I was laid of in late 2009, relocated back to Atlanta where I grew up, and had tons of free time. Good thing I had an old car to play with. By this point I was tackling significantly larger projects, like refreshing the suspension and brakes. I also spent a good amount of time inside the automatic transmission trying to correct a no-shift issue. I had hoped to take the car to the Georgia Tech Auto Show in the spring, but I didn't quite have the brake system buttoned back up.
- January 2010
- Automatic transmission valve body overhauled
- Replaced transmission filter screens
- Replaced transmission pan gasketRepainted transmission pan
- March 2010
- New stainless braided brake lines installed
- Rebuilt front brake calipers with new pistons and seals
- New front brake pads installed
- New upper ball joints installed
- New lower ball joints installed
- New lower front control arm bushings installed (rubber)
- New upper front control arm bushings installed (rubber)
- Repainted front spindles, springs, dust shields, caliper brackets, and calipers
- Repainted upper and lower front control arms
- Repainted front subframe
- New front KYB GR2 shocks installed
- New rear KYB GR2 Shocks installed
- New or refinished hardware used for reassembly
- Repacked wheel bearings
- New dual-circuit brake master cylinder installed
- New front brake hardlines installed
- May 2010
- Radiator boiled out, pressure tested, and painted by Riverdale Radiator
- Installed Flex-a-Lite cooling fan
- Repainted fan pulley
- Coolant change
- June 2010
- New Fuel Filter
- Sand blasted and painted battery hold down
- Replaced rear pinion oil seal
- Heater box cleaned out
- Blower motor removed and lubricated
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| All new rubber suspension bushings ready to install |
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| New balljoints, upper control arm mounts, lower shock mounts repainted |
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| Refinished springs, brake shields, brackets |
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| Upper and lower control arms stripped and ready to go back on car |
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| Fresh suspension parts finally getting installed |
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| Subframe was repainted (by brush, on the car) while everything was apart |
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| Early 1980's RX7 dual-circuit master cylinder |
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| Calipers rebuilt with new pistons, seals, and boots |
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| Refinished caliper |
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| Rebuilding the automatic transmission valve body |
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| So many parts to keep track of inside on of these things |
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| Transmission servos cleaned out and reinstalled |
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