Order of reassembly
 

I'm finally going to start reassembly of the '66. The renovation of my house is coming to an end and the garage in the city is ready to go. The chassis is freshly painted and I have almost completed gathering the parts to put it back together. It's been almost a year since I last worked on it so I hope I can still figure out the labels on all the ziploc bags.

I've looked around in the forum but I can't find anything about the proper order of reassembling the car. Fuel delivery, brakes, electrical, engine, interior etc. When putting the car back together have you come across steps where you had to go back taking things apart to get them done or did you find out it could have been much easier if you had done them in a certain order? Any advice is much appreciated.


Martijn

1.Definitely electrical first. Tough to get to some places once the interior and engine are in place.

2. Fuel Delivery
3. Brakes
4. Engine/Tranny
5. Interior

I love it when the shop manual states: Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly. Uh, thanks.

I have to run new "hard" brake lines do I put those in before the suspension so i have space to work or after so I know they don't interfere with anything?

I'll risk saying this, but I see it as doing the obvious first. Meaning, those items such as brake lines, fule electical all have to be done first.

Knowing how you disassembled it should give you the order in which to assemble. I would definitley do the brake and fuel first.

'66 SWB......cool and in NYC too!

Good Luck

i'm actually in the middle of re-assembly now. i would say that you need to locate most components before you can run brake/oil/electrical. it really helps in the routing of things. also do the difficult stuff first, like door mechanicals/strikers and dashboard stuff. even the most patient person starts to rush things near the end. interior trim should be last because it is fairly easy and you get quick gratification of the finished work.