"LuczOr" (LuczOr)
04/14/2014 at 13:10 • Filed to: Parting Out
2
11|
"LuczOr" (LuczOr)
04/14/2014 at 13:10 • Filed to: Parting Out | 2
| 11 |
After the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! during the middle of last week, I took to it in earnest this weekend.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Friday night, I finally wrenched the slushbox out since I had it sold already. It was a real pain getting to the top bolts on the bellhousing, but nowhere near as difficult as getting the transmission cooler lines off. At first I was using a line wrench to unscrew them, but it was so difficult that I was thwarted Thursday night and had to figure it out the next day. I looked it up online and it turns out that there are some e-clips that you can take out with a screwdriver that makes the job about fifteen million times easier and faster. Then it was just a case of man-handling it off the dowel pins to the tune of outrageous cursing and busted knuckles. Out she comes.
Saturday was spent shredding the interior. The top pic shows an intermediate point of my work before I got the steering wheel and dash out. Had to rent a steering wheel puller from VatoZone for free. Here is a tip: if you ever plan to remove a dashboard from a 4th gen f body Camaro, just don't do it. It's pretty much impossible to get it out without removing the entire steering column. If you try to get it out without doing that, you will likely crack the thing. Ask me how I know. Also, why are there so many screws screwed in FROM THE BACK?
That's alright, though. I did make some money for my labor, and I didn't even sell any of the interior yet! As I was tearing the center console apart and something caught my eye:
Is that what I think it is?
OH, NO WAY.
$$$CHA-CHING$$$
And that was before I found $37.63 in change under the carpets next to the shifter. Apparently the former owner enjoyed hiding cash and stuffing money in the cracks of their center console.
Sunday was all about preparing the engine for removal sometime this week or weekend. Drained coolant, removed all hoses, disconnected ECU and wires, unhooked power steering cooler, removed A/C compressor and various other lines, ground straps cables and brake shields strut tower bolts and blah, blah, blah so that I could drop the engine with the K-member and all the suspension in one fell swoop.
Wish me luck
CalzoneGolem
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 13:23 |
|
You need to keep a tally of costs. I'd be interested in how much this engine ends up costing you.
|
LuczOr
> CalzoneGolem
04/14/2014 at 13:29 |
|
I've got a spreadsheet.
|
CalzoneGolem
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 13:30 |
|
Good man.
camaroboy68ss
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 13:32 |
|
I wish I could find money like that in my project cars I usually find mouse nests and rat crap
Brewman15
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 13:44 |
|
Seems like a fun project. I'm jealous. My wife would kill me if I brought home another car...even if it was just to disassemble for the engine at a potential profit.
JR1
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 13:53 |
|
The 137 is going to have to go right back into repairs my friend but good luck!
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 14:00 |
|
net costs, giving you've made money on the inside lol
|
LuczOr
> Brewman15
04/14/2014 at 14:01 |
|
I got lucky on this one, she green-lighted the whole project since she knows how much of a car nut I am. I was getting pretty bored without having some major auto project. One thing at a time seems to be her limit, though.
|
LuczOr
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
04/14/2014 at 14:03 |
|
Yeah, I've got all the add and subtracts itemized. I just hope to sell some of the big dollar stuff soon. That will really make it worth it.
scubaduba
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 16:55 |
|
What year is this? I am currently stripping out my 98 to go full race car with.
Takuro Spirit
> LuczOr
04/14/2014 at 17:17 |
|
When I was parting my old Subaru to make way for my "new" Subaru I had a sheet like that. I was in the red for the longest time, then into the black, and when I started making money on top of the new car and swapped parts I was a happy, happy man. Wife didn't understand, but shoot. I was happy.