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February 07, 2005
I'm so proud of myself...I'm sitting here patting myself on the head
because I can't reach my back.
After nearly a year of my poor little car sitting on jack stands with
the front end in the air, I finished the assembly of the front end
with poly bushings, new lever shocks and springs. I had to replace
one "A" arm due to wear from the folcrum pin...if you don't do any
other maintenance on your car, make sure you lube the front end
regularly!!! I also installed a lowering kit with the new coil
springs - it was interesting when I compared the old springs to the
new, I found the new to be about 1/2 an inch longer than the old due
to sag (after 30 years you'd sag too!). I installed the torsion bar
that I had removed years ago after I stripped a mounting bolt hole in
the body. I installed helicoils in all four body mounting holes to
clean up the installation.
The last time I did this kind of work it seemed much easier to climb
up and down from the concrete floor - you don't suppose twenty years
has made a difference in me, do you? LOL
Now I can pull the engine and trans using that tried and true method
of the garage rafters, come-along and pushing the car out from under
the assembly...
"Jim" < jrblake123@... > 35999
Posted on February 7, 2005 04:50 PM
Posted to category(s) Body | Cylinder Head | Drive Train | Engine (external) | Engine (internal) | Ignition System | Intake System | Lubrication System | Miscellaneous | Suspension & Steering | Transmission
