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[Joe Flanagan]

Just thought I'd post a few of the latest pictures of my project.

A rare nice day, installing the radiator hoses. The painted hood is wrapped in that quilt sitting on the roof of the car.

Some of the wiring under the hood. This is the cloth wiring I got from the Brillman Co.

Right after discovering that I was supposed to seal the threads on the head bolts:

Gauges hooked up and ready to read oil pressure and engine temp:

I decided to make my gas tank drain plug washer out of cork gasket material:

More snow coming but not a lot. I was hoping to try and start this thing, finally, on Friday. What could go wrong?

Stay tuned, and I'll tell you what.

[Niel Hoback]

I have never seen that gasket. When I tried to remove the plug from my tank, the whole thing that the plug screws into ripped off the tank. I just sealed up the hole.

[mackster]

looking good joe! whats the scoop on that wire? I really dig the way it looks! did you get it on a bunch of colors or what? I like it!

[Frank Elder]

If you look close it has little ducks on it..........lol:D

[Joe Flanagan]

Niel, I kind of chuckled when I read that. Sorry. Just that I can imagine it happening. My gasket was practically nonexistent. I tried to tighten it up but it wasn't going to seal no matter what I did. You know, I was so excited when--was it moose?--suggested to use the end of a half inch drive extension and it fit perfectly. I had gasoline dripping down my arms and I was saying to myself, "Look at that! It works!" I had to remember to get my hands out of there and clean the gasoline off myself. It was dripping down my elbows.

Mackster, that is cloth covered wire that you can probably get at Rhode Island Wire or other vendors. I used Brillman in Virginia. I just looked at the wiring diagram to figure out what gauges I'd need for the under hood wiring and ordered ten feet of each. I just kind of picked colors I liked. I got 16 gauge, 14, 12, and 10. Ten and 16 are the most common, at least under the hood.

[Frank Elder]

Joe, in the picture Don C showed your engine was red and black......is that how you got it?

[dezeldoc]

Joe, you can make gasket hole punches out of different size scrap pipe. just grind one end at about a 45* angle so it forms a sharp edge and lay the gasket material on the floor and whap it with a hammer, makes nice clean, round holes and is much eaiser than a box knife.

[PatrickG]

+1 on that wiring.

If I ever have to redo the engine bay wiring I'm going with that cloth wrapped wire, it really looks great.

much more at home looking than the regular plastic coated (is that right??) wire.

[mackster]

If you look close it has little ducks on it..........lol:D

now that is pretty funny right there!

[Joe Flanagan]

Frankie, I had originally painted my engine red and black but that was early on in the project and as I saw more pictures of other guys' engines painted silver I decided I wanted to go back to that. It was grease colored when I got it and it will be grease colored again about this time next year, if I'm lucky. I'll just try to keep it clean.

Doc, thanks for that tip. I've often wished I had a punch to do this kind of job with but never wanted to go out and buy one. I've got lots of scrap pipe lying around that I could do that with. Of course, it never occurred to me that you could even do that. Duh.

Patrick, the wiring actually is plastic/rubber coated but they put the cloth wrap on it for appearance. I've always thought modern wire under these hoods looked kind of strange. I'm probably in a minority on that one, though. Just me.

I didn't pick up the ducks reference. But I think there is only one person on this forum who would see them. Easy, Mackster. They're just little dotted lines, that's all.

[mackster]

I didn't pick up the ducks reference. But I think there is only one person on this forum who would see them. Easy, Mackster. They're just little dotted lines, that's all.

I am rethinking my wiring now. yours looks so much better...Im jealous but I am too far ahead to go back to cloth. maybe next year....I have enough problems with my gas tank right now..

[Barabbas]

Your "minority" is larger than you think---I think your wiring is great! I'm going to pull out all my engine wiring (combination of new Xlink and old) and replace with the stuff you used

[PatrickG]

Patrick, the wiring actually is plastic/rubber coated but they put the cloth wrap on it for appearance. I've always thought modern wire under these hoods looked kind of strange. I'm probably in a minority on that one, though. Just me.

I'd put myself in that minority with you. I did/am doing mine using an EZ wiring kit, just regular color coded wire.

That coupled with the corrugated tubing I've run it in, it just sticks out like a sore thumb. Some day I think I'll be going back and redoing the wiring that is visible out in the engine area.

[maurice wade]

Look's good Joe, I noticed the oil filter being orange and black. Mine is white with a red top. I think the manufacture used any paint on hand to paint the filters. M

[Joe Flanagan]

That's how it was originally. I've seen all different types. Red and white seems pretty common.

[Barabbas]

Mine is painted Silver--as a matter darn near everything connected to the engine is painted silver, as if the whole engine was given a rattle can detailing.

Does the oil filter can and lid require high temperature paint when I repaint them?