Progress on the '78 (56k obliteration)

[Doober]

The brakes were bled, and I'm kind of on the fence about bending my own lines again... leaks in several places, a few I guess were from the lines not being tight enough.

I have one of the headers on, and I got the dash installed and about 80% wired. The engine is mostly wired too.

I also scored a set of GP gauges and I also needed the plugs for the cluster today... $10 😀

... aaaaaaaaand wired/installed.

Tomorrow I hope to have wiring on the engine done, column in, and the gas tank installed. After that I can put the front clip on and maybe even start it 😀

 

[78mali350]

great progress, I've always had a sweet spot for the GP dash, looks great, keep up the good work!

 

[Doober]

Thanks 😀 I finished up the wiring earlier tonight, and picked up a set of plugs & exhaust gaskets. I don't know I'll have it done tonight, but I PLAN to get the other header in, plugs in, wires on, and possibly get started on the rest of the exhaust & put the driveshaft in.

 

[kuruption109]

i see your making major moves.. keep the pics flowing!!

 

[Doober]

A couple more pics... the little breather-looking thing is connected to the vent tube of the sending unit.

Everything hooked up but plugs/wires and exhaust, also needs oil filter & oil change.

 

[kuruption109]

A couple more pics... the little breather-looking thing is connected to the vent tube of the sending unit.

Everything hooked up but plugs/wires and exhaust, also needs oil filter & oil change.

i like that breather right there...

 

[Doober]

Thanks It's a Spectre unit from Autozone, about $10 and it fits like 3/8-1/2" lines.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/access ... 66500_0_0_

 

[Doober]

Yesterday I got the rest of the front suspension installed (besides the shocks) 🙂

I also started it with a little more initial timing, much more snappy than it was \😀/ None of the gauges worked to start with outside the tach, turns out the harness plug wasn't completely seated. Then I found out I had a few wires switched, and after that I discovered the oil pressure gauge isn't registering... as in when the car is running it doesn't come off 0. The gauge has power and goes to 0, and when I disconnect the wire it pegs at its max, but there's nothing in between. The pressure sender seems to be working, I'm just not sure if it's the right range for the gauge... seems to be though according to the reading I got and the specs here:
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=933381

I just have the rear sway bar to put on, driveshaft in, torque all the suspension nuts down, front clip + lights/battery/grounds, bumper, hood and I think that's it for the exterior. Interior-wise I have to finish a couple minor wiring things (reverse lights on the trans, make sure all the dash lights work, figure out why door switches aren't turning interior lights on, etc.), get some sort of boot setup for the shifter, carpet, seats, and trim pieces. After that this puppy will be ready to take in for alignment 😀

I can get the driveshaft and rear bar done today for sure. Gonna take another stab at the oil pressure gauge and if that pans out I can cross that off the list.

 

[Doober]

Here're a few... gotta run the wheels up front until I either get some different wheels or different spindles. The 17x9.5" wheels won't fit the front with more than about 4.875" backspacing on 2" drop spindles. Stock spindles are required, or the tie rod end needs to be moved farther inward... which would cause further bumpsteer issues.

 

[axisg]

hey Doober, where you at with this ??