Just another day at the Office.

Success! Mr. Brooks was ahead of planned, and brought in the spacer plate this morning. This has shifted our schedule in a positive direction and has provided us with more time to install the motor. In less than 30 minutes Mike and I, with a little help from Mr. B's 2nd Period, had completed the connection of the motor to the transmission and are now waiting on Mr. Butler to bring in the motor hoist. To make the best of the left over time period, Mike and I finished the removal of the 4-lug front suspension. This was a long and back-breaking process because of the sheer size and weight of the components. Plus, a lot of extra parts had to be removed first in order to be able to get to the bolts holding the suspension in place. With little time to spare, the last objective was to install the freshly painted rear disc brake mounts. These mounts are to hold the brake caliper in place so that while depressing the brake pedal, the caliper will squeeze on the rotor and slow the car.

This is a shot of the stack of spacers lying next to the transmission bell-housing.

Close-up.

This is a pic of Mike and I showing the guys how the spacers came into the picture of connecting the motor to the transmission.

This is a pic of me screwing the adaptor plates to the motor.

A pic of Mike attatching the clutch to the plate.

Precision is the key to success.

Double checking.

Getting a hand from 2nd period in lifting the motor and transmission to bring them closer together.

Inches from glory!

And together it goes!

Mike placing the final bolts in position.

Completion!!! A sucessful conversion!

Dropping down the left control arm. This required un-attatching the sway bar, strut, rack and pinion, and control arm bolts.

Close up of the rack and pinion.

Right side coming down.

A pic of the new rear disc brake mounts.

In order to place the new mounts on, we had to take the face plate back off of the hogs head, and re-remove the axles, then place all of that stuf back onto the rear end. This time sealing the plate for good!

Hopefully the brake parts will be here soon!