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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Nov 24, 2012 7:39:44 GMT -8
Installed and engine last night and got it fired up for the first time. This is actually the engine out of my '62; when I got the '63, the engine for the '62 was about 1/2 way done, and the engine for the '63 was missing a lot of bits, so I decided to go ahead and finish the rebuild and pop it in the '63 for the short term.
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Nov 24, 2012 7:40:35 GMT -8
Here's my blingy tailpipe. How are the wires for the license plate lights supposed to be routed?
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Post by Greg Skinner on Nov 24, 2012 8:16:25 GMT -8
Routes out the bumper bracket holes on the inboard side, right against the bumper brackets.
'65 and later cars had a hole drilled for the wire.
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Post by Mark Poulton on Nov 24, 2012 14:44:39 GMT -8
No holes drilled for 68 on models - wire feeds out through the mounting iron rubber seal.
Mark
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Post by Lee Hedges on Nov 24, 2012 14:51:44 GMT -8
I believe the wires in the rear were always mounted through the bumper bracket holes, on the inner flat side of the rubber seal.
But when the dual horns were relocated from the inner spare tire well to the outer front bumper brackets, holes were pressed into the front nose valence so the horn wires could easily be connected to the horns.
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Nov 25, 2012 19:32:33 GMT -8
A shot of the engine from the bottom. I don't have the heater box guards installed because I don't yet have a source for the straps.
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Nov 25, 2012 19:33:12 GMT -8
Trying to get the ride height dialed in. The PO had this thing slammed to the ground
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Post by Greg Skinner on Nov 25, 2012 22:03:36 GMT -8
Still riding a little low, but I don't mind it.
BerT3 on the Samba was selling a heater box strap kit not long ago and I bought one. Maybe he has more? If I get my NOS heater boxes this week I can let the kit go. I'll let you know.
-Greg
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Nov 26, 2012 7:23:37 GMT -8
BerT3 stopped producing the kits due to supplier issues.
I imagine one could duplicate it with US materials. I think the strapping would be easy, but I don't even know what the correct name is for the fasteners.
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Post by Greg Skinner on Nov 26, 2012 11:43:59 GMT -8
I found two straps and adjusters I had zinc plated along with a bunch of other stuff. I did all of them, but I'm going to have to dig around for the others.
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Nov 30, 2012 13:27:02 GMT -8
Got the rear ride height where I think I want it; it has some wicked rake now. I curse and thank the PO for his work here; I curse him for lowering it, which makes more work for me, but I thank him for taking everything apart, cleaning, and painting/powdercoating/undercoating it all. I think this is the cleanest undercarriage I've ever worked on.
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Nov 30, 2012 13:29:17 GMT -8
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Dec 2, 2012 19:31:22 GMT -8
Popped one of the rear drums off today - looks good. The adjusters were a litte stiff - there was powdercoating in the bore - but that was an easy fix
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Dec 2, 2012 19:33:23 GMT -8
I think the tank that came with the '63 was NOS; it didn't have a scratch on it, no rust at all, and it had this sticker on it. Unfortunately it's the wrong tank - it has a "hump" on one side, I assume for expansion, and the overflow tube is a lot larger. I'll run it for now until I can restore another tank. In my tank investigating today, I discovered that the tank in the '62 has no overflow tube.
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Post by Thom Fitzpatrick on Dec 2, 2012 19:33:46 GMT -8
Need to find a new fuse box
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