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Wife is heavy into off roading with her bronco....now I know why she never said anything when my parts came in, 3hr's later, her traction mats showed up!! Always has to out do me, LOL!

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Got another video almost done.

So far, Removed the two bus batteries as well as the master switch and 20ft of double O wire.(100lb's??) Reinstalled the rear carpet. Got the new battery tray in by removing the fuel pressure reg and some other wiring that was in the way, then had to move the starter solenoid too. Got that done and a quick disconnect on the new "die hard" batt.

Working on the fuel system under the hood now. Gotta go pick up some fittings and a tap for fuel checks. Pumped two jerry cans of fuel through the system to flush more of the old crap out. (1/2" line and a holley blue pump empty a tank pretty quick!!)
I'll finish the fuel system and then probably post a video of my junk in progress.

Pulled off the rear spoiler because they only came on the indy 500 pace cars in 1979 and this is a ghia.

Also, went and picked up a water pump drive from fellow class racer Rory McNeil yesterday so that will be next after the fuel system is done.

I must be getting lots done, I can tell because the wife is getting really mad with my absence....lol...

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Here's part 5 of undoing the bracket car and building a stocker, lol!

https://youtu.be/kcrHoc9euhI

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Got the pump drive mounted and I ran a fuseable link and a relay to run it and the electric fan too.

A million little steps....

Too busy working on other stuff, lol. Had to fab up a lever and arm for a stainless steel milking valve.

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Progress...once again, 1 step ahead and 2 back...

Got the batt all installed...and then looked at the blue 86lx in the driveway....the battery is supposed to be negative first as the front post is quite close to the hood..swap everything around...

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Then I found a smaller black cap to replace the big grey ugly one. (from a 75 international 304)
Not a "performance" thing, but it will "look older" lol!!

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Tried bolting the hood scoop on and found I was missing some nuts and a stud. So instead of buying one, I made one on the milling machine.
Two different sized threads was fun.

Only took half an hour and it saved $.025!! LOL!!

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You're better off with the large diameter cap, spark goes where it's intended ;)

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I'm running msd but really, I don't think spark scatter will be a problem. Worst case, I'll change it back. It was just a "looks" thing, won't stay if there is an issue but how much spark do you need for 200hp? LOL!!

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Are you afraid the alternator might overheat? ;-)