1970 SS 396 Chevelle: My first job!

[BlueSS454]

A little update on this. Installed new American Autowire front end harnesses Wednesday night. The originals were totally shot. There were many cracked and broken wires plus someone got a little creative on the engine harness [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] I also got the door hinges rebuilt since the last person that worked on it never did it. They close much better now after the rebuild and some tweaking with the adjustment. The glass is also lined up much better now! I also fixed the neutral start system with a new clutch switch and harness. I found a coolant and oil leak, those are fixed also.
The one thing that is concerning me though is the fact that it still has a wheel hop issue. I am not sure if it's a shock/spring problem or a tire problem. It has 245 60 14 BFG Radial T/A's on it now, which are not the best tire in the world. Just to see, I took the tires off my 70 and put them on this car. It still had a little wheel hop, but no where near what it has with the BFG's on it.

Correct Temp sender...



Moved the manual gauge sender here and put a correct thermostat housing on it as the aftermarket one was leaking...



New Wiper motor...



Mounted the TCS relay. It was wire tied to the old harness...



Put these in the correct locations...



The wiring here was a mess, not anymore!



Fixed the leaking fuel pump and put a new feed hose on it. I would have rather put the correct pump with return line on it, but that can be done later.



I only have a couple more things to do then it can go home and the next one can come in [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img].

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Lots of progress.

Really nice work, fixing the issues.

Ryan

[BlueSS454]

Thanks Ryan. I would really like to pull the engine/trans out and do a full detail of the engine compartment, but that will probably have to wait for another time. I know he wants to drive this car around this summer. I figured it;s best to make it safe for the road then worry about detailing it properly later on [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]. I just finished installing the washer hoses after soldering the one nozzle back together. I am going to put it up on the lift and see if I can get the rear suspension to settle any later this week. Can't do it today since there is a chance of snow/rain and my cars aren't going outside in it!

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Fun to test someone elses car for wheel hop.

Does it have F41 boxed lower control arms/sway bar?

New bushings?

Ryan

[BlueSS454]

The original trailing arms were shot. I replaced them with Hotchkis parts. I covered that earlier in this thread [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img].

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Ah, so you did.

Ryan