More good news... I'm finally getting work done to the house. My washing machine broke and flooded the house back in December and after the insurance company cleaned up I've been getting everything together to re-do the downstairs portion of my house. I'm just about done painting then time for tile, and new base boards. I think after the tile guy is done I may have just enough left over for some new garage storage and to epoxy the floor I'll have to do a write up on that
How my office is looking
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:46 pm
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So far I've got the following done:
-pulled the transmission and disassembled it, cleaned the case and all parts in my parts wash so it can go back together nice and clean
-pulled the front knuckles out of the car to install new wheel bearings, ARP extended studs, new rotors, new pads, and if I think of a color I like I may paint the calipers.
-pulled the rear trailing arms off the car to finally install my energy suspension trailing arm bushings, new OEM e-brake cables that I never did when I converted to disc brakes, new rotors, new pads, and ARP extended wheel studs
I'm hopefully going to start reassemble tonight and get in all the new brakes, new axles, and fresh transmission re-installed.
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Fri Mar 13, 2015 3:43 pm
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I'm hoping I can find some free time tonight to get some more work done on the car. I'll update as I reassemble the transmission.
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:15 pm
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I was told this transmission was a GSR when I purchased the original motor and transmission but I bought everything secondhand, since I was building it anyway, and with the case painted black I couldn't even verify which case code it actually was. I'm happy to say there are honest people out there still. I counted teeth on the final drive the ring gear was 66 teeth and countershaft was 15 making it a 4.4 final drive. Third gear on the mainshaft is 25 teeth and on the countershaft is 34 teeth making it a 1.36 and after comparing that to a ratio chart I'm happy to say its a GSR transmission.
Also after a close inspection of the rest of the transmission all of the seals and bearings are in excellent condition so I will only be replacing a few parts and cleaning everything else before reassembly. I'm thinking the transmission will be going back in Friday night.
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:43 pm
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Setting up to pull the transmission:
And thanks to an hour or so of hard work the transmission is out.
And a few more minutes of work and a handy pair of snap ring pliers later I correctly diagnosed it with my original guess. I also had the usual third gear grind in this transmission ever since I bought it so this is the perfect time to replace the 3/4 synchro hub as well as third gear with a new piece.
That's all for progress tonight. But I picked up new axles, brakes, and a few transmission parts.
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:53 am
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Yesterday I took the day off of work to get my delivery of everything from Home Depot and to move all the supplies neatly into the garage. Once I was done I went to grab lunch and on the way I went for third and was no longer able to engage any gears at all. You can feel them but no engagement. So after an hour wait for AAA to show up with a flatbed I got the car home and in the air. I'm pretty sure its the interlock and shift change mechanism so I ordered the parts this morning and I plan to pull the transmission tonight. Here is how she is sitting now.
Tonight I'll pull the transmission out and get it disassembled and cleaned. The new parts will be here tomorrow and I will order anything else that looks like it needs replace while I am inside the case.
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Tue Mar 10, 2015 1:42 pm
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Just thinking about some of my old cars when I was looking though pictures today. Found a picture of my RSX from my vacation to Nantahala National forest and cruising the Dragon before heading to Import Alliance Atlanta. It was a great time especially the summer tires in the snow! I've got a torquey little B20 but I'm really missing that K24a2 torque... Time to clean house to make room for new parts for the hatch
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:29 pm
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New update for my buddy's TL I've been working on.
The new custom wheels from Infinitewerks are finally done and here! We rolled the fenders and installed them and I am really happy with how it came out. Most importantly he loves it.
And how the rear fits.
Next up is a full lip kit, front grill, and exhuast. Should be touching the ground or pretty close aired out like this with the lips and sideskirts on.
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:00 pm
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Also been doing some new work for my car clubs website. I have been out shooting some new material for our upcoming relaunch of the website (its up and functional but doesn't have all the new material uploaded yet.)
Here is a low-res sample of what I've been working on.
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:44 pm
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1st Gen Spoon N1 axle back
Statistics: Posted by EconoBox — Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:31 pm
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