Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

[bremereric]

Today continued...

I made my own new heater line gasket out of some of the neoprene rubber I had laying around...

I got my NOS radiator overflow tank today....I washed it with warm soapy water and then mounted it...

After supper I went to paint in the industrial paint booth at work...tomorrow I will blow something out lifting that K-frame up for primer and paint...

 

[bremereric]

Got it hung

Got that K-member hung in the air....pushed it into the paint booth and then shot two light coats of primer...baked it for 15 minutes at 140 then shot the first coat of color...

Got the second coat of color on the other items...they really shine now...

One more trip back late tonight to shoot the second coat on the K-member

 

[bremereric]

Second coat done

At 9:30 tonight I went back and got the second coat sprayed...more shiny now..

 

[bremereric]

Before going to the paint booth

I took a moment to soda blast the end of the steering column...it looked crappy..I will get it cleaned up real soon...that is rust that is left over..

 

[efriedrich]

every thing is looking good

 

[bremereric]

every thing is looking good

Then you will like this....this baby is going in there tomorrow night..

 

[bremereric]

I spent a couple of hours on it last night but photobucket was doing site maintenance

Got the k-member in....tightened those aluminum biscuits down to 85 ft lbs and with some lock tite on them...got the upper and lower control arms on with the new shocks...I aligned the upper control arms with the lines I scored before I took them off...tonight will be the spindles and torsion bars...

 

[bremereric]

Got home late so I chunked the heavy gear box in there

Sorry to say that I did not have much time tonight to work on the car...had some welding and repairs to make at work tonight...decided to get that cop car gearbox in there tonight...that's all I accomplished..

 

[bremereric]

More done tonight

Didn't get to the torsion bars but I did get other stuff completed..got the spindles on...I greased the upper and lower ball joints..a then torqued everything to specs...

That allowed me to put the access plates back on....

I then got he Idler arm installed and the front flexable brake lines installed...

Tomorrow night will be the torsion bars...:happy2:

 

[bremereric]

Tonight was the torsion bars

I read my book again in the torsion bar section about 3 times tonight...it helps to jack up the lower control arm to ride height so that the bolts are easy to install..just like the book says...it was fun with one person...could have been easier with two people..oh well they are in there all greased up and torqued to spec...tomorrow night will be the sway bar...I got my NOS battery tray from Brad's NOS parts today...it arrived in four days and was what is said it was..no bad experience for me...

 

[bremereric]

Here goes for tonight...

I spent some money at O'Reillys today...I got brakes...rotors and calipers with the bearings and grease seals...I got the front sway bar installed and boy was it fun...one of the sides was real fun to get started...I got my NOS wiper tank in and scrubbed and installed...I got one of the calipers painted in duplicolor's caliper paint...pictures tell the story...

 

[bremereric]

Moved forward very slow today...

Today was a short working day due to my Saturday night cruise-in that has started back up..I did get the battery tray painted and later on mounted in place...I left the factory coating on it and painted over it....

I polished up my heater hose bracket and last night I dipped it in the plastic-dip stuff to recoat the end of it...

On my road trip to pick up the other caliper I stopped off at storage and got this....

I then painted the other caliper with the same caliper paint and cleaned up the caliper brackets and put them in the rust bucket for an overnight soak..last for tonight was gently bolting up the steering components in preparation for car to be back on the ground...rotors and calipers on tomorrow..

 

[volarerob]

It all looks real good, the black and white contrast looks cool. I have rebuild the f-body front end 2 times so I should have double the fun your having. Once for the Aspen and once for the Volare, oh well should be good at when all done

 

[efriedrich]

How is the Dart running these days?

 

[bremereric]

How is the Dart running these days?

Smoking the tires through all three gears is all I have to say......

 

[bremereric]

It all looks real good, the black and white contrast looks cool. I have rebuild the f-body front end 2 times so I should have double the fun your having. Once for the Aspen and once for the Volare, oh well should be good at when all done

If I had a little helper all would be good...its fun stabing one side only to roll over to the other end to start a bolt...that k-member was a real blast to...without my little furniture dolly and some 4X4 blocks it would of been a no wano..

 

[volarerob]

Yeah, I have three little helpers....... my daughter who is 12 and is going to help rebuild the Volare for her first car. She comes down to the shop and sits and talks to me :director2:..... still not sure how that helps? but it's nice to spend time with her. My 10 year boy is the biggest help when I can pull him away from his video games for 2 seconds, and our 5 year old is the one who wants to help the most but can't. So now he knows to grab the little broom and to dust or sweep up stuff is a big help for dad.:laughing7:

 

[bremereric]

Shiza Koff

You need to know another language to understand what the title means but I did not get where I wanted to be today...I got the caliper brackets out of the rust bucket and painted..I then installed one caliper on the drivers side only to find out I had two for the same side..get that straightened out in the morning..and hopefully back on the ground tomorrow night...

 

[bremereric]

Back on the ground...so much for the tiny tires I picked...oh well that will be another day

I got the correct caliper today...painted it and got it back on the car...I got the wheels on the the torsion bars tightened up somewhat....it's back on the ground and it will have the motor and tranny back in it this Saturday...I have reasons why this is the deadline...Sunday is Easter of course...

I made my engine leveler automatic...I cut the handle off and welded a nut on the end that I can hit with my air driven impact to drive it left and right.....

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[bremereric]

Getting a little closer

I have to concentrate on what I need to do before I drop the motor and tranny in this Saturday...I have to get certain things done that I do not want to do leaning over the engine compartment to do..I did some test fitting on the new oil dipstick and got it ready for paint...I painted the tranny cast iron front and side plates and got it ready to install...I also brought home a none working tranny jack from work that I have already worked out a deal to fix it...I will use it for 5 minutes but it will be ready for the next person....