colorado51
11-23-2003, 09:42 PM
We have had some pretty unusually warm temperatures here in Colorado up until Friday night/Saturday morning, when the temp dropped like a rock.
I knew the cold weather was coming, so I have been working on the car like a mad man before it hit, as my garage is not heated (yet).
As some of you remember, I had the car running a little over a month ago, but the transmission that I picked up was junk. So I bit the bullet and ended up getting a completely rebuilt trans.
I put the new trans in last Monday night.
I left work at noon on Thursday and worked till 11 getting the rest of it put back together (the shifter, hooking up the hydraulic clutch, etc.)
I was off on Friday and worked for another 5 hours trying to get the slave cylinder to bleed, fixing the steering column, added a new steering wheel, and redoing some dash wiring.
Finally as it was getting dark on Friday, I pulled it out of the garage and drove it around the neighborhood a bit. I was a short trip, and except for a small coolant leak, everything seemed to work great and the trans and clutch setup worked great too.
Anyway, I got done just in time. It snowed most of the day Saturday, and the high temp was something like 25. As I write this, 7:30 Sunday evening, its 16 degrees.
So, now its on to the floors and rocker panels. But I will wait till it gets warmer for that!
Here are a few pics.
The trans ready to go in.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-5.jpg
The dash.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-2-5.jpg
The dirty old engine, no small blocks here!
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-2.jpg
Rockers. OUCH!
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-4.jpg
Next. Drivers floor.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-1.jpg
Pass floor.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-3.jpg
In the garage.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-2-4.jpg
I knew the cold weather was coming, so I have been working on the car like a mad man before it hit, as my garage is not heated (yet).
As some of you remember, I had the car running a little over a month ago, but the transmission that I picked up was junk. So I bit the bullet and ended up getting a completely rebuilt trans.
I put the new trans in last Monday night.
I left work at noon on Thursday and worked till 11 getting the rest of it put back together (the shifter, hooking up the hydraulic clutch, etc.)
I was off on Friday and worked for another 5 hours trying to get the slave cylinder to bleed, fixing the steering column, added a new steering wheel, and redoing some dash wiring.
Finally as it was getting dark on Friday, I pulled it out of the garage and drove it around the neighborhood a bit. I was a short trip, and except for a small coolant leak, everything seemed to work great and the trans and clutch setup worked great too.
Anyway, I got done just in time. It snowed most of the day Saturday, and the high temp was something like 25. As I write this, 7:30 Sunday evening, its 16 degrees.
So, now its on to the floors and rocker panels. But I will wait till it gets warmer for that!
Here are a few pics.
The trans ready to go in.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-5.jpg
The dash.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-2-5.jpg
The dirty old engine, no small blocks here!
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-2.jpg
Rockers. OUCH!
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-4.jpg
Next. Drivers floor.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-1.jpg
Pass floor.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-3-3.jpg
In the garage.
http://photo.starblvd.net/colorado51/1-2-4.jpg