Sunday, March 2, 2008

slow weekend

i just got back from another crappy weekend. lots of misty rain, and really bad wind! we got some good stuff done, didn't get it fired up though, with the bad wind, i decided to avoid running lines/etc... plus my dad had to leave for a funeral up in nor cal at noon on sunday.

we ran out saturday morning, and picked up some trans fluid/header bolts (3/8"s so that we can get the box end on them if need be).





b&m trick shift. because blue is better. 70 dollars for all of these.



new header bolts, 10 bucks. got these on the headers when i got back.



plumbed up heater hoses



fan clearance on radiator





driveshaft hooked up



leaf spring perches/shocks hooked up.



headers/transmission mount/b&m shift cable coming down (still need to secure this better)

we got the coil mounted on the intake manifold. this was actually pretty rough, our mount had a really crappy bolt, so we welded our own bolt on:



we drilled a few holes to run our gauges and put some grommets in.



we also drilled the hole for our throttle bracket:







we built a new gauge cluster and started running the gauges. the reason we built our own out of aluminum is because i wanted an extra gauge for transmission temperature.

my dad also welded a mount onto our trans dipstick tube. came out pretty slick! saved 70 dollars (didnt have to buy the lokar).

we also went out and picked up new tie rod ends to get the steering linkage all hooked up. good news is it all works now we think, bad news is we got one tie rod end that was bad, and have to wait for the new one to get delivered to auto zone. oh well!



i got the carb, throttle linkage bracket and air cleaner on as well. i guess i did get a lot hooked up?



good picture of the drivetrain.

here's to next weekend. should be driving by then, i hope. i also finished hooking up the b&m shifter, and we spent 127 at autozone picking up:

new radiator hoses
hose clamps
trans cooler lines
fuel line
vacuum line

and many other various and sundry.

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