03-10-2019, 03:19 PM
Weekend of small victories:
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This fitting worked perfectly. Gonna have to pull everything out before the engine goes in, so they'll be time to clean this area up a bit. The passenger side line fit well. Don't have the routing finalized but will do that before pulling the booster and master cylinder. That took care of the front brakes.
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Got the brake cut-off mounted and this allowed me to measure for the rear brake lines. Went through hell getting the old aluminum bulkhead fitting out. Replaced it with a stainless steel one that should hopefully never have to come out. Got the plumbing planned out for the booster and have everything ordered for that.
Wanted to get the heads and oil pan on the engine but ran into a snag getting the harmonic balancer on. I ordered a 3/4"-16 x 4" tap bolt so I can drive it on with nut since it doesn't want to cooperate. That damn thing cost me $24 + $12 shipping from fastenal but it beats stripping out my crank trying to gun a 2" bolt on with only 1-2 threads engaged. It was 70 degrees anyways so I took the opportunity to respray the bad spots of my timing cover and oil pan. It's far from pretty but a lot better than it was.
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Even got some primer on my hood that's been waiting for it since Thanksgiving. This thing is going to require a lot more sanding and touch-ups to look decent but for now I'm fine with it. The primer let me see the bad spots so that's a start. Probably wont get to this before show but I can always slap a quick coat of black over it.
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Next weekend should be some pretty crazy progress. Shooting to having it moving by the 31st so I have a decent amount of time for shake-downs and dealing with any potential issues.
This fitting worked perfectly. Gonna have to pull everything out before the engine goes in, so they'll be time to clean this area up a bit. The passenger side line fit well. Don't have the routing finalized but will do that before pulling the booster and master cylinder. That took care of the front brakes.
Got the brake cut-off mounted and this allowed me to measure for the rear brake lines. Went through hell getting the old aluminum bulkhead fitting out. Replaced it with a stainless steel one that should hopefully never have to come out. Got the plumbing planned out for the booster and have everything ordered for that.
Wanted to get the heads and oil pan on the engine but ran into a snag getting the harmonic balancer on. I ordered a 3/4"-16 x 4" tap bolt so I can drive it on with nut since it doesn't want to cooperate. That damn thing cost me $24 + $12 shipping from fastenal but it beats stripping out my crank trying to gun a 2" bolt on with only 1-2 threads engaged. It was 70 degrees anyways so I took the opportunity to respray the bad spots of my timing cover and oil pan. It's far from pretty but a lot better than it was.
Even got some primer on my hood that's been waiting for it since Thanksgiving. This thing is going to require a lot more sanding and touch-ups to look decent but for now I'm fine with it. The primer let me see the bad spots so that's a start. Probably wont get to this before show but I can always slap a quick coat of black over it.
Next weekend should be some pretty crazy progress. Shooting to having it moving by the 31st so I have a decent amount of time for shake-downs and dealing with any potential issues.