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Nicely done. Way better than some dash plaque stuck somewhere.
John
Thank you. And agreed. Great quality product from Third_Shift Studios. Very happy with how it came out. Noticeable, but subtle and classy at the same time.
Would highly recommend to anyone, as they have various designs to choose from and they are customizable.
Spent the last couple days when I had time replacing a leaking high pressure hose and decided to also do PS cooler(heater??) bypass. I didn’t need to remove the PS pulley or belt. The old hose came out thru the top and new one from top down to bottom. Filled with new Preston fluid+stop leak, Jacked it up and turned wheel lock to lock maybe 20-25 times. Until all the air bubbles were gone. For the bypass just got upper radiator hose for a regular Trans Am and I had to shorten the return line hose to connect to the PS reservoir. I also noticed while under the car that the radiator bypass cap was rotting so ordered a new one. I got all the parts at AutoZone. Back to running great. Not very exciting photos but shows some of the work....
Continental Hose E71981 Prestone Power Steering Fluid + Stop Leak 32oz
Duralast Power Steering Pressure Line Hose Assembly 80229 Dorman - HELP Bypass Cap Assortment
Good Friday I finally changed out my Optima Battery that was in my car for a while, I was shocked when I saw the date of manufacture on the battery, May/2007!! I'd say I got my monies worth out of it but to be fair, my car gets driven about 1 or 2 times a year max and the rest of the time sleeps on a battery tender. Been hearing they (optima) are not has good as they once were so I went with a Duracell AGM, we will see. Easter Sunday me and the wife both took our cars out (hers is the mint 04 mach 1) for some fresh 93 non ethanol, a nice ride, and then a lil quality detailing time before we returned them to slumber.
Dropped mine off at Elite Automotive Finishes in Mesa, AZ. My VFN Smoothie Q came in and I just couldn’t wait any longer. He’s got me on a two week wait as he’s got a couple cars in front of me but the beautiful silver RX-7 customer came and picked up their car as I got there. I couldn’t tell what bodywork was even done. The blend was flawless. Fingers crossed mine comes out just as good.
Pulled the interior out, mostly, while struggling with my clutch M/C removal... The only thing left are the sails due to the coat hangers. Found a missing ground wire on the driver seat belt buckle (and on the back was printed 2009???). Carpet is stained all to crap and I need to take is all out to put in sound proofing mat anyway. I tried some carpet cleaner and it worked a bit but these look like coffee or tobacco juice . I need to make sure the leak in the clutch M/C didn't soak the padding under the carpet in break fluid. I will try to do a better carpet cleaning, maybe rent a steam cleaner from the grocery store?
I hit a snag put some 93 no ethanol in and tried to fire her off. on top of having some fuel leaks on my AN fittings around the rails, it seems I have a few injectors stuck shut as well. she hit a few licks built some oil pressure so thats all steps in the right direction, but some of the primaries off the headers of both banks were still cold to the touch after hitting a lick about 7-8 times. So I had to order fittings which will be here Friday but that means probably wont make it on the road this month.... good news is ill get re route somethings that bothered me about the return lines.
I hit a snag put some 93 no ethanol in and tried to fire her off. on top of having some fuel leaks on my AN fittings around the rails, it seems I have a few injectors stuck shut as well. she hit a few licks built some oil pressure so thats all steps in the right direction, but some of the primaries off the headers of both banks were still cold to the touch after hitting a lick about 7-8 times. So I had to order fittings which will be here Friday but that means probably wont make it on the road this month.... good news is ill get re route somethings that bothered me about the return lines.
Sorry to hear it, hope to not hit too many snags myself. I've got the engine in, k-member attached, transmission, torque arm, drive shaft everything except radiator and fans, condenser, throttle body etc... right now the steering knuckle connection getting to get the two pieces together has me stumped - i did not reconnect as I was attaching the K-Member - to the best of my memory the steering knuckle bolt can be taken out and these come apart and should go back together.
Nice shop! Looks like you have a lot of room to work.
Here are a couple pics of my install from the bottom. The struts ended up needing to be removed to get the k-member to bolt up and align correctly. Car is now back into the garage with a few odds and ends to finish up.
Thanks it's a full basement garage, the shape is a bit odd but I can basically put three cars end to end and still have room.
Steering knuckle if you are putting the column portion into the union on the rack you would have to drop the kmemeber enough to get it started but it's a square shaft with ockk nut that locks the steering column in. Since you are liftng the front only, it's more work bit it would likely be easier to.losen the column from the interior and that will give you some wiggle room in the engine bay to line the two up after you set the engine and k member in
03-16-2021, 09:00 AM
And agreed. Great quality product from Third_Shift Studios. Very happy with how it came out. Noticeable, but subtle and classy at the same time.
. I need to make sure the leak in the clutch M/C didn't soak the padding under the carpet in break fluid. I will try to do a better carpet cleaning, maybe rent a steam cleaner from the grocery store? 
