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    Terry in Las Vegas Build - 15,000 miles, standard ratio R-P installed.

    I got a call from Stewert today and the driver is early. Woohoo! I promptly took the day off of work and am expecting the delivery tonight. My order is:

    • MK IV Complete Kit
    • Powdercoating Chassis
    • 302-351 Engine/Trans Mount Kit
    • 3-Link Deluxe Rear Suspension
    • 302 Headers
    • 31 Spline Driveshaft
    • Body Cut Outs
    • Power Steering
    • Ultra-Lite Gauge Set
    • Wind Wings
    • Front Swaybar
    • Heater/Defroster
    • Floor Mats, Rollbar Grommet, Side Louvers
    • Center Dash Support
    • Trunk Gas Strut
    • 8.8 solid rear axle
    • Black Front/Rear Wilwood Brakes
    • Delete seats ($220 Credit)
    • Sun Visors
    • EFI In Tank Fuel System
    • 17" Halibrand tire/wheel package


    I also already have from Breeze
    • Solid Offset Rack mounting Kit
    • White Shift Knob
    • Lower Radiator Support Kit
    • Russ Thompsons's Gas Pedal
    • Hood Scoop Fastener Set
    • Engine Compartment Battery Mounting Kit
    • Hinged Radiator mounting Kit
    • Radiator Cowl Opening Cover Kit
    • Fan Shroud
    • Dead Pedal Kit


    The Firewall Forward kit from FFMetal is on the way

    I also already have the Moog tie rods/balljoints with the Energy Suspension boots.

    I have read and read and read many build threads and forum posts. I would be lost without the information already provided by members. Thank you so much for your information. I'm not a very inventive or creative person, but I can follow instructions. Besides the FFR Build Manual, I have two build threads printed out with handwritten notes everywhere.

    My goal is to have a drive able car ready for Huntington Beach 2020. If I don't, I will be there in my bad *** Nissan Maxima.

    The motor will be a 347 FI with Tremec 600. I have not made the decision yet if it will be Blue Print or Forte. I'm hoping to be able to order it in a few months. I will be going with the Kirkey Low Back Vintage 17" seats.

    I am 6'6" tall and 270 lbs. I will be making a few modifications already described by others to allow me to fit into the car as comfortably as possible. I've always loved cars. My favorite past car is a 96 Chevy Impala that I put a lot of money into. I assisted a friend of mine with an engine pull and head/cam swap on it. I have done CV shafts, brake jobs, exhaust installs, drive axle replacement, header installs, rear main seal replacements, and a bit of automotive electrical work myself. I'm not a newbie, but I am definitely diving in a lot deeper in mechanical work that I have ever done with this car. My mechanical ability is that if I can see a good YouTube video of how something is done, I can probably do it myself.

    Funds are certainly not unlimited, and I do need to keep to a budget. I can upgrade parts that are important to me, but not everything. If I didn't have alimony and child support to pay, it would be a different story.

    Terry
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    Axle waiting for a place to call home.


    I went with this axle cover because it was painted black. I liked the all black look. However, the paint was so cheap, that just breathing on it nearly removed it. So, I got a can of brake cleaner and presto-raw aluminum cover. I should have just gone with the Moser cover. It is already filled with axle lube and limited slip additive (I forgot how much that stuff stinks). Don't forget, the fill plug is on the side of the axle housing on the right side.


    Obligatory safety wire photo. I have a neighbor that is an aircraft mechanic. He is going to come in handy.
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    Welcome to the Wookiee club. Glad to have another XL builder in the group. You will be surprised at how creative you become with these projects. When you think about something every moment of the day, ideas tend to pop up. You are going to have a blast.
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    Thanks Steve. I prefer the term "Freak Sized" myself.

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    Congratulations - I’m just a couple hours away in Lake Havasu should you need anything.

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    Nature abhors a vacuum

    A void must be filled

    Santa's sleigh arrives!


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    The first night was an inventory frenzy. I started with this.

    And ended with this.

    It was about 1:30 in the morning and I was exhausted. I wanted to get all of the boxes inventoried. But I opened up the box containing the wiring harness and a lot of individual parts and realized that it was time to go to bed. I turned off my alarm clock and slept in late.

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    Congrats Terry!!!! Have fun!!!!!
    1:30 is the perfect work time. It was 82 here last nite at 1:30. Similar weather here. Hundred and something yesterday.

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    I made good progress this weekend. I took lots of photos of the tins before removal. I have the axle 90% installed and hopefully I did the front suspension correctly. Please take a look at the front A arms and let me know if you see any issues. I used the Moog upper ball joints. They went in without issue. I also use the Energy Suspension boots.

    For the following two pictures. I had to shorten the adjusting sleeve per instructions I found on here. The solid side of the upper A arm would not collapse short enough to get the recommended 7.375" distance until I cut off one of the shoulders. Also, the ball joint triangles on each side are not oriented symmetrical. The base of the triangle on the driver's side is pointed "in" and on the passenger's side is pointed "out" toward the front of the car. Is this how it should be?



    The Energy Suspension boot slips off of the ball joint when the suspension is at full droop. Is there a way to keep this attached throughout all movement?


    Finally, the manual shows button head bolts attaching the steering arms. I cannot find any button head bolts that size. I did find four 12 point bolts with flanged nuts but they are too short.
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    Making use of an extra bedroom. All of the tins are in the closet.

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    Terry,

    Post pictures of your ball joint plates, one of them is up-side-down (per your description). The ball joint "ring" should be facing out. Go here --> https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/show...te+orientation post #20 by Jeff Kleiner.

    Hope you didn't use any RED locktite during installation . . .

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    Your are flying right along. At this pace you should easily make Huntington Beach in April. Her twin sister here in Ca. is not moving nearly as fast.
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    Bob, I hope so. I'm taking a week off of work at the end of the month and plan to get as much done as possible. Have you done anything yet?

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    Doc, here you go. This is a front shot of each side. I fixed the steering arm hardware issue. I mixed some bolts up.



    Rear end is finished too.



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    Kurt, I am so ready for the end of Sept. I'm over this summer.

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    Thanks Chris. Maybe I need to make a 4 wheeling trip down in your area as an excuse to look at your car in person?

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    Terry,

    Guess I was thinking that you had one ball joint plate up-side-down but they are installed correctly from the latest pictures. I was thinking you were saying that one ball joint stud was pointing in and the other outward . . . But to get back to your original question, after reading it again, yes, that is normal and will change once you get the front end aligned. Right now you are working with a full droop condition and setting things to a somewhat "generic" alignment. Once you have the car on the ground, things will sit differently. This "not symmetric" issue is mostly caused by the fact that the ball joint plates are universal and one will have the welded lug forward, the other rearward - perfectly normal.

    That being said . . . Damn man, you are moving right along at a blinding pace. You'll be at "roller stage" really soon. Don't go sooo fast as to where you are "skipping" ahead with some parts of the build only to have to disassemble stuff later cuz its in the way of another part of the build. It's like chess - think ahead a few moves to see where you are and how it will effect what's next.
    You are marking every bolt that you have torqued, right? Nothing worse than having to second guess yourself.

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    Ok, that is good to hear. The plates not being symmetrical was really bothering me. It just seemed weird. I have learned one big lesson. Only work on one system at a time, or keep your hardware completely separate if working on two systems. I got hung up on missing spacers for the front shocks (found them in box 21 when they were supposed to be in box 3) and I started working with the rear axle install. I got some of the hardware mixed up and used the bolts for the steering arms on something else. All fixed now.

    Yes, I have a yellow paint pen that I'm marking the bolt head with when torqued. When I have something that I'm worried about turning in place when it should not (ball joint), I mark the edge and part it is screwed into.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TMartinLVNV View Post
    Bob, I hope so. I'm taking a week off of work at the end of the month and plan to get as much done as possible. Have you done anything yet?
    I finished inventory last weekend and my wife and I lifted the body off tonight.

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    I talked to Russ Thompson yesterday. I'm sending him my steering boss to do his turn signal magic and also ordering the drop trunk kit. Thankfully, this is a three paycheck month!

    Terry

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    Your ball joint installation is correct as mentioned. The UCA configuration (fixed end on the front on one side, on the back on the other) you're concerned about is normal and works fine. The Energy Suspension upper ball joint boots don't attach to anything. They fit around the ball joint and UCA and when at ride height everything closes up just fine. But I'm a little unsure about what you pictured. This is the front suspension with the Energy Suspension 5.13102G boots. They only come as a set of four, but fortunately not expensive. The uppers that you use are the smaller pair provided. Yours don't seem to be fitting like this.

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    Ed thank you. A picture is worth a thousand words. I had put the ES boots on the tie rods even before the car arrived. I thought that I had done the ball joints too. I had actually ordered two sets of the boots because I though that each box was good for only one side. I just swapped out the ball joint boots for real this time and it works great.

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    Good day today and made a lot of progress. Although, it was 109 degrees!

    I got the sway bar, power steering rack, and front brakes mounted. I finally rented a torque wrench from Auto Zone to do the 250 ft lbs on the spindle nuts (or whatever they are called). Damn! That took some effort!


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    Now is the time to run the brake and fuel lines. I did my brake lines before I riveted anything in place. We were able to rotate the frame on the chassis dolly so it was standing on it's side. Made it a lot easier. 109 degrees. That makes for some sweat in the eyes for sure. You're doing awesome.

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    Today was a light day. I got the steering shafts installed and the FFMetal firewall forward panel in place.



    Do you like my custom steering wheel? My steering boss is on the way to Ron Francis for him to do his magic!

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    Thanks Scott. Don't you feel like being able to flip the whole chassis on its side is cheating?

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    Hey Terry... a thought for you at this point in your build that will make life a lot easier later in your build. This LINK is to a form entry that shows how to properly "center" your steering rack to the frame of the car. Hint, it's not just turning left to right and finding the center with your steering wheel. Check it out. What I did after I found the true center was I put a little black paint on the input shaft of the rack and on the bearing boss next to it and then I scribe a line in to the black so that anytime I need, I can turn my wheel and put the rack to dead center. This was especially handy later when it was time to do the alignment. Hope this helps.

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    Thank you Karl. I had not seen that post before. This is what is so great about this forum! I was planning on doing the centering the way the FFR video shows. Now it seems like the "kindergarten" way of doing it.

    As soon as I get my steering boss back from Russ Thompson, I will install my steering wheel and give it a go! Russ should be getting it today and I know that he turns them around very quickly.

    Terry

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    Today I started at 8 and called it quits at 1:00. It started to get too hot. A little bit of frustration occurred. I was cutting the firewall for the heater. I bought the FFMetal firewall forward kit. The template for the heater has you mount it 2" from the bottom of the firewall. Cool, drill, cut, looks good. Except, the FFMetal firewall has a 90 degree bend and mounts on the horizontal part of the frame tube. The FFR firewall, for which the template was made, mounts to the vertical portion of the frame tube and is taller. So, the holes I just cut ruined the FFMetal part because I had inadvertently mounted the heater too high. After a few bad words, I pitched the beautiful FFMetal hunk of aluminum in the recycling bin and drug out the stock firewall. Moving forward....

    I got most of the passenger side tins premounted and drilled.


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    Quote Originally Posted by TMartinLVNV View Post
    As soon as I get my steering boss back from Russ Thompson, I will install my steering wheel and give it a go! Russ should be getting it today and I know that he turns them around very quickly.

    Terry
    You do not need the steering wheel for this part.... all you are doing is finding the dead center of the rack. If you mark it in some fashion, you will be able to go back to center each and every time as needed.

    Sorry to hear about your firewall.

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    I have not had time to work on the car this week. I will have plenty of time this weekend to catch up. I did get my first round of parts back from powder coating though. I'm very happy with their work.

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    Terry, They did a real nice job on the powder coating - don't mess it up installing it. Ha Ha Ha, just kidding. You're doing an excellent job so far, keep up the GREAT! work.

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    Thanks Pete. I have another round of small parts getting powder coated right now.

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    I had time today to get a lot of work done on the Roadster. I'm running into dead ends with parts on POL. I am waiting on the pedal switches to arrive so I cannot do much in that area. I did get all of the flex brake lines installed.


    The fuel tank is in. I purchased stainless bolts to replace the black oxide ones that came with the car. I got 3" ones for the front of the straps and it went in easily. An in tank EFI pump is installed. The gasket for the filler neck is POL.


    Since I cannot work on the left footbox because of the missing pedal parts, I got the right footbox all buttoned up. The sound deadening mat from Eastwood will be here on Tues.


    A painter I am not. This is Duplicolor bed liner spray. I used it on my Jeep's steel bumpers and it has held up great. However, on aluminum, it is dissapointly easy to scratch off. Papa mentioned the same thing in his build. I even roughed up the surface and primed it.
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    It is starting to look like a car now.


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    This morning was very successful. I got the Breeze battery tray installed.

    The Russ Thompson Turn signal and mount installed.

    Then I got some of the driver's footbox sheet metal pre-drilled since I'm waiting on the switches for the Wilwood pedals.

    I decided that it was time to take a hike in some local hills near my house. After 4 miles in 100 degrees, it was time to go home. I got into my Jeep and the day kinda went to hell. I tried to start it and just got a click. Ok, let me hook up my battery jump starter. Click. Crap. Boost button on my jump starter, waiting for a few minutes with it connected, no luck. I then walked an additional 2 miles home and luckily my neighbor with a 4WD was home. He brought me out and we tried his jump starter, then jumper cables. All with the same results.

    Fortunately, I was 2 miles from home and not 50 miles in the desert. A trip to Auto Zone and the battery checks out OK. I then picked up a new starter motor. Since it was 107 outside, I waited until just before dark to let the asphalt to get down to 120 degrees before I got under the Jeep to swap the starter out. It took only 30 minutes and problem solved. I think that everything on the Roadster went so smoothly this morning that the car gods decided to punish me.

    I started putting together the E-brake.

    I know that this can be a troublesome area and I called it quits for the night. I'm going to do some reading here on the E-brake modifications. I already have the pulleys that EdwardB recommends. Tomorrow I will start anew with a fresh mental state.

    Terry

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    Yesterday and early this morning, I worked on a few areas. I test fit the parking brake handle and will need to elongate the mount slots to get it to clear the tunnel. I then took the bare metal handle pieces along with the trunk hinges to be powder coated. These should be my last items to be coated. Once they are finished, I will working on getting the parking brake installed and working.

    I got the Wilwood pedal assembly all together. I'm hoping the switches will be here on Thurs so that I can get it installed.


    I test fit the drivers footbox panels. I am very surprised with how roomy they are. FFR has already created pop outs on each side. I don't think I will need to make any modifications width wise for my feet. Length wise, I won't know until the pedals are installed.


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    A bit of progress today. I got the last of my parts back from the powder coating. The parking brake was really a pain in the rear to install. I had to elongate laterally the mounting holes and reverse the hardware in order to get the handle to minimally contact the side of the center console. I would like to move the handle a little bit further away buy am out of ideas.

    I have the Wilwood pedal assembly installed. I had to assemble, take apart, then reassemble to get it all right. I'm still waiting on the clutch and brake switches to arrive.

    As with many others, my clutch pedal arm contacts the 3/4" tube before going all the way to the footbox wall. I'm considering notching the arm to allow me to push it forward one extra inch. At 6'6", I need all of the room I can get.

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    Part of my POL arrived today. Most importantly, my brake and clutch pedal switches arrived. Now I can finish up that area. My 302 headers were part of this shipment. It looks like FF is sending out the new style adjustable headers and they have O2 brings already welded in. This was a very pleasant surprise.

    I'm going to be in the garage tonight.


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    The last few days have been very productive. It has been just over 3 weeks since the car was delivered. I took last week off of work and was able to spend a lot of time in the garage. I'm back to work tomorrow, so things will be slowing down a bit. My brake and clutches switches arrived and are installed now. All of my fuel lines and regulator for EFI are still POL and this is holding me up. I am waiting on the dual remote reservoir from Scott's Hotrods 'N Customs to arrive (should be Tues). As soon as it gets here I will fab up a mount and hook up the master cylinders. On Fri, I will be renting a car trailer from U-Haul to bring my rolling chassis to a friend's shop so that he can run stainless brake lines.

    I have most of the wiring harness in place. At 11:30 this morning, it already hit 100 degrees in the shade so I'm calling it quits as I felt that I was at a good stopping point. Tonight I'm going night 4 wheeling with some friends as a well deserved break is in order.




    Ever since I have installed the gas tank, for some reason, every single person who has walked into the garage has asked how big tank is. I'm not sure why they want to know that, but I put a post it note on it. I don't even know if it is the right amount.


    Eastwood X-Mat going it. I've read from others that they were able to do the whole car with one box. I don't know how they were able to do it, but I have a second box on the way.
    Last edited by TMartinLVNV; 08-31-2019 at 02:16 PM.

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