The driers and selenoids wer mounted during the original installation inside
the well to a single piece of metal that is offset from the side by the
necessary distance. Small rubber pieces provide the distance.
I keep the hoses seperate or in the place I want using 'quick ties'; these
are the plastic ties used by electricians to keep bundles of wire together.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
To: <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 8:07 PM
Subject: frustrating day
> Boy what fun today. Had to help a friend this morning with a problem with
> a pourch light on her house with the help of a friend (Dennis). After
fixing
> that, Dennis and I came back to my place to try and start mounting and
> cleaning up the air system in my Bricklin abou noon. I've had the doors
> going
> up and down a couple of years ago. Then body work, but not that I'm
trying
> to
> do the final fit for the doors. Anyway, we started to look at the mase of
> spegitti (sp) of air hoses, a loose dryer, and a small control panel I'd
made
> fo the 3 way valves for the air door release solenoids. Well we started
> looking for a way and a place to mount the dryer. Finally decided to
mount
> it to the outboard wall in the well with the air dist. panel, but how.
> Dennis
> suggested using a standoff used for conduit, so off to the closest
hardware
> store. They didn't have what Dennis was thing of, but they did have a
large
> U clamp. I spent a whole $.69 on it. Got home and started trying to
find a
> way to mount this U clamp. Finally decided it would work, as the dryer
has
> to
> be stood off the mounting wall by about 1 1/2" because of the "T" for the
air
> line. So off we go again, this time to Home Depot. Well they had the
conduit
> standoff's just what the doctor ordered. Now just drill a 1/4" hole and
> put a nut and bolt on and we're all set. To make a long story short, we
> finally got the bracket mounted about 6:30 this evening. As Dennis said,
> "at this rate - you should be finished with your B some time next centry".
>
> Just thought I let you all know, that sometimes I have a real frustrating
> day. :)
>
> I'm also wondering what you all have used to mount the dryer in the well?
>
> While working on his, I noticed that the air line to the passenger's side
> lift ram and gotten some slack and layed on the exhaust. So the last time
> I fired her up, I burned the air line in half.
>
> So a second question. Are you all clamping the air lines in the well in
> any way, just holding them against something with wire ties or what? How
> are you keeping the air lines from getting loose and getting trashed?
>
> John
>
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
> Va. Beach, Va (eBay id: zebra48-1)
> Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
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