Sunday, May 8, 2011

Nuts!

Lots & lots of drive-shaft nuts.  Yep, the drive-shaft went back in today, and those self-locking nuts are a pain in the south side.  There are just so many of them!  Of course, I made sure the two halves of the drive shaft were aligned with the arrows pointing at each other.

While I was under there I also re-adjusted the shifter-rods to 3/4" longer.  This is to compensate for the modified engine position when using the G-Wagen Preserve engine mounts.  Everything seems to work fine so far.

I was also able to gut all of the 280GE fuel system junk from under the car.  A fuel pump, filter, and accumulator are now gone, and all of the fuel lines are routed with much-simplified new hoses.  Even the supply line at the engine was a breeze, but the return will require a double-ended nipple to join the cigar hose to the rubber return. No big deal.

The fan shroud & radiator are next - I put them in place but have to do a bit of massaging to get the shroud to fit past the oil cooler lines.  The radiator appears to be recently installed NEW from Behr - a stroke of luck.

It will take a bit of creativity to route the heater valve & its hoses, and to make a bracket that will keep the heater return pipe from getting too close to the turbo.  Those things are next, as is the ignition switch, and wiring.

Moving along...

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