Thanks man..I's just a small bit wiser. Not to much. Haha
So it has been a long last couple of days. Many hours spent cursing, laughing, reading directions, and on the phone with Josh and Gray at American powertrain. Can’t say enough about them and the after hour hotline. Has been a huge help for me all around. Both those guys are A++++. So we received the shim for the hydromax clutch assembly and the narrowed rear/axels from Moser on Tuesday. Got over there after work to put the transmission together and also assemble the rear so that is can be a roller again. Starting on the rear and realize that the axle seals are not there...stopped that for the night.
Ok..on to the transmission. Excited to finally put it all together. Measure for the shims again..and throw the shims on and bolt it all together, place it in the car. Talked to Gray and figured out the crossmember, realized that we are missing the offset plate. He tells me he will over night it tomorrow for delivery on Thursday. Later Wednesday morning I wake up at 3:30 to give the baby his binky and I remembered that we didnt put the feed line on the clutch assembly. Well that sucks..it has to come back apart. So back over there after work on Wednesday... my dad already started pulling it all out. We finish getting it out. Take it apart, install the feed line, back together, in the car. Not to bad all things considered.
Next onto the rear. I had my wonderful wife who has not seen me to much recently go over to the auto parts store while I was at work and pick me up a new 12 bolt gasket, some hi-temp sealer, and two big ford end axle seals. Thanks babe. After the transmission was back in for the second time, me and my brother started on the rear. Not too bad..axles in, brakes on, cover on. Place her in and bolt it all up. Still need to tighten down all the bolts for the links but other than that it’s done back there.
Some where in-between all of that I got my stock cluster pulled apart and semi-mounted my speedo and tach in the housing. I’m going to give it all to Timmy this week so he can finish it up nice with some repairs to the cracked areas and give it a nice coat of black paint..here is some pictures.
In other news.. I sent back my old tank to ricks so the new tank should be coming soon. Carl is sending the controller over, that should be here today. The gauges I bought where all electrical other than the speedo and oil pressure. I didn’t want to run an oil line into the car so on Sunday I bought a electrical oil pressure gauge to match my others. I want to run this to the back of the stock port behind the intake. I made sure I bought the adapter also. Did a dry fit late last night to realize that I need some sort of 45 or 90 degree fitting as the autometer sensor is huge and hits the intake. So that has to be figured out. The fuel line and fittings have also been ordered now that the tank situation is final, so they will be coming soon. The interior wiring harness is on back order from AAW and should be going out sometime early next week, this is next of big things to do on the list. More to come soon...Still need to order:
55-60lbs fast injectors
Radiator/fan set up/hoses
Engine wiring/sensor - PSI
Battery
Battery tray/wiring/solenoid/kill switch