Dave's 76 LT Project

[Teamchevy]

Cool. Is that por15 on the battery tray?

Thanks brooksman9, it's just Tremclad semi-gloss black. My current position is to just clean up and make a driver, then see if I want to perform a full blown restoration. I don't have space for a full resto right now.

Dave

 

[Teamchevy]

Well I didn't get much done today, on the car that is. Moved our daughter's gear back home from University this morning & early afternoon, but I did get the car outside and put seam sealer around the welding on the floors. Also readied the E-brake cable to put in tomorrow. It's supposed to be a beautiful & sunny day. I going to try & tackle re-building the rear brakes & installing the new master cylinder as well. Should be an interesting day as I've done neither before!

Dave


Oh, both the power windows & blower motor worked today and I didn't do anything to either circuits! Something I'll have to keep in mind for later!

 

[olstyle]

Well I didn't get much done today, on the car that is. Moved our daughter's gear back home from University this morning & early afternoon, but I did get the car outside and put seam sealer around the welding on the floors. Also readied the E-brake cable to put in tomorrow. It's supposed to be a beautiful & sunny day. I going to try & tackle re-building the rear brakes & installing the new master cylinder as well. Should be an interesting day as I've done neither before!

Dave


Oh, both the power windows & blower motor worked today and I didn't do anything to either circuits! Something I'll have to keep in mind for later!

Sounds like a plan!
To make your life easier bleed the master before you hokk up the brake lines. There should be plastic fittings n hose that came with it.
Sounds like a ground problem with the blower n windows.

 

[Teamchevy]

Sounds like a plan!
To make your life easier bleed the master before you hook up the brake lines. There should be plastic fittings n hose that came with it.

Thanks Guy, I read about bench bleeding here on nastyz28.com, but the new master didn't come with fittings or tubes, so I have some short pieces bent, hopefully that'll work.

Sounds like a ground problem with the blower n windows.

That's what I figure too. I want to try & get the brakes done first while the weather is nice, then I'll look for the ground.

Dave

 

[RockinZ]

Good progress Dave, did you get her back up & running?

 

[Teamchevy]

Good progress Dave, did you get her back up & running?

Well good news & bad:

Bad - I started at 9:00, torn the RHS down and found that I can't undo the brake line, it's siezed real good, even after soaking with PB Blaster, then the flare wrench rounded the nut. I decided that I'll get all new brake lines and replace all of it, better to be safe then sorry, and better prepared. I can't leave the car up on stands in the driveway for an extended period of time.

Good news: I out it all back together before 11:00 am, after a little fighting with a couple of the springs. Not bad I guess for never doing it before, but a manual helps!!

Well I guess I can finish off a couple of other small items while it's off the ground. If I get everything ready, I can do the lines & brakes in a couple of weeks, next vacation time!

Dave

 

[arick793]

Well good news & bad:

Bad - I started at 9:00, torn the RHS down and found that I can't undo the brake line, it's siezed real good, even after soaking with PB Blaster, then the flare wrench rounded the nut.

Living in the rust belt taught me a lot about getting old bolts and brake lines loose. Believe me, a good hot torch and some quality vice grips are your best friends! And a grinder with grinding and cutoff wheels, for when that doesn't work. But with old brake lines I'll first wire brush off any loose rust and crud around the fitting, then heat up the fitting and whatever it's screwed into a few times (the heating and cooling cycles are to help expand and contract the parts) and THEN I spray it real good with WD-40. Then I get the vice grips on there real tight and they'll usually come off.

 

[Teamchevy]

Living in the rust belt taught me a lot about getting old bolts and brake lines loose. Believe me, a good hot torch and some quality vice grips are your best friends! And a grinder with grinding and cutoff wheels, for when that doesn't work. But with old brake lines I'll first wire brush off any loose rust and crud around the fitting, then heat up the fitting and whatever it's screwed into a few times (the heating and cooling cycles are to help expand and contract the parts) and THEN I spray it real good with WD-40. Then I get the vice grips on there real tight and they'll usually come off.

Thanks for the advice! Still thinking about going with all new pre-bent lines. I have used the cut-off wheel on a few so far though!

Dave

 

[Teamchevy]

Well I bit the bullet and ordered my pre-bent brake line kit today, earliest they could be here is next Tuesday.

Dave

 

[evesautomotive]

In with the new Aluminum ones:

Hey where did you get those? and how much did they cost?