Archive for February, 2007

Back end together again (mostly).

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

During the week, my sister (Catherine) took the rear brake slave cylinders and shoes to BGT to get reconditioned. Dad picked them up for me on Friday. Now that I have all the bits and pieces done and everything is painted, I can start putting things back together again. Well, I thought everything was painted. […]

Rear End All Painted

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

After painting most of the rear end mechanics last weekend, Dad and I were able to finish installing the springs and struts this week. We started out by compressing the springs and putting the new rubber boots and bump stops into the compressed springs. After a little fiddling around, we got the springs in and […]

Cleaning and Painting

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

This is a bit of a retrospective post, but, according to my notes, I continued work on the rear of the car. I cleaned up the driver side of the diff and rear mechanics and then, once I had dried it all, painted them. I also painted the half shafts, springs, and other bits and […]

Rear struts replaced

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Now that the shocks have arrived form the states, we can get started on the rear end. Firstly, we removed the half-shafts and then the hand brake cable. Then, we started working on the strut tower on the driver side first. I had wanted to take the strut tower completely off the car, but after […]