Not my fault this week…
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Not my fault this week…
Unconventional
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It's Thirtyfour Thursday!
Good morning
Good morning
I had to do some do-si-do and bumpin and prying to get my assembly out past the hoist legs and thats lifting at the front. His hoist will be way farther in to grab the engine. So yeh, definitely need to figure that out. Is it just the K, or other stuff still on it? K alone is not that heavy. I put mine back in fully assembled as well. But if you just put it together piece by piece, might not be too big of a problem but would prob need 2 people getting the K back in place.
It’s not even 30 here yet
Just started flurries here.
Morning, still snowing but it is up to 5deg. Got the walks cleaned off, time for some coffee.
Unconventional
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28 here just before I started the espresso machine.
I’m thinking it may be easier and safer to just take the engine and trans out with the K
It’s only 27 here currently
Chance for a little till noon. The real crap is supposed to start after 8 and definitely by the time I get out of work.
Depending who you believe, somewhere between a 'glaze' and .4inch of ice by morning.
Unconventional
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The frost on the neighbor's roof isn't so cute and sparkly this morning, it flat out looks like snow
Again they are lost. Its a PA thing!
I don't know about easier. It's a lot more stuff to take apart and putback together when you don't need the engine out.
I'm doing the suspension restoration along with the brake conversion so I need to pull the struts to replace those bushings anyhow and I have a new steering box. Looking at everything my thought is to remove or loosen those points of attachment to the rest of the car. Struts, Pitman Arm, Steering box and motor mounts. I can get the new mounts and steering box placed on the replacement K-frame ahead of time and could probably bring the floor jack under the K from the other side to lift it in place to reattach before reinstalling the struts and pitman.... It'll probably be very busy underneath there as I figure out the needed real estate for all that to happen
I'll have my escalation plans in place as needed. Going to go from the simple to the complex... partially because I'm not smart enough on this to get too complex
Yeh, if you bring hoist in from one side you can get jack to center of K. Between the legsI'm doing the suspension restoration along with the brake conversion so I need to pull the struts to replace those bushings anyhow and I have a new steering box. Looking at everything my thought is to remove or loosen those points of attachment to the rest of the car. Struts, Pitman Arm, Steering box and motor mounts. I can get the new mounts and steering box placed on the replacement K-frame ahead of time and could probably bring the floor jack under the K from the other side to lift it in place to reattach before reinstalling the struts and pitman.... It'll probably be very busy underneath there as I figure out the needed real estate for all that to happen
You don't need clearance above, since you only need enough lift to get tension on it.
Unconventional
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Yeh, if you bring hoist in from one side you can get jack to center of K. Between the legs
I was thinkin that myself. No rule says the K has to come out the front.
Unconventional
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Looks like my wingman is getting snowed on in Ft Campbell. Bet he's lovin' that 
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Unconventional
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Sleeves bary bary goood
If his garage space is wide enough to use hoist from side…. I would do hoist on passenger side if the steering is going on K. Getting out probably OK. Drop and drag. But putting back you have stuff all painted and pretty. Need a low profile way to slide in place and get in position on jack.I was thinkin that myself. No rule says the K has to come out the front.
You mean lift body off k-member, right? Thats my understanding how its done.
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