Taking Stock Finishing Miscellaneous Tasks – 4 Hours

Today was all about completing a number of half finished projects; the first was finishing the installation of the pedal box. Although this is completely installed, I am in two minds about taking it out again. The studs in the Wilwood pedal box to which the master cylinders are bolted are a little short, they appear to have been installed too far into the pedal box casting. Using two jam nuts it was easy enough to screw these out a little but as soon as the nylock nuts start to bight the studs screw back into the casting.

The two options are to remove the studs completely and use medium thread lock or J B Weld then into the casting. Initially I will keep an eye on these to see if they come loose.

Also found that the clutch stop bolt is at full travel and still a little short of the ideal position, will need to pick up a longer bolt from Ace or Lowes.

Completed the installation of the front break line from the passenger side to the T fitting on the driver’s side, the kit comes with 4 x 60” lengths, one length was used for this connection without the need to cut or flare a new joint. All brake lines are 3/16” aluminum; I may or may not polish these were visible.

As I plan on taking the panels fitted thus far to powder coat next week (Black Gloss), there were a couple of area’s that needed finishing, the first was fitting and drilling the driver’s side inner wall to the transmission tunnel front vertical wall, the second was to fabricate an access cover to the brake bias bar.

Before removing the body I had previously marked the hood opening on the top of the driver’s side foot box so that I could better understand the maximum opening possible and still be able to use a screw fastener.

Once powder coated I plan on using rivnuts, 8/32 cap screws and split washers, making a cork gasket to seal the cover.

The cover was made from the replaced driver’s side front foot box panel which is surplus when using the Wilwood pedal box. The bend in this panel is similar to the bend in the roof of the footbox.