A half hour with a box knife, and a dremel with a cutoff wheel. Now all the urethane bushings are on the front control arms. Rest should be a piece of cake. Not a hundred percent shure on how I'm supose to do the tie rods and ball joints, but they cant be as tuff as the bushing that had to be cut off.

 

found my fuel leak

 

Where at?

 

inside lip of the o ring on the primary. it must have flipped over when i put it back on. a small sliver was ripped out

 

Glad you found your leak man.

 

Recirculated my bov.

 

Just about finished prepping it for the engine removal. Busting my cherry on this one. Now i just need to find an engine hoist.

 

Did some donuts in a safeway parking lot

 

Removed my windshield and hatch wipers and motors. Now I'm on the quest for the perfect plug

 

going to start the fd today haha... and drive to the mazda nw meet, i hope shes not mad shes sat for over a week

 

Installed The control arms that I put the poly bushings on, swapped out the ball joint and tie rod boots. Installed new bearings. Now I just have to get some time to do the rear. Waiting for my DTSS Eliminators before I tear into it. Rather not do it twice. just more work the first time. But I found that poly busings are worth the price, both my ball joints, and tie rods where cracked and worn out. didn't survive the removal. So the 123 shipped for all the bushings is cheaper than new tie rods and ball joints for both sides.

Also Results are my girlfriend got sick on the ride home, success.

 

Got the intake manifold back on my engine. Been lacking in motivation the last few months to get this car running.

Summer time+best friend with jetskiis+ an awesome beachhouse+ A little free time= probably one pissed off Fc when I do finally get her running. lol. poor girl.

 

Not really something I did, but my poor RX got dumped on by a f'ing pigeon or goose or something while I was driving. Right on the f'ing windsheild! Of course I didnt' try the wipers because that would have just smeared it all across the windshield... and I have no washer fluid...

I wanted to stop and kill that son of a... bird.

 

Signed her to her new owner and picked up my 71' Opel GT... its been a bitter sweet day. The Opel needs work but I think it will be more fun.

 

adjusted the tps, new tires, alignment. next up, the exhaust.

 

Finished engine removal prep. and did a "practice run" Glad I did the damn jackstand was in the way.

 

Yesterday. Pulled my first engine.
Today, pulled off the uim, lim and of course the turbo. Hopping to get it to jeff's by weds.

 

Painted my wheels. Hopefully fixed my coolant leak + got the bumper back on. She's ready to drive again.

 

Got the drive shaft back in, all the plumping is done, a little wiring work to do still oil change and manipulate some exhaust parts so I can throw that all back on. Then I should be starting her up. Hoping things turn out good. I really want to drive this car. lol.

 

Met 2 great guys through 2 diff craigslist ads. Picked up 2 sets of tail lights, radio bezel, blinker/wiper controls, and steering column trim for $100 total. Going to mod up one of the tail lights with clear lenses and colored led's, keep a spare, and finally replace the broken bezel.

Also changed out the oil with royal purple.

 

insured my rear tires had no flat spots.

 

Opened up my first 13b. My cosmo engine needs a rebuild. Rotors cleaned, rebuild part list made. Waiting for the paycheck to buy the parts and put the engine back in my vw bug and see how she runs. Lots of carbon in there :p

 

put the last 100 miles of my break in on the motor friday. after changing the oil this morning i decided to celebrate by driving a loop on hwy 242. pissed off a lot of biker and sunday drivers motor performed wonderfully.

 

found some plugs for these. the hatch plug popped right in. The Firewall one needed to be trimmed a little because this hole is more of an oval. I think it came out alright. I'll find a bolt with a big washer or grommet to cover the mounting holes.

 

OH! I need some of those, where'd you get them??