Re: 56 Patrician bought off ebay

Posted by Randy Berger On 2012/11/2 19:39:02

I have made some progress on the Patrician. Installed new cupro-nickel brake lines and cupro-nickel fuel line. The gas tank had been previously done by Gas-tank Renu. These lines are much easier to work with. I will confess to double-flaring a line and then looking up to see the fitting still sitting there. Oh well, I'll probably do that again sometime. The fuel line goes under the drivers side upper control arm. I removed the upper control arm to replace the rubber bushings anyway so the fuel line was easy to install. I had to do it in three pieces. There is a clamp for the fuel line on the same frame piece that the top of the rear shocks mount into. I could not get a wrench on that bolt even after calling it some names that had worked before. This clamp was obviously installed before the body was lowered onto the frame. I wound up carefully measuring the distance from the body mount that is very close. It is 15/16 inch from the indent for the body mount. I drilled a one-inch hole and removed the bolt from the frame. I'll post a pic later. I guess I'll fill that hole with a rubber or vinyl plug. It will be under the trunk mat and won't show. I don't remember any problem there when I did the Four Hundred?? Replaced the rubber bushings (TRW 12309) on the drivers side upper inner control arm while I had it loose. The rubber seals (big rubber O-rings (15.5136?) were still in great shape when I removed the upper pivot pin and I just reused them. I carefully measured the gap at the pivot pin (11/16 inch) and held that gap when I reassembled the pivot pin. The air gun came in handy for this procedure. All in all, a productive day.