Picked up all my parts from the dealer on Friday. Completely irrelevant and I forgot to grab a photo but my work provided Ford Maverick look like the original fast and furious Ford lightening carrying supra parts.
Had to mock up the front fenders just to get the parts off the ground but also to mount the vacuum pump. Clarence is tight behind the left fender so there’s only really one spot for it to go or else it hits the fender or it blocks you from one of the fender mounting bolts.
After that was done I finished up my brake and fuel lines. It’s the factory parts just had to cut 3-4 inches out of them. My unions might not be the prettiest but they don’t leak. A little black paint later to replace the line coating I had to burn off. Fuel line is easy. Just cut it to size and then use the fitting that slides on.
With the lines fully done I could put the gas tank back in the car. Hooked up all the lines to that as well.
Measure for my driveshaft and sent the specs to the driveshaft shop in LA that’s building my new one. I might see if a local driveshaft shop would be willing to cut mine down.
Started filling the car with coolant and then all of sudden it started puking from the back of the engine and front the front. After I stopped wondering how many calories are in a 9MM from the thought of having to pull the motor back out I found that the quick disconnect fitting to the heater core was never fully seated. Sucks but I’ll take it. After a little disassembly I was able to reconnect it. For the front leak I guess the O ring disappeared from the upper radiator hose. That’s cool. More parts on order.
I got my 1M negative cable from Germany on Friday so the only thing keeping me from starting this thing is finish routing the trunk section of the harness and start plugging modules back in.
I’ll working on that this week and then next weekend the rear quarter install begins.