2nd Chance Camaro - Let the Project Begin

[Bugzilla]

I have to ask, how many rolls of blue tape have you gone though so far? Haha

[syborg tt]

I’ve used a similar tool to bleed brakes and clutch. Only difference I see is my tool had a vacuum gauge on it so I could actually see how much psi I was pulling. I also bought a fitting that went on the power steering reservoir cap so I vacuum bled the power steering system as well. Not that I needed to?? The thing that bothered me when bleeding brakes is that none of the fittings fit tight enough over the bleeder nut on the calipers but then again maybe I was pulling too much vacuum (15psi) so I would always get air bubble rushing in. After bleeding 3 bottles of brake fluid I just called it good. Tried the brakes and they felt great. Drove the car around the block a few times and they felt great. Never felt spongy, same with clutch.

That is what I was hoping you would say as I would like to be able to bleed them by myself and not have to worry about always asking a friend to come over.

I have to ask, how many rolls of blue tape have you gone though so far? Haha

Honestly I have no clue and I have wondered that myself many times if I had to guess I would say a minimum of 3 possible 4.

This however deosn't count the two partial rolls I have in my toolbox.

[joeko23]

Btw don’t forget to bench bleed the master if it’s new

[syborg tt]

Btw don’t forget to bench bleed the master if it’s new

The master isn't new and was on the car however it has been sitting for 3 years without any fluid.

Do you think I should bench bleed it again as I never thought about that ?

[syborg tt]

I needed to remove the G-Force Crossmember to slot the holes so the bolts would go in a little bit easier.



Of course Remy was supervising the entire job until he saw a squirrel.



I am happy we designed the exhaust so it could be easily removed.



Remy is very happy with used the Lift-Jack to support the transmission.





Noah Hard at Work



Back to the Powder Coater to get recoated.



Retraining the charge lead for the optima charge as it wants to go the opposite way. So I wrapped and zip-tied to so it would lose it's shipping memory.



Now that I am 100% happy with the fuel line routing I going to tape the ends of the DEI heat sleeve.



Yet another to do list.



I decided I am going to use the stock Trans pan so I will be ordering ARP 6 Point hardware to match the rest of the hardware on the car.

[TANKMASTERJ]

I like the trans crossmember. I should have used one similar for more exhaust clearance. Looks like your steady chipping away at it Marty.

[Toccoa]

Any update on this build?

[Cramer4918]

Any update on this build?

He has updated it quite thoroughly on Lateral-G under the same title.

[syborg tt]

Any update on this build?

My goal is to start updating this thread over the weekend.

[syborg tt]

It's getting closer day by day by day.

Today's project is to figure out how I plan to run the coolant and AC lines.





Training this line so it lays better in the inner fender.



Hiding the switch behind the battery.







Plenty of clearance

[syborg tt]

Seriously I am getting really good at taking this car apart. Once again I am taking the positive off the mock up battery.



I slipped over some heat shrink that I will eventually heat up once every thing is complete in this area. If all works out like I plan it may look really cool or it will be a total disaster.





I need to lengthen the indicator wiring as I am routing them so they can't be seen through the grill. The good news I have extra wire so this will be a simple task.



Animal crackers just because I was hungry and I found them in the cabinet.















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Since they were wound up in a tight circle and I was tired of fighting them. I hung them and turned up my Forced Air Heater and warmed them up for a couple hours. The good news it worked and they un-curled quite nice.



Since I am not painting the radiator for this version of the car. I decided I was going to smooth out these scratches.



couples minutes later. Success !

[syborg tt]

Yet another while I am here task. Somehow and I don't know how the rod ends where not aligned so off they have to come to align them. I of course thought this was going to be an easy project. Well it was not and it was not even fun !!











Remember if you are ever putting these in make sure the are parallel.

[syborg tt]

Getting Closer to the final version here.









It's hard to see the bracket but it's there is you look really close

[syborg tt]

I need to install the Anvil Inner fenders to make sure the vintage air lines wouldn't be in the way of the battery cables.






Yep, they are.



I forgot who suggest this but I did ground the radiator



Working on the last Vintage Air line.



I hope this is the last fitting I buy.





I need to install a small strip of cork behind this as it bounces off the core support while I am driving.







All better



Remember these as I will be using these later in the build.





Since I don't like metal on metal I purchased this Bib Gaskets.

[syborg tt]

The bend looks perfect



I originally made the fuel vent bracket using some cheap thin steel.



Test fitting to make sure it works.







Just a little bit more.



Comparing it to the mock up.









Final piece with thicker metal

[syborg tt]

Since I am content as to where I ran the fuel line it's time for me to install the DEI Fuel Line Wrap and tape off the ends with there really strechy tape. Yes, I know stretch isn't a word.



You can barely see that the right side is taped.







Ron Wilson was kind enough to send me this firewall plug so I can block off the E-brake cable hole.











My OCD wouldn't allow me to drop off the bracket till I rounded the corners. So I pulled out my bench grinder and completed the task.





No it's not an illusion the holes are not parallel.



I also received these very nice Billet headlight switch knobs which I will be sending out to get anodized

[syborg tt]

I am finally bringing the passenger side fender home.



[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Thankfully I labeled every bag.





Me and ARP are really good friends.



(03-25-22) Here goes nothing





(03-26-22) Opps, I forgot to install the blower motor close out panels so off to Eastwood.







So this sucks !!!

Apparently on the new panel I received from DSE the slots are way smaller and of course I already have 5/16 nutserts in the firewall and of course the panel is painted.



Luckily one hole lined up and I was able to locate all of the area's that need to be opened up.



I spent about an hour filing and test fitting.













A few feet of strip caulk.







Fender is going back in hibernation since I want to tighten the bolts one more time before I install the fender.

[syborg tt]

Well, it looks like this week we are going to install the passenger fender.

Even if Remy says no !



Here goes nothing ( 03-29-22 )





After a little bit of work Mike I got it close.

[syborg tt]

One of my daughters friends brother likes working on cars so he offered to help. So we started working on all the projects that require having a second set of hands.

The first project we worked on was the steering column & steering shaft.



Apparently Remy likes him.

[syborg tt]

Moving on to the next project.



Because of my day job I learned about the Mag Daddy Magnets and how useful they can be.



You can barely see them in the picture but they are holding up the wires and you can still move them around till you figure out the final layout.