Hope everyone had a good one. We froze ourselves at the Eagles game last night.

The accusump that I bought is the small one with only a 1quart capacity. It’s basically used at startup to preoil the system. I push a switch and pressurized oil circulated through the engine. Once started, engine oil pressure refills the unit to be ready for the next startup. As it sits for long periods, there won’t be any dry starts. There are…[Read more]

Spent a few hours in the garage today. Pulled the transmission, removed the bell housing and clutch to drive the pilot bearing deeper into the crankshaft. Initial installation was tough. I had to pull the transmission up tight with the mounting bolts. Now it slides right in all t he way. While it was disassembled I finished the mounting of the…[Read more]

Its a shame they included the photos of the bent and twisted front bumper. For the asking price it would be easy to replace it.

They claim a telescoping steering column. I wonder where that came from?

Hopefully the last disassembly. Body panels and engine removed.

Flywheel and clutch installed. Clutch slave cylinder mount fabricated and installed.

Original battery box removed to provide room for the Accusump.

A little fiberglass work, some minor welding and some paint and we can start on the final install.

Wow, that’s an impressive manual from the heritage center. It does verify my recollection that aside from the diesel versions all Chevettes ran the 1.6.

Dont have a picture, but you can pull it up. NAPA part #745-1048 is the style of unit that was posted in the Fiberfab instruction manual. I have only had to replace mine once since the initial build. It lasted over 15 years. It was a daily driver for quite a while. On High with the drafty top up, it will cook you. It bolts to the firewall dead…[Read more]

Jack, this would be the ideal time to invest in a seat warmer kit.

It all looks good. Looking forward to seeing it run at Carlisle. Enjoy.

Looking good, Ed.

So much time involved in all that stuff that won’t really be seen. The finished collective should be nice. 👍

Ok. Time for an update.

I rethought the steering column. Running it above the headers, then down at the front of the engine sounded cool, but was unnecessarily complicated. It now runs similar to the original but makes a couple kinks to clear the headers.

I cut the large flanges off the radiator and mounted the radiator a half inch farther…[Read more]