Fuel line day...

Removed the old cracked rubber fuel line @ fuel pump...

Notice cracking of rubber hose...

Added a temp rubber hose that dropped down below engine

Strong, but thin, nylon string

Tied a knot in the end and fed it into the fuel line (from the rear of the car)

At the front, we held a shop vac on that temp. hose extension, and...

We sucked the string through the fuel line!

We attached a small gun cleaning patch, soaked in Gumout, to the end of the string and pulled it through many times until the line was clear & clean.

Just an interesting note: appears to be a 'cushion' between the rear chassis crossmember and the fiberglass body.

One on each side.  Looks to be factory installed.

air cleaner

Rear carrier stampings

Difficult to read...

Added some chalk...

The rear carrier appears to be a 4:11 posi from a '68 Corvette

Noticed that one of the half shafts bolts was loose

A good solid day.  Feels good to know the fuel line is clear & clean, prior to us installing a new fuel tank next week.

Tire tub, mufflers, fuel tank & sending unit...

Starting with removing the tire tub lid...

Onto the tire tub...

Looking over the exhaust.  It's a very old replacement exhaust w/several rust holes. I think we'll need to replace it.

We removed the tire tub and moved onto the mufflers (so we could get to the gas tank)

Removing the fuel line

Draining the old fuel from the gas tank

Removing the fuel boot

It's a nice original piece that we'll reuse.  After the boot, we removed the fuel neck.

Next, we removed the fuel tank cross member

Lastly, we removed the fuel sending unit from the bottom of the fuel tank

The sending unit is extremely corroded

And then the fuel tank was lowered from the car!

A view from under the car, looking up to where the fuel tank normally sits

A good day!

Solid Saturday...

 

The front passenger wheel was still locked up (even after a week of penetrating oil being sprayed into the inside of the drum)!

A lot of blows with the "Knock-off Tool" and it still wouldn't budge.  Looks like both the drum AND the knock-off spindle are locked up with corrosion.

We finally got the wheel off!

And now the drum still wouldn't come off.

You can see how the shoes were corroded onto the drum.

Pretty extreme corrosion (almost salty)??

Now we can get "Vette jai" down to the shop...

Jerry towed me down...

Safe 'n secure into the shop, next to the twin.

Onto the lift...

Looking under the car, we noticed one of the leaf spring bolts was coming loose.

This is a view from the front of the car (note: the strut camber bolts are installed backwards)...

At some point, someone drilled holes into the strut mounting bracket and bolted on some makeshift exhaust brackets.

We need to check the date code on the rear carrier, but it has through bolts on both the front & rear mounting bracket (so, not a 63/64 rear differential).

The transmission is the correct (matching numbers to car's this VIN) Borg Warner 4-speed.

Started some disassembly & labeling of items we need to remove...

Carb. linkage

Carter AFB carb.

Fuel filter removed.

Valve covers off

Drained the radiator fluid (looked good)!

Removed the overflow tank, to get to the battery...

Overflow out.

Battery out...

Wanted to a) check the spark plug condition and b) see if the motor will rotate freely...

Plugs were all "fouled" - we'll have to replace those...but the motor rotates freely!  That's great news!

It was a good solid Saturday!