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So far I drove it to work.....that's an accomplishment by itself.

This week I got word that I need to vacate the garage space my 528 has been occupying, so the rush is on to finish (finally!) the clutch job. No more lame-ass excuses for not getting it done; the old girl needs to come home!

Last night;
• Fought with the stoopid pilot bearing for way too long; the Auto Zone loaner program pilot bearing puller failed to get it out, as did the nifty (sounding) wet paper trick. Finally got it out by brute force, prying the covering plate out with a needle-nose pliers. Once that was gone the bearing practically fell out.
• Pulled the main seal & carrier & cleaned up the carrier,
• Installed new main seal & reinstalled carrier,
• Reinstalled the freshly resurfaced flywheel & inserted the eight flywheel bolts,
• Remembered that the Loctite tube was sitting on the bench and all the bolts were in there dry.
• Removed the flywheel bolts, put Loctite on them, then torqued them to spec using my shiny new torque wrench (Happy Birthday to me!)
• Installed the shiny new clutch & pressure plate,
• Installed new input, output & selector shaft seals on transmission,
• Installed new pivot arm & throwout bearing on transmission,
• Reinstalled output flange & collar nut on output shaft, tightened collar nut using shiny new torque wrench & shiny new 30mm thin-wall socket,
• Wished I had been able to get the output flange studs out so I could do away with the stupid harmonic balancer mounting doodad,
• Searched in vain for the output flange securing plate (part #23211490120); what the flock did I do with that thing?

• Jotted down part number & made plans to stop at stealership to see if said securing plate is in stock.
• Reinstalled the selector rod, selector rod joint, dowel pin & circlip, in awe of how easy that step was with the transmission sitting on the floor as compared to doing the job last year with the transmission in the car, me on my back on a cold floor, and about 1 inch of space between the selector rod joint and the transmission tunnel,

Still have a ways to go before I can drive it home -- reinstall transmission, driveshaft, heat shield, full exhaust, & freshly rebuilt halfshafts -- but the end is in sight!

I'm in the process of painting my wheels. The lips are drying as I type this. I have a few errands to run, and when I get back the centers are getting painted. I've taken pics of every step, full step-by-step will be put together when I'm done

See that big dent in the rear door?



I found another door in the same color, with even the same pin stripping!

I got the coilovers off of it :]
This weekend comes airbags

Replaced the AC Delco spark plugs with some shiny new BOSCH WR9LS spark plugs 'cause, "AC Delcos are for Fords, Chevys, and other American crap."

Runs much better. In the process found out the idiot who works on this car (me) didn't tighten the clamps around the intake boot, thus why the car was performing so crappy the last few days.

On a side note....never knew SS brake lines would make such a big difference! Wow! Just wow! I recommend them to everyone!

Discovered tonight that I am most definitely not up to the task of getting a Getrag 260 into place by myself. Had a few moments of panic whilst lying on my back under the car with the tranny on my chest...

No >>>>>>> Just give me ibuprofen.

I've got a tranny jack.

swatterssr wrote:I've got a tranny jack.

And I've got a FedEx account.... maybe we can work something out. (jk )

Actually, I was thinking of renting a jack today. Part of me wants to make my son pay for it since he opted to hang out with his girlfriend last night. Can't really blame him for that, but that sucker would be so done by now if he hadn't bailed on me.

Installed a new CTS and drive belts.

Unfortunately, the new CTS didn't fix my problem.

New drive belts don't squeak, so that problem was solved.

Changed the plugs, distributor cap and rotor. It's a wonder the thing even ran. The little nub in the ceter of the cap was completely gone.

discovered my new radiator sits a few inches too high for some reason. FML.

Did some stuff to the 533 with some out-of-state help.

thought about mine. figured it has been like 1.5 months since i have seen it. Felt bad, shed a tear and wondered if Mr. Florance will remember me. School is just not being friendly with my time at all.

I removed the wasp nest from the wheel.

davintosh wrote:Discovered tonight that I am most definitely not up to the task of getting a Getrag 260 into place by myself. Had a few moments of panic whilst lying on my back under the car with the tranny on my chest...

No >>>>>>> Just give me ibuprofen.

Transmission is IN!

Swore at it.

(actually yesterday) Replaced the leaking radiator and flushed the cooling system.
If I hadn't broken this POS plastic tee, I would be able to drive it.

Rotated tires, installed new OBC temp sensor, and aligned my steering wheel. Also noted that my front brakes are in great shape that will last another year or so.

Next on the agenda is fixing my master cyl ATF leak, and installing a new water pump + hoses along with door, trunk and sunroof seals.

Johnny Guest may remember that shifter getting damn hot and the console getting damn hot when he drove my car up to Memphis. Well, the reason was simple. If you pull up your leather shift boot (four clips out to the sides - comes out easily), you will see a big rubber boot underneath - or at least you should. However, if your car is like mine was, it isn't there. Or maybe it's torn up and only partly there. At any rate, that thing keeps a lot of hot air from coming up from under the car into that opening. With my UUC aluminum shift knob, it would sometimes get nearly too hot to touch.

So today, I finally got fed up with unsuccessfully pulling up on the one in the Silverfish. I grabbed one of the tire irons I bought for the bike and I went at it. Jammed it under the back and started prying it out. It worked surprisingly well and I had it in my hands in two minutes. One catch: there's a wire that goes through a hole in the front. I suspect it's the backup light connector. It's a bit of a bitch to get out if you don't want to cut and splice the connector back on. I knifed the opening a bit bigger to get the thing through. The boot took some shoving into place with the tire iron again but ended up where it belonged. Now, this one is no younger than the original that disappeared, but I've found that Florida is apparently hell on rubber while Milwaukee is not. I've taken about half the rubber interior seals out of my Wisconsin car and replaced the crappy ones on the Florida car. This is just one more. We'll see how it does.

Finished shadowline job. Mounted "is" rear spoiler and drove a little. Waiting on wheels, springs and "is" front spoiler...lots to do before Texfest!

I have B6II kinda sorted . Lately, Ive been working on Marina's super e , BB Shiftless, Saturday, I oiled up the blower with a long nosed turbine oil. bottle. This is after cleaning the fuse 14 contacts and replacing a fuse that was arcing and sparking at the tips Noticeable improvement Today, I replaced the fuel filter . It has been about 65 k miles since I base lined it after purchase . It needed it. I could barely blow through it. Whilst I was at it , I gave the mounting frame a lick and a promise with a wire wheel and some Rustoleum. I need to gonna order up about 300$ worth of stuff for the car. Belts and hoses, a few gaskets. A CTS and maybe a another reference sensor. Cap and rotor. Time for a , what? Series 2 tuneup.? .

Almost removed the exhaust. Then got ambushed by damn mosquitoes. It'll have to wait.

Replaced a fuel line that had a little crack in it. The old one disintigrated upon removal so I think it had to go. Did it all by myself, too. Am I officially a DIY'er?

Checked the oil, coolant specific gravity, chalked the wheels, disconnected the battery, washed and covered him.

Would be more depressed about it but I at least I got to take Bandit out through a 10 hour Southeastern Ohio tour on Saturday. He ran great!

'Till next year Bandit, sleep tight.

Began the process of sourcing the excessive draw from the Fuse 5 circuit on my ///M5.

The fuse occasionally blows...

Got my "map light" rearview mirror in and replaced a window switch that had a light out. Minor, but it was bugging me.

i swore and screemed at it when it locked me out.

Checked the pobox for my kph gooahj face. Still nothing

Finished splicing/soldering/heat shrinking the C101. broke the tab off the fuse box cover. Raged.