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[MP81]

POR-15 is a great paint for a used diff. We painted the 10-bolt in Sam's Monte, and man does it look sharp!

[Gottork]

what kinda jack is that, looks like it would be awesome for a transmission

[Emulsifide]

what kinda jack is that, looks like it would be awesome for a transmission

As you said, it's a transmission jack and it works AWESOME. I got it from Harbor Freight.

[Emulsifide]

Update!!!!! It's in!!!!



I only had a 2 hour window this morning between 8am and 10am to do the work. Not bad if I do say so myself.

Later tonight, I managed to get the torque arm relocation mount / tranny mount in place along with the torque arm:


[img]http://emulsified.smugmug.com/photos/963239446_ybZ3Q-L.jpg

I also goofed off and loosely bolted up the front lower control arms to see how awesome they look:



If I bust ass for the next nine days, there's a good chance I'll have it finished up for Dream Cruise. We shall see...

[Gottork]

As you said, it's a transmission jack and it works AWESOME. I got it from Harbor Freight.

will be checking one of these out, need it, done too many trannys on my back..

[MP81]

Looks good under there!!!

[Lucky SOB]

will be checking one of these out, need it, done too many trannys on my back..

orly?

[Iroc'nthe87]

orly?

busted!

[ktl711]

will be checking one of these out, need it, done too many trannys on my back..

orly?

[01CAMAROSS]

will be checking one of these out, need it, done too many trannys on my back..

Take it back Jess!

Those are the ones that bite you in the ass!

[Emulsifide]

No pictures tonight. It appears there's definitely going to be some clearance issues with the driver's side portion of the exhaust. I'll get that figured out.

I managed to assemble the majority of the front suspension tonight. I need some new ~1" 3/8 grade 8 bolts and nuts to hold the bottom of the struts to the lower a-arms since they were not included. That's definitely holding me up at this point. I also had a hell of a time tonight with the steering rack. I managed to unscrew one of the old tie rod ends without loosening the jam nut...which appears to be frozen. Go figure. I did this with the rack on the car. Tomorrow, I'll yank the rack out again and throw the damn rod in my vice and get that nut to come off.

Other plans for tomorrow include the following:

1. Piece together the rest of the front suspension and tighten everything down.
2. Assemble the drive shaft safety loop and install.
3. Install the drive shaft.
4. Install the fenders and some plastic pieces.
5. Potentially begin the rest of the work in the engine bay (radiator, wiring, brake lines, etc).

[98blackbeauty]

Your making good progress, can't wait to see it done at the dream cruise.

[phoenix_rising]

Andy you are awesome! I can't believe the progress you've made on your own. Can't wait to see the car in action. Hopefully my car will be up an running by the summer M&G. Keep it up!

[Emulsifide]

Thanks for the comments guys. I didn't get nearly as far as I wanted tonight, but that's ok. I managed to get off the jam nut from the steering rack rod by locking the rod in my big ass vice with a 3 foot breaker bar and then spinning it off with 600ft/lbs of impact wrench torque. What a pain in the ass. The other side came off much easier.

The passenger side suspension is finished aside from the sway bar. Here's a teaser pic:



The caliper is on for mock up. All Zerk fittings are greased and all bolts are torqued to spec. Now it's just a matter of getting a brake line to it and cleaning/installing the fender well plastic and the fender. It's starting to look like a car again!!!

[ktl711]

Sweet! It won't be long now!