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03/16/2010

Big day today. I had been killing time on smaller projects while I waited for craigslist to pop with an engine hoist and stand. I was starting to lose patience and almost bought them at the Harbor Freight tent sale, but luck won out in the end.
This was my first engine pull and I did it all alone, so it took time and mistakes were made, but it turned out ok.

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Well, in case you didnt know, I live in the Las Vegas area and it gets a little hot here. The car was delivered mid June..the oven season.
For those who arent familiar, anything metal left outside for more than 5 minutes becomes too hot to touch. When I first moved here, I branded myself on the forearm with a nickel that was sitting on the passenger seat of my car. Hot. As I am working in a confined area (1 bay of a 2 car garage) I need to work out in the driveway. Especially in the ...

03/14/2010

I was searching craigslist for other stuff when I came upon an add for this IRS package for $400. Its from a '91 5.0L T-bird. Anyways, I ran out and picked it up. It saves me a day or so at the pick-a-part crawling around in the dirt.

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After a coulple hours work:

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04/03/2010

Been a couple weeks since I got any work done. Been a little busy and also took a short trip with the girls to San Diego for some fun at the beach. It was a car productive trip as I picked up a set of explorer heads and intake. Those parts just werent popping on craigslist here and I spotted a set in San Diego. Might as well act while I can.

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I took the frame in bare metal. I had heard stories of the powder coating chipping during the build and theres no way to repair that. Also, I had visions of cleaning up all the weld spatter and pretifying things...visions pass.

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First step is cleaning all the greasy protective stuff they coat metal in. ...