Update for last weekend: I was really hopeful that I would get started breaking the 68 down but that just wasn't in the cards. I had thought out what I needed to finish before tearing into the 68 and came up with 45 minutes work, multiply that times two because I'm always wrong and you still get a lot done. Yeah, right.
On the docket for Saturday:
1) cut, flare and install the brake line that has been laying around for months since I removed it to cut the frame.
2) Reinstall the oil cooler line
3) flush the power steering system (because it was an old used P/S box)
4) reconnect the pittman arm (10 seconds, right??)
5) reinstall the exhaust manifold that I welded up the previous weekend
(yep, didn't even consider the other side!)
Then I'd be ready to start swapping the body over.
So here is what did happen:
I started by digging around until I located the nifty new flaring tool that I picked up a couple of months back from Eastwood. Located. Next I looked up a video on youtube on how to use it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxeA1lhSCsk Then I went out, measured 18 inches that needed to be cut off the line, went to cut it, figured out the cutter wouldn't go that small, borrowed a smaller cutter from my brother and cut on the line. I started by testing the procedure on the part that I cut off... I cleaned up the inside of the cut by spinning a drill bit in it by hand, then filed the rough edges with the file on my Gerber multitool. I used some anti-seize to lubricate as the instructions indicated and made the flair. Wow, perfection on the first try, for real!
-Richard