking we finally found a dead coil wire but once replaced car still wouldn't start even though RPM/Timing Sensor Ohm reading good at 600 ohms and coil readings seemed OK.

Just for grins we changed coil with another one that had same ohm (resistance) reading and it started right up. Go Figure?

Del said:

Probably outdated "behind the times" DOT rules, or, forgive me for saying this, the DOT might know more than the Euros. Nah!!!

Seriously, I don't know which would hold up in a fierce rear ender, the bendable/dentable steel or the crack prone plastic. Of course, there is the problem of the steel tank rusting due to water condensate sitting in the bottom (reason to put in water absorber once in a while?). Now if the tank were made from advanced composite with fibers, it wouldn't crack until a much higher load. Can anyone say Boeing 787?

Not quite on subject.

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Not to sure I could afford a Boeing 787 carbon fiber composite fuel cell for my 164.

As for Old Verde 91L 164 project time will tell whether we have a keeper or not.

Here are a couple pictures of it as we progress along working off little things to make a date with state inspector.

Blue 164 with "Q4" wheels in background is my friend Lee's he had just dropped in for visit from NJ and we reset his air bag light with my Alfa tester. Or should I say he did because I couldn't coordinate the 3 seconds on and 3 seconds off correctly after have a cool brew or two with lunch.

His car is sitting high because we just had jacked it up to check front end for worn or loose suspension parts. It sits same as My son's Green one.

Before lunch I reset my other friend Joe's air bag light first time I flipped switch.

NOTE: THE 0170 OIL FILL CAP!

Inducted Son's Ebay Find.... / Old Quotes

AlexGS said:

I haven't heard of the 'age of dirt' before. Dust to dust...

I remember my father being told that when he retired, every day would be a Sunday. I don't think that was ever quite the case... meanwhile how's your house-renovation coming along?

That's touching to hear - skills passed from one generation to the next just like in the successful days of yore. I guess I was lucky to have the same. I had many friends (the 'computer enthusiast' generation) who had nothing in common with their fathers at all and shared no time together, and now their families are split between countries.

Cheers and congrats,
-Alex

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Steve and I must have been raised by the same depression era grandparents or their relatives because I have heard the "Older than dirt" expression as well as a few others; among them: "Until the cows come home" and "Old as the hills but twice as dusty". I'm sure, if I really thought on it, I could come up with a few more.

Oh, how the phrase: "Too many cars, too little time" rings so true.....as well as the handing down of skills.

Pat learned rudimentary automotive skills from his father, who worked in the Flint, Michigan, Chevrolet plant all of his life. Basically, Pat's dad knew how to use a screw driver and hammer to make the crudest of automotive repairs and was determined that Pat, his only child, would not spend his life in a factory on an assembly line. Pat did not venture far, he stayed near and within the automotive community, but in a very different capacity; he had the ability to do the mechanics as well as document them and turned it into a living while loving it, specifically, with Alfas.

While Pat's father did not live to see his son's accomplishments, he would have been so proud of him and what he accomplished over his life. For Pat it was kind of the reverse, he had so much to offer his/our son, and began teaching him at an early age about cars and how they came apart and went back together. Sadly and unfortunately, that was not meant to be and was stolen from both of them....by something that none of us had any control over. Those memories are some of the happiest times we shared together as a family, even though they were not ultimately fulfilled.