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    GlenH's MK4 Build

    Well after a lot of years I am finally going to get to do it. I ordered a complete MK4 in mid March. My completion date in April 15th. Stewart has informed me that they intend to load the week of the 17th.

    I have spent the last few weeks getting the body buck built along with a temporary frame dolly. I had to make the frame dolly taller than I wanted to allow me to use my trailer to meet Stewart(No way for him to get to the house). It is setup for motorcycles and the dolly will need to clear the wheel chocks. Once I get everything home I will cut down the legs to allow it to fit under the body buck.

    Spent this weekend rearranging the garage to get everything in. I have two garages, but one of my lovely wifes requests was that this project does not wind up taking up space in "her" garage. Of course I agreed. Now I'm thinking that I never agreed that other things (like motorcycles) would not migrate over to her garage. I don't think that will fly so things are going to be a little tight.





    I have three sons ranging from 18 to 25 so I hope to turn this into a family project that all of us can work together on. None of us have done anything like this before, but have spent a lot of time building and rebuilding motorcycle, so hopefully we can manage.



    Now on to the kit.

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    Power Steering
    17" Halibrand Wheel/tire package
    Wilwod Brakes
    Stainless Side exhaust
    Chrome Driver and Passenger Roll Bar
    Heater Defroster
    Wipers

    Going to go with a fuel injected 347 and a TKO600.


    I plan to do a couple of the mods I have seen from others as well.
    Breeze engine compartment battery mount
    Drop Trunk
    Russ Thompson Turn Signal

    I have not decided on a color combo yet, but I'm leaning toward black with smoke gray stripes.

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    Congrats Glen!

    I upgraded your account to full access but just be aware that until you reach 10 posts anything you post with links in it will probably route to moderation (it's a spam control thing). I clear them out several times a day but just be aware there may be delays in folks seeing your first few posts. Sorry about that.

    Congrats again, and welcome to the forum!


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    Congrats and Good luck! Nice looking work space!
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    Congratulations, Glen. What an exciting time. I'm about 2 months in and still have to slow myself down.
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    Congrats and welcome to the forum. Look forward to following along!
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    The wait is tough. Came home today to find a few goodies. Spent the evening getting the front rotors and rotor hats put together and torqued. Still have not decided if I am going to safety wire them. I will probably give it a try and see how it goes. The hardest part was finding a 12 point socket that was the correct size. I have a boatload of socket sets, but none of them had a 12 point small enough. Checked at a bunch of home supply and auto parts places with no luck. Finally found one at tractor supply. It was in a clearance bin as they were no longer going to carry it. Good news is it cost me a quarter. I knew based on others build threads that I could expect to need some more tools. I did not expect it to be something so simple.

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    It is fun when the boxes arrive and more fun when you start throwing them away as the build progresses. Have fun.
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    Congratulations!

    Having Three (3) Sons To Help Will Make This Build Three (3) Times As Much Fun!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoDadGo View Post
    Congratulations!

    Having Three (3) Sons To Help Will Make This Build Three (3) Times As Much Fun!
    It should be a great way to get them to spend more time around our house. The flip side is when we get it done and I get the in inevitable "dad can I borrower the car".

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    Quote Originally Posted by GlenH View Post
    Spent the evening getting the front rotors and rotor hats put together and torqued. Still have not decided if I am going to safety wire them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoDadGo View Post
    Please Install The Safety Wire Because It Is Necessary!
    The instructions from Wilwood state they are optional. From other posts I have read it was my impression that for a non race application it was not needed. I intended to give it a try to get them wired.

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    Congratulations and welcome. Your garage looks similar to mine, but my bikes area Yanaha and a Victory,

    alos my Garage floor has black and white checkerd tile. Keeps the garage much cleaner
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    Congrats and you will find lots of help on this forum. Also a lot of lessons learned the hard way that are so helpful.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcwho View Post
    GlenH

    Congratulations and welcome. Your garage looks similar to mine, but my bikes area Yanaha and a Victory,

    alos my Garage floor has black and white checkerd tile. Keeps the garage much cleaner


    I actually went to buy a Victory but once I saw the Indian I liked the leather too much so I brought it home instead. I did look at getting rid of the Sportster and buying a Victory Octane last year, but decided to put that money into this project instead. I looked at the tile for our garage, but was worried it would absorb any oil that was spilled and also that it would be too slick when wet. Didn't know anyone at the time that had it to ask. We have been happy with the epoxy so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jacob View Post
    Congrats and you will find lots of help on this forum. Also a lot of lessons learned the hard way that are so helpful.

    Thanks, I have spent the last few weeks reading a lot of the other builds. There is a lot of knowledge here that is going to be invaluable to get this done.

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    Well It's about time for an update.

    Managed to safety wire the front rotors. It was not as tough as I expected and they turned out great.




    Stewart called me on Thursday to let me know they would be delivering on Friday. We met at the nearby Food Lion since he could not get to my house. All went great with the exception of a Food Lion truck driver letting him know he had to move his truck so that they could drop their trailer where it was parked. No big deal we moved to the other end of the parking lot and got it done. I've got to say the driver was great.




    Got everything home and into the garage.



    With a lot of help from my lovely wife and youngest son we managed to get the body off and on the buck. Things are a little crowded in the garage at the moment. I need to do a little organizing. Moved a couple of the bikes over to the other garage in the mean time.



    I managed to do most of the inventory Friday night and Saturday morning. I need to do a couple of more boxes that were stacked in a corner. That will get done tonight. I also want to go back through two boxes with a fresh set of eyes to make sure that the two items that were missing are not there and I just missed them.

    I wanted to feel like I got something done this weekend so I started working on the front suspension. I was able to get it all installed. I was confused initially as the manual says to mount the FFR upper control arm to the top of the mount. It just did not look right once complete. I decided to take a break and look at the forum. After reviewing a bunch of the other build threads I determined that either I misread the manual or it was wrong. I went ahead and moved it down and everything seemed to line up better. The second side took no time at all once I finished the first.



    I also got the rear assembly completed. I was not able to install it because one of my back order parts is the traction brackets. Hopefully those will come in soon.



    I was also able to get all of the aluminum mocked up that needed to go for powder coat. I am dropping that off today and expect it to take a week or so to complete.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GlenH View Post
    I wanted to feel like I got something done this weekend so I started working on the front suspension. I was able to get it all installed. I was confused initially as the manual says to mount the FFR upper control arm to the top of the mount. It just did not look right once complete. I decided to take a break and look at the forum. After reviewing a bunch of the other build threads I determined that either I misread the manual or it was wrong. I went ahead and moved it down and everything seemed to line up better. The second side took no time at all once I finished the first.

    Just posted this on the other forum, but will post here as well.

    Congrats on your delivery and welcome to the fun! Yes for the side mounts (vs. the top ones) for the front UCA's if you're using the FF 2-piece spindles as I think I can see in your picture. But also looking at your picture it looks like you're in the upside down upper ball joint plate club. Very common mistake since you need to take the UCA apart and reassemble. The angle on the upper ball joints should look like this:



    For the inner joints, the zerks need to point up and the attachment on the upper half of the pivot. Means you need to take it apart, flip the ball joint mount plate, and put it back together. You'll end up with the bolted attachment on the front on one side, and the on the back on the other side. But not a problem.
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    Quote Originally Posted by edwardb View Post
    Just posted this on the other forum, but will post here as well.

    Congrats on your delivery and welcome to the fun! Yes for the side mounts (vs. the top ones) for the front UCA's if you're using the FF 2-piece spindles as I think I can see in your picture. But also looking at your picture it looks like you're in the upside down upper ball joint plate club. Very common mistake since you need to take the UCA apart and reassemble. The angle on the upper ball joints should look like this:



    For the inner joints, the zerks need to point up and the attachment on the upper half of the pivot. Means you need to take it apart, flip the ball joint mount plate, and put it back together. You'll end up with the bolted attachment on the front on one side, and the on the back on the other side. But not a problem.


    Thanks EdwardB. I saw your post on the other forum. I doubled checked and it is indeed upside down. I was focused on making sure the grease fittings were facing up and didn't even think to check which way the plate was facing.

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    Well I'm two weekends in to the build. I had a charity motorcycle even on Saturday so I didn't managed to spend as much time as I wanted to, but I managed to get a lot done.

    I picked up my powder coated panels.

    Went ahead and put on the DS footbox, but forgot to take a picture of that.

    Installed the PS footbox.



    Installed the heater in the firewall and then mounted the firewall.



    Installed the F-Panels and installed the brake flex lines. Thanks to EdwardB for pointing out that my upper control arm ball joint plates were on upside down. I managed to flip them over. Unfortunately I had to go buy a new dust boot for the passenger side as I ripped it open trying to get the ball joint out of the spindle.



    Installed the power steering rack using the Breeze offset bushings. It took a little "adjusting" on the mounts to get the bolts to go through. A drill, dremel and some POR15 and it's done.



    Installed the pedal box. I had to trim off a little on the master cylinder shafts as they were too long. I still need to figure out where the brake reservoir is going and the hoses routed, so for now the hoses are just stuck on with no clamps. Also went ahead and installed the gas pedal.



    Moved on to the rear of the car and since I received my back ordered traction lock brackets, installed the rear end and flexible brake lines. This took quite a while as I had to grind down quite a few of the spacers to get everything in place. My emergency brake cables are still on back order so I will have to come back to that.



    Got the fuel tank installed. Still need to figure out where to mount the fuel filter. While I was at it, I went ahead and took everyone's advice and did the quick jack bolt mod.



    My goal this week is to get the brake hard lines in place and start on the wiring. Honestly the wiring is the thing that worries me the most.

    The engine and transmission are ordered and should be here in less than month.

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    Looking Good!

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    Nice progress! That rear differential cover looks sharp!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by wareaglescott View Post
    Nice progress! That rear differential cover looks sharp!!

    I was actually surprised by that cover. I ordered the rear end through FFR when I ordered the kit. The other advantage was the upper link bracket came welded to the axle already.

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    Congrats! I'm haunting the forum until I make my order. Love the process that you are detailing. Thank you! You are inspiring my confidence!

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    Had a little time to spend over the last couple of night and was able to get the brake lines run. This was a lesson in frustration trying to get the bends right. I wound up having to buy a couple of extra lines to replace the two that I really messed up on.







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    Quote Originally Posted by Eespensen View Post
    Congrats! I'm haunting the forum until I make my order. Love the process that you are detailing. Thank you! You are inspiring my confidence!

    I would not have to attempted this without all of the time I have spent reviewing other build threads. I was able to learn a ton of information before embarking on this journey. I have only been at it for a couple of weeks, but so far it has been a lot of fun. I will say that there have been moments when I have had to take a step back and work on something else to keep from losing my mind. The simple mistakes are the ones that I just shake my head and wonder if I should be doing this. I then proceed to undo whatever I screwed up and put it back together the right way. The upside is the second or third time around it pretty quick since I have done it before.

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    Had to pick the youngest up from college this weekend so had limited time to work in the garage. I was able to get the wiring harness installed.



    Once that was done I finished out on the dropped trunk. A word of advice for those using Dynamat. Wear some type of gloves. The foil will give you a pretty nasty paper cut. My hands look like I got into a fight with a ream of paper and it won.



    I am dropping off a couple of pieces to be powder coated today. Somehow I missed them the first time around. Hopefully I will get them back soon. Got an email from Mike Forte that he had posted the video of my motor on the dyno. Hope to have that soon.

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    Another busy weekend but was able to put some time in on the build.

    Installed the Breeze battery box.



    Got the fan mounted to the shroud and the shroud mounted to the radiator.



    Temporarily mounted the radiator to get everything lined up and drilled.



    Mounted the fuel filter and ran the fuel lines.




    Put riv-nuts in the trunk to attach the covers so they can be removed.



    Mounted the CNC reservoir and went ahead and bled the brakes. Had one section of brake line that just did not want to stop leaking on both ends. It was one that I did not have to flare the ends myself. Turns out that when I picked up the brake line at the auto parts store they gave me one section of pipe that was incorrect. It was not for a domestic. It would thread into the fitting, but it was not tightening down all of the way. I re-bent a new piece and put it on and problem solved.



    Received my back-ordered roll bars and of course had to try them out on the car. That brings my back-order list down to E-brake cable, wheels and vinyl for the dash.

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    This weekend I was able to get the battery installed.



    Emergency brake handle mounted. The cables are still back-ordered so I will have to come back to that.



    Trunk and cockpit aluminum all installed and Dynomat in place with the exception of the transmission tunnel. I still need to make two additional panels for the upper trunk.






    Received my back-ordered dash vinyl so I can start working on the dash and the motor and transmission are being delivered today.

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    Got a delivery today. I am not ready to put it in yet, so I will leave it wrapped up for now.


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    Went out of town last weekend so did not get anything done on the car. This weekend I had all three of the boys at the house. Since I had a bunch of help, we put the motor in.


    Got the transmission mounted along with the clutch slave cylinder.



    Now for the fun part. We had to trim some tabs off the block to get the motor mounts to sit correctly. Other than that it went in fairly easy. Having a lot of hands and eyes was a big help.




    Once it was in we put the headers on, mounted the radiator and installed the upper and lower radiator hose and tube kits from Breeze. Started to put the power steering lines in place, but one end has the wrong fitting to fit the pump. I will have to get that figured out.


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    Congratulations and nice to make it a family affair. Looks great!
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    This week was all about getting the motor wired and completing all of the connections.


    Started off by running all of the wiring to the engine compartment. Moved a couple of wires from one loom to the other. and then ran one down the right for the electric choke, fan temp sensor, alternator.




    I then ran the left side for the temp sending unit, coil, oil pressure and oil temp sensors.




    Ran the ground to the battery and the positive side to the solenoid. For now the plastic caps are still in place until the rest of the wiring is completed.



    Ran the throttle cable and made the connections.



    And finally made the power steering lines and connected them up.




    Still waiting on the wheels and tires and e-brake cable which are still on backorder. Now on to wiring up the dash. Not looking forward to that challenge at all. I did receive my Russ Thompson turn signal over the weekend so that will go into the wiring mix.

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    Nice work Glen, looking very good.
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    Looks really good. I'm still working wiring, too. Waiting on my Speedhut gauges with the senders to start wiring the engine.
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    Glen,
    How did you mount the fan temp senor on to the intake on the passenger side? My sensor is to small for the hole on that side. Did you use a bigger adapter? and if so what size and where did you get it from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by awd-turbo View Post
    Glen,
    How did you mount the fan temp senor on to the intake on the passenger side? My sensor is to small for the hole on that side. Did you use a bigger adapter? and if so what size and where did you get it from?
    I don't remember the size off the top of my head. I took the plug from the hole and ran to home depot along with the sensor and found an adapter that the male side matched the plug and the female side matched the sensor. It's a standard size so you should not have any trouble finding it.

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    Ok cool thanks... I wasn't sure if you ordered it off line or not. I'll check out home depot

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    Not a real productive weekend at least on the car. Had a list of honey-do's to work on Saturday and all of the kids came over on Sunday. I did manage to start on the dash. I covered the dash with the FF provided vinyl and was not real happy with the result. It just seemed to me to be too "puffy". I went ahead and took it back off and cleaned the dash back up. Let me tell you that Landau top and trim adhesive is some good stuff. Took quite a while to get it cleaned back off. I made a trip to Joann's and bought some pool table felt and marine grade vinyl and started over. I like the look a lot better this time around. I got the gauges installed and wired. Now for the switches.




    I happened to look under the rear end of the car yesterday and noticed oil on the floor. Checked and it seems the brand new rear end is leaking. Checked the bolts and all of them are torqued correctly. Looks like I am going to have to do some work on that. Not looking forward to that at all.
    Last edited by GlenH; 06-19-2017 at 06:24 AM.

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    Managed to finish wiring the dash and the RT turn signal last week. Left for vacation on Thursday so did not get anything done over the weekend.

    I checked on my wheels and tires today as I was hoping to do the first start this coming weekend and if all went well to go-cart. Probably not going to happen. The wheels were back-ordered and finally came in to FF, but they had to be sent out for tires, which as it turns out were not in stock. The folks at FF have been great through this whole process. This has been my one and only frustration (other than self created ones). Ordered the kit 4 months ago and still have no idea when I may get them. I have plenty of other things I can work on in the interim.

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