Late update. Neighbor lent me his vacuum bleeder and my brakes are operable. Took the car to a little show in Glen Burnie last Saturday and met up with Cory and Chris.
What was the problem, you ask? It was not just the T junction in back! Nor the couplers. It was also the brake light sender switch in front. Bleeding through the spade connectors. So I chucked that one and plugged the port, and moved the wires to the other switch.
So the brakes work. But I'm also waiting for flex lines with banjo fittings, as my hard lines, where they go into the calipers, hit the bodywork on hard bumps. They'll be OK for now like this but as soon as the new parts come in I'll be re-making the rear brake lines a third time.
Oil also seeping from the axle boots. I got those big accordion style ones not realizing I could also get a split boot shaped more like the stock item. So I ordered a set of those, supposedly German made.
Tried aiming the headlights last night. I think they might be OK.
Today I made a set of rear axle limiting straps similar to the one's @DannyP made for his car.
With these, downward axle travel is limited to about 2 1/2 inches from the neutral ride height, meaning the suspension cannot "jack." Maybe not needed for the way I'm driving it but worth trying out to see if they harm the ride quality. They can be put on or taken off in about 10 minutes with a couple 3/4-inch wrenches.
I do still like this car.
