My 404 Coupé Injection

[MikeT 737]

Ignore the previous post, the site messed up.

 

Well, it took seven and a half weeks to get the shipment from Der Franzose/CiPeRe....

 

Comparing the new fittings with extended noses I got for the front brake crossover lines with the short ones on the first set I made:

 

Today I made up another set of the crossover lines with the new fittings. Note the bubble flares.

 

Then installed them...

 

 

I still will remake some other lines too as I damaged a lot of the fitting heads overtightening them with the incorrect metric tool back in 2019!

 

On a related note, a search on "Luce Targa Carello" gave me a hit for this on eBay in Italy:

 

 

It's a 404C license plate light, NOS, but was listed as being for a Fiat 238 van (which may well be). Anyway for 70 EUR plus 25 for postage to Canada, it's soon to be my spare. Sadly, the seller has no more. But the Fiat 238 tip could be useful.

Edited November 14, 2022 by MikeT

[Willys 741]

Looking good....just out of curiousity....are you not using the locking mechanism on those locking nuts..?  Knocking the shoulder into the groove to lock the nut?  

[MikeT 737]

 Ha! I was waiting for this!

 

100 points to eagle eyes Willys!

 

The reason is that the suspension bolts all have to be tightened with the suspension in its natural resting position, i.e. with the weight of the engine on the wheels. This has not yet happened and when it does, the car will be on ramps in the sloping driveway with me under it doing final torquing and - in these two nuts cases - staking.

[Willys 741]

3 hours ago, MikeT said:

 Ha! I was waiting for this!

 

100 points to eagle eyes Willys!

 

The reason is that the suspension bolts all have to be tightened with the suspension in its natural resting position, i.e. with the weight of the engine on the wheels. This has not yet happened and when it does, the car will be on ramps in the sloping driveway with me under it doing final torquing and - in these two nuts cases - staking.

I also knew the answer...lol   Just waiting for anyone else...?...lol   Fishing.....

 

[MikeT 737]

Sunday I made up and installed the following brake lines with metric-nutted fittings (11 mm):

• firewall to front splitter
• front splitter to LF wheel
• front splitter to RF wheel
• rubber hose on torque tube to rear proportioning valve
• rear proportioning valve to LR wheel
• rear proportioning valve to RR wheel

The only metal line not remade now is the long one that goes from front to rear, and so it's the only one with 3/8" fitting nuts. Just for symmetry and to have a coherent set of nuts I think I will do it too. Then check tightness and attempt a bleed.

 

No photos this time as it's kind of dull viewing

[MikeT 737]

Today I received the oil pressure sending unit for my Jaeger sports instrument panel. This will be used sometime in the future, after the car is on the road and proven to be reliable.

 

[MikeT 737]

I received the license plate light last week....

[MikeT 737]

Got a bunch of parts for cheap at an auction in the eastern USA, which someone from back there will deliver to me in Seattle in June:

OE SEV windshield wipers

 

OE 404C headlight rings (4)

 

....

[MikeT 737]

Mirrors and late model 404C driving light trims

 

 

All of the foregoing stuff from the auction was $60. One headlight ring costs 100 Euros in Europe!