Project Midnight Swinger
The PO butchered the throttle/kickdown bracket for whatever reason. I smoothed it out, added a hole for the lokar kickdown and painted it. Then I went to the hardware store to come up with a replacement bracket for the lokar cable. I hope it all works!
I had a terrible time getting the motor to sit correctly with the Schumacher motor mounts.
I finally figured out it is because the template that they provide with the instructions is undersized. I had to redrill the holes and I will have to notch/cut the kmember again. Very frustrating, but fixable.
I should have test fit the motor and headers before painting everything, but you live and learn.
At this point I need to ding the headers in a few spots, and then I can add the gaskets and consider them installed.
I feel like this is the hardest part of the build, and I’m just doing 1 thing at a time and trying to not let the roadblocks frustrate me.
Feeling closer than ever!
The PO butchered the throttle/kickdown bracket for whatever reason. I smoothed it out, added a hole for the lokar kickdown and painted it. Then I went to the hardware store to come up with a replacement bracket for the lokar cable. I hope it all works!
I had a terrible time getting the motor to sit correctly with the Schumacher motor mounts.
I finally figured out it is because the template that they provide with the instructions is undersized. I had to redrill the holes and I will have to notch/cut the kmember again. Very frustrating, but fixable.
I should have test fit the motor and headers before painting everything, but you live and learn.
At this point I need to ding the headers in a few spots, and then I can add the gaskets and consider them installed.
I feel like this is the hardest part of the build, and I’m just doing 1 thing at a time and trying to not let the roadblocks frustrate me.
Feeling closer than ever!
