COKGBLR goes under the knife

[Cletonius]

Fronts are out, going to the machine shop tomorrow.

The machinist is a friend of my dad's, he wants to cut it off and thread the inside because he feels it'll be a stronger piece. We'll see what happens.

Edit: no go on the threading, it'll be a cut and weld job.

[Cletonius]

Left side goodies are out, we ended up having to cut the inner ball joint because the nut got stuck and we couldn't get the shaft to stop spinning.



The gland nuts are rusted solid, had to stand on a 36" pipe wrench.



About 90% there on the right side, hoping to get it out today.

[Cletonius]

Nothing too bad, most of the car is rust free.

Got the left side strut and control arm out before stopping for the night.

[Court M3]

Good luck, any un-fixable rust being an IL car, killed mine in the three years I had it there.

[Cletonius]

Car is a 01/90 build. This thread will document the transition. Probably slow going.

First up is a ground control kit. Pics are as in process, posted in real time.

Got the car up on stands and the wheels off. Sprayed almost a can of PB on all the bolts so far.