Rod and I worked on the Z this weekend. The primary effort was to work on the roll bar to comply with the new regulations. There is a lot of concern that our roll cage will not pass the new regulations. Most of the prep work for Sears Pointless will be to do various patches to get the roll cage up to Lemons requirements. We might still have additional work on track, but are trying to get it as close as we understand it.
So, Saturday Rod spent a lot of time on the spreader plates. These are the six points where the bars are connected to the car. The new regulations require the spreader plates to be 24 sqin. All where originally 12 sqin. Rod got some 3/8" steel strip, cut up and we slipped them under the current plates. Additional bolts where added and we are now about half way done with tightening it all down. On Sunday we where able to finish tighten all the bolts down.
The second major issue we worked on is the exchanging of the transmission. We are not sure of the cause, but we think the syncros for 4th gear are having trouble. So, we are swopping the transmission with "new" (came with the current motor's) transmission. Right now we have the transmission out and the "new" ready to do in. On Sunday we where able to get the new transmission mounted and oil exchanged.
With the transmission and roll bar done as much as we could we moved to look into the rear differential. Rod was able to pull the housing out and get it ready of the new parts.
To complete this project some new half shaft oil seals are needed. So moving forward we still have the following needed task:
- Differential assembly and installation
- Complete roll bars patches
- Reinstall drive line
We look like Next weekend, February 26 will most likely be a work weekend.
Muddy
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