What did you work on today ?

[TimG]

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by TimG

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

Better leverage from bottom side if accessible Tim?

[SMS]

Originally Posted by TimG

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

Sounds like you can get the line wrench on it from above, but can't budge it. Do you have room to do this?

[rszmjt]

Originally Posted by TimG

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

Tim, I usually have been able to get the line off laying on the floor and using a line wrench from underneath with the car elevated, and using a 3/4" wrench on the pump line block to support it from buckling the underside of the fuel pump body. Of course this only works with the square block type 40482 pump.

Mike Thorpe

[169indy]

Crows-foot flare nut wrench & wobbly extension?

[TimG]

I got a vice grip on the end, but it wasn't too stable. Someone called me to say pull it off with the line attached since I have the carb end of the line off. Of course, that means pulling the radiator hose and heater hoses off. That is the route I'll go when our weather warms up. I don't want to damage the original pump or line. Better to remove it as a single unit.

[SMS]

New u-joints and carrier bearing. Also pinion seal and rear wheel cylinders and shoes on the dually. LOL 9’ of driveshaft.

[DW31S]

Polishing a pair of vintage rear Super Tricks. If anybody has any tips…I’m all ears!

[Too Many Projects]

Last week, when it was 15 below zero, my heater didn't work and I had to replace the thermostat on my CR-V. It comes as an assembly with the plastic housing. Not too bad, as it sits on the front of the engine, but, of course, 1 bolt had to be at the bottom and was removed/installed by braille. That actually went so well, I decided to finally locate and change the trans filter I bought 5 months ago. It is inside the case behind the trans heater/cooler. The battery tray needs to be removed for access and THAT turned into an hour and half ordeal. Once the tray was out, it took 10 minutes to change the filter... Also, last week, I had our PDR guy push a dent out of the right front door that was up high from an SUV. He removed the door panel for it and after, the electric lock didn't function correctly. I messed with it for a short time last Wednesday evening, but I was leaving at 8 pm to drive straight thru to Tulsa OK and didn't want to get involved in a big hassle. Saturday I pulled the panel off and the door latch, as it seemed to be in that. Once I pulled the cables off the latch, it worked perfectly. OK, lets go back upstream from here, and I found he had put the cable end on the wrong side of the retainer at the inside handle.

Always something to do on our cars to entertain us...

[njsteve]

I confiscated the wife's Charger so I could be behind the wheel to document the epic, awe-inspiring moment when it rolled from 99,999 to 100,000 miles.

I made the mistake years ago of leaving the keys to my Suburban hanging around when I had it staged in driveway at 99,998 so I could drive the kids around to watch the analog odometer roll over. She of course, borrowed it to go shopping and it came back at 100,015 and wondered why I was not happy.