Builds Fly By Night (14 Viewers)

[RUSH55]

And can anyone tell me what these are, on the B pillar(?)?

 

[RUSH55]

Should ave gotten rid of that factory tar coating long ago...

 

[RUSH55]

And then for some reason, my son and his friend wanted to wash the beast.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Take it when you can get it!

 

[RUSH55]

Yep, no questions asked

 

[Gordobe]

There was a small cable with a bracket grasping the seat belt harness as a tether of some sort. I once had a picture I took of one still intact in a pig at the cruiser museum in Salt Lake. I figured I never need the picture so I tossed it and regret not having it to share now.

The parts looked like parts doomed to fail.

 

[Gordobe]

The previous description was related to the question about that little bracket on the B pillar.

Sorry don't know how to highlight a statement as a quote

 

[RUSH55]

Cool @Gordobe , thanks! I only really noticed them a few years ago and never knew what they were. Makes sense now.

 

[PabloCruise]

Seat belt holder. There is a little wire clip that goes in there.

 

[RUSH55]

Retubed driveshaft is in! Thanks to the guys at The Machine Shop in Chino Valley!

Chrome won’t get you home, but how about semi-gloss black?

 

[RUSH55]

Buttoned everything back up to go for a quick test run to the gas station and back before changing the oil. On the way back, about a 300’ before the house, I noticed the oil pressure gauge was reading zero. Had a hunch that it was the line for the gauge, and.... it was.

 

[scrapdaddy]

That's a mess to clean.

 

[RUSH55]

So, the gauge line is fed from this fitting coming out of the oil cooler. The “kit” gave me these fittings with the conical ferrules that don’t sufficiently clamp the plastic spaghetti line in the brass compression fitting.
First, the thread coming out of the cooler fitting is a mystery - not an NPT or metric bolt thread. Metric pipe? I have no idea. I may need to drill and re-tap the thread to something that’s obtainable here soon.
Second, full on aeroquip ferrules are needed for this line

 

[scrapdaddy]

Maybe British.

 

[abqcruiser]

Scrapdaddy is correct. It's British Standard. I just went through this. I bought an adapter kit from Summit Racing and ditched the plastic line for a copper one.

 

[RUSH55]

Think I’ll just drill it out and retap to NPT

 

[abqcruiser]

That's probably what I should have done. I had to buy the assortment, for that one fitting. Who knows if I'll ever use the other fittings.

 

[RUSH55]

Looks like it should go to 1/4” NPT. I’m back to work tomorrow so I’ll take it with me and do it there. I’ll post how it turns out.

 

[RUSH55]

In other news, got the PT Cruiser seatbelts to release and bolt up. Problem is they’re too short. Either have to relocate the upper slide mount to one of the holes on the b-pillar or come up with plan c. I still have all the original belt hardware - perhaps a way to “rebelt” them?

 

[RUSH55]

Cigarette lighter rebuild. Gonna have to keep the phone charged!