Thursday, January 19, 2012

Radiator fan mount part 2

Finished the radiator fan mounts tonight. I picked up some button head fasteners yesterday. I like them better than the black cap heads. I sanded the mounts with my orbital sander to give them the same dull look as the radiator.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Radiator fan mount

Tonight I made the upper bracket to mount the electric fan to the radiator. I didn't want to use the plastic mounts that push through the radiator core. They seem flimsy and I didn't want to risk damaging the radiator. I started by making a cardboard template and transferred that to some aluminum that I picked up at Lowes. I still have to make the bottom mounts which are going to be two separate pieces.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Started plumbing the fuel system

I started on the fuel system plumbing yesterday. I made a custom bracket for the Y-block that mounts to an unused threaded hole on the top of water pump. The feed line runs down through the middle of the accessory drive system. I mounted it so the fuel pressure gauge sits right in the middle of the main accessory bracket. The feed lines are braided -6 AN. The fuel return line is going to be -8 AN.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Serpentine kit

Well I splurged a bit and bought a March Performance serpentine kit. I got the 'Revolver' kit. It comes with a chrome power steering pump, chrome A/C compressor, chrome 105 amp alternator, an aluminum water pump and all the bolts and brackets. It took me two evenings to install it. Now I have to get back to welding the floor patch panels.