meet survivor

[tougeagle]

Let me know when ya decide to go, maybe we can meet up, Id like to grab a fender and some other odds and ends.

If you're looking to get a new front fender for yours, I'll take that other one off your hands if it doesn't have any cancer. Since the holes are hidden behind trim it would be a cool experience for mem to learn how to cover those holes, sand them over and paint that part of it...

[shanebo]

if I find another its all yours man...Its very repairable...I just dont want mess with it.

[maddog]

shanebo i'll let you know when i plan on going. i just have to wait till after payday (the fifth) to see how much i have left over that i can spend at the yard. but i'm thinking maybe sometime around the twelfth, but like i said i'll have to see.

[shanebo]

My schedule and funds are a bit in the air too.

[maddog]

just out of curiosity shanebo what are your usual days off.

[maddog]

well i got a call from the transmission shop today and they said my transmission is done and ready to be picked up.

[shanebo]

Usually I have saturdays and either friday or wednesday off at the store. I also work at the funeral home part time as an apprentice...My hours/days  there are slightly less predictable but as a rule saturday and wednesday works best for me...how about you maddog?

Is there much more stuff you need to do to survivor to get her road worthy after the trannys back in?...Let me know how that tranny goes back in.

I spent all the money i had saved for my tranny getting the engine worked over at the machine shop...Its  a 400 dollar set back but it needed to be done.

[maddog]

my days off are completely random unless i ask for them off. as for what still needs done is not much from what i can see. but we'll see.

[maddog]

well i picked up my transmission from the shop today and with tax the total came to $729.60. and just for the heck of it i took a couple of pics so enjoy.

[shanebo]

Looks good!! The T/C looks right out of the box!!! is that brand new?

Let me know how hard it is to get back in...Im kinda worried about it...Cuz It wasnt exactly easy to get out , especially with only a lousy floor jack at my disposal

[maddog]

i believe the converter is a rebuilt as he pulled it from a box for a shop and it had some fluid already in it but i could be wrong. as for putting the transmission back in this will make the fourth time i've done it with an eagle so it won't be to hard to do as long as i don't knock it off the floor jack again. it is a pain in the  to get it back on the jack when it does.

[doneagle]

           HI         A  new converter has fluid in it from the factore .all are tested   ......Don

[68AMXGOPAC]

I mage a ramp up of plywood and various pieces of wood so as to just slide it up to the back side of the motor and lift it by the tailsshaft and pust it forward.Amazingly it worked quite well and easy : ) . did it mostly by myself and the car was up on 4x4's under the tires......good luck !!!

[shanebo]

thats a good idea with the wood ramp. It sure beats trying to balance it on a floor jack!! I may have to dig through the scrap wood pile tomorrow

[maddog]

well i got the transmission and transfer case in today. now all i have to do is put in the drive shafts and fill her up with transmission fluid in her and fire her up. un fortunatlly i won't be able to drive her till i get a shifter but i'll be going to the junk yard this wednesday to get one and a few other parts.