My restoration project - Rusty 89
- Thread starter adampecush
- Start date
none for now. I'm home from Australia/New Zealand/Tokyo in a week so things should pick up soon.
First order of business: subframes.
assembling the front and rears right now
in retrospect, not removing the 32mm axle bolts while the car was together was a mistake. Not sure how I'm gonna secure the half shaft to break 207lb-ft + 18 years of corrosion.
assembling the front and rears right now
in retrospect, not removing the 32mm axle bolts while the car was together was a mistake. Not sure how I'm gonna secure the half shaft to break 207lb-ft + 18 years of corrosion.
Adam, Just a question, My buddy's Mustang(fox body) has rust awfly simmilar to yours on the drivers side floor panel.
How did you go about fixing it?
How did you go about fixing it?
buckshotglass
I love all your sounds.
adampecush said:
I bet the nut comes off no problem, but getting the axle out on one side of my car needed an unreal amount of force (puller/ slidehammer,) while the other just slid right out. All of mine were off the car, before I tool the axles out.
I gotta put the rear back together soon.
good luck.
buckshotglass said:
i tried the impact wrench on it for a little while and got absolutely nowhere. I think I might have to fab up a steel plate to bolt the diff side of the axle to and go about it that way.
HellsLegion said:
I spent 4 hours with my parts car and an angle grinder and cut out the entire floor pan. My body guy took care of the rest.
buckshotglass
I love all your sounds.
bolt an old spare wheel onto it, and strap that baby down.
Then you need a giant cheater bar.
Wait till you try to get the hubs out, after the axles are out. Twice the fun. (slide hammer)
I'm painting my spindles as we speak.
Then you need a giant cheater bar.
Wait till you try to get the hubs out, after the axles are out. Twice the fun. (slide hammer)
I'm painting my spindles as we speak.
buckshotglass said:
i like that idea...hopefully that is all I will need.
edit: so you are saying that toyota's reccomended plastic hammer won't cut it to remove the driveshafts? lol
a few pictures from today:
re-finished front subframe w/new lower control arms
more control arm
mk4 rear vs mk3 rear brakes
the new parts room (unimpressive, yes...many parts are boxed)
re-finished front subframe w/new lower control arms
more control arm
mk4 rear vs mk3 rear brakes
the new parts room (unimpressive, yes...many parts are boxed)
temp install of old subframes to get the car home. Pretty much just whoring these pics as I haven't really done much to the car so far. Big progress should start soon.
new springs/shocks
new springs/shocks
WOW!!!! Great great job on restoring this beauty. I have been doing somewhat the same. Checkout my build thread. Definitely keep us posted on this.
gtsfirefighter
SM Expert on White trash
Good to see you back, Adam. I can't wait to see your car take shape. I'm going to be living vicariously through you since I can't finish mine unless I win the lottery. 
update: the car is sitting in my garage right now, and after some pressure washing, on go the brake and fuel lines, as well as a crap-load of wiring. Hopefully i took enough pictures when disassembling the car to know where everything goes...you forget a lot in one year.
