Getting off my arse

**tipo158** · 25-09-2015, 00:14

Well, I thought I had all the parts to finish the tank. Needed new connectors for the longer wires for the fuel pump and couldn't find them locally so I had to order them on the internet. The round over valve needed a bulkhead fitting like I told the man at the speed shop (who assured me I didn't). So I located the gland for the wires to path through the tank top as well as the location for the rollover valve. In the photo, the black and blue piece is the out flow of the tank, the blue and red piece in the return line, the blue, red and gold piece is the rollover valve, the black piece is the gland for the wiring. So, sometime next week, the rest of the parts should get here and I can put the tank back together.

Corky

**tipo158** · 03-10-2015, 23:16

Finally got the connectors that I needed, the intank fuel pump is now wired and installed.

Corky

**tipo158** · 09-10-2015, 20:49

Modified the plug wire ends so that I can use the coil pack I have. Need to figure out a mounting bracket for the coil pack. Thinking about mounting it so it is in the approximate spot where a distributor would be. I spent way too much time trying to find either a wire set that I could use or a coil pack that would work with the plug wires that I had. Now I'm trying to decides which way I want to set up the injection system, paired or sequential. Still a ways from getting the engine running.

**tipo158** · 19-10-2015, 22:57

Well, I've been having several frustrating days. If I had this to do over again, I would not have purchased the kit that I did. I also wish that there had been full disclosure of exactly what the kit was made up of. The kit was not built as a kit, it was an old chassis, some suspension parts and a bunch other assorted parts that looked like they would be needed for completion of the kit. I am finding that parts are not what they should be, so I'm either having to alter them or fab new parts if I can not source them. There is a LB kit coming to my area, so I will be able to see what a proper kit car looks like when it was build as a unit. I'm sure that I will eventually finish my car, but the frustration of every time I go to do something and things don't fit, or the parts are the wrong ones, or the parts are incomplete or broken, is taking a toll.

**Paul** · 20-10-2015, 04:43

Hang in there Corky, and keep us all posted on progress/issues/etc - given the collective experience of the group here who have most likely seen it all at this stage, help is always just an email/forum post away. What used to kill me during my build was I'd encounter a problem, have some kind of (usually complex) solution in mind, and always end up kicking myself when I posted the problem on the forum only to get back an ingenious and always much simpler solution from one of the usual suspects!!

Regardless of how long it takes, completing the car given where you started from will be an accomplishment to be proud of.

**Bernard** · 20-10-2015, 08:15

Regardless of how long it takes, completing the car given where you started from will be an accomplishment to be proud of. ....................

DITTO... Paul is exactly right keep going Corky, by what you have achieved so far there IS light at the end of your tunnel, my build took 10 years (on and off).........and there are still some kits out there which are the same age as mine (1988) which are not built yet !!..... just keep ticking jobs off the list no matter how small they are and one day you will get to the end of that list.

Phil