Work at least means funds gathered for the bits and pieces. IIRC, the trans comes up and out of the interior. Be careful not to hurt your back or have a slippery floor.
haha I've spent a bunch of money on the next project, which is not this. I have pretty much everything to fix my T already, and maybe I can get into some fun stuff.
anybody else getting antsy to go on a roadtrip? I know I am, and so I knew I had to get my car fixed. So I nabbed dads wheel blocks, and found random stuff to fill the center gap so my tires didn't go through them, and then performed the circus that it is to get my car that high off the ground. once it was up there I started inspecting the dirty old thing. my bellypan/frame/skidplate is working perfect, and you can tell it lives a hard life. you can also see the oil from the seeping front pan seal, I'm gonna try and fix that while I'm here too. there's a film over everything, and a bunch of tiny pieces of leaves as well. I also found that apparently I need to shim my starter a little, and at some point I've removed a tooth of my flywheel. luckily I have 167 other teeth to use, so it's fine. I also inspected @CoolForSchool58 favorite part, my flat spotted hairpins. I spent an hour or more the other night under the car with a rag, just mopping up the oil residue off of things. It's nice to put eyes on things after 3 years. the next night I had "help" while she checked out the inside, I got to work taking the turtledeck off. the whole rear end needs cleaned and at least a coat of paint. I also started taking things loose to pull the trans, and when I took the Z bar off I had the thought to modify it like I have meant to for a few years. I added an inch or so to the top and moved the hole up probably 3/4 of an inch. I re***embled it and tried it, and it felt about the same, so I probably need to just fix the pedal, but that's a can of worms I'm not willing to open right now. So tomorrow the plan is crank the stove, and swap out the trans/clutch/pressure plate If I get that much done I'll be happy. I'll report back. .
well, I had a somewhat productive day... It started slow, cause I spent the morning running places and shuffling children. I did, however, while waiting around, have enough time to finish a side project.. finally got a tag topper. and after a bunch of sanding and filing, I was finally able to paint it and polish the face. I still have no idea where its going to be mounted. PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER DAY. time to yank a trans out. If you have followed this saga, you know, i've got this down. within about a half hour or so, I had the trans out, and was ready to clean some stuff up. I yanked out the rubber floormat, and found the evils of the Bonneville rust. that, and a couple handfuls of dirt and leaves. and there you have it! @CoolForSchool58 its ready for pickup! so now its just bolt the old trans back together with the shifter and stuff from this one, and clean some stuff and i'm done! ... ... OOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRR How bout we polish the lid? I mean I couldn't re-install it with all those part numbers and stuff... I did leave one cause it makes me laugh. and a few hours and two podcasts later, Polished! Now to give the rest of the trans a wash and... WHY DO I HATE MYSELF? It had letters, it couldn't have letters. and those bumps? ugly. This was as far as I got before I had to go do things like more errands, put kids to bed, pretend to sleep, ect. . . So, we'll see if I re-***emble the trans tomorrow or if I am REALLY dumb and polish it too. I think we all know where this is headed. .
I gotta say that stoves chimney looks a little in effective at getting the smoke out of the shop lol tear down looks like it’s going well, wash, paint, tear down the road and repeat
Polish, Baby, Polish... ! . Hi-Reflection quality, so's the spy satellites can see a bic lighter flame-reflection at night. You know they're watching, jealousy n all... . You're having Fun, they're, well, not. ;D . Besides, "in for a penny, in for a pound", "since I'm this far already, may as well", "etc". . You know you want to... . DOOO it, he whispers... Marcus...
Well I got another little stretch of time sunday afternoon, and started sticking the trans together. after cleaning some stuff and sealing it up, I decided I should do a little cleanup on the case... after just doing some basic cleanup on the driver side, (most of it is hidden by my heel rest anyway) I started cleaning the p***enger side.... and fell and slipped on the polish... After a couple more hours of cleaning, sanding, and polishing, I finally called it "done" hopefully it wears in nicely. and as a finishing touch, I couldn't stand putting the ratio tag back on all rusty and nasty.... so now it matches too. maybe ill start cleaning the car next. .
You know, I planned on it, when I built the framework, and I have room for a drop sump on the driver's side, but I've never gotten around to building it. With the car getting 18-22 mpg, I can go around 200 miles on a tank. So I've never really needed the extra reach.
I started messing with the trans on wednesday night, and when I tried to test fit my input shaft/clutch installation tool, it fell back out. Sooo to the kitchen I went. after some "persuasion" I got it out. that's a problem. (input inserted from rear to show size difference) with the new bushing in place (bronze this time) I got the clutch and pressure plate installed. with that installed, I could stab in the trans and start ****oning things up. I cleaned a bunch of stuff up and repainted a few things, like my footrest. (notice I even polished stainless bolts for it) On Saturday night I made the final push to ****on everything up. got the tag topper mounted, and some lines to freshen the logo. once it was all ready to go I went to bed. The next morning I got up and drove it to church.... and the throwout bearing SCREAMED the whole time. so that afternoon I had to pull it all back apart again, and swap it out for another one. a little cruise to make sure it was fixed, an I was ready to go. In all I swapped (and polished) the trans, swapped clutch/pressure plate/ throwout bearing (twice) painted the firewall/floor/tunnel/back wall polished stainless bolts for multiple things, cleaned EVERYTHING, lengthened the clutch Z bar input, painted the rearend/shock mounts adjusted the pinion angle, replaced some nuts and bolts, built new hard fuel lines for the motor, replaced most of the soft fuel line in the car, tightened everything, and most importantly, tried to put eyes on as much stuff as I could. I found a couple things, and now I'm fighting what I think is a fuel issue, but I really need to run the tank out to make sure its not just junk fuel. I drove it to work monday, and then around for awhile yesterday, getting used to it again. It doesn't ****. .
You’re giving me much needed motivation. Nice job getting it all back together, making some improvements on the way.
glad I could inspire a bit. I just have a hard time putting stuff back together dirty.. but it usually snowballs. I kept clevises for now, we'll see if anything happens this year. .
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