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| | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | Made a little progress today. Re-mounted the carb, figured out a place to mount the coil, and started figuring out how much im going to have to lengthen the wiring. Ordered the new oil pan today along with a new pickup tube. Will be here friday by 3pm. More pics when theres something to look at!
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,182 veteran | veteran Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,182 | hopefuly that harness i gave ya with it will help. i never checked oil pressure on that motor but never heard a tick in it either. so i dont know if you would want to change the oil pump or not. mite be best if your goin that far. just my 2 cents | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | yeah, theres just a couple of wires needing stretched, nothing too serious. The coil leads and maybe an oil pressure sensor wire. Thats about it.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | small progress made this afternoon, got the new rad mounted to the core support, shroud need a few holes slotted to make it fit right, but im out of tme for today and my drill is dead. Some pics... old radiator in case anybody wants to know, a 77 fury radiator fits just fine!
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | Looky what i got! I love the new parts smell lol! Assembly happens tomorrow.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,586 Likes: 1 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,586 Likes: 1 | wow thats alot of work i hope it all works out for ya . Are you going to clean up the engine area or just leave it ? It's the best tie to do it now while mostly everything is apart . | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | im going to give it a good degreasing and pressure wash once i get it all together, truthfully im not too worried about the engine bay being spotless since its just going to see miles and miles of open road. As long as it works well and isnt too nasty i'll live with it. as i replace/upgrade things i will clean/detail that area. i do want to find me some chrome valve covers though.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 pooh-bah | OP pooh-bah Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,460 | progress! Motors in, mounted up, oil pans on, mounts straight, carbs on and hooked up. Wiring fun starts tomorrow. Ill post up pics tomorrow in the daylight.
2003 Grand Caravan Member Vanatics Van Club-Spfld, IL Member Florida Van Council Member Central Florida Vans,-Orlando, FL | | | Re: 87 Dodge "Southeast of Disorder" | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 | Wiring should be a piece of cake. Just plug the wires back into the same things they were disconnected from. All the connectors should be the same. You should be able to reuse the van's wiring harness. I once swapped a 225 in place of a 318 on a 79 Dodge van and was able to use the 318 wiring harness with no problems.
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