Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: last weekend's progress.
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Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: last weekend's progress.



NO go on the hatch back yet. I still have not gotten to send payment for it. That is #1 on my list of priorities when I get my 2nd paycheck.
 Davis

amc74hornet <amc74hornet@xxxx> wrote:
--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Davis" <martin-davis@xxxx> wrote:
>  Ok,
>  during the week I took out the gastank. Sanded it and painted it
> with SEM rust controll. I emptied it out and let it air out. Saturday
> I spend most of the day going from store to store to find fittings
> for my 1/2 inch fuel line and special coated 5/16 tranny line, and
> the right U joint for my newly shortened driveshaft. couldn't find
> anything but the U joint, that will be in somtine today. Bill gave me
> the shortened driveshaft, all welded up looks good.
>  so we got back to the Gremlin and got the starter and header
> installed, what a pain, and I have the mini starter. I also finished
> installing the traction bars. We installed the MSD distributor. I had
> the wrong wire ends so I got new ends and Bill changed them over.
>  Sunday I brought my tank, 1/2" alum. fuel line and my original fuel
> pick up to Bill's and we looked into where to install the new line.
> No room on the pickup so I decided to put it in the tank with a bung.
> Went to home depot, they didn't have the right 1/2" fittings. Went to
> Nappa they had the correct fittings in a box of fittings not put out
> yet. We used a 1/2" tubing bender and bent up a piece to go inside
> the tank. Then I washed the tank out again, drilled the hole for the
> brass fiting and rinsed it out again. Used red silicone sealer when
> installing the fitting. Off to my house.
>  We put the tranny cross member in and Bill figured out what to
> fabricate for a mount. It will be a solid 2" chunk of aluminium.
>  I cleaned under the car where the tank goes and painted it SEM rust
> controll black. I removed the original fuel line, vapor line and
> return lines. Installed the gas tank. Ran a new starter wire, mounted
> the MSD pro coil, installed the oil fill tube. We figured out the
> best place to mount the holley Blue fuel pump and mounted that. Then
> we installed the new CE 3 way adjustable rear drag shocks.  Plumed
> the fuel pump to the gas tank. Bill took my holley 650 Dp home to
> rebuild.
>  So I got alot done but I still have a long ways to go. I start work
> tomorrow after being out since nov. So in a couple of weeks I will
> have more $ for the gremlin but no time. I am hoping to fire it up in
> 2 weeks.
>  Thanks for reading my long post.
>  Davis

Good deal man you got some serious work done there. Did you ever make the trip to pick up the Hornet Hatchback? I can't wait for the warm weather as I have some mechanical issiues to take care of on my new Hornet that I couldn't do this winter. And I also either need my tax refund check to come or the court case to award me the money I am owed so the brakes and the front end can be done.
"Doc"  



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