Have been working on the car with my son...mostly on wiring and suspension. My wife and daughter peeled the protective film off the aluminum and promised to come back to do the trunk.
The dash and firewall are wired and the wiper motor and mechanism are in. Love that old timey looking Lucas wiper motor.
Added a stainless steel accessory outlet and the heated seat controls hidden under the dash in the flange (Go ahead and flame me for the heated seats. I enjoy cold weather riding on my Harley and love the heated grips... I'm sure we'll enjoy the heated seats in the Sping and Fall).
Suspension is mostly in. I don't have the jam nuts for the tie rods, so will install them when I receive the nuts from ERA.
Oil cooler is mounted.
Mounted the MSD box and noise filter capacitor on the bottom of the glovebox frame.
And, lastly, the metal reinforced boots for the lower ball joints require some persuasion to get them mounted. The recommendation was to get a short section of exhaust pipe, which is the perfect diameter to whack them in place. Well, I didn't have an exhaust pipe laying around so, before running out to the auto parts store, I rummaged through the pantry and discovered that a can of sardines in tomato sauce is also the perfect diameter
I was more than happy to sacrifice the contents of that can to turn it into a tool. One whack with a plastic mallet did the trick. Asked my wife why she bought sardines in tomato sauce and she has no recollection of why or what she was going to do with them. Sure am glad they didn't show up on the dinner plate
Have a Happy New Year!
Regards,
Kevin
8Likes
Threaded Mode
