Remote Brake Fluid Canisters:
This weekend I wanted to finish out on the brake system with the installation of the remote brake fluid canisters. The Wilwood kit comes with plastic remote canisters which are great, but I just didn't like the aesthetics of them. I was reading another build site by Ryan Cassidy (which is basically I site I use as a supplemental build manual...much better site than mine), and he had an entry about some Girling style black canisters that he used which are much more period correct. He has great instructions on where to get them, how to fab up the holders, etc. I basically followed it verbatim. Anyway, below you will see a picture of the Girling black can next to the Wilwood plastic one. Wow....how much cooler is that black can? You will also see that the cans match all the black paint on the engine accessories. Almost military like in a sense. The mounts for the cans were easy enough to fab up as well. Just went down to the hardware store to pick up some aluminum strip. I spent about 45 minutes mocking up a potential mount. Once I got the right length, right bends, etc. I created an assembly line in my vice. I would do sets of bends for each mount right next to each other so I could assure consistent angles. Worked like a charm. I riveted these mounts to the firewall. I won't go into detail as Ryan's site is very exhaustive and you can read it there. The last picture below shows the whole engine compartment. To me, when I look at it, I get just as excited as a woman gazing into a Tiffany's box. Except for me, the diamond is that awesome motor surrounded by the beautiful aluminum box! Click on the image for a larger view:

Sealing Oil Lines and Heat Shielding the Brake Lines:
I had to pull the engine out again....yup. Thank God I didn't put the crane back in the basement. See, I forgot to seal the oil lines that come out of the block. Because my oil lines are so close to the frame, I need to raise the engine 1 1/2 inches to remove the lines. Anyway, you need to apply teflon tape to your threads so that they don't leak. As you will see below, I am all sealed up now. Man I can be an idiot.

I also received my heatshield. I wanted to apply some heatshield to the brake lines and to the bottom of the master cylinders because they are so close to the headers. These headers put out a lot of heat (Even though I had them cyramic coated). I will be using high temperature brake fluid so this work was probably over cautious. Regardless, an ounce of prevention....
Anyway, I got to use my fun new saftey wire tool that twists wire. I bought this tool for the saftey wire that will use on my wheels. This tool basically grabs the wire then spins like a top, forming a really strong wire. I think hippies use something like this to make jewelry...probably fly fisherman too. Click the images below for a larger view