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Well, it's been a long time since I got anything done on the Tunebug. What with getting the house ready for sale (lots of projects there!) and squeezing in some time to go camping and hiking, there has been little time left for car projects. All those other items have now been cleared off my plate, so it's back to working on the car. My new target for a running car is November 20 -- Tunebug's 50th birthday. That gives me three months to get everything wrapped up. Doable, I think.
So tonight I had a rehearsal cancel and found myself home a bit early with an unexpectedly free evening. Time to get to work! I had already prepped the car, putting it back up on the axle stands and removing the wheels a week or two ago. The goal for the evening was to install the clutch slave cylinder and finally get the brake lines finished up. They've been close to finished for months, but needed a final bit of tweaking to get them all in place.
<span style="font-style: italic">Brake lines in place</span>
A few hours of fiddling (those Brits must have tiny hands!) and the clutch slave and the last two brake lines were installed and tightened down. I'm not entirely pleased with them, especially with the bends on the m/c - union line and the clutch line, but if they work and don't leak I'll be plenty happy. While I was working I also installed the starter, oil pressure line to the gauge, and shifter. The biggie, though, is the brake lines. They've been hanging over my head since last April, and it feels good to have them sorted.
<span style="font-style: italic">Oil pressure line and starter</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Gear shifter in place</span>
It feels really good to be getting back at it. Next up is the drive shaft, then it's time to tackle the conversion to an electric fuel pump. Once that's done, it should be a matter of bolting on the rest of the bits -- that's the last of the real engineering to do (other than a few exhaust hangers). We're back at it!
So tonight I had a rehearsal cancel and found myself home a bit early with an unexpectedly free evening. Time to get to work! I had already prepped the car, putting it back up on the axle stands and removing the wheels a week or two ago. The goal for the evening was to install the clutch slave cylinder and finally get the brake lines finished up. They've been close to finished for months, but needed a final bit of tweaking to get them all in place.
<span style="font-style: italic">Brake lines in place</span>
A few hours of fiddling (those Brits must have tiny hands!) and the clutch slave and the last two brake lines were installed and tightened down. I'm not entirely pleased with them, especially with the bends on the m/c - union line and the clutch line, but if they work and don't leak I'll be plenty happy. While I was working I also installed the starter, oil pressure line to the gauge, and shifter. The biggie, though, is the brake lines. They've been hanging over my head since last April, and it feels good to have them sorted.
<span style="font-style: italic">Oil pressure line and starter</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Gear shifter in place</span>
It feels really good to be getting back at it. Next up is the drive shaft, then it's time to tackle the conversion to an electric fuel pump. Once that's done, it should be a matter of bolting on the rest of the bits -- that's the last of the real engineering to do (other than a few exhaust hangers). We're back at it!
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