CraigH

Fitted the transmission cooler behind the number plate area in front.

Had to make a couple of brackets to mount it to the brace.

First bracket.





Both brackets and trial fit.



Will have to paint up brackets and route the hoses.

CraigH

Started fitting the AC Delete fiberglass cover.

Took a bit of grinding and enlarging of the mount holes and it fits.



One area was a little low so I have built it up with glass.



Once that sets i can start grinding it to shape and hopefully it will sit nice and flush.

Need to add the blower motor, reinforcing ring from original housing, drain tube and resistor.

CraigH

Glass has dried between races on TV so I gave it a sand and a reshape.



Fits the top edge much better now.

Once there is a bead of 3M seam sealer (Dumb Dumb) on the edge it should sit great.

CraigH

Sanded the AC delete housing ready for primer.



Then I needed to find a mount point for the resistor used to control the 3 lower fan speeds as well as the motor drain tube.





I gave it its first coat of satin black enamel and will finish it off tomorrow after a light sanding back and another coat.

CraigH

I started to finish the AC Delete housing. Painted it again last night.




The Fan holding ring.



Fitted the Resistor and drain.




Then put 3M bituman sealer around the edges.



But I was not happy with how it attached at one point so its off again and having some more fiberglass work !!!!!!.

CraigH

I fitted the new brake lines to the front.







Also fitted the AN6 compression fittings to the original auto cooling lines after cutting them off clean.



Hope they don't leak but if they do I will run new lines from the transmission.

CraigH

I read in the NCRS judging guide that the timing tab should be painted like below.

CraigH

Also I went to tighten up the power steering bolts to 70 pounds and seemed to be doing up too much ..... then I realized they had stripped.

Bugger will have to order some new ones as the other set i have from Borgeson dont have the domed ends that lock into the chassis rail.

Its always a few steps forward then one back :oops: :evil:

CraigH

Front brake lines are now finished from the Master Cylinder to the flexible caliper connections.





I have read about people gravity bleeding the brakes before, well gravity had fluid at the end of the hoses in about a minute.

CraigH

Started stripping the valve covers. Worked great on 80% of the surface with it wrinkling up very fast but not one side of each.

CraigH

Back on the front wiring harness.

I decided to follow how Riverracer did his and went AWG 8 to the horn relay then AWG 8 to the new fuse/relay box in the front.



Also added the wires needed to trip the thermo fans, a new accessory wire and a temp sender wire for the fan controller.

Put a new pigtail for the temp sender as well and started to wrap it again.

CraigH

The restored wire hangers went back in the proper spots.

CraigH

I have finished the harness from the firewall to the radiator support.



My control wires for the fan run through existing harness then drop into its own harness and go through the firewall next to the fiber optics.







Horn Relay wired.

CraigH

The AC delete Box is also in.

CraigH

Spent way too much time on the core support today.

Reproduction parts are just a hit and miss thing.

I should have tried getting the old one repaired as Jethro suggested but it has a good 10-12 inches on each side that just crumbles if you push it.

All the mount brackets were about 5-10 mm too far one way so after heaps of grinding, adjusting etc it now fits the radiator properly.

It will need to be resprayed as well.

What a pain. :evil: :evil:

CraigH

I spent today finishing the front light harness.

Wired up the circuit breakers and relays for the lights and thermo fans.





Wrapped the harness and mounted the box.

CraigH

I got the proper mount clips to allow the harness to attach to the front header bar.



They are just wrapped into the harness as you go.



The harness hanging down on the left is for the fans and will run down the base of the radiator.





Ignore the scratches on the lower supports they were made when I had to enlarge the mount holes for the radiator support, will sand it back and respray. :-)

After getting it all on I ran a wire from the + lead for the starter to the horn relay then tested each circuit ( I still dont have the engine harness in yet).

All circuits worked so onto the next thing.

CraigH

Needed a distraction this afternoon so cleaned up the valve covers.

They have now been given a coat of acid to kill some of the surface rust that was under the old paint.



The radiator and core support have been mocked up.



Now just need to make a bracket template and take it to a metal shop to be bent up for teh top and bottom to hold fans.

CraigH

Finished off the valve covers this morning

Final clean up.



A couple of coats of etch primer.



A light sand then Chevy Orange.

CraigH

October 2011

Same process for the water pump.