Seat's taken

Yesterday, Justin, I and my dad shoveled the new motor into place. The crossmember took a lot of filing and grinding to get right, but now it sits in there just fine.

I also began the retrofit for my new gauge, disassembled the gauge i got from Knuckleduster (hybrid) and one of my own.



Had to do some trimming

Motor in place!

Fuel, cool, and the rats nest

My dad and I took the fuel tank and rear bumper down earlier in the week. During the week and today, he spent time cleaning up the front and rear bumpers. Meanwhile I welded together framework for the radiator. Later in the evening, Justin came over and began attack on the front body harness.




Not particularly shabby for flux core
Justice and the wires
Green wire to vacuum!

That mushy feeling

I replaced the steering rack and tension rod bushings with Energy and G-machine bushings while my dad located the source of mystery heater leak #2. It was a piece that is specific to air conditioned Z's which leaks from the diaphragm due to poor sealing in a grommet. We also put a full dash cap on the Good ol' Grand Canyon.

Farewell, Red.

Mining for gold

Underneath all that grime, oil, and dirt was nice paint. Saturday my dad and I worked on cleaning the engine bay a bit, he also cleaned up the floor pan on the inside. Today he put a some paint down on the parts that the original paint had been chewed up by rust.

Up and Away

Last night, Justin and I picked up the RB from Venus. It's in great condition. The old smoker came out and we began cleanup.


Justin's matching t-shirt and cherry picker.
ODI Longnecks on the crane!

My dad and BIG L

Not cool . . . man

Today I drained the oil from the motor and tranny, coolant as well. I removed the radiator, ac, and other cooling accessories.


Here's also a shot of the lovely dash