1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[40FordDeluxe]

How's everyone doing? I've had a heck of a time getting anything done lately because a week and a half ago I rolled my ankle and thought I broke it. That killed a lot of time and made things a lot ore difficult. I'm back to near normal and have been trying to get things done.

I got my fuel pump mounted and fuel lines ran. On the pressure side, I ran a short piece of rubber to hard line, to rubber into a bypass regulator. Out of the regulator to a fuel block, then to the carbs. I used gates barricade hose which is compatible with ethanol rated gasolines. You just never know what you're going to get anymore and I didn't want the hose breaking down over time. I also have a return line back to the tank. I'm hoping not dead heading the pump will allow it to live a long life.

I then began running battery cables. I have to open up the battery hole in the trunk floor for the grommet I want to use. This hole was already in the trunk as the battery was mounted there years ago. It was on the trunk floor but now the battery will be under an access panel. I'm going to use a starter solenoid to send power through the cable only during cranking. I saw this used on race cars and it seems safer to me. Even though I'll have to have a power cable going to the alternator and power wires going to the fuse box. The battery cable runs down the RH frame rail and up over the trans bell housing and will be retained with p clamps. I have a 2nd solenoid I'll use to run the starter S terminal as well. I have multiple grounds I've added to the body and frame, and engine and frame.