Head bolts

[cass3958]

The original bracket is as yours with just a brace between the two to keep it as one piece.
The painted air filter housing makes the engine bay brighter and more interesting rather than the Hammarite grey which tended to blend in with the top of the engine.

[John Quilter]

Great looking engine bay. Back when chrome plating was relatively cheap I had the large air cleaner and some other miscellaneous brackets chromed for more bling. Yes, I know, not stock.

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[jerry_hoback]

Thank you for your compliments. In all honesty, this has been an as-low-budget-deal as possible. I am fortunate that there was much less wrong than I had planned for or feared to find, so the budget was not nearly as strained as it may have been. I have also been going to pains to stay on task and not get derailed Too Much with the whole "while I'm in there" bit.
Anyway I must say I am quite jealous of your chrome. That is impressive.
And Now! You all knew it was coming!-- My next bonehead question-- I had in my head to replace the plastic fuel tubing in the trunk. I have fresh 5/16 fuel hose and thought that I would just cut the old off and install the new with the hardest part being removing the right side pump to get at the banjo fittings. Immediately I ran into the compression fitting at the top of the tank. Of course my modern rubber hose wont come close to working with that, so I am intending to go to a hose barb at that joint instead of the compression nut. Can anyone tell me the thread size of that nut? It seems to be an 18tpi pitch, but i dont have anything the correct diameter to compare it to other than its bigger than 1/2"- perhaps 9/16? Thank you for your assistance thus far.

[jerry_hoback]

I did not end up replacing those compression fittings. I was at that point where I wanted to be done. I did change the longer hoses from the pump to the hard line, but since they were functional I decided to put the one back that I had removed and move on. I had an issue with the sending units lock ring on the right tank. At some point during this adventure the ring and popped out from behind one of the tabs on the tank- I'm not sure when, I was using that tank when I put it there. This made a rather large mess when I installed the fuel. It was an easy fix though with a couple of love taps on a small drift. The seal was fine- I had replaced it not too long ago. After one last look around the area, I pushed the button and it started in less than one turn of the motor. I have good oil pressure, there wasnt any fluid pouring onto the floor, and most importantly, there was no "sudden unplanned self disassembly." In short, Its ALIVE!!!! Thanks all for your advice and input.

[cass3958]

Nice one Jerry. I find it is always the small things that catch you out and how many times is it something you have not even been working on?
I once changed the HT leads then the car would not start. So you checked and double checked everything, even put the old HT leads back on only to find there was a bad connection on the fuel pump so no fuel was getting through. All been there.