73 Javelin brake and suspension project

So I took it back in and bled the fronts again - ran a good quarter cup of fluid through each bleeder up front and took it back out and it now has a high great pedal and all four wheels brake. Nice - good brakes, high, solid pedal - and disc brakes up front, new wheel cylinders and like new brakes in the back, all new lines and hoses. Cool.

Alignment is set for 8:30 Thursday am. I set the toe a bit better today and the steering wheel is nearly centered now and I can sight down each wheel and it's just barely toed-in so I can drive it to town for the alignment and not tear things up. It wants to go straight, no pull, handles decent, so my guessing on the other angles is likely close.

I used my grinder and then a Dremel with a grinding/cutting wheel to trim the left side of the cross member - funny, the factory did that to the right side for clearance for the tie rod there but the left side was still straight up and down. the right part has a curve cut into it for clearance, the left didn't - but does now. Not as perfect as the factory job but I have clearance. I'll see if my photos turned out so I can show what I mean.

To gain access to the lines and the valve area I had to remove the blower motor. In the process the bottom screw broke off. Great, it's spot welded into the housing from the inside. So - Dremel to the rescue. I was able to cut and grind it out and then as luck would have it, the blower is mounted with 10-24 studs. Gee, that's the same as Motorola Alternators use for the diodes. I have a collection of 10-24 screws with the splines or knurling that holds them into the diode heat sinks. Cool, that means I could pull one into the hole and it would stay put as the splines cut into the steel housing and now I have three decent screws to put the blower back in.
In this top photo you can see the bottom screw I replaced. Three new keps nuts and the blower is back in place - like it matters since the heater core is busted up and bypassed.

Yeah, I KNOW I screwed up - that union is supposed to be higher on the firewall - but I cut the bottom line for the rear brakes about 4" too short........ oh, well - will anyone know but me? Oops, yeah, now everyone reading this will know!

Blower motor back in place and over a year worth of DUST and crud washed off.

And this is how it sits now with the replacement springs from an AMX - I'd like perhaps a half-inch more but it's really not bad and probably not that far from where it should be.