Brake and Fuel Lines

Finally got to finish install of all the brake and fuel lines.  I had already put the long brake and fuel lines under the car many months ago, but go held up by the rear axle install and work buttoning up the engine.  Once the axle housing was installed with axles/backing plates and such I could get the brake lines installed.

The next big thing remaining was the bracket that holds the flexible brake hose from the axle housing to the hard brake line on the body.  On all other K code cars of this period, this bracket is welded on to the body.  On this car it was held on by two screws with lock nuts.  When I took the bracket off it had been painted, but the surface against the body, was unpainted and had traces of cosmoline.  So I went about digging out a can of cosmoline I'd gotten back in the early 1990s when I had the 5F07U100002 and my July 13th D code convertible that I was restoring.  Amazingly, I had never used any of the contents and it actually sprayed great.  So I coated the bracket and let it cure for well over a week.  Looks great with the runs and drips, just like it did originally.

The original flexible brake line was is great shape and I was able to restore it and replate the fittings.  I recreated the paint markings exactly as they appeared before restoration.  Interestingly, the orange paint is not very visible once installed - obviously a mark to identify the part during selection prior to install.

The bolts that hold the bracket to the body were in good shape once I got the black paint off of them so I didn't replate them.  They even still had red paint marker in the threads from when they were first installed at the factory.  I also found some of this red paint stick paint on the back of the bracket, so I'm guessing that a red paint stick was used to mark the location where it needed to go and then the holes were drilled.  I recreated these before re attaching the bracket.

I also finished all of the lines in the engine compartment.  Getting the bends through the shock towers and into the wheel wells aligned with the 64 1/2 flexible brake line holding bracket was a very tedious and time consuming process.  The bend here is not correct, and there was still too much bend inside the engine compartment at this point...many hours of labor to get these right.  All original screws were used and the clips were replated as original along with using the original restored and replated junction block.

The screw on the left is what it provided by AMK in their brake line hardware kit.  Originals on the right were replated.

Also restored the original C4ZF-A fuel level sending unit.  Cleaned out the windings, reset the pickup and tested the resistance at Empty, Full, and everything in between.  Very pleased with the way it came out.  Note that I used a NOS fuel sock that is identical to the original, but in much better shape.  Here's a link to the first YouTube video in the series (there are 5 videos in the series) where I restore this sending unit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q__Kr855zhw

I then installed the sending unit and connected it as it was originally.  Really happy with the plating on the sending unit, just as it should be.  You can see the Ford script logo and engineering number.

Lastly, the axle vent hose was installed.  Original clamp and vent fitting, were used with an NOS vent hose, and body clamp.  All original bolts were replated and used.  Note that the axle brake hose metal bracket does not have the stepped bend as in later versions used after this in production.