My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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Looking good, and roll those fenders so you can tuck, and have this thing lay body!
Not a huge fan of tuck. Also, I have the car sitting at the shop aired out on stock 15's and it is about 2"-3" away from laying frame. That is with nothing holding it up besides the bag being fully deflated. You would have to do a ton of fab work (customĀ trailing arms, modified upper mount, ect.)Ā to get it to lay frame in the back. I'll take a picture of it Wednesday=)
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dang Earl, nice work!
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Got something done I've been meaning too.
I finally got the hole cut properly to route my headlight harness back out of. Glad I had the right tools this time=) I also got the harness pulled through.
I also wrestled with the crank bolt for about an hour and still havent gotten it off. I figured the only way to lock it from turning is a wood block in between the crank and block. I didn't want to wrench too hard because I don't need a cracked block. I tried head. a deadblow, a 3 foot cheater bar and still it wouldn't budge.
How are you supposed to get this sucker off when the engine is on a stand? There has to be something I'm overlooking. I've tried a nice large electric impact and that did absolutely nothing besides make noise.
For those who were curious, here is a shot aired out on the 15's. This is with the bags fully compressed. To get lower would require pocketing the arms and frame. I won't be anywhere near this low so no worries for me=)
Also if you haven't noticed, the all reds are back on. I need to reclear the top of the drivers side and then I need to lay into them with a buffer to get them nice and shiny.
More to come Saturday
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Your supposed to get the nut off with the engine in the car ... I made the same mistake. You need to hold the crank from moving and apply a lot of leverage and heat. I could not believe how tight the one on my car was. We had over a 4 foot bar and we were hanging off of it. I think the heat finally did the trick.
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Well I was lucky enough to borrow the bmw tool and was able to wedge it against a steel cabinet. Then I heated the nut up for about 2 beers and laid on top of the engine while a 200 lb person hung off the cheater bar ... the noise it made was amazing...
If you have the flywheel on you can hold the crank from turning there but I am sure you don't have that on anymore ...
You need to build / buy one of theseĀ
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Well I was lucky enough to borrow the bmw tool and was able to wedge it against a steel cabinet. Then I heated the nut up for about 2 beers and laid on top of the engine while a 200 lb person hung off the cheater bar ... the noise it made was amazing...
If you have the flywheel on you can hold the crank from turning there but I am sure you don't have that on anymore ...
You need to build / buy one of theseĀ
Now to find someone to borrow one of these suckers from. No one comes to mind though unfortunately=( This is truly frustrating.
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