Project '64 Cheapskate

[chevyrestoguy]

Originally Posted by Jason's '72

Hey Alex,
Any chance you'll have it running for the Brothers show?

Jason-
Unfortunately, it won't be ready for Brother's this year. I still need to do all of the brake and fuel lines and do the wiring kit. Plus, I want to get all of the lettering on it before I get it on the road. Did you get your rear suspension sorted out? Are you going to Brother's?

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Stupid question: Don't you live in a desert? I've literally never heard of a slab leak. Or is it the piping in the slab? Thaaaat would suuuuck. Sorry, basements here. (If it makes you feel better, had to dig my last place up clear to the footer to fix hydro pressure damage. Oy!) Hope it gets better for you.

Out here, we don't have basements. Don't know why, maybe because of the earthquake potential. All of the plumbing is built when the slab is formed up and then covered with a few inches of dirt, and then all of that gets the slab poured over it. The issue with our area is that the soil is very high in alkaline and the water is extremely hard, and both of those issues are hard on copper lines. This latest episode is the third time I have had a slab leak in the last 15 years, and all of it has been in the same area of the house (common bathroom). If I could afford it, I would just replumb the entire house with PEX and be done with it. But, I'm not too crazy about running all of the of the water lines in the attic, though. How much of your footing did you have to expose? Hydro pressure damage.....is that when water is trapped and can't escape or perk into the soil?