Thanks for the kind words Michael! Hopefully, for booth of us the light at the end of the tunnel isn't just another speeding train and all of the surprises are over.
Jim
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Thanks for the kind words Michael! Hopefully, for booth of us the light at the end of the tunnel isn't just another speeding train and all of the surprises are over.
Jim
Thanks for the heads up on the caliper adjustment bolt, I'll give that a try; if that doesn't work, I 'm going to revisit the routing of the passenger side cable housing and see if I can eliminate a few bends. Presently, the passenger side cable has 6 bends. The drivers side only has 4 bends and works great.
Jim
Mike....”you're the man”! The center 3/16” allen adjustment bolt did the trick (almost), my problem was two fold. I also managed to take some more slack out of the passenger parking brake cable.
I don't remember reading anything about that adjustment bolt in the instructions. But who need stink'en instructions when we have forum members like you!
Thanks again,
Jim
Build Progress-Week Ending 09/20/2013:
I know that I said this before but it's worth repeating: of all the projects that we tackled so far; the Vintage Air has been the most challenging, time consuming and required the most preplaning! About a month ago we hit a road block when we discovered that the condenser/compressor refrigerant line fittings would not fit through the upper radiator port hole.
There were a couple of possible solutions: one was to reroute the line outside the radiator nose pace and
run it to the rear of the car. I didn't like that option at all! The other solution would be to feed the UN-crip-ed hose and find someone with a portable crimp-er to crimp the fitting on the car. However, in a small town like this, sometimes those types of dreams turn out to be just dreams. After searching for a source, I found an R.V shop that runs into these problems all the time. And better yet, it's not a hand held crimp-er. I'll be able to back into his shop and next to his hydraulic crimp-er and run the compressor end to the machine. Yahoo, problem solved!
Curb Side Radiator Nose Coolant Fitting:
Last week I showed you the mock-up of a fitting we made out of PCV pipe. The radiator shop finished the fitting and it fits perfectly. Originally, I planed to run the hose from the radiator, through the back of the nose piece and to the passenger side coolant hard line. The problem was because of the location of the lift pump, the bend in the hose was to radical and kinked. The solution was the a hard line with three 90* bends and as I stated earlier, it worked great. (pic.#005)
Passenger Side Coolant/Heater Lines Brackets:
George and I fabricated some rectangular shaped “U” flanged brackets that would allow me to stack the two coolant lines and the two heater hose in a nice neat cube. (pic. #001) I lined the inside of the brackets with some anti-abrasion adhesive rubber.
Passenger Side Coolant/Heater Lines:
I wrapped the the two coolant lines and the two heater hoses with some Dynamat heat reflective tape.(pic.#002 & #003)
Passenger Side Foot Well Hose Cover:
We routed the four hoses through two 2.5” holes we drilled into the 45* angled-ed section of the passenger side foot well. This proposed two problems:
1) The hose was very visible, very ugly and would be difficult for the upholster to conceal!
Driver's Side I.S.I.S Cover:
We mounted the two I.S.I.S electric control panels on the 45* angle portion of the street side driver's foot well. Although not as ugly as heater hoses, I wanted to conceal them so I fabricated a cover that would hide the control panels and could be easily carpeted over. For someone that didn't plan to do a lot of fabricating....I find myself doing a lot of fabricating!
Jim
I know that I said this before but it's worth repeating: of all the projects that we tackled so far; the Vintage Air has been the most challenging, time consuming and required the most preplaning! About a month ago we hit a road block when we discovered that the condenser/compressor refrigerant line fittings would not fit through the upper radiator port hole.
There were a couple of possible solutions: one was to reroute the line outside the radiator nose pace and
run it to the rear of the car. I didn't like that option at all! The other solution would be to feed the UN-crip-ed hose and find someone with a portable crimp-er to crimp the fitting on the car. However, in a small town like this, sometimes those types of dreams turn out to be just dreams. After searching for a source, I found an R.V shop that runs into these problems all the time. And better yet, it's not a hand held crimp-er. I'll be able to back into his shop and next to his hydraulic crimp-er and run the compressor end to the machine. Yahoo, problem solved!
Curb Side Radiator Nose Coolant Fitting:
Last week I showed you the mock-up of a fitting we made out of PCV pipe. The radiator shop finished the fitting and it fits perfectly. Originally, I planed to run the hose from the radiator, through the back of the nose piece and to the passenger side coolant hard line. The problem was because of the location of the lift pump, the bend in the hose was to radical and kinked. The solution was the a hard line with three 90* bends and as I stated earlier, it worked great. (pic.#005)
Passenger Side Coolant/Heater Lines Brackets:
George and I fabricated some rectangular shaped “U” flanged brackets that would allow me to stack the two coolant lines and the two heater hose in a nice neat cube. (pic. #001) I lined the inside of the brackets with some anti-abrasion adhesive rubber.
Passenger Side Coolant/Heater Lines:
I wrapped the the two coolant lines and the two heater hoses with some Dynamat heat reflective tape.(pic.#002 & #003)
Passenger Side Foot Well Hose Cover:
We routed the four hoses through two 2.5” holes we drilled into the 45* angled-ed section of the passenger side foot well. This proposed two problems:
1) The hose was very visible, very ugly and would be difficult for the upholster to conceal!
- If involved in an accident, the heater hose could rupture and possibly scald the passengers legs (this actually happened to a very good family friend.).
Driver's Side I.S.I.S Cover:
We mounted the two I.S.I.S electric control panels on the 45* angle portion of the street side driver's foot well. Although not as ugly as heater hoses, I wanted to conceal them so I fabricated a cover that would hide the control panels and could be easily carpeted over. For someone that didn't plan to do a lot of fabricating....I find myself doing a lot of fabricating!
Jim
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Agreed - that's a very bad location for it.
The location spec'ed in the manual is the suggested ,natural and proven location for the ISIS cell, hence the pre made wiring harness
Thanks guys, I plan on mounting the fuse box on the rear bulk head around the corner from where I presently have the ISIS power cell installed. The fuse box will be fully accessible from the engine compartment.
I have seen where other builders have installed their ISIS P.C in the same location I choose, so I assumed that the frequency of accessing the unit is nil.
Where did you guys mount your rear P.C and could you please post a picture.
Thanks,
Jim
Finished a long time ago (at the beginning of the year). Although right now it sits crippled because my rear power cell (boy, can't imagine why I said that location would be a bad one
) blew and had to be replaced. On a side-note Jay has been great to deal with and warrantied it even though I bought it in 2009.I would put it on the rear firewall or if you want a clean look, on one of the horizontal beams within easy reach.
Finished a long time ago (at the beginning of the year). Although right now it sits crippled because my rear power cell (boy, can't imagine why I said that location would be a bad one
I would put it on the rear firewall or if you want a clean look, on one of the horizontal beams within easy reach.
Thanks Alex! So much for my theory that I would never have access the rear power cell. After reading your post, I turned off the football and am off to the garage to scout out a new location, but I'm running out of real estate.
Thanks again!
Jim
Thanks Tom, I appreciate the kind words! I too can't wait to have it running. If I can be of any help in answering any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Good luck to you,
Jim
Fran, I just received my Graziano shifter and transaxel support braces today (thank you). Please look at the below photo (pic. #004 & #005) and tell me and the other Graziano builders that too are just receiving their parts if I installed the assembly as intended. :huh:
Thank you,
Jim
Thank you,
Jim
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The lower rod end fits on the other side of the trans bracket...the larger flat surface and yes the upper rod end is held on by the nyloc nut currently shown under it..
My pleasure
