1971 340 Restoration reference photos
Well done. Very nice.
Just a some things I see and mostly could be corrected for not a lot of $$$..
PCV to hose connection does not get a crimp oetiker clamp. Just push on.
Fuel filer clamps would be spring round wire rings or oetiker crimps. Not sure which. But not black flat spring ring.
Neg battery cable is bolted to the wrong place. Should be bolted on front of head with short bolt with encapsulated washer. There is debate on whether it was 100% not bolted to the motor before painting in 1971. You can see in the blue 71 Duster survivor above it's not painted. BUT notice it has a big cylindrical insulator need the lug. If you want to leave it unpainted I'd try to duplicate the insulator with some plastic/rubber and some craftsmanship.
If the heat shield is painted that meant the exhaust manifolds were on the car too. So there should be some over spray on them or at least on the ends of the manifolds.
Wiper motor just needs a resto. You choice whether to spend the money for that.
Master cylinder top looked painted. Should be silver cad, gold cad, or painted black with whole master cylinder assembly. Sorry I don't know which for this manual disk brake car.
Water pump bypass hose and clamped painted with motor.
Heater hose stand-off silver cad. Bolt is black phosphate.
No exhaust manifold gaskets. You can cheat by cutting of the excess between the ports.
The vapor return line to the gas tank looks black. Should be plated like brake lines. Metal strap is silver cad.
Also the factory carpet never had grommets for the high beam switch. Those just come with the repro carpet kits.
Not shown in any pictures, but the brass water drain plug on the block is not painted. Should be natural brass.
Biggest things that stood out and I noticed immediately were the negative ground cable to engine location and the oetiker crimp clamp on the PCV. Next would be the condition of the wiper motor.
Excellent, thanks for the pointers, I appreciate them...
I have the correct clamps for the fuel filter lines but two of them leaked when I installed them, so for safety sake I just used the spring style.
I've still got to fix the (-) cable.
Funny you say the wiper motor needs a resto - it's actually the original motor that is date code correct and IMO looks as it should. It's not been restored so I wouldn't change it from oem.
The pic makes the vapor return line look black - it's actually the same silver color as the brake lines. Same for the master cylinder cap - it's not painted just silver cad. And the heater hose stand off is silver cad too - but the bolt is natural (gray steel).
I've read the bypass hose was often painted. However, I've seeing two different pictures of original 340 engines with both of them having the bypass unpainted - so I'm going leave mine natural. One of the pictures was from a the April 1971 Road Test magazine (p29). (The review was on a 71 Demon with 2000 miles on it.) On top of that, I like the way it looks unpainted anyway :D.
Good suggestion for the exhaust manifold gaskets - though they look like they'll be a real PIA to get to, I'm going to give cutting off the excess a try.
Thanks again for your help...
