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A little minor work

Posted by Eman on March 26th, 2007

Installed two grommets in the fenders for the headlight wiring
Installed the painted junction blocks for the headlamps
Removed the old oil filter from the 289 engine
Did some spot painting on the 289 around the oil filter

Parking brake cable adjustment

Posted by Eman on April 30th, 2006

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.

Adding more transmission fluid

Posted by Eman on March 11th, 2006

Attached the top portion of the parking brake cable to the engine-side firewall and to the brake handle
Installed the handle and attached the cable to the front lever
Added some firewall insulation
Attached heater hose to the heater blower, going towards the fender vent door
Got the engine warm and put the car in L to check tranny [...]

Emergency brake work

Posted by Eman on February 26th, 2006

Removed the rear tires and drums (hardly needed drum puller, it was so easy)
Removed old emergency brake cables (front and rear sections)
Replaced front section with same year cable
Replaced rear section with newer model year… cable was too long
Need to find something to crimp on the end of the cable