Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Well, I know this will come as a disappointment to all the cat loving chefs out there, but today I actually kept my word and got some work done on the car !! .......and boy did things go right for a change.

My efforts now are going to be toward firing the engine up, and there are a million little things to do before that happens. All of the threaded galley plugs for the coolant and oil system were either missing or loose, so my first order of business was to install and seal all of the galley plugs. While I was at it I installed the temperature sender, and tomorrow I'll go to NAPA and dig in their Weatherhead cabinet for the stuff I need to install the oil sender.

Dan bought me some NPT to AN adapters to go into the turbo 350, and I can now order the braided hoses for the tranny cooler. I also got my kickdown linkage done, and also ran the vacuum hose to the trans modulator. Another hole was the speedometer cable spot in the tailshaft, so I put an expandible rubber plug in there, since I will not be running a speedo.

But the biggie was that I found upper and lower radiator hoses that could not have been a better fit if an engineer designed them for this application. I used the bent wire method suggested, and took them to the auto store and dug through about 200 hoses before I found two that were ok. All I had to do was cut about 3 inches off one, and 2 inches off the other, and they slipped right in place. That is a real load off of my mind, and tomorrow I'll pick up some stainless hose clamps at a marine store.....that way I won't ever have to worry about them rusting.

Here are some pictures of what I got done today.

Don