In order to get the car up and running, it needed a fuel pump because the front cover of the engine did not have an opening for a mechanical pump (it is a fuel block with a tank pump). I converted it into a carburetor for which a low pressure pump is required. I bought a Carter Electric pump because I was very lucky with them on previous projects.
The next expensive article was a drive shaft that cost South West Speed Driveline $ 350.00 in Arkansas.
The drive shaft was painted before it was installed. It came with a transmission slip yoke that didn’t fit the T5, and I had to order another to adapt the U-joint and the gear. I have not read all the information on your website and I could have avoided the additional costs, but that happens when you assume that you know what you are doing.
When I tried to start the engine, the key began to use and started with a handheld start switch on the starter magnet, so I started chasing wires and found some incorrectly connected wires from the wiring kit and the new measuring devices. So take the dashboard apart again. I took the steering shaft apart to see why the turn signals in the right bent position did not work and found that the assembly was broken.
Another picture of the drive shaft as soon as the yoke has been replaced fit perfectly.
While I was waiting for parts, I installed the insulation on the floor pans.
This is the old indicator assembly that is broken where the horn contact hangs loose. The adapter of the new cabling kit had to be made with splice sleeves (instead of a 10-pin connector).
Adapter before it was installed in the steering column.
Installation complete and it works.
The carpet kit delivered by car is apparently for another year or another model, since it did not cover the area under the front seats.
A patch was cut under the back seat to cover the middle hump, and I will take the same patch off the driver’s side to cover the doors in the doors.
I decided to use the existing hood, even though they are in poor shape and welded the holes in which the wrong holds were.
You can see the different layers of the body filler, in which I can land them for mere metal.
The finished weld seam.
A small primer helped, but still quite rough.
As soon as the car drove, I tried to move it into the back, but it would not shift, only the first, second, third and fourth, no fifth or the other way around.
The gear lever was removed and I looked at a U-tube video that showed a socket or a cup that was missing on the bottom of the gear holder (the socket shown above).
At the top is the top of the gear hole in which the socket is supposed to be. After the installation, the gearbox would still not move, now I only had the third and fourth gear. So it looks as if the next part of this project remove the transmission and see what is wrong.
