Not a huge progress day.
Mostly pecking away at the small details like an ostrich
One of the issues to resolve was the drive shaft loop (See Zim, needed the rulebook)
going up to the 13-50 shaft, I had to unbolt and raise the tremec to pull the driveshaft as the yoke hit
Remove, redo, reinstall. Repaint the cut ends
Next, and a worthless picture for the details, But you hosers like pictures
The oil pan is super close to the cross member.
After doing some measuring, decided to fuss with that some more.
With the plate still on the engine, I was able to raise it up and see what slack I had
After messing with it for a few minutes, I was able to go up a bolt size without drilling it
Without the correct bolts and just a set of grade 2 to hold it, I was able to get a little more than a 1/4" all the way
This stopped all my forward progress on the front though as I am not going to work around everything else
I'll stop by Big R monday for some grade 8
Ah yes. I stopped counting how many times I rolled out from under the car today.
With the help of a forklift, I was able to get the transmission cross member in place, bolt everything up, and sneak the driveshaft in
The went to do the clutch. The headers are already on the block, and the clutch stud wasn't. Got to crawl out one more time to find a shorter wrench just to tighten the stud
Clutch parts are in though. Just need to add the drivers side pipes and the bottom side of the car is buttoned up
Mostly pecking away at the small details like an ostrich
One of the issues to resolve was the drive shaft loop (See Zim, needed the rulebook)
going up to the 13-50 shaft, I had to unbolt and raise the tremec to pull the driveshaft as the yoke hit
Remove, redo, reinstall. Repaint the cut ends
Next, and a worthless picture for the details, But you hosers like pictures
The oil pan is super close to the cross member.
After doing some measuring, decided to fuss with that some more.
With the plate still on the engine, I was able to raise it up and see what slack I had
After messing with it for a few minutes, I was able to go up a bolt size without drilling it
Without the correct bolts and just a set of grade 2 to hold it, I was able to get a little more than a 1/4" all the way
This stopped all my forward progress on the front though as I am not going to work around everything else
I'll stop by Big R monday for some grade 8
Ah yes. I stopped counting how many times I rolled out from under the car today.
With the help of a forklift, I was able to get the transmission cross member in place, bolt everything up, and sneak the driveshaft in
The went to do the clutch. The headers are already on the block, and the clutch stud wasn't. Got to crawl out one more time to find a shorter wrench just to tighten the stud
Clutch parts are in though. Just need to add the drivers side pipes and the bottom side of the car is buttoned up
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