Honestly that's a good plan, while I like my IRS a lot it does really limit you on wheel choices or force you to go custom. I did mine when I had a Sn95 crappy SRA that needed rebuilt, with nothing but control arms at the time so the cost was easy to decide when I found my 04 unit for $500 locally. I did have the gears redone and did all poly bushings and coilovers, but it's still less than the SRA setup would have been given what I got it for.on my drive home I thought about it. I have too much time and money into the SRA to just abandon it now. Gonna just stick with the solid and do the TA and wrap it up
Damn! It’s always something, but I’m sure you’ll get it!continuing to push forward.
Pulled the bar off and torqued the UCAs. Giant PITA doing that on jackstands. The PHB chassis mount didn’t make it any easier being right in the way. Think I had 5-10 degrees of swing on the torque wrench max
Bled the brakes. Proceeded to shoot brake fluid out the MC all over the engine bay. Had to grab a bucket and rags and wipe that all down before the brake fluid could eat my paint.
Finished bleeding and threw my wheels on. Pass side hit the tailpipe. Fortunately I used the clamps that can be undone. So I loosened the clamp and cheated the pipe over.
Tested some 5mm spacers. I was still able to get 7-8 turns on the lug nuts, which according to MM is fine, but seeing the threads recessed slightly in the open style lugs is a little concerning.
Was all set to wrap up and found a big brake fluid leak on the differential.
Was pouring a lot of fluid to the ground. I tried tightening it a bit but same thing. Pedal sinks to the floor and lots of fluid comes out.
Took video all around and looks like the line is not seated properly.
Threw in the towel and called it a night. Gonna have to remove that line and inspect. Hopefully I didn’t damage it by tightening it cocked slightly. Doesn’t make sense because I assembled this with the axle off the car and hand threaded those all.
All that’s left to do is fix this brake line and install the driveshaft bolts. I ordered new ones. For some reason I line all my driveline bolts to be all new and not reused. Flywheel, clutch, driveshaft. Always new. Just my thing.
Bourbon time on Tuesday!! You must be on vacation this week like me. Lol (although it’s more like IPA time for me)It’s bourbon time
If ya got a cheap kiddie pool laying around a gallon or two of vinegar and some water will clean them up and knock out the scale... some cheap bbq silver paint & something to fog the inside to keep em from flash rusting if you even want to bother.. I keep a couple 5 gallon buckets to reuse it, just gotta have decent lids or will stink up where ya store it, works as well as the more expensive store bought stuff... Have some crusty stock seat rails soaking in some now.I chopped up my old catback. Thoight the tailpipes might be worth saving.
Or maybe not?
These things are 20+ years old. Rusted internally but still solid.
I dunno. Maybe I’ll FB marketplace them for free to someone who needs tips, but not sure it’s worth the Bs that comes with FB. Maybe I’ll just chuck them under my deck and let them sink into the mud.
Have? About my 1993 4cyl auto converting to 5.0w/t5..can I use the a/c on the 4cyl which is very cold..
Looks like a cool project for sure…… but what is your end game with the bike? I’m sure it won’t be cheap to get it where you want it.
That sucks! Hope you get it sorted out!Ok I did manage to get time to crawl under the car and address that brake line.
And you know what? It still leaks! This time from both ends! It leaks much less, but with full pressure on the pedal I get a slight trickle from both fittings. I’m tightening as much as I can before the nuts begin to round even with a flare wrench.
I’ve done the tighten loosen tighten method and can’t get that drivers side line to seat.
So the hell with SS. Hoped on Amazon and bought a few regular steel 24” long lines, will use the other one as a template to bend it up, and just going to use the softer material and that should do the trick.
I have more time into chasing brake fluid leaks and replacing this line than it took me to install the rear end back in the car. This is Rediculous.
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