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Received my FlowKooler water pump and Robertshaw 160-degree thermostat. FlowKooler gives a lifetime warranty on their product. Later this week I will pop the cover and inspect the impeller. Hopefully, I can borrow the digital camera and post some pictures.
Purchased the Ford Motorsports valve covers that Whisperer recommended. I think that I will attach the gasket to the valve cover with some 'Hi-tack', just to add a little adhesion.
Also picked up a 1" phenolic carburetor spacer. No hole for PCV hose, so I will do the drill/tap thing. This way, I can get a fitting that fits the preformed hose (the alum spacer that I have has a fitting that was too small, and I wasn't happy with thew 'smash till tight' method of securing the PCV hose).
Installed wiper motor, and decided to check its operation. It did some serious growling, so I popped the gearbox cover, and packed some wheel bearing grease in there. It sounds better, but I suspect that with some more time operating, it will become quieter.
I also installed my instrument cluster. Thanks to Bishir and the others who provided the advice on adding the two dashbulbs. I will definitely add a picture of this when I get the digital camera again. I know this sounds hoakie, but nothing else worked well. I used Crystal Blue Saranwrap to color the additional bulbs. A little experimentation got me to set the color to match the other bulbs. I also did this to my oil pressure/ammeter gauges (they are mounted between the fresh air vent know and the left kickpanel). Also installed the 1/8" copper tubing from the engine to the oil pressure gauge. Boy, I drilled a 11/16" hole for additional stuff to go through the firewall, and it's now pretty full! I routed the oil line down the driver's side inner fender wall and through the firewall.
Also installed the lower frame crossmember (just aft of lower control arm frame brackets), driver's side block drain petcock and draintube (I used a 2 ½ inch pipe, elbow and petcock valve with a 6" long copper tube from the petcock pointing down. I bent it to clear the header on that side. When I need to drain the block, I hand a 6" piece of clear hose over the copper line, and my catch pan under that. No splatters!) and drained the engine oil.
Since I've got to take tomorrow off, I may fire the car off tomorrow. If I do, I will videotape it, and hopefully post a soundclip on Friday! Stay tuned! I also think that I will take it down to the gas station and fill it up on Saturday (of course, with no hood! Hehehe). Ahhhhhh, I can't wait!
Steve Leslie, 65 coupe in restoration. 302, toploader, A/C, disc brakes, bench seat
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1571478&a=11942550&p=43703435.jpg
Received my FlowKooler water pump and Robertshaw 160-degree thermostat. FlowKooler gives a lifetime warranty on their product. Later this week I will pop the cover and inspect the impeller. Hopefully, I can borrow the digital camera and post some pictures.
Purchased the Ford Motorsports valve covers that Whisperer recommended. I think that I will attach the gasket to the valve cover with some 'Hi-tack', just to add a little adhesion.
Also picked up a 1" phenolic carburetor spacer. No hole for PCV hose, so I will do the drill/tap thing. This way, I can get a fitting that fits the preformed hose (the alum spacer that I have has a fitting that was too small, and I wasn't happy with thew 'smash till tight' method of securing the PCV hose).
Installed wiper motor, and decided to check its operation. It did some serious growling, so I popped the gearbox cover, and packed some wheel bearing grease in there. It sounds better, but I suspect that with some more time operating, it will become quieter.
I also installed my instrument cluster. Thanks to Bishir and the others who provided the advice on adding the two dashbulbs. I will definitely add a picture of this when I get the digital camera again. I know this sounds hoakie, but nothing else worked well. I used Crystal Blue Saranwrap to color the additional bulbs. A little experimentation got me to set the color to match the other bulbs. I also did this to my oil pressure/ammeter gauges (they are mounted between the fresh air vent know and the left kickpanel). Also installed the 1/8" copper tubing from the engine to the oil pressure gauge. Boy, I drilled a 11/16" hole for additional stuff to go through the firewall, and it's now pretty full! I routed the oil line down the driver's side inner fender wall and through the firewall.
Also installed the lower frame crossmember (just aft of lower control arm frame brackets), driver's side block drain petcock and draintube (I used a 2 ½ inch pipe, elbow and petcock valve with a 6" long copper tube from the petcock pointing down. I bent it to clear the header on that side. When I need to drain the block, I hand a 6" piece of clear hose over the copper line, and my catch pan under that. No splatters!) and drained the engine oil.
Since I've got to take tomorrow off, I may fire the car off tomorrow. If I do, I will videotape it, and hopefully post a soundclip on Friday! Stay tuned! I also think that I will take it down to the gas station and fill it up on Saturday (of course, with no hood! Hehehe). Ahhhhhh, I can't wait!
Steve Leslie, 65 coupe in restoration. 302, toploader, A/C, disc brakes, bench seat
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1571478&a=11942550&p=43703435.jpg
