Re: Engine Bay detailing on a '56 dual carb car

Posted by Victor On 2010/11/12 20:12:03

I cleaned my firewall, followed the pics as best as I could to manufacture new gas lines (one bad pic enclosed) installed new rubber vaccuum hoses, a used wiper motor that I had taken out of a parts car, and I am very happy with the results. I still need to look at wiring, as I may have some extra ones (pertronix kit), and then, later on, I have to do the painting of the inner fenders (back to scotish heather) but that will have to wait for later. That will probably wait till I do a good paint job on the car, which might still be a few years ahead. Thanks a lot for all the input.

Now, another question: On the vaccuum, my car had an electric wiper motor adapted. I removed it and installed a used one which I only cleaned and lubricated, followed the manual's accesory guide on installation of the windshiels squirters, and got the wipers working very fine, though with a sort of short action radius. I understand the small lever under the knob is to extend that range, but the thin rubber hoses comming out of the windshield wiper switch cross the firewall and in my case were both disconected. One apparently hooks to the windshield wiper motor front end (like in my second pic) and the other one... where does it hook too?

Thanks!

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