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ETOBICOKE, ONT

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Been chipping away at my Delray for the last 15-17 yrs. Some time in between lost interest and it sat untouched for 4 or 5 years.

I try to get some time at it on Sundays, but every Sunday.

Finally starting to resemble a car again. The fenders have been off for so long.

Also working on getting a new Painless Wiring Harness installed. Got most of the wiring forward of the firewall and under dash crimped and done.
Just undecided where I want to place some gauges but it will come to me.

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Picked up rear quarters from a guy in Burlington.

I have cut off what I can use and a bunch of spare metal to practice welding on.

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Holy cow, you got your work cut out for you.

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Got the front all wired up.

Finally created the DRL/FOG light harness.

Got the grill mounted

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Nice to see you moving forward Frank.
Which bulbs will be for DRL?

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I am watching and learning. Thank you for showing.

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123pugsy wrote:

Nice to see you moving forward Frank.
Which bulbs will be for DRL?

 They are LED Projection bulbs (inside bulb, mounted on the grill) that I found on AliExpress, was difficult to find a set tat I could fabricate a mount for.

Most are made for certain model Toyota or Nissan.



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Cuddles wrote:

I am watching and learning. Thank you for showing.

 Cuddles, 

I posted the pic of the tape for the harness as I know you were asking a bit ago.

 

Got it from Amazon,  Automotive Harness Tape.  



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Was trying to get the e-brake all done when low and behold, the intermediate cable was 4 inches too short. hmm

I have two cables one that came with my rear disk brake conversion but that one was 2 feet too short. confuse

 

Got the idea that I could make my own by swagging on aluminum ferrules.

I had the idear that using my Mastercool brake flaring tool to swage the aluminum on the 1/8" cable.

 

 

 

This is the final result, I think it will work after tweaking the process a bit. I will need to make the cable fit a bit tighter in the ferrule by using some pieces of MIG wire to give it a tighter fit.



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Smart thinking!

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Nice.
I hope she sticks when the pressure is put on.
If so, I will need to do the same thing on my rod project.

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My first attempt I felt that the ferrule was a bit loose still.

 

I cut that one off and attempted another, this time round I fit about 6 or 7 strands of .023 MIG wire. Trimmed the MIG wire once done.

I feel this will hold but heard a loud bang just as I was loosening the jaws on my vice and dam did I not bust my vise. hmm   cry

So I will measure the length needed, cut and see if my manual century old 3 ton press can swage the other side.

Pugsy, from my reading, the foot e-brake only puts about 60-65 ft lbs pressure on the cable. I think this will be just fine.

50' 1/8" polly coated cable at Home Depot and a small bag of ferrules cost me about $35 heck of a lot cheaper than trying to source the correct length from a classic supply shop.

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Damn, don't ya just love cast iron........

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Got my e-brake all hooked up. biggrin

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