It's a frustrating day. We didn't make a lot of progress. We tried removing the steering rack bushings and there wasn't enough clearance to pull the bushings out, so we ran out to buy a ball joint remover. Jason wants the air tool version, but Harbor Freight doesn't have one in stock, so we buy the $3 Made in China manual one. With the ball joint remover, we undo the ball joints and still can't remove the bushings, so finally Daniel undoes the steering rack before the bushings come off. In the mean time, we also start removing the shifter bushings. I'm left alone to work on the car (scary thought) while Daniel goes out to buy some Seafoam.
. In the mean time, I get to play with a heat gun in order to get the last shift bushing out. Then I put the replacement bushings in.
Here are some of the other bushings we have ready to go.
Here's the fun once the Seafoam starts working in the engine. It is very smoky in there because we don't have a powerful fan to clear the area.
Working under the car is hard. I ended up with a sore neck that lasted through Tuesday. Kudos to all the folks that like wrenching. I'm in decent shape, but my neck wasn't ready to spend a good part of the day under a car. At least Daniel made good progress after I left - he worked on the car till something like 4 AM.
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