09-13-2017, 11:34 PM
Had a rough start dealing with the steering column mount but I finally got it in place only to find out that the u-joint would no longer line up with the box. Had to rip the whole assembly out just to get the damn thing off too. The "throw money at it" solution is to simply buy a $140 double jointed u-joint. I'm going to try and trim some more of the old mounting area to see if I can't get the mount in there in the other direction to bring the column up a bit instead of down.
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I did manage to hook up my RPM, water temp and oil pressure sensors and finally hook up my throttle cable. The TO DO list is getting really small, if only it would stop fighting me every step of the way.
Items remaining before I can do my first shakedown run:
-Steering column mounted
-remove front shocks and torsion bars to adjust the strut bars
-reassemble the front end, get car off jack stands and then torque everything down
-get gas in the tank/carb
-fire it up
-add trans fluid after I've had a chance to idle and shift through some gears
I did manage to hook up my RPM, water temp and oil pressure sensors and finally hook up my throttle cable. The TO DO list is getting really small, if only it would stop fighting me every step of the way.
Items remaining before I can do my first shakedown run:
-Steering column mounted
-remove front shocks and torsion bars to adjust the strut bars
-reassemble the front end, get car off jack stands and then torque everything down
-get gas in the tank/carb
-fire it up
-add trans fluid after I've had a chance to idle and shift through some gears