Brendon's '67 Firebird thread by Tuske427

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Wow, a month goes by fast. Been busy traveling, hosting family in town, etc. But I have been getting a little time in on my car this past week and today.  

To back things up a bit I had to take my trans back out because stupid me forgot to install the pilot bushing inside. On the positive side I'm glad I remembered it now as opposed to later, or worse, on the road somewhere. So everything came apart and I got that in, then decided to install the scatter shield that I should have done the first time. Ordered that and got that in only to have a difficult time reinstalling everything. Maybe I should get a transmission jack (or at least fab up some sort of support to use on my transmission). After a long day today it's back in, and now I can reinstall the console, make sure it's aligned and then get back to installing the front sway bar end links.

5-27-2014

Back from my bi-annual 2 week work trip overseas this weekend, and got a day in on the bird. I made lower end link mounts for my front sway bar. I also mocked up where the end links might go and ran the suspension through its full travel lock to lock to make sure I wouldn't have any binding, and gave myself some clearance for when the alignment shims come along and move the upper ball joint closer inwards.

6-1-2014

This weekend I finished up the front sway bar, trimmed the inner fenders (to make room for said sway bar) and bolted up the fenders. I also built the remaining brake line tube and started to connect the Hydraboost only to realize it'd be much easier to do that with the fender off. So back off it went. Then I realized I didn't have all the parts to complete the job. Now I'm ordering the adapters to fit the DSE 600 (metric o-ring seal) to convert it to AN to work with the Hydraboost parts.

6-8-2014

Thanks, guys! Yes, I am very much wanting to drive this, but I too am a ways out. I still have many expensive parts to buy and resources are tight at the moment. What's new, right...

I was able to get my rear anti sway bar mounted (didn't torque it down, as the rear axle will be coming back out at some point), as well as I rebuilt my hvac panel to omit the radio and ashtray, and install some toggle switches. I may install a radio one day, but for the moment the engine will provide all the music I need. I also built a wiper motor delete panel.

6-22-2014

OK, after being distracted with my new (to me) milling machine and getting the electrical hooked up this weekend and bolted down (also added a 3/16" plate of metal for more structure) I finally got a little work done on my car again. I finished the Hydroboost plumbing, reinstalled the fender (kinda looks just like it did a few weeks back) and finished the battery cables. I made a point to use said new-to-me milling machine to modify two aluminum brackets on my battery cables to allow the mounting nuts to sit inside them. I also threw on my old side mirrors, just because I could. I'll probably run with these for a bit to save $$ for other parts I actually need.