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There are a few issues althogh minor, hopefully. The hub is frozen to the rotor due to galvanic corrosion, that should be fun. Getting the slpash guard in the wheel well and on the underside resulted in some of my first broken screws. The sub zero starting system needs a refurbish and a good cleaning. I pulled off the heat sheild for the exhaust manifold and there aren't any solutions for another.
The other side of the underbody is being prepped to spray over. The trans mounts are ready to be installed when ordered. I removed some bushings and I also did some not so great polishing.
The front brake is off and the brake line is good and not rotten. I will need to get my spare set of four piston calipers prepped and painted soon. The picture of the front strut is off and partially rebuilt. The front sway bar is off and being prepped. This will start to slow down some do to money supply. There might be some detours on the way, I suppose we'll see. I will order more parts tomorrow, I wish that I could order the remaining front end parts but that isn't going to happen.
I painted the passenger caliper. I wish that I could get this cleaner, I will try and see what happens. I do have an extra set if needed, more pics to come.
I finished one of the front calipers. I do believe that I an missing one part still besides the bleeder. The part is usually stainless and is on the inside section of the caliper. I did not split the caliper,time will tell if this was a mistake. This brake is from the spares that I had. The two off the car have issues. The one has a stuck piston. and the other one has all the parts attached still. They seem very stuck on there.
I really had no plans to take off the bumper. I found crash damage that can not be ignored. I took apart the front bumper. I also took off the driver fender to be dent repaired and home painted. If you take off the bumper under the cover, be extremely care not to break off any bolts. I broke two off on the bottom side and the fiberglass bumper is stuck until I drill out the broke screws. I am really such a huge novice when it comes to autobody work. I do have some metal fab experience from my old work so, we'll see. I need to drill and grind some welds to replace two peices that were bent up pretty badly.
As and aside to the front end. If you are having trouble taking off the inner tie rods. use a pipe wrench, it worked like a charm.
Now for the part I mistakenly expected to be able to do with the transmission in the car. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. The mount was not designed to be removed and installed with the transmission in the car. I do not recommend doing it this way. I did manage to get the bushing in despite having issues initially.
Clean out the inside of the mount.
Put in some anti-seize. It lubes the surface and make removal easier when needed.
Line up the bushing and the device used to squeeze them together.
Add the bushing to the inside section.
I assembled the whole part loosely except for the above. I then screwed it loosely to the uni-body. The mounting bolts for the transmission to the first bracket needed to be fished in and carefully finger tightened. Finish tightening the remaining nuts then the four bolts on the uni-body. Holy smokes are my hands sore now.
I added the exhaust bracket too.
Edit: I put the washer on the mount in upside down.
This project is slowing down some due to the front end work. I will drop sub-frame in the front. It seems that some here think it can be done with some engine support from below. I will replace the motor mounts, some hoses and similar, take off the exheast manifold and have someone fabricate a heat sheild, paint and rust treat the sub-frame and replace the steering rack bushings. I still have more electrolysis to and more painting, plus painting the unerside and the wheel wells....... there is a lot of work yet. I might not drive this car this year. It's not what I had planned but, it's ok.
This project is slowing down some due to the front end work. I will drop sub-frame in the front. It seems that some here think it can be done with some engine support from below. I will replace the motor mounts, some hoses and similar, take off the exheast manifold and have someone fabricate a heat sheild, paint and rust treat the sub-frame and replace the steering rack bushings. I still have more electrolysis to and more painting, plus painting the unerside and the wheel wells....... there is a lot of work yet. I might not drive this car this year. It's not what I had planned but, it's ok.
when i did mine, i put a floor jack basically in the flat spot right behind the oil pan. it works fine, engine is pretty light
there are also those FWD things that sit on the fender lip and support the engine from the top.
if you were quick you could use an engine hoist, although those like to sag overnight, sometimes
05-06-24, 07:49 PM
I do not recommend doing it this way. I did manage to get the bushing in despite having issues initially.
