Last couple weeks have been a whirlwind, with lots of work travel and many late shop nights when I am home. My motorcycle buddies came down and we spent a weekend in the shop. We got the front suspension back in, but very few pictures since we were just focused on the work. I'm glad I had another set of hands, since the upper control arms were a 2 person job (at least). At this point the entire front end has been done, including all control arm bushings, strut rod bushings, sway bar links, camber bolts, all 4 ball joints, brakes, and on and on. I even upgraded the shocks (again) to KYB Gas-A-Just versions.
Since then I've been working on other odds and ends. The next segment of the cross country trail is scheduled for Nov 9th, and I am meeting the guys in Mississippi where we left off last time. There is a lot still to do, but nothing that will keep me off the trail.
Here are some pics.
I put the guys to work. At the end of the day they both threw their clothes away. Guess you can't get the Eagle out, no matter how much you wash.
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New shocks. The dirty one only has 2200 miles on it.
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Eagle has been running rich. My buddy Dan was in charge of electrical stuff and he installed an AFR gauge onto the stock O2 sensor, which is a narrow band type. I took the carb apart to see what jets are in there. Looks like they are both 48's. I've ordered a bunch of new smaller jets and a few gaskets, hoping to lower the fuel delivery as I go across country.
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This was the driver's seat, and I took it out to work on stabilizing the upholstery.
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I took the headrests off both seats and I had my mom (thanks mom!) harvest the fabric from the headrests - to use for patches. She was able to find some dark red vinyl and rebuilt the headrests from that.
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I put in some new foam, and used the headrest material to make some patches on the seat. Not 100% great but much better than they were. Good enough to sit on without tearing up, anyway. I also got some vinyl filler compound and patched up the tears in the vinyl. Finally, hit the vinyl patches with some Duplicolor fabric paint and some shoe polish to get a close color match. Good enough. Last step will be cleaning the seats, possibly with a little rental carpet cleaner. I think they will look lots better than before.
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Some other stuff to do before the trip, but I'm moving pretty fast to get ready!