My [Ideally] Authoritative Auto to 4 Speed Documentation Thread
Wow. It's been too long since I last updated this thread. Thankfully I'm finally done with my first year of college, so now it's time to get REAL work done. :thebirdm:
Anyway, here is a little bit more of what I've done lately to prepare for my swap.
I painted another inspection shield that I had aluminum-color to match the bottom cover I will be using. Also, I degreased and painted the shifter mounting plate for the transmission.
I also did change my mind about the pedal bracket. The more I looked at it, the more I hated its shiny color and all the pitting on the top of it from rust. Now it's primed, and once I sand down the glazing putty I'll paint it the darker cast-aluminum color that I used on the shifter mounting plate.
I just painted this bellhousing, and I think it came out great. Spray painting aluminum color evenly over bare aluminum is pretty tough, as I found out.
Lastly, I plug welded the frame reinforcement bracket for my Z-Bar the other day. My buddy did the first weld in the hole on the right, but I did the weld on the left. Not bad for my first time plug welding, I don't think.
That's all for now. Not a huge update, but I'll hopefully get a few pictures up soon once I reassemble my pedals.
Wow. It's been too long since I last updated this thread. Thankfully I'm finally done with my first year of college, so now it's time to get REAL work done. :thebirdm:
Anyway, here is a little bit more of what I've done lately to prepare for my swap.
I painted another inspection shield that I had aluminum-color to match the bottom cover I will be using. Also, I degreased and painted the shifter mounting plate for the transmission.
I also did change my mind about the pedal bracket. The more I looked at it, the more I hated its shiny color and all the pitting on the top of it from rust. Now it's primed, and once I sand down the glazing putty I'll paint it the darker cast-aluminum color that I used on the shifter mounting plate.
I just painted this bellhousing, and I think it came out great. Spray painting aluminum color evenly over bare aluminum is pretty tough, as I found out.
Lastly, I plug welded the frame reinforcement bracket for my Z-Bar the other day. My buddy did the first weld in the hole on the right, but I did the weld on the left. Not bad for my first time plug welding, I don't think.
That's all for now. Not a huge update, but I'll hopefully get a few pictures up soon once I reassemble my pedals.
