I also picked up a new leakless water pump from Dennis which I install yesterday. Along with the original fan and new fan belt from Mike's.



The unit has sealed bearings. The grease fittings are dummies.

Today I thought I would just putter around, re-assembling the engine. Boy was I wrong! First I installed the new radiator that I got from Dennis. After that I installed the new hoses from mikes, along with the repainted original bottom pipe.



Then it was on with the new stainless steel radiator brace bars and an after market style hood prop system. I changed the oil (4.5 qts of non-detergent 30 weight), and filled up the radiator. I replaced the spark plugs and then adjusted the timing.

Seeing that everything was in place there was only really one thing left to do. Sandra got in the drivers seat (because the seat is still locked to far forward for me to get in) and I walked her through the starting instructions. It took three tries, but then she started right up and ran pretty damn well :) Not bad for a 79 year old engine!

All in all it only took just a very little more work then I thought to get to this stage. We then buttoned it up for the night. We put the radiator shroud back in place and replaced the hood. Next I'll run a grease gun around all the underside grease fittings and we will try rolling it back off the ramps and giving it short test drive to see where we are really at.



Here's a shot of most of the parts I replaced so far.



From here, next I need to replace the lighting wiring harness and restore the whole lighting system. Head lights, tail lights, cowl lights, instrument panel light and I need to rig some turn signals. Then it's on to body work and paint.

Scott