the project starts again
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Melting Slicks
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From: Beverly Massachusetts
the project starts again
well i just got the engine back out so i can start my wiring and suspension project. im gonna take lots of pictures and update this thread everyday for the next two weeks accept tomorrow sense i have to go get the new cap for my truck put on and bring my mom a cell phone that i got for her and sense she lives 3 hours away that will take up my whole day. 
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Melting Slicks
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well here is the first thing i installed sense the engine has been out of the car. new TCI damper and you can also see the new mini starter in this picture TCI mini starter well its a little chilly outside today so i will spend most the day just getting parts organized and ready to put on the car and i might get the car back up on the stands now that the engine is out and now that i have room to work on the wiring and other projects that i have under the hood like cleaning and painting and installing my new steeroids and new front suspension but irst i need to remove all the old stuff. if i get stuff under the hood pulled apart i will post pictures tomorrow.
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Melting Slicks
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well i was working on the car and im at the point were the engine is out and im preping the engine compartment for paint that way it looks new when you open the hood. ive been pulling everything out of the engine compartment while ive been getting it ready to repaint and pulled the old harness and brake booster and master cylender and found the hole that the clutch linkage is suppose to go through just like someone explained to me befor. well sense im running fuel injection and nee to pass the harness through the firewall i thought i could use this hole but it turnes out that the hole is to far away and the harness wont reach the hole when it is hooked to the engine so i started looking for a new spot on the firewall to drill a hole with now luck sense every inch is covered by something on the interior side of the firewall. well now that i have the engine out and i have pulled all the old wiring out and i now have a new wiring harness from M&H i started looking at the A/C wiring harness and decided the easies thing to do would be to add five feet to the A/C harness and route it so it goes through the unused clutch linkage hole sense my car is an auto 
well now that im done taking a break it time to get back to work on my project
well now that im done taking a break it time to get back to work on my project
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Melting Slicks
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ok so i ordered my fuel line and fittings today from summit so i should have them by monday i think and i was working on the car lastnight till 10pm so i didn'd get a chance to post any pictures of where i left off so i took some this morning. well i pulled out the old radiator support and thought it was in good shape but it turned out to be worse then i thought so i also ordered a new one this morning and im hopeing to get it sometime next week. anyways here are some pictures of my progress.
just after hosedown
hood off, wires out and radiator support out and first coat of paint on the fire wall and back of inner finders
just after hosedown
hood off, wires out and radiator support out and first coat of paint on the fire wall and back of inner finders
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Melting Slicks
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well i worked all day and i got the front suspension and steering system out of the car so first thing in the morning i will get started on it again and remove the front brakes and the rest of the hoses and other little things here and there under the hood and then give it one more good hose down befor i start cleaning and painting the front end of the frame and the engine compartment. here are some pictures of where im at now.
front suspension and steering removed
front brake
front suspension and steering removed
front brake
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Melting Slicks
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well i didnt get as far as i wanted last night but im making up for it today. i got the first coat of paint on the frame and now i just need to coat it with a truck bedliner paint and then paint over that with simi flat black again. here is where i am at right now. i will get more pictures tonight when im all done and post again.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Sydney
Keep going, I know how much work it is but keep plugging away and it WILL get done.
I would hazard a guess and say those calipers haven't been off before. If the hard-lines for the brakes are original too I would strongly suggest you save yourself some time in the future and change them now (although you probably were going to anyway). And get those calipers cleaned up, you may need them sleeved by the looks of them.
Good luck! and keep us updated.
cosmicvette
I would hazard a guess and say those calipers haven't been off before. If the hard-lines for the brakes are original too I would strongly suggest you save yourself some time in the future and change them now (although you probably were going to anyway). And get those calipers cleaned up, you may need them sleeved by the looks of them.
Good luck! and keep us updated.
cosmicvette
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Melting Slicks
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well i worked all day today cleaning parts and installing a few of my new suspension parts in the front and i should have the front suspension done tomorrow night. i ordered all new SS brake lines from mid america and it turned out that the hard line that goes acroos the front to the front passanger wheel was MIA so i had to call them and after several call i finally got them to send me the part but they said that sense they couldnt send me just the one line they had to send me the hole kit and tried to get me to pay for a hole new kit up front and then let them reemburse me when they got the other lines back but i told them there was no way i was gonna let them do that and after a few calls and a few hours later they finally said they would over night the kit with a prepaid shipping sticker to send the other parts back but i had to send them back within 30 days or they would charge me which is fine sense i plan on sending the other parts back right away. hopefully my new lines show up tomorrow do i can put them in and also my new calipers and braided flex lines once my new calipers are in i will take more pictures and post the after pictures of the suspension and brakes.
once my new calipers are in i will take more pictures and post the after pictures of the suspension and brakes.
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Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by raider21
looks fantastic - how long ago did you start this project?
check your email.
check your email.
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Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by Jughead
don't think no one is reading and watching.
you are
im sure i will be getting a lot more replys once i get some pictures tomorrow with the front suspension in and let me tell you it is looking sweet and i relly like the way the bedliner spray turned out on the frame the texture looks awsome. well i didnt want to post this picture but sense it is the only one i got of the bedliner paint on the frame i guess i will 
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Melting Slicks
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im still at it and thought i would show you where im at on the engine compartment. not as far as i thought i would be sense ive been cleaning under the rear also getting it ready for new the new fuel tank and puel pick up line and adding AN fittings and im using the old pick up line and the return line.
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Melting Slicks
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woooohooooo i just got the engine droped back in the car. well its 1am so i will post some pictures tomorrow after i get home from taking the wife out to see about tradeing our four door family car in for a bigger four door family car. i will snap a few pictures and post when i get home in the afternoon
