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well FINALY got a break in the weather to get the engine back in the car !!

it snowed Friday night and Saturday morning, but was a grass snow, all the roads and driveways were just wet. about an inch of snow on the lawn and rooftops. so Saturday afternoon prepped the car and engine to go back in. my garage is NOT deep enough to load it in the garage, so have to roll the car out of the garage back to the cowl, then roll engine in front and drop it in.

engine connected to load leveler on engine lift

front of car prepped for entry

car rolled out

engine & lift all lined up

Engine lined up and rolled in

u-joint & splines lined up

now to just line up the mounting points

Engine is now in place, all 3 mounting points lined up and hard set in place (not secured)

u-joint & torque tube & shaft lined up

u-joint housing shims installed and validated before installing

Can't seem to open the attached photos.

Same for me

Dick

Test photo. I tried posting a photo and no go so I think we have a system problem as previously I had no problems posting a photo. I have posted the results in the Comments/Suggestions forum .

looks like they got it fixed... for now

Took some time and made sure everything was lined up, then secured the driveline to the frame, as well as the u-joint housing to the transmission. also bolted up the brake cross shafts to the transmission as well.

put on the oil line clip on the drivers side, holds the oil pressure line from the oil distribution valve to the oil pressure gauge in the dash.

this is a repro i made a few years go from an original one. works great

next up was the fuel pump... 

figured get this in, then i can finish the line from the fuel tank to the pump. this way there is nothing in the way. i marked off where the starter sits so that i can go around it.

spent the day finishing up the fuel line

had to do the 2 bends from the line to the fuel pump, used my old copper line to make the bends and lay out a guide for bending the steel !!

once that was finished, went back and secured it in place with the clips down the passenger side.

the main fuel line to fuel pump is complete & secure.

next up was the fuel line from the fuel pump to the carburetor

did a rough install of the exhaust manifold with the carburetor attached to know exactly where the line had to go. 

used the old copper line as a guide to bend the new steel line.

connected the oil pressure gauge line to the oil distribution block

this was probably the easiest thing i did today !!

was a pretty successful day, next should be doing all the bolt on items, should start moving a little faster now...

Engine is looking good, and project well documented as always, I really enjoy your detailed pictures.

Is the gray paint from Filling Station, and is the color we see in the last 2 pictures, close to what you see in person?

Thank you, i take a lot of pictures for my own reference and glad to share them with others to help them

Yes that is the Gray from The Filling Station, and the color in the pictures is pretty close to what i see, they were taken in doors under fluorescent light

Installed the passenger side splash pan last night. always a fun task getting it in there just right and all the holes lined up. figured get that in before anything else so that i have more room to work around to get it situated   

Drivers side will go in later, doing one side at a time 

next up was the starter, get it in, lined up and then power from the battery and then the wire to the dash
pretty simple install, the Rubber boot was added after several discussions and an incident where the electrolock cable brushed by the starter post and threw sparks everywhere !! this isolated and protects the starter post which is positive (Direct to the Battery) from the electrolock (which is ground)

next up begins the fun adventure. Distributor !!

used my compression gauge to ensure i had cylinder 1 at Top Dead Center (TDC) this way i can set in the distributor and ensure it is on 1. used my tool and lined up the oil pump so that the distributor can seat fully. dropped in the thrust washer, and after a little tinkering and adjusting it dropped right in. installed the spark cable bracket to the block, put in the distributor adjustment screw for the spark cable, this limits the range/motion of the distributor when using the spark cable.

adjusted and set the point gap to .018", should be rough timed for now

secured the distributor in place 

next up i put the spark cable in place and made sure it worked and moved freely, also put in a few drops of oil in the line to keep it freely moving.

now hte electrolock, luckily i have a colored cheat sheet that have been using, and done this a few times, so was not that difficult. always double check the order and that everything is in its place, especially the isolators for the points/contact. then secure it in place.

dropped in a new rotor button and distributor cap.

few more items and this side will be complete

spark plug wire holder

spark plug & coil wires

new coil install

Swapped out the coil want to make sure all ignition items are NEW.

installed the spark plug wires and the wire bracket

now to the other side, plugs will go in later, leaving them out for ease of cranking engine by hand !!

went ahead and set the valves cold, and made sure the wicks were installed and set