Friday, January 15, 2010

Surprise!

I worked on the car for the first time in 2 months today! Well, it was only for about half an hour, but it was productive. I cleaned the garage a lot first as there was a lot of dirt from fall's leaf mulching and leftover fiberglass dust from cutting the relief in the cockpit. Then I jacked the car back up in the air so I could get under it and re-install the transmission oil pan. It is not completely torqued to final spec yet, but having the cover on ought to help protect its internals from winter's elements.

The next 2 jobs would be to order the driveshaft and to retouch the rustproofing paint job on the frame. I missed a fair amount on the underside, and there is enough surface oxidation that the paint should really stick well. I just want it to be a little warmer for that. All the driveshaft needs is money at this point.