Put on the brake pedal pad, touched up some chrome, and messed with the hat rack.

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Adjusted the brakes again. I think I freed them up a bit and got rid of the pulling.
Changed the oil. Used Rotella 15w40 oil and Fram PB50 oil filter.

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Attempted to adjust the brakes. A little bit of drag. Hopefully it won’t be too bad. Parking brake cable still needs some work.

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Rolled her out of the garage
Added fresh gas in the tank
Sprayed starting fluid in the carb. Tried starting a few times
Poured a little gas in the carburetor. Finally caught and started
Let her run for awhile, then took her to the nearest gas station for a fill up and air
Drover her a few miles down the [...]

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Put nuts and washers on the rear engine (tranny) mounts
Installed the slotted gravel guard around the torque converter
Attached the speedo cable
Tightened the linkage
Attached the breather tube
Added oil
Put on the brake return spring
Knocked some of the curled frame (from towing) back into place

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Adjusted the nuts on the master cylinder to give the brake pedal more play
Adjusting these nuts also kept the brake lights from staying on
Took a test drive out of the neighborhood and stalled multiple times
Took off the fuel filter and rinsed through with lacquer thinner
All sorts of gunk (don’t know if it was rust or [...]

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Got a new small, brake line made and replaced the cracked one next to the stoplight switch. May need to bleed the brakes again.
Removed both original, headlight cables/harnesses. Still need to get blowtorch for connecting the contacts to the two green wires on each (for the parking light socket) or crimpable contact ends.

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Replaced the stoplight switch that goes on the end of the master cylinder
Might have hit the small brake line right next to the switch. It now has a small crack in it where brake fluid leaks out.

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Put a universal adjuster, to take up slack, on the rear parking brake cable
Adjusted the brake tension inside the drums with a brake tool. This seemed to help the parking brake actually work… kind of.

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Apparently replacing the rear motor (transmission) mounts did the trick. I can now put her in Reverse and actually go backwards! Also:

Changed the oil again, but added Lucas Oil to see if I could stop some of the leaking
Installed an inline fuel filter on the flexible fuel line, right before the fuel pump
Tightened the parking [...]

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