Its been a while...

I thought I should provide an update on this page. The car has since been raced several times. It seems to be a good back of the middle of the pack car. This weekend we did the 99 shock hat conversion after the last race and this season we switched to Hoosier tires. At this point, it is the driver that is slow. This upcoming weekend, we will be trying to take advantage of some limited data collection and immediate feedback from an Aim solo. Some photos!

Final things to get ready for tech inspection.

We installed the fire extinguisher, sealed the rear bulk head further, sealed on of the holes in the firewall where the AC formerly came through and a handful of other things as well. Made some $0.75 numbers and class letters out of masking tape. Here it is ready to go.

Novice permit is here

My novice permit and paper rulebook has arrived. :)

Transmission Back In

Yesterday, I was able to reinstall the transmission front cover, and the broken retaining ring. 

Joey and I spent some time working on the car today.

We were able to reinstall the coolant cap at the back of the motor, rear main seal, fly wheel, clutch, transmission, power plant frame, and driveshaft. It was a pretty simple reinstall. It took a couple stabs to get the transmission mated with the engine, but with two of us able to adjust and push on the transmission, it was not too bad. We had to use a drift to line up the starter with the holes on the transmission. Again, this is pretty simple. Once everything was snugged up we followed it up with the torque wrench. The bolts that took the longest were the slave cylinder bolts.

I also fixed a small coolant leak. This is the infamous "water pump o-ring" its really part of the inlet. Regardless, I had to break some bolts on the header heat shield to get access to this. I also ended up emptying most of the cooling system onto the floor of the garage. The o-ring was pinched. Once I pulled it out it was apparent.

I need to get some coolant, transmission fluid, and we should be ready to roll.

Parts should be in tomorrow.

My parts should be in tomorrow. Will start work this weekend.

Hmmm i think this transmission has been taken apart before. The put back together by the redneck version of Thor. You are not supposed to bang on mating surfaces with a hammer. No wonder the case seams leak.

Input Shaft Seal, Rear Main, etc

So I was able to locate an transmission input shaft seal locally. Unfortunately once I removed the transmission front cover, I found a broken snap ring. I have one of these on order.

I was also able to put in my rear main seal. As easy and straight forward as this would seem, it actually is a bit of a pain. Not having a seal driver large enough, I conceded and went to Lowe's. A 3" PVC end cap makes a perfect seal driver for the rear main seal. I went so far as drilling the end so that my seal driver handle would fit with it.

Once everything comes in, it will be time to put it back together.

Fed Ex does it again

I think fed ex has a vendetta against me. Last time they routed my package to the wrong side of the country before getting it to me a week late.

This time the package is supposedly at my side door, but its apparently invisible, or somebody else's side door.

I honestly get better, cheaper, more consistent service from USPS.

The funny thing is the end of their email on my last complaint was "I trust your next experience with us will be a better one". WRONG!