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Waiting on some parts to complete the coolant hose install. While waiting, I didn’t like the two -10 remote oil filter hoses I made with 45 degree fittings, so I remade them with 90 degree fittings. Much nicer install now, and should allow a cleaner routing for the coolant hoses. I reshaped the dips...

It’s just an open end wrench with no handle, just a square drive, good for getting into tight areas where a regular wrench won’t work.

Agree that they’re rarely used, but very necessary, as in this case, where nothing else will work…

Ha ha, functional art maybe…

Today I reinstalled the rear sway bar, and made new -10 hoses to connect the oil filter sandwich adapter to the chassis bulkhead fittings going to the remote oil filters. I didn’t have a 1” crowfoot, so I had to modify a 7/8” crowfoot to tighten the fittings. I also started mocking up the dipstick, ...

Making good progress. I have most of the electrical system reconnected. Torqued all of the motor/trans hardware. Reconnected the shifter brackets/cables and the hydraulic clutch hose. Refit the AC compressor brackets, and realigned the pulleys with shim washers. Had to make a few trips to O’Reilly’s...

Thx guys, I have to believe it will be a much better runner once it’s back up and running again.

Major milestone today! William and his dad Heath came over this afternoon to help wrangle the drivetrain back in place. It was a bit challenging, but it’s back in and now I can focus on getting all the peripherals back in place. Still a lot to do, but this is the fun part…

The expansion and overflow tanks were a bit of a nipple twister to reconfigure and install, but one more task checked off the list. I made a few hard lines to connect the vent lines and the tanks together. Finished up a bunch of tidy-up tasks too. The focus now will be to get the motor and trans rei...