Project Articles by Tlee73gt

Moving on to other stuff we noticed rust color in the fuel filter and we weren't to sure how bad so lets tear it down and find out why.

We drained the little bit of fuel out and got to the tank. Interesting finds were the vent hoses were simply one vent hose jumped over to the other so were really not venting at all.

It would appear the fuel tank has been worked on in the past as the sock has been removed and the tank was welded back together.

so we ordered a new vent system,3 port filter and a clear filter from OGTS and a completed fuel tank cleaning/degreasing system,etcher and resealer from Eastwood.

While were waiting lets look at what else is going on OH BOY looks like the entire fuel system from tank to carb is getting replaced

I'm shocked as brittle as the return and fuel line is it hasn't broke and or caught us on fire good grief.

OK in the mean time waiting on stuff lets build something to hold the fuel tank for cleaning and sealing and get it prepped

So this is what we came up…

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Removal of the head lights and rotating gear assembly. This was a bit challenging figuring out how it all comes apart

I assume one side was out before as only one still had the rubber strip on top of it

They have certainly seen better days

This sure explains all the problems with rotating and locking into place and how hard it was to attempt to open and close felt like the handle or cable was gonna give

Were looking much better now I'm glad I was able to get these cleaned up and regreased again. I though I was gonna have to pull the completely apart and rebuild but no rebuild kits were available here in the states



As you could imagine when the lights were open or closed they flopped around like a hound dogs ears blowin in the wind. I found all kinds of P.O. attempted fixes to correct the lights that all failed miserably. The passenger side micro switch was poorly bypassed The wiring at the relays were either pulled off or cut as well as the power feeds to the main relays. I…

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Here we have what I saw for the first time was to be the 73 Opel GT I would own. Your seeing what I saw before I went to investigate this unique awesome little car I would become to love.

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