Excellent work, as always.

Brush or roller, same price :-)

Ryan

Moving right along, what with all these birthday distractions and what not:laugh:, we move into my favorite part of work when I was a kid: BRAKE TIME!:burnout: Yes they are spelled differently, but the result is the same.....stuff stops! So what we see here is Ford's way of letting you know that not only can they screw up power steering, but brakes are also thrown into the "intern designed" group. :thumbsdown:
What goes on the inner fender below the master cylinder is a complex assortment of tubes, with no less than nine attachment points. What doesn't go here is your hand with a wrench when it leaks. After the 790lb 3ft wide Bigblock gets wedged in here.... along with a power brake booster the size of a cantaloupe.... there's no room for nothing! So brake bleeding comes first to ensure no leaks.

And since we're into all things messy, it's SMOG time too! Here's the complete system ready to go. Despite its complex looks, it's really not that complicated to install. The pump goes on and the rest goes...... well..... all that stuff attaches to the pump!:hmmm:

Since I'm gutting the pump and rendering the system useless, the heads are already blocked yet I need to mount the tubes. So how's that going to work? Simple. Cut the tubes and weld them to the plugs! Add a little Ford corporate blue paint and nobody knows the difference....but I ran out of paint so the touch up has to wait. Always something

Cheers
Dave

Sooooooo close!! :burnout:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Thank you for letting me be a part of your project Dave. :)

Yes Sir, Eric! Thank you for the excellent work on my carb! I should be ready to fire it up soon. Meanwhile, I bled the brakes and as you can see here, everything but a wrench can go in this small little spot. So best to figure out the leaks now before that Mauritania anchor of a propulsion unit goes in :cool2:
So were there any leaks? I'm happy to report.....YES! All but one fitting leaked! :biggthumpup: Wait.... that's the wrong thumbs up. Actually, it's not. I knew it was going to happen so I wasn't disappointed when it did! :rolleyes2: Damn stainless lines....
I'll figure that out when I get back from this trip. Sometimes it's best to just walk away and let these things fix themselves. Sort of like going on a commercial break. Come back, "Hey, remember that whoositz that wasn't jiving with the statafrat? Amazingly.... it's working now! ":smile: So I'm taking the Millennial approach on this and blaming everyone but myself and expecting compensation and a trophy for my troubles. Hmmmm.....well.... maybe I'll just fix it when I get back. Or fly Mikey down! :biggthumpup:
After mounting up the steering wheel, I noticed a gap... like a step down... between the diameter of the hub and the diameter of the column. Since Steve (we were on a first named basis:tongue:) had the same wheel on his, I pulled out my vast Bullitt picture inventory and low and behold..... same gap! That lighted area on his that is right at the emergency flasher switch, and looks like an aluminum band, us sun glare on the column from the shade of the dash.... look just to the other side of that. I mean.... come on! Such authenticatedness I'm even striving for steering wheel crappy gaps! It's such a nice wheel that it's a shame to leather wrap it. Gotta fix that gap between the Convenience panel and the instrument bezel. Not liking that alignment. I can now hook a battery up and test everything! More to come....

Cheers
Dave

Ole Kwizz would probably whip up a custom made adapter to cure that problem with the ugggly gap at the steering column. Or just leave it like on the movie car. Different strokes for different folks.

So far it's turning into a cool car, by the way. :biggthumpup:

The millennial approach :-)

Love it

Ryan

Oh, and you are finding why I hate stainless brake tubing. Pretty, but problematic.

----I so agree with you, John.......Bill S