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Another quick evening job. The top radiator hose is the highest point in my system, so needed a bleed point, and a take off for the hose from the steam ports on the heads so I welded some bosses to the aluminium hose joiner and tapped them for a hose fitting and a schrader valve that I had in a drawer of parts. Should work. Hoping to have the cooling system hooked up by the end of the day tomorrow and get the transmission cooler re-mounted and connected too.
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Got quite a lot of fabrication done today. Was never happy with the g-braces I made the first time around, it was a rush job and they clashed with the hood hinges. So I cut them up and remade them - this time I didn't have the brake booster to worry about as I now have hydroboost. I'll get them powder coated this week I expect. A also made myself a stainless steel tank for the power steering fluid, just need to polish it up.
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Apr 10, 2016 18:02:37 GMT
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Done a few little jobs today. Re-dyed the seat backs - I ran out of dye when I did them the first time so the red was still showing through. Fixed the retractor on the passenger seat belt - was full of fluff and a bit tight. Cleaned it all up and rewound the spring, works really well now... Fixed the door pulls/handles, cleaned the sticky old dye off them from the previous owner with cellulose thinners. Fixed the handles and then re-dyed them. Finished the wiring of the front lights, also sorted out the washer pump and reservoir. Forgot to take a pic, it's all hidden up. Determined to make it clean and neat under the hood this time around. Last job was giving it a quick clean. It had got a bit green having sat in the yard for 18 months, surprisingly still shiny underneath. Desperately needs a polish though. I'm filling the time until my headers arrive now. Still have quite a lot of little jobs to do though, many that I should have done the first time around but never got around to.
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That looks fantastic, congratulations Next I fitted new body seals for the doors to replace the leaky ones. I did replace them with new when I rebuilt the car the first time, but they didn't last very long. I bought a different make this time and they seem much better. With the rain that's forecast for the rest of the weekend I expect I will find out if the new seals have fixed the problem, or not. After that I finished off all of the dash wiring with a couple of minor exceptions and then refitted the carpet, dash, instruments etc. As mentioned amazing work, dedication and skill Sera Just wondering where you got your door seals ?, so i know which to avoid and which to buy, also wouldn't mind a pic of the rear battery install as i plan to do the same.
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72 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400. 95 BMW E34 525i Manual. 80 Lotus Elite, sold 86 Mk4 Escort RWD V8, sold
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Thanks Mark. The door seals are Metro ones fixed my leaks in the end - avoid the Soffseal ones, they are curse word.
I'll take a pic of the rear battery install at some point. It's a bit of a mess at the mo, the trunk is one area I've not finished off yet, waiting for a carpet and new seal for it.
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