Re: Mike
Posted by Tobs On 2022/7/4 15:51:24
Allright, making some progress here. I flared and bent all the brake lines, bled the system and so far nothing is leaking. I did a "major" brake adjustmen, and hope the brakes work well.
I finally got the car back on the ground, and noticed that my front suspension seems a little high. I jumped on the bumper a few times, but have not driven anywhere to settle the suspension. If you look at the pic, you can see that I am almost on the rebound bump stops....I may remove those coil spring helpers and see if I sit more in a central position on the front suspension. The front sway bar also still has to get clipped in to place.
It's starting to look like a car again!
Also the tailpipe is touching the rear sway bar, so I will have to adjust that rear pipe now that the car is sitting at normal ride height.
Oh, and after filling the treadle vac a few times, I will be working on a remote fill reservoir! I plan on using an ATE single circuit plastic part. It is not 50's vintage, but at least 60's vintage.
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I finally got the car back on the ground, and noticed that my front suspension seems a little high. I jumped on the bumper a few times, but have not driven anywhere to settle the suspension. If you look at the pic, you can see that I am almost on the rebound bump stops....I may remove those coil spring helpers and see if I sit more in a central position on the front suspension. The front sway bar also still has to get clipped in to place.
It's starting to look like a car again!
Also the tailpipe is touching the rear sway bar, so I will have to adjust that rear pipe now that the car is sitting at normal ride height.
Oh, and after filling the treadle vac a few times, I will be working on a remote fill reservoir! I plan on using an ATE single circuit plastic part. It is not 50's vintage, but at least 60's vintage.
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