She drives!
Started out yesterday installing the steering rack.
The new passenger side bushing/bracket and the modified driver side bracket worked perfectly to locate and tie down the rack, no more lateral movement.
Won't be able to evaluate the swap until the car is aligned.
We lost every possible adjustment when the rack and suspension were replaced and it's a miracle the car even goes in a straight line.
Depending on Kev's visit and the weather, probably get her done on Friday.
I went over every hydraulic connection and gave them all a little tweak...no more leaks.
Dan the mechanic had kindly lent us his vacuum bleeding apparatus for the weekend and Sigfrid and I tried our best to make it work.
It seems completely counterintuitive to me and indeed, it did not seem to be doing anything...after a few hours we gave up.
Very frustrating, we were so close to being able to drive her and something as simple a clutch bleed was going to stop us.
Rolled her out of the garage to test fit some seats and just by habit, Sigfrid put it in gear...and it went!
No idea what happened, we went from having a good pedal feel but not able to go into gear to having good pedal and OK shifting (it actually seemed to improve as we drove)...it's very mystifying but it works, so I shan't question the results.
After the alignment I'm going to swing by Precision and have Dan bleed it properly, so it should only get better.
Maybe get him to vacuum bleed the brakes too...couldn't hurt.
The new shocks/springs lowered the car quite a bit.
It has a beautiful stance on the wheels but we'll probably need to roll the fenders for clearance.
We'll know better once it's aligned and the wheels are sitting properly.
No pics this week, we were too frazzled and the car is too dirty.
I'll rectify that ASAP...promise.
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