Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Missing parts to be able to install rear end!

Well, we got held up once again. We can't seem to get going on some of this. We went to install the rear end when we realized we didn't have the upper control arm and attachment parts. Then in checking, we find out one of the box of parts that was shipped with the rear end somehow got lost on the way. I'm trying to track it down now.

So we moved our attention to installing the brake lines and master cylinder. We had to install the firewall I had painted and had put away to avoid getting it scratched. We ran into a problem there also. We had installed rev nuts for attaching the firewall and as we were installing the firewall we realized that some of the rev nut were turning, thus not allowing us to tighten the screw. So we had to take the firewall off and punch out the old rev nut and install new ones. But we finally got that one finished. We then installed the master cylinder and brake fluid reservoir.  Now we're waiting on the lost parts so we can get the rear end installed.

I also coated the underside of the car with a truck bed liner to reduce heat and to sound deaden a little. I installed a high temp cover under the car where the mufflers will be to try and reduce the amount of heat coming through the floor.

                                 Rear end ready and waiting to be installed.

I installed some high temp heat resistant material on the underside of the car
to try and keep the heat from the mufflers from heating up the inside of the car.

                                Firewall installed and master cylinder.


                       Coated the underside of the floor with truck bed liner.

                             Coated over the heat resistant material.
                          Transmission tunnel cover coated also.

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