I changed the hood struts on the BMW and fixed the steering column lock so the wheel would stay where I put it.
I also tried to track down the parts form my compressor locally. No luck there, I guess I'll have to order them.
I changed the hood struts on the BMW and fixed the steering column lock so the wheel would stay where I put it.
I also tried to track down the parts form my compressor locally. No luck there, I guess I'll have to order them.
Just wrapped up replacing quite literally every piece of the suspension and steering on my Cherokee down to the nuts and bolts.
An exhausting and long drawn out affair.
I just sealed my megasquirt with conformal coating and painted the cam sprockets on my engine. Tomorrow: install the megasquirt in its case and install the new cam belt.
I ordered a bunch of parts for the rabbit the 300te and the warlock. They'll just sit when they come in though probably.
Finished the attic floor on the east side of the garage.
ToDo:
Spent an hour putting away tools and parts from the last car I scrapped in prep for a bunch of wrenching on Saturday. Hung a couple pistons over the rafters.
Pulled the head off the air compressor, cleaned the crap off the pistons and bottom of the head. It's sitting in the parts washer now to be scrubbed inside and out.
Pictures here.
Scored a used set of Firestone Winterforce with 8/32" tread (new is 11/32") on 5X100 steelies for my WRX
$95 - I love buying winter tires in August.
I started the 445 stroker monster in my truck. Knowing first and second gear are destroyed. I ordered a new 700+ hp transmission to replace my pieces. Last week I tuned the carb and timing because when I get this trans I've got racing to do and I may miss a local show in town. I'm pretty upset.
Also I took the nerve to disassemble the Metropolitan knowing it won't make the show while I paint it when my fiancée/me were the ones that requested we have a freaking car show. Guess ill drive the Ford in third gear and the Met with raw lead I've filled the body with to the show as is. At this point we can't miss it...
I changed the oil in the Protege and cleaned it inside and out. Unfortunately, I also discovered that the unibody has sort of 'ripped' at the right hood hinge. Looks like I'll be pulling the hood fender and maybe door to get this one right. Shart.
I got my MGA registered for the first time since 2002, and drove it to work today
Replaced hatch struts, fog lights, headlights, wipers, entire stereo, Rubicon Express track bar, and installed new 30" Geolandar AT-S on the Cherokee.
spent a good part of yesterday finding clunks, vibrations, and rattles... some easily fixable... others less so........
Sonic wrote: I got my MGA registered for the first time since 2002, and drove it to work today
Well done.
My 62 coupe get licensed about one year in three (too many cars to drive all at the same time).
Your Z4 M coupe is a car I looked long and hard for, but couldn't find any - what, around 4,000 came over? Ended up with a Solstice coupe instead - probably much less expensive in the long run to maintain, and now (after a bit of 'hands on') faster than the Z4M. Still like the Z4 coupe styling though.
I love the Z4M. They brought 1800 coupes to the US, 300 in the Interlagos Blue that I have. I searched for months to find just the right car, and did, it was a peach and priced well, in the color I wanted.
The MGA made it to work and back with no problem, and then we took it out to dinner, when I found that the turn signals aren't working. That's the worst thing I found in not driving it for more than 10 years, so I'll take it!
The new bumpers came today. Got the front one installed.
I thought about it a lot.
I painted a header, installed said header and midpipe. Put on new calipers and pads finally finishing my never-ending brake job. I still need to bleed the brakes, flush the radiator, change the transmission and differential fluid, order some header wrap and some exhaust steel ties.
Tomorrow I get an alignment and I'll finally be driving my beater raceCOROLLA [to the exhaust shop to try and get a cat/straight pipe put on]. Sunday there is an amateur drift event I'll be entering and I'll even bring along my buddy gopro.
OST, I didn't follow your advice last year. I jumped the gun on buying the motor-swapped, rattle-canned, leftover racecar project to be my next daily driver. ;)
It has been sitting since January until now...
I looked at them whist fully as they sat unmoved and untouched. Sadly....
I went and looked at a 911; since I'm so good at working on the projects I already have...
Painted the front bumper on the ford ranger I bought for my son. Turned out silver instead of gray. Left the tape on till I can get different paint . That meant leaving the Ranger in the garage bumping the RX7 to my trucks spot. So johns truck and the RX7 that's for sale are in the garage but my good truck and the BMW are in the yard. Fruit basket turnover tomorrow.
Changed the compressor, dryer and flushed the A/C system on the 635. It has ice cold air now. 
Also changed the oil and cleaned the inside. I wiped the seats down with some leather restorer that seems to have done an outstanding job of softening up the poor neglected seats.
Oh yeah, I also adjusted the valves.
Installed the rear bumper.
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