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Well January was another disappointing month! Not a lot to report being accomplished, but there was a few more baby steps....

Was bitterly cold upstairs at the dealership the first weekend of January, but I was able to pick up the powder coated collector and some touch up material...

got the transmission pan straightened, repainted and reinstalled

pulled the masking tape off the wheel houses

and removed the low temp convoluted harness wrap and started recovering the harnesses with the higher temp wrap... until my fingers got numb and I called it a day!

I took the engine harness home and finished rewrapping it....

then installed it back on the engine the following weekend.

I also got the main engine compartment harness wrapped that goes from the battery to the bulkhead connector...

and discovered how Ford was able to hit the harness mounting holes that were stamped into the sheetmetal.... the mounting clips were stapled to a plastic runner at the correct intervals!

The following weekend was another baby step weekend.... nothing major to report being completed but I did get the passenger side header powder coating touched up so I can FINALLY get the headers completed and tightened into place.

I pulled out the charcoal filter assembly and got it broken down so I can clean up the canister and the corrugated paper hose to the air cleaner (looks like the canister should clean up pretty nicely)

and started unwrapping and cleaning the driver side main harness in the engine compartment. I also fired up the Fiero and looked at getting the Fairlane started and running as she should.

The first weekend of February I was able to get the passenger side header completely installed...

the NOS wiper mechanism cowl drain mounted...

and started rewrapping the second engine compartment harness. Put the battery charger on the Fairlane wagon and spun her over a few times, but she wouldn't hit, so I'll try again next playday in two weeks (gotta work next weekend).

Until next installment.......

ZEBRA 3 OUT

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Not a lot of progress to show for the month of December because I've been working some overtime and then helping my buddy Jim install a new oil burning furnace at the dealership, but I have gotten a little something done...

I got the engine wiring harness laid out, covered and installed,

installed the new distributor cap...

but the Ford Racing wires are a bit short to run like the factory, so I'm ordering another set.

Got the modified header collector tack welded, test fitted and mounting ears tacked for final welding...

Collector welded up, trimmed, dressed out and ready for powder coating...

dry fit the wheelhouses and core support so I could hang the starter solenoid and ignition module and start placing the wiring harnesses so I can try and light off the 460 once the collector is back and a few more bits and pieces get hung.

I also installed the power steering return line as well as the alternator wiring and set out the battery tray...

I removed the wheelhouses and core support, DA'ed them and then shot the final coat of chassis black.

I then masked them off and shot the rubberized undercoating to the underside of the wheelhouses.

The second set of plug wires arrived so I installed the longest one in place of the original wires that were too short....

I need to trim a few of them to make the wires a bit more tidy. I also set the core support into position...

and then drug out the wiring harnesses for the engine bay. The first one I started on was the primary harness from the starter solenoid to the firewall bulkhead connector.

Got the connector cleaned and then stripped away the first foot or so of the old harness wrap and then cleaned the wires and installed the new convoluted wire covering.

Once that one is finished, I have several more to do in the engine compartment before turning my attention to the interior harnesses!!!

Well that's all I got done in the month of December. Was hoping to have the car lit off and ready to turn back over to Far From Factory by the first of the year. Oh well, you know what they say about best laid plans....

Until 2017...

ZEBRA 3 OUT