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Old 05-02-2014, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by rickpaw View Post
SorrLiuy to hear about your trouble, especially the shop scratched a brand new wheel. That's why I'm doing as much work as I can.

Btw I'm in town for work thru Wed so if you want to hook up, let me know. I'm staying near i35/sh45.

I checked the scratch again and it's really not that bad. I can most likely polish it out.

Are you still in town for the weekend? Week was a bit rough and I forgot to reply

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Sorry to read this Steve. Any progress or new info?
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Originally Posted by GregWeld View Post
Steve --

Sometimes cars are just "like that".... Like the Mustang motor that lost a tip off the titanium valve -- no biggie just get it fixed (complete overhaul) -- next track weekend (a two day drive for me) - the head intake runner is cracked -- the motor comes our AGAIN -- Two days home -- Next track weekend -- I break a rocker arm... The motor comes out again... That's 6 days of travel -- 3 weekends of sitting around watching everyone else run... 3 weekends of entry fees down the tube. But HEY!!!
Think of the wear and tear I saved on the tires and brakes!! LOL


You'll get it... and then the smiles will come.

Looks like the truck somehow managed to stay alive. I'm still nervous driving it but it seems after a fan clutch replacement and code clearing it's working just fine. I'm pleasantly surprised

This was the issue

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As far as the car, I finally started back on it last night. I flipped the cross shafts over last night without an issue. It's difficult to show the issue in a photo but basically 3 of the 4 sides on the shaft are concave in the center. My logic told me the one flat side should be the mounting surface... apparently this is not the case.... The flat surface of the cross shaft needs to be facing the engine, not the mounting surface.

I have not had a chance to check the alignment, I will try to have this done next Mon/Tues if work allows

here are some bad pics but maybe you can see the difference

Wrong - hard to see but there is a slight gap you can see near my thumb. When you feel the UCAs its much easier to notice

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Right

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Here are also some pics of the exhaust. I have some rubber isolators coming in today so will be pulling it off and taking better pics. I'm also going to cut the top of the pipe near the x-members to allow a little more clearance.

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