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03-11-2018, 04:12 PM
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Yes Sir, Eric! Thank you for the excellent work on my carb! I should be ready to fire it up soon. Meanwhile, I bled the brakes and as you can see here, everything but a wrench can go in this small little spot. So best to figure out the leaks now before that Mauritania anchor of a propulsion unit goes in
 So were there any leaks? I'm happy to report.....YES! All but one fitting leaked!  Wait.... that's the wrong thumbs up. Actually, it's not. I knew it was going to happen so I wasn't disappointed when it did!  Damn stainless lines....I'll figure that out when I get back from this trip. Sometimes it's best to just walk away and let these things fix themselves. Sort of like going on a commercial break. Come back, "Hey, remember that whoositz that wasn't jiving with the statafrat? Amazingly.... it's working now! "  So I'm taking the Millennial approach on this and blaming everyone but myself and expecting compensation and a trophy for my troubles. Hmmmm.....well.... maybe I'll just fix it when I get back. Or fly Mikey down! After mounting up the steering wheel, I noticed a gap... like a step down... between the diameter of the hub and the diameter of the column. Since Steve (we were on a first named basis  ) had the same wheel on his, I pulled out my vast Bullitt picture inventory and low and behold..... same gap! That lighted area on his that is right at the emergency flasher switch, and looks like an aluminum band, us sun glare on the column from the shade of the dash.... look just to the other side of that. I mean.... come on! Such authenticatedness I'm even striving for steering wheel crappy gaps! It's such a nice wheel that it's a shame to leather wrap it. Gotta fix that gap between the Convenience panel and the instrument bezel. Not liking that alignment. I can now hook a battery up and test everything! More to come....Cheers Dave Last edited by A12pilot; 03-11-2018 at 04:18 PM. 
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03-11-2018, 05:41 PM
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Ole Kwizz would probably whip up a custom made adapter to cure that problem with the ugggly gap at the steering column. Or just leave it like on the movie car. Different strokes for different folks.
So far it's turning into a cool car, by the way.
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03-11-2018, 05:43 PM
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Oh, and you are finding why I hate stainless brake tubing. Pretty, but problematic.
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03-11-2018, 09:19 PM
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----I so agree with you, John.......Bill S
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03-11-2018, 05:42 PM
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The millennial approach :-)
Love it Ryan
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 1969 Beaumont 350 Auto White Sold 1969 Beaumont 307 Auto Green Sold 1969 Chevelle SS 396-L35 Auto Blue Sold 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass 'S' Sports Coupe W31
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