I have been trying to get the 'cuda ready for a club picnic tomorrow and have been up the past couple of nights all night trying to get the car to the point where I can drive it. First the exhaust didn't fit right, so I am currently running turn downs off the mufflers. Then I find out I have the wrong water pump pulley. So I find the right one only to find that I have the wrong crank pulley. Its too big.
SO leave the wrong crank pulley on and re-install the wrong water pump pulley and hook up a idler pulley for the fan. Then we get everything ready to go (or so I thought) and try and start the car. 2 problems: no fuel, no spark. SO we fight for over and our (by this time it is dark out) and find out that the ignition box isn't getting a good enough ground to the body.
So we hook up a ground, now we have spark, but still no fuel. So we syphon the fuel line to prime the line and reattach the line to the fuel pump. THE STUPID THING WON'T MAINTAIN ITS PRIME!!!
We tried for an hour. Finally we said screw this first thing in the mornign we will get an electric pump and force the fuel to flow. We know the car fires because we did the redneck trick by pouring a small amount of fuel down the carb (I know bad me). By this time it was midnight and we were all exhausted. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I have until noon, to get the cuda driving, wash it, replace the brake pads on my Challenger, wash it, and meet up with everyone else, before we head off to the picnic. On a happier note the car looks stunning and I will post some pictures of it tomorrow evening. Thanks for reading me vent.
