The parts arrived from Vintage Air, so I decided to
concentrate my efforts on the firewall while I still have easy access.
Because of the curved
design of the vent system under the dash the condenser will not fit flush against the fire
wall, so once again I had to cut and bend sheet metal to make an adapter for the
AC parts. Making the adapter was simple enough, but very time
consuming.
I also mounted the Delphi Weatherpack firewall connector. It looks
odd, but the quality is far better than the typical OEM part usually found in
that application.
I had a chance to connect some of the upgraded wire I
ordered and while it’s very high quality, it’s almost impossible to remove the
insulation with the typical strippers found on inexpensive crimp tools. That means I finally had a good reason to
order a Stripmaster squeeze-type wire stripper for gauges 16-26, and it works
wonderfully! It won’t work on the larger wire sizes, but I have a coax stripper
that will do the job for those few sizes. The additional wire I had on order
also arrived so I now have enough different colors and sizes to finish wiring
the dash.
Unfortunately, due to some minor surgery, I’m going to be
limited in what I can do for at least the next two weeks, so progress will once
again slow down. In the meantime I can
order more parts and design a few of the things I’ve put on the back burner.
Got a call from the upholstery shop and
everything is in work with an estimate of a week to ten days to complete. I
hope it actually takes a little longer as the doctor ordered no heavy lifting
and those seats are heavy
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