Well, that was a pain. All told, about 2 days of work. Of course the first time you do any of this car stuff, it always takes forever. It will take 1/2 the time the next time - not that there is going to be a next time!
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| Glad to have a lift! |
Most of it was pretty straight forward, disconnect everything. Major time sinks were the removal of the clutch slave from the transmission - I left the tranny attached to the motor. This should have taken 5 mins but ended up taking 2 hours, which included a run to the Sears hardware to buy a new snap-ring plier as mine when expanded was about 1/4 inch too short to pull the ring off. I persevered mightily for about a half hour before giving up. Once I had the proper tool, it took 5 minutes. Just goes to show you, proper tools make all the difference.
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| Motor and tranny hanging from the engine hoist after being plucked from the suspension |
The next major hangup was the header. The plan was to drop the subframe with the motor and suspension attached through the bottom. I had pulled everything, removed the subframe bolts and was slowly lowering the assembly when it bound up tight between the frame rails. Argghh!
"The headers need to be removed. "
Just 6 words but it lead to a couple of hours work. An engine hoist, vehicle lift, several jacks, liberally applied verbal lubrication, hand tools and a small amount of beer were all involved according to witnesses. But the deed was done and no small animals were harmed in the process. Once out, the motor was attached to a engine hoist and yanked off the subframe and suspension to be ignored until later.
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| Naked subframe - a whole nother restoration area for the future. |
The subframe and suspension were bolted back into the car, wheels added and we had a roller. Almost ready for the paint shop.
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| Still more work to do, but the end (of this phase) is in sight. |
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