Beautiful weekend weather had to be used for yard work. Trimming
decorative grass clumps, raking and cleaning wind-blown trash, removing dead shrubs, turning
raised beds, and preparing a space for a multi-use shed in the back yard, ate
up a lot of time I had hoped to work on the car. The concrete guy is supposed
to pour the slab late next week, and I still need to tear down a couple fence
panels and pull the posts.
I did get the motor mount spool brackets removed and
relocated. As suspected, they were a real pain to remove, mostly due to
limited access for cutting tools. To make the job easier, I made a trip to
Lowes and bought a small, one hand reciprocating saw and some extra-short
blades. I was able to move them 1/2 inch toward the passenger side, and lower
them 1/4 inch, so I should now have more than enough clearance for the starter.
The brackets are just tacked in place for now, so will need final
welding, some grinding, and paint before I can install the engine again.
After reading many negative buyer reviews of the Lokar
transmission dipsticks, I think I’ll do more searching for a OEM tube with the
correct bends.
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