Slow going

I managed to get the new stainless -6 an fuel lines in the week.  I'm getting used to working with them so it was pretty enjoyable.

Since the fuel feed line pretty much disintegrated when I took it apart I had to rig up a new bulk head fitting set up.  Thanks to  a write up on dsmtuners, it wasn't to bad.  I'll be rewiring it with an in line bosch 044 so fuel will not be an issue when it comes to horsepower.

The front subframe is back in where it belongs with new polyurethane bushings installed.

The shock assemblies are back together sporting SDSU Jackrabbit colors.

I replaced the frayed auto seatbelt in the front as well.

The underbelly of the car has been painted por15 and por15 chip resistant paint and I'm in the process of spraying rubberizing, sound resistant coating on it as well. I also saw a product on horsepower tv this morning that uses a negative electronic charge to combat rust so I'll be checking into that as well.

All in all it's going well, but slower than I hoped.  This week I plan to start sanding the exterior for paint.  Once I get that done, progress should improve.  I really can't wait to drive it someday!

Some progress

I had the driveshaft in pieces this week and I thought I was in serious trouble.  But was able to get it back together the correct, balanced way after two tries.

I torched out the old rusted, crumbling bushings and will be installing polyurenthane ones shortly.  I went through about $50 in oxygen but got it done.

Here's a picture of the shinny driveshaft with new carrier bearings and yoke joints.  I painted the whiteline springs and swaybars back to their original light blue color with rust prohibiting paint.

I also painted the shocks to hopefully hold the rust down as well.

This is the rear subframe painted up.  I also painted the entire under carriage of the car.  It was quite a job with a gravity feed hvlp gun.  It was hard to get the angle right just being on jack stands.  My back and legs are pretty much shot right now.

Grady is starting to become more of a handfull at almost 5 months and Tessa is Tessa.  So between them, my job, and trying to get 6 hours of sleep it's been slow going.  I have some time on the weekends but I don't want to force Jaime to take care of the kids the whole time either - I don't want to have to sleep in the car at night after I get done working on it.  Hopefully another month and she'll be back on the road.