> Hello All,
> Well I thought that I would update you on the car......
> Since Thanksgiving I have,
> Totally taken apart, cleaned-painted rebuilt the rearend (btw the
>POR-15 is holding up beautifully on the leaf springs).. Installed the 4.11lsd
>and the urethane suspensinon bushings and patched the hole in the rear end.
> Removed old engine and cleaned cleaned cleaned the engine bay area and
>painted with POR-15. What a PITA… Gloss black may not be the best color to
>paint the engine bay.. Its hard to see deep down in there now….
> Cleaned up new engine and painted block-oilpan gloss black (looks pretty
>good). Wrapped Stan's header with insulating tape and installed it and the
>carbs.. The exhaust wrap turns out to be a good idea cause I forgot to install
>the heat sheild anyways…Put my new clutch in. Cleaned up the wiring harness
>and re-wried my accessory wiring (fog lights air horn, electric fan)
>
> Stephan Irene and I put the engine in on Saturday. That was the easy part..
> getting that @%#&$&*#%$@!!# exhaust manifold to line up with the exhaust pipe
> was just impossible.. I finally got it to go, sort of...I am sure its
> going to leak and I hope its just not going to be too loud.
> Had to stop working on the car Sat. night cause I promised Irene that
> I would go to here work Xmas party...didn't want to but a promise is a
> promise..besides free all-you-can-eat dim-sum is a quite a draw.
> Wrenched on the car all Sunday,..except for a nice diversion to
> Stephan, house to pick up that oil line. It was such a beautiful day that
> the ride by MC. was great in the 70's in SF in December!!!! Unbelievable!!
> Have to digress here.. Fred Katz went beyond the call of duty to
> try to get to me an oil line of his... but I had already left to pick one
> up from Stephan's. Thanks Fred!!!
> By about Sunday night at 12:00 am I had everything done and tested
> the new wiring I had installed.. All the electrical stuff worked and I was
>dying
> to try to start'er up!! but it was after midnite and all the housemates
> were asleep and I had the car backed into the garage.. and I did not want to
> gas them out..that and I did not have any nuts to hold the Solex aircleaner
> base to the carbs!!! I wanted it there to contain any backfires.....speaking
> of backfires where does one buy a fire extinguisher and what type is
>recommended
> for car use???
> Sooooo hopefully I can try to start the car tonight......after I buy
>some nuts-lockwashers.
> I have lots more questions……
>
> Daniel 69 2000
> SF CA
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