Sometimes you just need an Easy project (05-21-22)
 

This should be a simple project. If and when I have to drain the radiator I would love to be able to put a hose on the drain so I picked up a couple of these at Advance Auto.

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I am finally going through all of the nuts and bolts and making sure everything is final tight.

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More notes

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I have had this ratchetting open end wrench set for years and it still comes in handy.

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Mocking up the lines on the Vintage Air

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I ran the lines in two different colors so I can quickly tell which is which when I am laying under the dash.

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I finally found battery terminal covers that will actually work.

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I was even able to find a suitable location for the optima battery charge wires.

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Alternator wire cover.

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Have you ever had any problems with either of those radiator drain cocks getting seized together and not opening?

I was thinking the same thing. I’d dab some anti size on both threads.

Goose daddy,
Great find on the terminal covers. Do you know of any for the battery bulkheads ?

I used the Oatey teflon tape on the threads and normally that works good.

Not to worry anti-seize and I are very close friends

Here are a couple

https://ceautoelectricsupply.com/pro...ad-connectors/

https://www.amazon.com/Weatherproof-.../dp/B09B15X538

Thank you very much.

Jimbo

Cleaning the final wiring ( 05-22-22 )
 

Cleaning up the final wiring and making it permanent

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I trimmed out this hole for the Mag Daddy magnet wire holder

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I have learned having a small box handy in the car for all the stuff.

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Let's not forget the stuff hidden behind the vintage air unit.

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I need to lengthen just one side of the fuse holder wiring as I will be unable to reach this fuse when everything is all buttoned up.

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If you look really close you can see the fuse is hidden behind the fuse relay wiring.

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Test fitting the Holley ECU

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As always it is nice to have someone to talk with even if he only barks.

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So hopefully this is the last time the Vintage Air unit come out of the car. ( 05-28-22 )
 

Is it just me that has a hard time knowing when tight is tight enough.

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I also made sure that both nuts would be accessible from under the unit while I am laying on my back on the floor.

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Last look before the box goes in.

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I also find it is important to remember the tools I used to get the all of the hidden hardware.

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Have I told you how much I love these Mag Daddy Wire Loom holders.

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Time to shorten a couple wires.

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Wrapped the wire and installed a much nicer connection.

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Opps - it appears two female can't connect.

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All better now.

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Tightening the bolts that anchors the Vintage Air unit to the firewall. I an also considering putting a Nylock nut on the bolt that protrudes into the wiper cowl.

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Vintage Air Drain

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Mounted the bracket I made for the Holley Terminator X

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Working on and idea how to secure the top bolt hole which will also stabilize the bracket.

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It's shocking how many tools you use.

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Remy and I are back in the garage ( 05-30-22 )
 

Remy and I are back in the garage

Working on routing the Vintage Air Coolant line using the Mag Daddy Line clamps.

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I also moved the valve from in the inside of the car to the cowl as it will be much easier to service if I am have to replace it.

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I made this little mock up bracket to stabilize the valve

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While I am here I also routed all of the extra wire from the Holley ECU to the front of the car.

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Vintage Air wires that will be eventually connected.

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I used the heat shrink spade connectors instead of adding heat shrink tubing.

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AC Lines added into the mix

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You know the bracket I made ... well that was became useless when I ran the AC lines as there just wasn't enough room.

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These cloth Velcro wire ties work really nice during mock up and they come in multiple lengths and they also offer more aggressive Velcro closure.

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I need this fitting so I can remake the one AC line as I plan to reroute it in front of the battery instead of under the tray.

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Coming along nice. This is tedious work, but the satisfaction of knowing it was done correctly is worth it in the long run.

Daniel

Morning Daniel,

Thank you for the kind words and I am hoping that 99% of what I am doing is correct. I have made a couple mistakes along the way and thankfully I have had fellow board members and good friends make suggestions that make more sense.

Looking great, I’m gonna have to get some of those mag daddy holders. I can use those in a lot of areas on my car.

I’ve seen those Velcro zipTies before, Yet I’ve never thought about where they could prove useful. Thanks for showing me lol. Great idea

They are not cheap but man do they work great. You can play with the harness till you get it exactly where you want it and then your done. I have considered a small dab of panel bound once I am happy with the final location of each of the mounts.

You're welcome and always glad to share the knowledge that I have been exposed to along the way.

Trying to find the easy way out (( 06-05-22 ))
 

So I am running the DSE wiper harness under the steering column so it looks somewhat factory. However I am trying to come up with a solution to retain the line clamp. Since the hardware isn't a machine thread there really isn't a nut available. In the end I should have just drilled out the holes and tapped them for an actual bolt and then I could just use a nut & washer in the engine bay.

Attempt #1 License plate nut. -- Fail

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Attempt # 2 I forgot what these are called. -- Fail

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They kinda work but not really

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In the end I am just going to drill & tap the holes and do it the right way.

Holley Sniper Intake Manifold Fittings (( 06-05-22 ))
 

Time to finally finish the intake manifold so I can install it in a couple weeks.

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So does this stuff ever dry ?

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Drivers Side Fender Paint ((06-09-22))
 

I decided to paint the back side of the fenders.

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Fender is finally home and will soon be on the car.

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Prepping the car so I can install the fender.

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It's nice finally removing some of the blue tape.

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I am happy that I had Larry paint the firewall satin black as it is a nice contrast with the body color.

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Hopefully, I can get Mike or Scott to come over and give me a hand to install the fender soon.

A little late to the party, But...
 

These were once much more expensive and harder to find. This is one that found and use for a number of projects with a great size selection. You can also get all of the sizes of rivet nuts in stainless. https://www.amazon.com/Giantisan-Pro...NsaWNrPXRydWU=

That’s a really fair price. IMO

I love rivetnuts... :thumbsup:

Wow that is cheap and I will be adding this to my Amazon Shopping list.


As do I

Holley Sniper Intake Manifold finally installed ( 06-12-22 )
 

It's finally time to install the intake for the last time which means I should probably torque down the valley cover.

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and I actually used a torque wrench

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More notes

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Did I ever mention how much I love installing injectors.

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Yes a 3 Way Allen wrench comes in handy when assembling the rails.

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So this injector seems to be the issue that is preventing me from installing the rail.

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Rail is back off yet again.

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So I removed all of the brackets again and installed the rails everything was good.

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Here is the culprit.

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Off to my Grandfathers Vise.

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All better

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Finally done and ready to be installed but being honest I need Taco's

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What brand injectors? They kinda look like Holley. Have you ever used whatever brand they are before? I need new injectors , So I’m trying to find out what’s good

Thanks,
Jimbo

I bought the Holley Injectors as part of the package. Kinda wanted to keep it all the same however I am not sure it really matters.

Indicatory Wiring relocation (( 06-12-22 ))
 

It was late and I had a little left in me after a very long day. So I decided to do one more small project and oddly enough it was stupid easy. I walked over to my box of grommet and the first grommet I found fit perfectly.


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and the good news is I had two of them and I had enough left over wire to extend both wire looms.

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How is it possible that I used all of these tools today.

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I'm reminded of how possible it is whenever I work on the car.... :D

Yep, That Fender Is Still On The Ground ((06-15-22))
 

Ugh, but the good news is Scott is going to swing by and help me hang the fender tonight.

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Fender is on and will need some more adjusting but it is close enough.

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It is coming together, Marty! I am envious of your attention to detail. All the little things you're doing definitely will add up to a beautiful and reliable ride for sure!

I am taking notes on all your tips and tricks as well. I will be tackling the Vintage Air install and dash wiring on mine very soon.... Hopefully.

Thank you so much and my goal has been to make the car easy to service and hopefully reliable.

The Vintage Air install was fun and if you need to borrow the AC line crimper I loan it out for a small $25.00 donation to the charity I work with and the good part is you get a tax donation.

Looks like more of my ADD issue's are surfacing. (( 06-18-22 ))
 

I did something different this time before I started working on the car. I actually went for Taco's

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My goal is to hide the Injector Harness as much as possible.

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I used Tessa Tape at the harness plug

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Power Master Alternator Is 165 amps enough for EFI (( 06-20-22 ))
 

So serious question is a 165 amp alternator enough for the Holley Terminator X EFI ?

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Continuing with the Manifold install I cut the vacuum lines to length.

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Final Wiring routed under Drivers Side fender (( 06-25-22 ))
 

I started final routing of the wires on the drivers side of the car.

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More Mag Daddy Magnetic Mounts

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Upper & Lower Radiator Hoses (( 06-26-22 ))
 

Kenny did an unbelievable job on the upper and lower radiator hose's

I am going to order an longer hose for the connection at the water pump.

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I also finished up the routing for the Vintage Air lines.

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Opps I made a mistake with the Ground Wires - Thank you Kenny & Ron (( 07-01-22 ))
 

So when I was doing the wiring I just had a brain fart and forgot that if I flip the switch on the battery shut off and then
went and tried to start the car it would still go through all of the small grounds on the top of the battery.

Thank you Kenny and Ron for explaining this to me and hopefully I got it right this time.

I hope this is the last time that I will be taking this headlight bucket out. FYI in order to put the upper and lower valance
on the headlight bucket has to be removed so it will not be going back on till I am ready to install the upper and lower valance.

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All the wires have been exposed and I can now visually see my mistake.

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I really love the DSE lights however how much better can the new Holley Lights actually be.

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Everything that was on the top post terminal will now be moved to this remote ground stud.

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Off to Ace Hardware for more nuts, washers and bolts.

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I also used nylock nut so I don't have to worry about the bolts coming loose.

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Have I mentioned how much I love drilling into pretty paint.

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You can see that I hid the ground lug behind the battery so it could be easily serviced if necessary.

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I made a temporary ground wire that runs back to the lug where all of the wires moved to.

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I put some TechFlex wrap over the wires and called it a night.

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Just a thought on the injector wires. You could run the wires under the fuel rails and behind the runners. If you split the harness into two sides then each side could tuck in between the runner and the valley cover of the engine. There's usually a nice little pocket formed there that holds the wires nicely and completely hidden. Keep the harness separate like in this pic, adding the black covering.

Vintage Air valve final connections (( 07-02-22 ))
 

So the line are finally on for the last time.

You can see the line clamps are hanging out and could cut me or possible cut a wire.

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The trick I learned years ago was to stick a small bolt under the metal strap that is hanging off and just push it down. It's just that simple.

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Thank you Thank you and yes that is my plan.

More small projects (( 07-02-22 ))
 

I figured I might as well tackle this project the old school was and just cut the darn bolts instead of buying new ones.

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Note to self don't pick it up it's hot !!

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When it's hot let it lie

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Looks good to me

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I even layered a little bit of sound deadening over it just in case.

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Installed the foam to reduce the air traveling around the radiator instead of through it like it needs to be.

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Maybe one day soon I will ask Mario if he can paint my Radiator and fan shroud.

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A Gamble that actually paid off (( 07-09-22 ))
 

So I took a gamble on a fitting from Amazon and it actually worked perfectly.

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I used this fitting on the overflow vent and it had to be able to spin and not hit the radiator and end up in the correct orientation
facing the overflow tank.

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Shocking it worked perfectly.

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Back to the Radiator Hoses (( 07-09-22 ))
 

Originally I was going to use the Gates Heat Shrink hose clamps but that goes against the thought of being able to fix
the car on the side of the road. So I picked up these very nice stainless steel hose clamps.


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So this is one of things that you just can't believe was the fix. Way back when I replace the door hinge pins the drivers door
just didn't close nearly as nice as the passenger. I'm still not sure why I thought about putting just a little bit of oil in the latch
assembly. Well SOB it actually worked and worked incredibly well. So much so it has fixed the problem.

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Back to the Intake Manifold (( 07-09-22 ))
 

Back to the intake Holley Sniper Intake Manifold.

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The only way to get these lines off is with a knife. You can also see I added DEI Heat Sleeve around one of the hoses.

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I hope this is the final plumbing and wiring.

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I decided to vacuum bleed the brakes and all seemed good.

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I went out to get tacos and on my way home I decided to pick up the oil for the motor.

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Opps apparently the passenger side brake line had to go to the bathroom. Ugh !!!!

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