Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

[bremereric]

Okay I moved two more boxes out of my bedroom

This is what I mean...I have a front bumper..a front and rear spoiler and my grill in my dining room...I have two stacks of boxes with parts in them in my bedroom..

I got two more of them out of the bedroom so that is a move forward..well I got the new motor mounts lightly installed 8 7/16" x 2" bolts with washers on both sides and a lock washer and nut...the factory only used 3 bolts on each side whereas there are four holes?

I got all of the stuff off I wanted to on the top including getting the header bolts off..tomorrow up on four jackstands for some fun underneath..

Remember I am using an engine leveler to remove the engine and tranny as one unit so the more off up front the better...

 

[bremereric]

A package showed up this morning but I wasn't ready to open it..

Third time is the charm....Thanks to Justin at Pheonix Graphix they are 100% better now

 

[bremereric]

Another piece to the puzzle showed up tonight..

My NOS left tail light lens and gasket...

 

[bremereric]

Under the car tonight...

I first worked on the shifter removal...I labeled the linkages Left, Right and Center before removing them...I took lots of pictures underneath so that I could come back to them and not be a big dummy when putting it back together...

I got the shifter out and before I took it out I noticed a spring laying inside of it...for the life of me I don't have a clue where it might go?

Drive shaft is out and so is the shifter...drive shaft will go to Houston Drivetrain for new u-joints..

Speedo cable and back up light wiring is disconnected..

Starter is out of there and the z-bar is disconnected...I was very lucky...where the clutch fork rod connects to the z-bar the retaining clip was gone

 

[bremereric]

A long but sucessful day...

Two Polish neighbors came over and helped me remove the hood...prior to that I took the wife out to breakfast and then went to my storage to drop off the exhaust...the driveshaft and pick up an engine stand..

prior to taking the hood off I drilled two 1/8" alignment holes in each of the hinges...

I got tranny mount and crossmember off after hooking up the leveler...prior to that I went the the Depot and picked up some new 5/16" chain...this time I bolted it to 4 intake manifold bolts...when it goes back in I will use longer head bolts at the inside four corners of he the heads instead...don't want to mess up the paint...

I jacked up the rear pretty high in the air...this gives you a bigger area around the tranny tunnel...

Almost out of there...scary?....

It's outta there...finally...the hardest part was dealing with those headers...OMG...I had to pickle fork the outside tie rod and the pitman arm to release the center link...

I busted the tranny and everything off the back in about 10 minutes...

 

[bremereric]

A long Day continued

I made a mess of trany fuild and anti-freeze....kitty litter first to soak it up...I swept that up and then hot soapy water and a scrub down...

Old engine is on the stand now....

Car is back down and rolled forward...real easy to roll now with one arm....tomorrow is bolt round up and I will take the hoist back to work and probably repaint that valve cover so I can call the new motor complete...

 

[bremereric]

Back in the big paint booth

I took the hoist back to work today and no one asked me for a tow on the way there...I then fired up the big paint booth and got the valve cover painted...after paint I could not tell where those wire clamps used to be....three coats of color and two coats of clear..swapped them on the motor tonight..

 

[bremereric]

Get ready for blasting and organizing bolts

I got some items ready for media blasting tomorrow...bell housing...tranny crossmember...and spring hinges off of the hood..I then sorted and bagged some bolts...tomorrow I am going to start removing things out of the engine compartment...lots of pictures to..

 

[old tired rebel]

You are doing a great job bringing it back to original.

 

[bremereric]

You are doing a great job bringing it back to original.

Thanks did you know I have the same thread on FABO and it had been there for sometime...I managed to copy it all over here and finished today....my clicker finger is tired

 

[ramenth]

Good news on the stripes! They've restored my faith that they'll be able to handle the job I'll ask 'em to do.

 

[bremereric]

Good news on the stripes! They've restored my faith that they'll be able to handle the job I'll ask 'em to do.

I know the third time was the charm...and Justin at Pheonix Graphix is the one to deal with...he came through...go back and look but I told him I would order from him again soon...other companies should do the same...they may have stayed in business if they did...

 

[bremereric]

15 minutes to work on the car tonight..

I had a gantry break down at work that I had to fix so I got home late and ate supper...only had about 15 minutes so I took off the cowl cover being very carefull not to break the plastic...I found one small twig and some fine debris in there...no other surprises...this is the easiet car to ever work on...I reached in the cowl with a 7/6 wrench and removed the nut on the back of the wiper motor..three more nuts on the front and it was outta there..

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[bremereric]

Marty Mopar

Got some NOS parts from Marty Mopar....these are going to replace my front hood and front fender trim pieces...mine are all in good shape..the big Dodge has a couple of small dents that is alll...the old ones will be kept for spares...Marty gave me two extra boards and a couple of pieces of his old beer cooler for free...

Here are the pieces...some have some glue/tape goo on them I have to clean off this is from the old factory packaging

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[old tired rebel]

Great work. But I would like to ask about your wiper motor. Did it have a big round wiper motor assembly that bolted up to the wiper motor?

 

[bremereric]

Great work. But I would like to ask about your wiper motor. Did it have a big round wiper motor assembly that bolted up to the wiper motor?

Nope it had that metal bar hooked up directly to it with a nut holding it on at the end of the motor...I'll post a pic tonight..

 

[old tired rebel]

That is what broke on my Cordoba and I was surprised at how hard it is to find. You got the good old fashion wiper system,which I will have to convert to later.

 

[bremereric]

That is what broke on my Cordoba and I was surprised at how hard it is to find. You got the good old fashion wiper system,which I will have to convert to later.

Try a pick a part place...down here they used to be called exactly that...Now LKQ bought them out and the name is different...last time I visited one they had severel Gran Furys and Diplomats to choose from...

 

[old tired rebel]

Try a pick a part place...down here they used to be called exactly that...Now LKQ bought them out and the name is different...last time I visited one they had severel Gran Furys and Diplomats to choose from...

I found a few at a yard and every Cordoba, Magnum, Charger of those years fell a part. I would say it will be worth it in the long run to convert it over the old system.

 

[rumblefish360]

Holy Crap Shgyst, 22 pages ina few days! MING! If I could only take tihs long read into the bathroom!