I am going to have to teach Jon how to use the "Spell Check" button on the bottom of the post screen. Sheesh, you think he could get some of the words spelled right some of the time?? :Brow:
I take that back, everyone but George is helpful on this site. Spell Check... we dont need no stinking spell check... :grin: I wonder it thats why a lot of the code I write doesn't work? o No:
Gary- Thanks for the response, great story. I copied your post here to stick it in the members rides area so as not to take away from Jon's grill repro thread. I'm sure a lot of people will be interested and will help you! My GSX was stored 1981 until 2003 and I got it going only with the help of all the great people on this board.
Update Ok, I just went and purchased all the materials to actually pour the mold. That was right after I took a second mortgage on my house to pay for them. Actually, the materials were right at $300, but its a one time shot, all or nothing, so I am reviewing all my strategies before pouring the mold. Looks very promising. Just put the PVA on teh grill tonight, which made it a lumnous green color. PVA is a release agent which will allow the master to release from the mold. It will then have to cure for a minimum of 3 days before I can pour my first grill. Its all ready to go, all I have to do is say go.... I should be able to pour tomorrow. Will let you all know how it turns out. Keep your fingers crossed. -Jon
Ok, its curing right now. I woudl like to say it all went as planned, but when was hte last time that REALLY happened? Had a couple snags that turned this hour long job into abotu a 6 hour task. I have one more area to set up, and then the mold is done. I can see a couple air bubbles, so a littel finish work may be needed when the grill is popped, but a set of files will do that no prob. The main part here is we will have an entire grill to work with, and not fragments of pieces and parts to put them together. I will post soem pics later. The mold aint pretty, but hopefully the grills that come out of it will be. Thats all that matters right? -Jon
uzzled: o No: distributor in the rear!!!!! :shock: what engine is in that car ???????o No: uzzled: 455 distributors are in the front !!!!! :Smarty:
Ken I put a floor jack under the GSX and wedged it out of the corner it was in. Opened the hood for the first time in 20 years, your right the distributor is in the front, my apologies the dent wasn't as bad as I remembered it looks like they rammed the bellhouseing into it when they swaped engines. The starter was locked up, put a rebuilt in, turned over no fire. Back up town points, condensor cap, rotor,The coil was dead back up town again. Put a few gallons of gas with isopropyl in it, gave the carb a little fired right up. There is no exaust system what so ever left. But it felt good to site in it and just listen to her rumble again. I drove it out side toke some pictures of a very dirty car, I'll try to post them later today ar tomorrow I let it idle while I moved the boat and lots of other stuff around to get it into the shop. Soon a crowd started to gather around it. I don't know were all these people came from I live out in the country. Next weekend I give it a bath and take the trany out to fix. Gary
Man, getting the master out o f the mold is really hard. Some of the material leaked through sealed areas, so its very intense getting it out. I expected some of this, and the 50 degree temp this AM probably isn't helping matters. Only had a couple hours to get it out of th ebox, and try to release the mold. THe hard part is releasing all the mesh. Everywhere else has come free, but the mesh is really in there. Gonna put the mold in the sun tomorrow morning, and see if I can get it a littel softer, so it has more "squish room" Technical term..... What has released looks absolutely awesome!!! I think I could have used a littel more release material in the mesh area. Live and learn. It will come out, it will jsut require some muscle to do it. Thanks, -Jon
WOW, hardly any typo/spelling errors. Jon is on a roll ! Next time you use mold release you need to spray from all four sides to make sure you get all sides of the little squares.
I used sinelube 305 I think its called. There is a lot of pouris material inside that mesh area, so its holding strong. I had to come to work of all the darn things! I will tackle it some more this week. I knew getting the master out of the mold was gonna be a challenge. After that, the other pours should be less mess. -Jon Ironically, with my hands being so tired, I thought there would have been more errors. Thanks for the encouragement Dad! p
Ok, Jon, no need to be a smarty pants. :moonu: If you keep that up, next time I see you at the yard I am going to give you a swift kick in the pants and then let all the air out of your tires!:eek2: :laugh:
Ha! I know where I have been...... in my garage trying to get this right! Just talked to the mold expert, and he gave me a couple tips on releasing hte master..... try again. Gosh, I want to pour this mold so bad! Have to be patient.... pull too hard, and the mold is trash.
