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DuraPine II

Bill Blue

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Here is another try at photographing. Thus one is existing light and gives more detail. Black on black is hard to photograph.
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Bill Blue

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Trial fitted the brake master cylinder. Discovered that when used on an Alpine, this GM master cylinder will not return all way if it is released gradually. The end result would be a stuck "On" brake light and self engaging brakes. I cannot use the Alpine helper brake return spring, the end result of too many mods. So one more mod, modifying the brake light switch bracket in order to hold a helper spring. The bracket is a minor variation of established design. Here are a couple of photos. The helper spring goes from the bracket to the clevis pin on the brake pedal. It works fine. The spring is strong enough to always return the pedal, but too weak to move the pedal by its self.
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DanR

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I also had to add a small bracket to the brake pedal (6 to 1 ) to hook a return spring to.

Gotta PIC some where, will post if I can find it.
 

DanR

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Doing some minor touch up but looking good to me! Red it was (Colour Code 39) Red it is :)
 

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Bill Blue

Platinum Level Sponsor
Hmm. So that is what a driver paint job looks like? I think you just set a new standard. Looks good to me!

Bill
 

Bill Blue

Platinum Level Sponsor
Messing with the gas tanks. First thing I noticed, there is a drain plug in the left tank. A ready made fuel return point!! The plug was removed and a 1/8" pipe X 5/16" tubing adapter was installed. Here is photo with the fuel line installed.
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A hole was drilled in the forward trunk panel, a spring protector installed over the tubing and the hole mess installed.
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Photo with the side panel installed.
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There has been some conversation about the need for a grommet, #1 being the need to prevent the sheet metal panel from penetrating the spring and causing a leak. Here is closeup of the details.
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Comments welcomed.
Bill
 

Barry

Diamond Level Sponsor
That return setup should work fine. I would use a rubber grommet or better yet a bulkhead fitting instead of a spring protector, but that is JMO and I am OCD about fuel lines. Maybe a metal tubing sleeve to protect the plastic fuel line from physical damage ???
 
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Bill Blue

Platinum Level Sponsor
Will the spring provide adequate protection in the trunk from crushing or puncture?
In a word, Yes. My major concern is after years of jostling and jiggaling, will the sheet metal hole work past the spring and cut the line?
Bill
An update of an unposted return. While the spring is entirely capable of protecting the fuel line from trunk usage, I was not so sure about protection from the hole the line goes through. So I decided to use a grommet. Pulled the line out of the spring, no problem. The spring, however, was a different story. It had already engaged with the hole and had to be screwed out. That was no problem, the hole was readily enlarged and the line and spring reinstalled. I am not concerned about accident damage to the line as the twice proven inertia switch should have the fuel pump turned off.

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Bill Blue

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Working on the exhaust as hard I can (which is not very) whenever I can. We have been pretty busy with friends, sick and dying relatives and funerals. This is very difficult work for me as I have always had difficulty visualizing things in three dimensions. Add to that my reduced capacity and inability to weld a seam and you've got some slow going. Here is my masterpiece, the section that up, over, then down over the rear axle. Fabricated out of 2", mandrel bent U shapes, intended for header fabrication.

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As you can see, not at all a simple up and over job that I got from the muffler shop. No wonder it was impossible to position correctly.

Bill
 

Bill Blue

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Time marches on. Unfortunately it goes faster than Bill Blue. Sanding the body down to factory primer, which means down to metal in some areas. I need to take the sanding job in bite sized bits. Therefore, I decided to start the wiring. First up, the modified Series II dash. Stripped and painted with Hammerite gray and populated with lights, gauges and switches.
Required show off picture:
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