Hopefully someone can help w/photo or diagram of routing of the lines; tech manual doesn't clearly show which ones go from the top & bottom T's of the pump to the top & bottom of the cylinders. I've struck out searching the forums and googling for photos online, so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff V.

All I have, hope it helps.

Immensely... thank you very much! If I am tracking it correctly, it appears tha the line coming from the T in your first photo goes to the lower connection on cylinder?

(I hope these were old photos and you didn't have to disassemble your panel for me.)

Regards,
Jeff V.

yup, it looks that way...no old pics when i was redoing the interior and such. even if you got them mixed up it would still work. the switch would just be reversed for up and down operation.

Yes, but you would have to screw them both up. Not sure what would happen if one was right and one was wrong. My guess is only bad things, like twisting the frame.

there are only two ports on the motor, ya got a 50/50 chance.

http://thefirstgensite.com/library/68fisherbody/13_FoldingTop.pdf see pages 13-22&23

Also http://thefirstgensite.com/library/partscounter/illustrated/conv/conv1.html

Thanks again, Jeff. I'm not sure how good my seals are (it's been about 20yrs since I operated it), so I wanted to do a hopefully "dry" run of the system outside of the car to keep the fluid off my interior if it blows...
I didn't want to disconnect the lines, if it worked, to reroute around something immovable. Also, running the switch "backwards" if I was on the wrong side of the 50/50 chance would just be one of those perpetual irritants...

Thank you also, Vikki. The parts diagram is actually more clear than the service manual diagrams (figs 13-58,59) since they don't show the mounting plate for reference, so definitely more helpful (or maybe I'm just making this more difficult than it should be...).

Those pumps are pretty bullet proof, I've still got my original with just a center seal replacement about 20 years ago. A couple of tips: Disconnect the cylinders from the top frame and then you can cycle them up and down. Also, if you need to add fluid, leave the cylinders disconnected and pull the reservoir plug and fill to the bottom of the hole, cycle the system up and down several times to purge any air in the lines. DON'T over fill the reservoir.

The other trick I found is buying a large hypodermic needle from a farm supply store. You ca use it to move fluid around.