'65 401 coil bracket and heater hose routing

[JJ62]

Hi everyone,

 

 I got the engine running in my '65 project car recently. I'm trying to get my air cleaner on. I'm wondering if I have the right coil bracket. There is only 1 tapped hole, but 2 mounting holes in the U-shaped bracket. Does anyone have a picture of the correct bracket and/or one for sale?

I've seen pictures of the heater hoses running under the A/C bracket. Is this correct?. See attached picture #2 

I'm also wondering about the correct routing/attachment points of the metal tube for the vacuum hose from the transmission to the right rear of the carb. See it in picture 1 by the coil.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Jim

Edited March 22, 2020 by JJ62 (see edit history)

[RivNut]

Here's a picture of the intake for my 64. You can see two small bolts at the back where the coil bracket bolts

[RivNut]

Same on the 66 Quadrajet manifold

[RivNut]

The hoses, and coil add some clutter to your picture so it's hard to  see the holes to which you are referring. I had a thought so I went back to my manifold a took another picture.

This picture is of the bolt holes where the dash pot is bolted to the manifold.one tapped, one not.   It's a picture of the left front.  Could your intake be bolted on backwards. Left front to right rear?  Just a WAG on my part.

[JJ62]

52 minutes ago, RivNut said:

The hoses, and coil add some clutter to your picture so it's hard to  see the holes to which you are referring. I had a thought so I went back to my manifold a took another picture.

This picture is of the bolt holes where the dash pot is bolted to the manifold.one tapped, one not.   It's a picture of the left front.  Could your intake be bolted on backwards. Left front to right rear?  Just a WAG on my part.

 

Here's a picture of my left front. There is no dashpot. The car is in storage, I can check it out tomorrow. Seems like as it is, using the 2 holes you showed me, the coil would interfere with the trans dipstick.

Wouldn't surprise me if it was on backwards. The coil wiring and the distributor rotor were both backwards.

 

Thanks for your help!

[RivNut]

I can see where the dash pot would bolt on if you had one and the vacuum distribution port in the rear of the manifold. My WAG was wrong.   Your 66 intake is correctly oriented.  The transmission dip stick tube bolts on the the rear of the block and shouldn't be in the way of the coil. I think that the vacuum canister 9n your distributor is oriented too far towards the front, could be creating a clearance pro elm.  Your vacuum line to the transmission modulator looks correct.

Edited March 22, 2020 by RivNut (see edit history)