![]() Waiting on the transmission mount to make it here so I can get that installed after the leak issue is resolved. Found that the metal trans cooler lines were resting right on the crankshaft pully, so did a minor bend job, and then wire tied them to the radiator -k member support. Swapping out the o ring on the neutral safety switch too, just to be sure. The front pump seal is most likely NOT the issue as the fluid is pooling at the back drivers side, more than likely, it's the speedo gear housing. Either leaking from the Speedo gear housing or neutral backup switch or maybe even the front pump seal. ![]() Trans leak issue resolved? Found out later - not so much. got a good 4 turns on each one and then set them to the proper torque. Working on the trans pan, we found that the bolts were just finger tight. Swapped them all out for Gabriel Heavy Duty front and rear. The rear shocks were Monroe Gas O Matics. So that means the Shocks were at least 10 years old. Under the light scaled rust on the shocks, we discovered that they were from a Kmart Car Care Center.as car as I know, the Kmart Car Care centers were all converted to Penske Service Centers in late 1999, and have all been either closed or changed to Sears Car Care centers. We pulled the front shocks to replace them. The upper and lower ball joint boots are shot, but I'll swap them out when I get to changing out the front end for disc brakes. We did a quick underside inspection of the car. I had honestly forgot how much fun it was to wrench with the OFB. The evening in Gene's driveway was amazing. Well, forward progress is continuing on the Brick. Installing the trans pan gasket myself to save the $50. Get to adjust my tracking in spending - Total with these parts - $1610. If not, then i will just try to steal a set off of the parts cars. May actually score some springs out of the trip, plus will be installing the parts that need to go underneath! Shocks, tranny pan gasket, and fuel sending unit will be in, and then Friday night we head to Paul's for the AC fix.ĭepending on the amount of cash left over after the AC repair, may invest in some new springs. He has a pair of donor Barracuda's at his place. And the best part is that the wiring for the light is already there. Side by side, the two mounting plates measure just over 6 inches, so the install will look pretty clean. The guages, oil pressure and water temp, will be larger and more closely match the SuperTach. At 6.5 inches wide, it will be too small for a Sunpro Multi Guage Kit, so will go with the single pods instead. Pretty clean install and mounted pretty nicely to the A pillar with the provided fitting. Actually pulled the fuse block out and installed it like factory. I installed the Sunpro SuperTach II the other night.
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