1966 404 Coupé Injection Restoration

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Yesterday I got the last batch of plating work back from Victoria.  The job was good on what they returned but somehow they managed to lose the crankshaft pulley (I have a spare) and a small clamp for the injection system piping (I likely have a spare and if not it'd be easy to fabricate).

Anyway, I have two complete sets of steel fuel lines and both were plated in copper.  The fittings are copper so I thought it would be the best way to protect the steel and would help the fittings too.  One set was used on a running engine as little as 14 years ago (the car's) and the other from one that was last run in 1990 (our former 404 sedan's).  As it turned out, I should have pigged them out before plating because when I got them back I realized 6 of the 8 were blocked - I could not blow air through them.  So one by one I rammed a very stiff wire up each tube and some rusty gasoline sludge and varnish came out when I squirted some Varsol through them.  I'll do it one more time just to get the last bits out and then choose the best 4 for the car.  I also have one NOS tube, which is like a very dark patina copper colour.  I would not want to have the beautifully cleaned injectors fouled up by whatever might have been in these tubes!  Even though I have 18 injectors.....

I got the sump washers and bolts plated, valve cover bolts, timing cover bolts, some other bolts for the throttle body etc.  Also the trunk latch loop.  And the welded heater tube was redone in zinc too.