My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[Earl]

A big package arrived yesterday

I have a rear main seal, starter rebuild kit, and all transmission mounting bolts and washers enroute from Gutenparts. I need to apply antiseize and retorque every piece of stainless hardware I have put on the motor since I was unaware of it's reaction in other metals. After I do that and install the rear main seal the engine and trans can go together and I should be able to put them in the car. 

I need to clean out the whole inside and figure out some miscellaneous hardware that is sitting in a cup on the passenger floor board as well.

[REKIII]

back in West Bend now?

[Earl]

Kewaskum but close enough=P

[DrLeadFoot]

Yeehaw!!  Go time

[Bassboy3313]

git-r-done!!!

[Jdesign]

[wasnt m3]

About time you found somewhere to start parting it out.

[Earl]

lol

[Earl]

Started cleaning all of the dust out of the interior Friday

Got about 75% of it clean up but it was dark out by the time I finished up for the day. Need to do some touch up on the motor this week as well as anti-seizing all of the stainless hardware. 

I missed working on this but I really need to get my motivation boosted so that I stay at it

[REKIII]

Did you know that was a hatch back?

[Earl]

Of course=)

[Earl]

Finished cleaning up the back half of the inside

needed the steering wheel off of the work bench so I threw it in=)

also needed the rear seats/cards out of my living room so that all went in too=) 

I really like the look of the rear head rests from the back. Also threw the MHW's on the other day as you can see. 

The passenger side seat/foot well area is pretty much cleaned up and about half of the drivers side is done. 

Should be doing the antiseize on the engine in the next few days and putzing around on miscellaneous other things.

[patsbimmer1]

Those seats are spot on man!

[ClassE]

Every time I see that pattern material on seats - I immediately think "mk3" golf.

[Earl]

Sam seems to tell me that it is a bowling alley carpet or bus seats...

[patsbimmer1]

I think it looks like my childhood

[DrLeadFoot]

Just whack it!

[Earl]

That's as deep as mine goes but it isn't tight. It is really close to being interference fit but I can still pull it out with my finger=/

[DrLeadFoot]

How much did you freeze that thing?!? 

Did they make different sizes? 

I've read of people being able to lightly pull out pilot bearings on the removal side of the coin.  Maybe it's okay?

I have a lot of questions.

[Earl]

I actually let it warm up and it turns out I didn't have it froze long enough to shrink it. It is just undersized to begin with. The old bearing was 1.260 and the new one is 1.2595. That .0005 is why it won't fit snug. I found a few threads with people getting undersized bearings so I just need to get a different one.