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Flywheel fresh from surfacing.

Welp, I completed the rear bumper today, and I'm certainly happy enough with the results I got for a daily driver. Near side cut/ polished, far half orange peel: Pretty glossy for rattle cans: Bumper is done. This pretty much ends any improvements or repairs to the exterior of the car...

The 'wanted to buy' section would be a good place to start.

So, I dropped off the flywheel for machining yesterday, but the guy wasn't going to be there till tomorrow, so I'll pick it up then. In the meantime, I degreased the tranny tunnel and driveshaft, and painted the rear bumper. Before: During: Almost after: And after: I'll wetsand the...

In my experience, the edge of the flywheel teeth is intentionally cut back slightly, and I think this is done to ease the engagement of the starter gear. So yours may just be normal.

I've personally never seen threads in any blocks' headbolt holes that DIDN'T have a bunch of crap in them.

Small additional delay. I took off the flywheel, and found that the surface was irregular, in that it had polished spots and dull spots. This tells me that it's probably been unevenly heated during use, likely because of oil contamination. So I need to get it machined, but I have to go out of...

So, I started with a greasy R154, now I have a...less-greasy R154. Ugh: Better: New front input shaft is installed, as well as the ABS wire has been repaired and covered in new loom. I also installed the new throwout bearing onto the release hub. Next is the rear main seal, and the...

So I haven't had any time over the past week to get much work done on this, but yesterday, I did manage to remove the tranny. This allowed me to determine the reason for the constant ABS warning light; As I pulled the tranny out from under the car, I found a spot on the ABS sensor harness where...

Looking good. Keep the updates coming.

Next on the to-do list. New stock style clutch, and shifter bushing kit. By the way- If anyone wants a good deal on the green 'truck' bushing and the lower ball socket bushing, This is a Dorman replacement kit now. Part # 924-258. Cost me $13.95 shipped! That's less than half what it would...

Ha! You probably don't want me to. The color is slightly darker. It's close enough for me, but it's not perfect. I basically just sanded the nose and bumper down with 220-320 grit, to get the shine of the old clearcoat off. On the parts of the bumper that had eroded urethane, I sanded down a bit...

Got done with that. It's not perfect, but it's WAY better than seeing the yellow urethane underneath. I still have to do the rear bumper, but I ran out of paint. Gotta get some more.

Nice.

Schwing. Is that a moonroof car?

Also painted the front bumper today, and will wetsand tomorrow.

It's rattle can, but good rattle can. www.automotivetouchup.com Urethane base, two-part clear.

Oops- I already did that. Instructions say to wait a day for rubbing compound, and 30 days before any type of wax.

grrr......don't want to upgrade, but might anyway...

Nothing big going on here, just still trying to polish off the last of the repair tasks. Tried painting my header panel today, came out ok, but a little dark. Hopefully it will lighten up slightly as it cures fully. Tired paint: Masked off: After a couple rounds of base coat: And a...