Busy Bee Makes No Honey

The morning started with a trip to the Busy Bee.  It was definitely a good morning to be there.  Just about the time I was going to leave, another 2 or 3 cars would pop in.  Good folks, coffee and cars.   I got there at 7:00 and decided this was cutting into my work day when I realized it was 10:00.

This was one of those days that gets to the point where you are afraid to pick up something else to try to install it.  Almost every part bought on Saturday outside of the 3/8 fuel line was returned.  Spent the entire day to get these things done:

Fuel Line
PCV Line
Brake Booster Line
Vaccum Advance Line
Both  Power Steering Lines
The Bottom Radiator Hose.

Any mechanic with a scratched knuckle and a chipped finger nail knows that all takes about 2 minutes to install all that, but inject 4 trips to O'Reilly's today and you won't be working a pit crew.

The biggest problems came from the power steering and radiator lines.  I still haven't found a top hose for the radiator and the transmission lines aren't working because the flare nuts are too short to seat the line.  The power steering is solved (until we start it and find out otherwise).   I used a part #71878 with some modifications and twisting the connection on the gear box end.

I didn't like the Lokar dip stick tube I got from Phoenix Transmissions.  It looks cool but not my type of gadget.  A stock 351w AOD stick and tube is in order so the hunt is on.

Renato's '53

Patricks '54

Wow! A lower radiator hose.

OMG! Power steering hoses.