1937 Ford LS2 Install
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Well!!.................Not every day is a productive one.......Started out getting the rear flex line installed and the plan for the day was to get the hard lines run.....Everything was coasting along until I got out my Flaring tool and that's when the trouble started..........What a piece of Crap......fought with it for a hour and just decided to call it a day and get a Professional one.............Don't you just love it when we send all our jobs overseas and this is the "Junk" they send back.........All I want to do is just be a consumer.........You have something, I buy and Pay for it.......I guess it's too much to expect it to work........Here's some pic's
Off on a mission to find a "Real" Flaring tool.................
Ken
Off on a mission to find a "Real" Flaring tool.................
Ken
I just spent an hour or so reading through the build. As with most the in depth builds here- Fantastic job blending new tech into a classic! Very jealous of your skills/facilities/ ideas/ and just tools and material at your disposal! Car looks fantastic and I cant wait to see it done. You never get to appreciate every little detail like this when your just walking past a car at a show, but in these threads you can really grasp the time/effort involved to build such a car! nice job!
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I just spent an hour or so reading through the build. As with most the in depth builds here- Fantastic job blending new tech into a classic! Very jealous of your skills/facilities/ ideas/ and just tools and material at your disposal! Car looks fantastic and I cant wait to see it done. You never get to appreciate every little detail like this when your just walking past a car at a show, but in these threads you can really grasp the time/effort involved to build such a car! nice job!
Thanks..................Your thoughts are appreciated........
Ken
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With 98 days to go untill the 2010 Power Tour......Ken remains cool and collected, so cool that he managed to take the entire weekend off from working on his car. Most of us would be very nervous at this point.
Dan.
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Thanks for the heads up on the flare tool, I was thinking of grabbing one but don't use them much so it was on the back burner. Glad I didn't get that one!
BTW, gofastwclass, this is why I told you not to buy a cheap one if you're going to buy one! Haha!
When it came time to flare my aluminum hard lines I was told you could use a 45 degree flaring tool and the aluminum would (re)form to the AN fittings. Yeah, right. And I have some excellent moose pasture for sale. I didn't bother wasting my time finding out.
I called the nearest Home Depot and ordered one of these http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/458R-Rat...l/EN/index.htm in the 37 degree version.
I have never used a better flaring tool, and the price wasn't that hard to swallow. Especially when you consider the tool actually works.
Ken
I called the nearest Home Depot and ordered one of these http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/458R-Rat...l/EN/index.htm in the 37 degree version.
I have never used a better flaring tool, and the price wasn't that hard to swallow. Especially when you consider the tool actually works.
Ken
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Got a "Real" Flaring tool to use today........Made in the good old USA......and it worked perfectly every time.........Something to be said for American "Quality"
Got the proportioining valve and a 2 lb residual valve and rear brake lines ran today........I also got some "Made for you" brake line clamps and used them for the install......they are pretty neat as they are hard....yet soft...and space the lines off the frame to eliminate any rubbing thru......It was nice to do with the body off as I was able to drill and tap all the mounting holes very easily.......By the way the 2 lb residual valves are plumbed in to keep the fluid from drianing back to the master cyl as it is mounted lower that the calipers and the rest of the system
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Got the proportioining valve and a 2 lb residual valve and rear brake lines ran today........I also got some "Made for you" brake line clamps and used them for the install......they are pretty neat as they are hard....yet soft...and space the lines off the frame to eliminate any rubbing thru......It was nice to do with the body off as I was able to drill and tap all the mounting holes very easily.......By the way the 2 lb residual valves are plumbed in to keep the fluid from drianing back to the master cyl as it is mounted lower that the calipers and the rest of the system
Ken
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I also stopped at the Body shop today to see how everything is going there...(the Painter wasn't there so I couldn't ask about the Primer, I didn't forget) The Body and most of the parts will be painted this week.........George, the body guy got the trim installed for mounting the 1 pc windshield glass......the original Ford windshield frame was a swing out design and had two pieces of flat glass ........I bought a Kit that has a single piece of glass that is formed to fit the shape of the opening with the original frame gone........Pretty cool.......
in 5 weeks the car needs to be in the Upholstry shop......Gonna be busy.....
Ken
in 5 weeks the car needs to be in the Upholstry shop......Gonna be busy.....
Ken
