Your shifter sits between your front seats like everyone else's...

 

ah-ha... ah-ha... ha...





so, i got my flywheel back, put the puller to good use (bearing came out), and rear oil seal housing is off. good stopping point for tonight.

anything else? nope. but i will need to go home and grab the last bit of stuff from marlin, "out for delivery" right now.

sweet.

 

lookin good so far ian hope tomorow goes well. hope for lots of and not so much and then you will be in no time

 

Ian getting snow?

 

@wym- thanks

@rmp- yeah, ian is getting snow. a bit under an inch, but it's supposed to rain and clear it up later today. but i don't care... i have a heated garage

 

rear main is in. now we wait for rtv to dry up a bit...

also time to look up torque values. getting there! almost done

 

Great news,........ just be gentle getting that sucker back in there, get to that 1/2" point, then start all the bolts and crosspattern-sequence them things in lil portions until it's DUNNNNN-DU-DUN-DUN-DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! HAVE FUN, BE SAFE!

OH, btw, .... Is Ian going to be finished this afternoon? hahaha.

 

maybe. i'm not going to rush it, but i have the flywheel in and torqued now. next is clutch, p-plate, trans, x-member, driveshafts, shifters. not too much more

 

Squeeze some 'snacks' in there, bud! lol.

 

Sounds like today could be a good day for you. Wishing you the best of luck.

 

haha, will do!
thanks. even if i don't get it 100% done, it'll still be a great day

 

Good, MANS GOTTA EAT! lol... And YES, it will be a great day....... and you'll get done, bottom line, SAFELY and THOROUGHLY! I'm sure you'll have a video up and pics in no time, I'm not worried bout that... just do a good job and enjoy the ride, bud!

 

time to up the tranny

 

Well SLAP THAT SUCKA in there like you own it then, mista! lol. Seriously, best wishes!

 

so it's been a bit more of a pain than anticipated, so the tranny gets bolted in tomorrow.

plan for getting it lined up: bolt the trans mount to the cross-member, bolt the cross-member to the frame, do not bolt the trans to the mount. that way everything should be fairly lined up (side-to-side, up-down, axially). we shall see.

and i have a few pics from today, i'll upload them a bit later

 

PICS!

Pain or not, you've done a fine job up to now, .........all the reward we need, right?

 

torquing the bolts



the last of my parts!







for my reference later

 

YEAHHHHHH, BOEEEEEEEEEY! LOL. Nice, man..... good pics, gonna glide nice, Ian. Good job thus far!

 

oooo pretty new shifter seats...

I could'nt resist the little seat joke earlier...

looks like it's almost time to crack open a nice cold Lowenbrau.

 

no more gap between trans and engine.



just a few more bolts. should have it up and running by lunch