Well, YAY! THe suspension is finally done!!! All 3 cars have been successfully swapped. I ran into some crazy ass problems yesterday though. First we had to figure out how to remove the rear suspension. That really didn't take that much time, but removing all the plastic from the donor car took a while. We were careful not to loose any parts also.
We got the first struts out and then began to work on the second set when we found a medium size hornets nest in the new blue car.well, it literally took about an hour to successfully smoke out the hornets. 2 kept coming back trying to rebuild the nest. Well it was about 7:30 at night and light was nearly gone by this time when we finally were able to begin on the new blue car. We tore out the interior very carefully and then began to remove the struts. I think it was about 8:30 now and it was completely dark.
We installed the new struts on the blue car and then took the 100k struts to the black 86 supra. Only one of the struts were good sadly. I remember when i rode in the blue car 3 years ago, there was a bad shock, well we found it. So the black car was only going to get 3 newer struts.
Better then none. Well anyways, we went over to the black car and began to install the newer strut and we find out it doesn't go in. The slip ring for the suspension was totally rusted and after about 45 minutes of attempting we finally had to call it a night. It was like 10:20 now. I was so frustrated. I had to leave all 3 cars with their asses in the air all night long. I couldn't sleep at all last night because of it. I actually woke up at 4:20 am and walked outside and looked at all of the jack stands to make sure they hadn't budged.
Well, none of them budged and after work today i continued my work. My awesome next door neighbor, brad, just got home as i did. He has been a mechanic for like a million years and so i asked for some help. Well, we took the strut out and he shaved it down just a tiny bit. Well, it was just enough to get it in. After about 30 more minutes of pushing and prying it finally got totally on with the nut. I was extatic! well, he left and i spent 2 more hours torquing all of the bolts and putting the wheels on all of the cars. I just finished about 10 minutes ago. But now all of my ladies are on the ground! YES! So yeah, that is my story about the damn fricken suspension!!!
Moral of the story: Defiantly be careful if you are swapping the rear suspension on a really old supra, especially if it has some rust. It is a pain to get together again! Also check the car a day in advance if there are any hornets nests!
Well, i have to change those 3 gaskets tomorrow so i can get the engine in the new car like by this weekend. If there is anyone in the Spokane area that can lend a hand, let me know!
TTFN
We got the first struts out and then began to work on the second set when we found a medium size hornets nest in the new blue car.well, it literally took about an hour to successfully smoke out the hornets. 2 kept coming back trying to rebuild the nest. Well it was about 7:30 at night and light was nearly gone by this time when we finally were able to begin on the new blue car. We tore out the interior very carefully and then began to remove the struts. I think it was about 8:30 now and it was completely dark.
We installed the new struts on the blue car and then took the 100k struts to the black 86 supra. Only one of the struts were good sadly. I remember when i rode in the blue car 3 years ago, there was a bad shock, well we found it. So the black car was only going to get 3 newer struts.
Better then none. Well anyways, we went over to the black car and began to install the newer strut and we find out it doesn't go in. The slip ring for the suspension was totally rusted and after about 45 minutes of attempting we finally had to call it a night. It was like 10:20 now. I was so frustrated. I had to leave all 3 cars with their asses in the air all night long. I couldn't sleep at all last night because of it. I actually woke up at 4:20 am and walked outside and looked at all of the jack stands to make sure they hadn't budged. Well, none of them budged and after work today i continued my work. My awesome next door neighbor, brad, just got home as i did. He has been a mechanic for like a million years and so i asked for some help. Well, we took the strut out and he shaved it down just a tiny bit. Well, it was just enough to get it in. After about 30 more minutes of pushing and prying it finally got totally on with the nut. I was extatic! well, he left and i spent 2 more hours torquing all of the bolts and putting the wheels on all of the cars. I just finished about 10 minutes ago. But now all of my ladies are on the ground! YES! So yeah, that is my story about the damn fricken suspension!!!
Moral of the story: Defiantly be careful if you are swapping the rear suspension on a really old supra, especially if it has some rust. It is a pain to get together again! Also check the car a day in advance if there are any hornets nests!
Well, i have to change those 3 gaskets tomorrow so i can get the engine in the new car like by this weekend. If there is anyone in the Spokane area that can lend a hand, let me know!
TTFN
