i went out to my dads last friday with julie. weather was bad the whole weekend so not much was accomplished but heres goes:
saturday morning we went out getting parts (as usual) and i took some pictures of them as well as my new driveshaft.
my dad taking out the u joints from the driveshaft
mount my dad made for the gas pedal to mount to the firewall (it's adjustable as you can see to 5 different heights. thanks dad!)
sitting with the motor in her!
o no dey be takin my motor!
new u joints, 24 dollars
new brake lines, 20 dollars?
brake line fittings, 30 dollars
bolts/new taps, 10 dollars?
now before we could do much to the motor, we had to fix the steering box. a few weeks ago i turned the wheel and noticed the steering box end cap popped out as well as bearings, so we pulled it out and began to work on it
me taking it out, i think
no pictures of the work, but we added a new bearing, and readjusted it, as well as regreased it, etc...
back in the car!
next we put the new u joints in my new driveshaft. i painted the driveshaft as well (nice new gray color!) note that this work is occurring on sunday (this weekend was such a waste due to crappy weather:
voila!
this is just a funny picture of me:
this is me trying to reinstall the steering column:
my dad started working on the master cylinder and this is how i spend most of my time:
we eventually got the brake lines all bent for the front end, and the master cylinder installed as well.
we dropped the motor back in and started installing the headers towards the end of the night (once it stopped raining, FINALLY):
the west coast, are you a blood or are you a crip?
headers in!
that was pretty much the end of the night, we drove home and a tire blew out on my way. it SUCKED. i was for once glad that i had metric tools. tomorrow i am going to potentially do some more work when i drop julie off at the airport. update more then!
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