I shoulda called it the big WEEKEND, it's not over yet...
I got all the stuff assembled onto the front of the engine. Almost cross threaded a bolt going into the aluminum water pump so I backed up and made studs for all the bolt holes going into the waterpump. That worked out pretty nice, made the assembly of those parts a little easier than running bolts through while trying to hold stuff in the right place. Got the radiator back on place and hooked up, then filled it up real slow and careful. Don't know how many of you guys might know or remember but I toasted my first FE rebuild while doing the cam break in. I had filled the radiator and left the cap off a while and did some other stuff. When I came back, the water level hadn't gone down so I figured we were good. Wrong! The block never burped and it was apparently bone dry. Ever since than, I leave the top heater hose disconnected and pop it on when water runs out of the fitting on top of the manifold. I don't have a heater hose on this one right now, but I took out my water temp sensor to accomplish the same thing. I still have that original cam and and lifters still in excellent condition by the way
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Made my final fuel line running from the pump to the fuel block. Had a great idea, why not use the vacuum brake bleeder to prime the fuel line?
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Worked pretty good! Took about 30 seconds and only spilled a couple drops of gas in the process. Now I know she'll have gas within seconds when I hit the key.
Where to mount the coil? It'll probably end up on the fender, but there are open bolt holes on top of the AC compressor so I stuck it there for now...
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Only thing left now is to work out the throttle linkage. I'll have to extend the end of the cable by about 6" and make a bracket to mount the cable sheath
Here you can see my grubby paw on the right side holding the cable about where it needs to end up. The linkage it needs to hit is there at the left edge of the pic. Needs to go to the hole on the bottom of that arm.
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One more thing, the hood! Well crap, it hits. But not by much, I can actually close the hood. It just raises up the back by about 3/8". I already tried taking the coil out but that's not what's hitting.
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Pretty sure I"ll just cut some bracing out to clear and it'll be done. That'll be a project for next weekend! Besides, I used up my cutoff wheels cutting braided hoses and trimming brackets. The Edelbrock waterpump isn't exactly the same as the stock cast iron one. The bolts are in the right place but one of the brackets wouldn't fit over the casting. No pic of that one, sorry. I know you were dying to see my chopped up bracket too! Just kidding, I cut it neatly, it looks pretty much stock.