TheAnesthetist
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I ordered the limiter kit and never installed it. I run 1" adapter plates and don't have any rubbing, but it's very close.
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V1 Joe's 2009 F40 SS/TC #470
comegetjoe
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Stock wheel. Stock tires. No spacers.
Spacers would space it further out and away from the dwindling arc of the control arm as it goes towards the knuckle, no?
Spacers would space it further out and away from the dwindling arc of the control arm as it goes towards the knuckle, no?
Desert Sasqwatch
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They can help, but installing the limiters will do a better job of keeping the rims from contacting the control arms - and it doesn't change the suspension geometry like wheel spacers do (king pin scrub radius and Ackerman).
comegetjoe
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Drivetrain is ready to come out.
Supposed to be crappy all weekend though. Same for today, but it turned out to be 65° and just mostly cloudy.
Supposed to be crappy all weekend though. Same for today, but it turned out to be 65° and just mostly cloudy.
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ah.b.normal
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Sending happy thoughts your way. It isn't complicated, just time consuming! It is a test of patience. Don't push needlessly, you pulled apart a donor, you can do this! Oh and don't forget to make sure the half shafts are fully seated in the diff upon reassembly!, favorite mistake!
comegetjoe
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Sending happy thoughts your way. It isn't complicated, just time consuming! It is a test of patience. Don't push needlessly, you pulled apart a donor, you can do this! Oh and don't forget to make sure the half shafts are fully seated in the diff upon reassembly!, favorite mistake!
As of right now the drivers short axle is staying in the trans because it won't come out. I've tried a pry bar, rotating with pressure and different positions, but no luck, so it will stay, just going to work around it.
comegetjoe
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Great day to be outside, breezy, cloudy and good company.
Spent an hour fiddling with the aluminum elbow and seal. The clip holding the aluminum clutch elbow on top of the trans was weak sauce and I pulled it out with my finger nails, but I had a second one from a new elbow and it snapped in great. Sprayed some brakleen on the inside through the only passage way to see the ring gear, onto the back of the inside of bellhousing to clean off residual brake fluid that was in there and watched it all run out from between the engine and trans.
Scott suggested we were done and that we level the car out, wait it out to dee if it dripped and see if that was the fix, but I wanted to be sure, so I said let's pull the engine the rest of the way. We did, separated the trans and found out that the clip being weak sauce was in fact my problem and brake fluid was running down the nipple, down the clutch pipe and along the inside of the bellhousing and out of the bottom between the engine and trans. Oh well, I know for sure what the problem was and that there is no further issues, that my air gap was right, that my TOB is good, that my clutch pipe is tight and that my aluminum block is now seated properly and my clutch is bled again.
Got the VIN plate put back on, it looks like 0FGB470 because of the larger rivets, so hopefully local law won't give me crap when they come to fill out paperwork.
Now to go ahead order harnesses, start reassembly and practice that oddball shift pattern lol
Spent an hour fiddling with the aluminum elbow and seal. The clip holding the aluminum clutch elbow on top of the trans was weak sauce and I pulled it out with my finger nails, but I had a second one from a new elbow and it snapped in great. Sprayed some brakleen on the inside through the only passage way to see the ring gear, onto the back of the inside of bellhousing to clean off residual brake fluid that was in there and watched it all run out from between the engine and trans.
Scott suggested we were done and that we level the car out, wait it out to dee if it dripped and see if that was the fix, but I wanted to be sure, so I said let's pull the engine the rest of the way. We did, separated the trans and found out that the clip being weak sauce was in fact my problem and brake fluid was running down the nipple, down the clutch pipe and along the inside of the bellhousing and out of the bottom between the engine and trans. Oh well, I know for sure what the problem was and that there is no further issues, that my air gap was right, that my TOB is good, that my clutch pipe is tight and that my aluminum block is now seated properly and my clutch is bled again.
Got the VIN plate put back on, it looks like 0FGB470 because of the larger rivets, so hopefully local law won't give me crap when they come to fill out paperwork.
Now to go ahead order harnesses, start reassembly and practice that oddball shift pattern lol
comegetjoe
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Firewall nut inserts. Do we foam tape these? If so. What are you guys using?
Spray painted the subframe weld parts after wire wheeling.
Installing the original BCM with now 0 miles on it.
Cleaned up some tool boxes drawers.
Spray painted the subframe weld parts after wire wheeling.
Installing the original BCM with now 0 miles on it.
Cleaned up some tool boxes drawers.
comegetjoe
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Odopro gets -1point.
I sent them 2 BCMs, clearly labeled in yellow paint marker, one predrilled for the goblin mounting hardware. One for a zero mileage (labeled as such) and the other to be duplicated of that one (again, labeled as such). I get them back and the case halves are mismatched. Now I'm not confident which BCM I'm installing.
I hope they cloned the correct one because if not we're going to have a problem, right?
I sent them 2 BCMs, clearly labeled in yellow paint marker, one predrilled for the goblin mounting hardware. One for a zero mileage (labeled as such) and the other to be duplicated of that one (again, labeled as such). I get them back and the case halves are mismatched. Now I'm not confident which BCM I'm installing.
I hope they cloned the correct one because if not we're going to have a problem, right?
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comegetjoe
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BCM reads zero, didn't try to start it or anything. Ran out of time today.
Replaced spring clamps with worm clamps. Replaced some loose coolant hose.
Installed ECU, fusebox, battery.
Local PD sat across the street yesterday and today, but can't come to my house to fill out my vin verification. Still tracking down someone.
Replaced spring clamps with worm clamps. Replaced some loose coolant hose.
Installed ECU, fusebox, battery.
Local PD sat across the street yesterday and today, but can't come to my house to fill out my vin verification. Still tracking down someone.
ah.b.normal
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Try coffee. Beware, donuts are likely to ruffle feathers but every Public Service worker(especially water guys) working out of a car or truck loves coffee. Have the donuts handy but just out of plain view. A dozen box with 3-5 missing is always convincing, just yer basic donuts. You don't want to look like you're trying to bribe them!(which you kinda are but there is that fuzzy line between full on bribery and just being neighborly.)
comegetjoe
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I got new wheels for the car! Sick!
Not sure if I want to share or just wait until the car is together and post pictures.
Not sure if I want to share or just wait until the car is together and post pictures.
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