V1 Frank's Florida Street Goblin Build (#227) - 06 SS, 2.4L donor

[CaptFrank2001]

Well minor setback last night. While taking the donor off of the "borrowed" trailer I fell through the rotten wood. Banged up my right knee pretty good but luckily I did not break anything. It's sore but will be OK in a few days.

 

[Rttoys]

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[G Atsma]

Take care of yourself man! The car will wait.....

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Let the stripping begin !!!

 

[Rttoys]

Take a lot of pics. Some wide shot, some close, All over. You never know when you need to reference something later.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

First Surprise - Once I got the intake air cleaner removed to de-grease the engine look what I found. A whole lot of JB Weld. Not sure yet but I am guessing there was a coolant leak that was "Jury Rigged". I guess next step before I defuel the car is to pull this crap off and see what I find. I did plug in an OBD2 reader and found no codes.

 

[Rttoys]

That a lot of jb weld in an odd location. This should be “fun”

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Well Surprise, Surprise (sorry Gomer Pyle) I ran the engine up to operating temperature and then scraped all this JB Weld off. Started the engine and nothing. NO leaks, no issues. What it was on there for is beyond me. Before & after pictures. This engine runs so well I may not do anything to it. Purrs like a kitten, smooth and quiet.

 

[benjy]

Yikes! How much work was it to scrape off? I’m wondering if it wasn’t JB weld, I don’t think JB would be scrapeable?

 

[WYGoblin]

Well Surprise, Surprise (sorry Gomer Pyle) I ran the engine up to operating temperature and then scraped all this JB Weld off. Started the engine and nothing. NO leaks, no issues. What it was on there for is beyond me. Before & after pictures. This engine runs so well I may not do anything to it. Purrs like a kitten, smooth and quiet.

I had a similar thing like that on my valve cover. The only thing I found was the previous owner tried to "glue" the check valve going into the intake and it dripped down on the valve cover.
Glad you didn't find any problem must be a relief

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Yikes! How much work was it to scrape off? I’m wondering if it wasn’t JB weld, I don’t think JB would be scrapeable?

If the surface is oily JB won't stick very well and could be removed. That stuff looked to glossy to be JB weld though.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Well minor setback last night. While taking the donor off of the "borrowed" trailer I fell through the rotten wood. Banged up my right knee pretty good but luckily I did not break anything. It's sore but will be OK in a few days.

Frank, looks like you had a run in with something more serious in the past, that's a bragging scar above your knee.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Yikes! How much work was it to scrape off? I’m wondering if it wasn’t JB weld, I don’t think JB would be scrapeable?

It was not too difficult. Kind of chiseled it off with a screwdriver, then rotary wire brush in a drill.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Frank, looks like you had a run in with something more serious in the past, that's a bragging scar above your knee.

I have had two surgeries on that knee. Glad it was not more serious. I can live with a bruise and a scrape.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Making progress on day two of the teardown.

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Fuel Pump Jumper - Had a little trouble telling what pins to jumper to empty the fuel tank. Finally figured it out. Here is a better picture that might help the next guy. 5 Gallons of gas was in the car. Going straight to the lawn mower. My Goblin is allready making me money !!!

 

[CaptFrank2001]

#227 - Got my number, I'm in the queue !!!

 

[CaptFrank2001]

I was trying to determine if the donor had the original engine. Thanks to Adam at DF who showed me where to look on the engine (near the starter) for the partial VIN. Finally found it and it's a match. A little hard to make out but it's 16765 which is the middle five numbers from the vehicle VIN.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Soooo, since it's a match chances are the Cobalt owner took pretty good car of your donor, BONUS!

 

[CaptFrank2001]

Soooo, since it's a match chances are the Cobalt owner took pretty good car of your donor, BONUS!

Exactly. The engine runs very well with no diagostic codes. In fact I am surprised at how well it runs and sounds.