So, another slow day. I got the box opened, and the press all put together, so that was nice
From then, I just went back to task taking everything off the front spindles. It was pretty easy since I got most of the hard stuff done yesterday.
The brake discs put up a bit of a fight, but they were no match for my used brake fluid trick. When I saw how rusty the fasteners were, I was sure I was going to snap every single one of them. But alas, they all came out with little fuss.
Having stripped the spindles bare (even of their dust shields) I decided to go back and have another look at that spare tire hoist. I found the tool to wind it up and down (yay!), but unfortunately the thing was seized solid (boo!).
I gave it a few good crank attempts but figured out pretty quick I wasn't going to get anywhere with it. Oddly enough, the one I bought to replace it doesn't seem to want to turn either. One way or another the installed unit is going to have to come out, so I dabbed some of that used brake fluid on those fasteners as well.
Obligatory image of me dishin out the brake fluid:
After that I was just kicking around trying to figure out what to do next when I remembered that there was a big air leak in my air filter housing where a hose used to reside. I didn't have any vacuum port plugs big enough for such a thing, so I just stuffed it full of stick weld and called it a day
In a fit of luck I discovered that there's a machine shop that basically does nothing but turn fly-wheels and brake discs that's a stone's throw from where I work. So the goodies were loaded up, and I dropped them off on my lunch break (to be completed and picked back up on my way home)
Unfortunately, in a fit of bad luck the shop has not yet taken repossession of my transmission... They (again) seemed surprised I was there to pick it up (agian) despite our chain of messages saying I would be there to pick it up (again) and that (again) it was ok that it was in pieces. I'll be stopping by again on Friday for another attempt. Maybe it's just me, but I think one of them understands english and has infiltrated GRM and saw my thread. Now they're trying to delay me so I dont beat their record of not working. Meh, whatcha gonna do?
Other than that, we're just waiting for that big delivery of grease, oil, etc to arrive.
Good times.
End day 3