My Duster Adventures
Spent several hours working on the transmission mount tonight. I debated about having a local fan shop bend me one out of round tubing and while it would’ve been sleeker and lighter, I figured it’s gonna be a pain to get an accurate template for them to bend to, so I decided to work my magic with the poster board and fab up my own. I don’t even want to count how many times I slid in and out from under the car tonight! And to make it worse, the rear tires are still on the ground, and the front end is only up on the lowest setting of my jack stands! I thought setting the rear tires on ramps, but my only jack is currently holding my transmission up! :BangHead:
:rofl:
I told Marge that I’m won’t be doing a Hellcat swap until my Duster until I have a freaking lift! Lol
Anywho, here’s how far I got on the trans mount. I’m going to try to make the rear “vertical” section all one piece for less welding, a cleaner look and more strength. Need to get another sheet of steel for that, and it was 12:15 when I got this far, so I decided to call it a night.
I also found out that a wire wheel in a drill doesn’t feel very good on your wrist. At least it wasn’t the death wheel!
I also can’t wait til I can roll the car outside and sweep the floor! When I washed my hair, there was a layer of metal particles all over the shower floor!
:rofl:
Spent several hours working on the transmission mount tonight. I debated about having a local fan shop bend me one out of round tubing and while it would’ve been sleeker and lighter, I figured it’s gonna be a pain to get an accurate template for them to bend to, so I decided to work my magic with the poster board and fab up my own. I don’t even want to count how many times I slid in and out from under the car tonight! And to make it worse, the rear tires are still on the ground, and the front end is only up on the lowest setting of my jack stands! I thought setting the rear tires on ramps, but my only jack is currently holding my transmission up! :BangHead:
:rofl:
I told Marge that I’m won’t be doing a Hellcat swap until my Duster until I have a freaking lift! Lol
Anywho, here’s how far I got on the trans mount. I’m going to try to make the rear “vertical” section all one piece for less welding, a cleaner look and more strength. Need to get another sheet of steel for that, and it was 12:15 when I got this far, so I decided to call it a night.
I also found out that a wire wheel in a drill doesn’t feel very good on your wrist. At least it wasn’t the death wheel!
I also can’t wait til I can roll the car outside and sweep the floor! When I washed my hair, there was a layer of metal particles all over the shower floor!
:rofl:
