About time lol, what took you so long. It is all about leverage when getting most trannies apart. Good pics, keep up your teardown thread.
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About time lol, what took you so long. It is all about leverage when getting most trannies apart. Good pics, keep up your teardown thread.
818S frame #13 Jdm version 8 ej207
Not sure about the wrx, but my 03 legacy did. The good thing is they are very easy to change and will be even easier once the engine is out of the car. both gaskets (and spark plug gaskets) for my legacy cost about $15-$20 so they arent expensive either. So not really a big deal
Haven't had a ton of time to work on the car, but I made some good progress this weekend.
I dropped the rear end as a whole and disassembled it off the car. This made it a little bit easier, but I still had some problem bolts.
After that I started to tackle the interior. I got the majority of it out, but still have a lot to do.
So far I have put in a total of 35 hours and 12 days. I don't know how some of you get the whole thing done in 15 hours! I feel like I'm going at a decent pace. Again, I am doing this alone and have never done anything remotely close to this before. I won't be able to work on it for a few weeks, but I feel like I'm at a good stopping point for now. I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with the donor tear down.
It took me and a couple friends a total of about 40 man hours to pull it apart, virtually every nut, bolt and bracket was removed
Since then I have another 40 hours reconditioning, powder coating etc so that right now all I need is the transaxle to come back from the LSD install. Wheel fitment, steering wheel and the will I be happy with the stock WRX seats are all that is left...
So you are not that far off what it took us to do it. The 15 hr folks have extensive WRX knowledge...
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I love your idea for labeling the wires with the key fob things. it seems like those would be a ton easier and cleaner than tape.
Been a while since I've updated this thread. I've been pretty busy, but I've been steadily making progress. I found someone that is interested in all my body panels and frame which is going to be a huge win. He's not planning on picking it up until may, so I'm trying to get too excited because I've seen too many deals fall through. The only issue is I haven't figured out how to get the chassis off the lift and on to a trailer when he comes to pick it up. Anyone got any ideas?
Here's the log I'm keeping to show the breakdown of the work:
"The only issue is I haven't figured out how to get the chassis off the lift and on to a trailer when he comes to pick it up. Anyone got any ideas?"
I had a similar issue when moving my frame onto and off of a trailer for powder coating. I had the frame on tall jack stands and was able to back the trailer under the rear of the frame, then use a wheeled floor jack (on the trailer) to lift up that end. With another set of wheels on the front, I was able to roll it the rest of the way onto the trailer. As for getting the front of the frame "on wheels," I bolted a piece of steel angle to an engine stand and bolted that to the frame. It was hokey but it worked. It was (or should have been) a 3-person job- someone on at least one side to prevent it from rolling over, another person on the trailer, and another person at the other end of the car to push the engine stand.
It looks like you could just lower the lift to the height of the trailer, back the trailer up to the lift, put 4 furniture dollies under the chassis and roll the thing forward onto the trailer, assuming there are no gaps to snag the dolly wheels. Perhaps a floor jack on the trailer and 2 furniture dollies under the back of the chassis would also work.
8 guys and a case of beer should work...Can't weigh that much.
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i wheeled mine around by setting it on a couple of car dolleys with a 2 by across the top of the dolley. I bet with some creative jack work you could lower it onto a dolley on the front and work it forward with a jack until it's on two dolley. The flat bed just winched it up and we removed the dolleys. only $100 or so of steel in it if you pull EVERYTHING.
Thanks for the advice, I think a bunch of friends, some furniture dollies, and beer is the way to go.
I won't be able to work on the car for about a month, but I was able to at least get some work done over the weekend. I removed the front cabin wIring harness. I've tried to tag and label everything, but I already found a few connectors that left me asking "What the hell does that go to?" Oh well, such is life.
I have to give a shout out to my extremely patient wife. Her only stipulation with this project was that she has a garage spot every night and so far I have kept up my end of the bargain. With that said, she's still not too pleased that our guest bedroom and office look like this:
I'm starting to run out of room, but so far so good.
Last edited by GUNS; 03-30-2013 at 10:15 PM.
Hahaha! I showed my wife the pics and she gaveme her unamused face. Lol. Thankfully we have a basement to hide stuff.
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Hey but look at it this way you could make a really sweet car bed for your guests
Yo Guns... tell me about that flush mount tire rack. I have a typical wall mount one and it sticks too far into the room. Where did you get that bad boy?
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Just went to Lowes and bought a couple of K-Rails: http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?...llow&cId=PDIO1
They have a bunch of different attachments for them and I used a couple of extendable metal rails for my mount. I used 2 rails per wheel. I wouldn't put a ton of weight on this setup, but it seems to hold the weight of the wheels fine.
Made a lot of progress today. The car is mostly dismantled and all I really have left to do is remove any remaining bolts/brackets and clean up the chassis a bit before I sell it. Once the chassis is gone I will begin cleaning/restoring parts, which I am not looking forward to. I have a little over 60 hours in at this point. Luckily, there wasn't a whole lot that gave me much trouble. I took my time with it and really learned a lot. I can't wait to get some of these parts out of my garage to get ready for the new ones. I'm still waiting on a complete list, before I sell too much. I really don't want to sell something I think I don't need, just to find out I needed it after all.
Nice, if you got any questions on parts, refurbishing etc, I will be here
nice work.
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Been a while since I've updated this. Haven't done a whole lot of work on the car, mainly been busy selling stuff and doing other things with my life. So far I've sold a little over $1k in parts and have about 70 hours total into it. I just took the chassis off the lift and will hopefully be selling it this weekend. I can't wait to have an 818 sitting on that lift instead of the WRX!
Shell is gone!!! I'm happy to see someone buy it instead of me having to scrap it. It's going to be used as a rally car which I think is pretty cool. Now I just need to sell some remaining unneeded parts, prep the parts I need, and clean up the garage. My 818 should be getting here in a few weeks and I can't wait!
Nice workspace you've got there. Brand of scissor lift? Is that thing a PITA to drive over when you're using that side of the garage and not working on the car?
It's an Atlas Kwik Bay 7000 and I have been extremely happy with it. Perfect for a low clearance garage. I parked over it daily with the WRX before I tore it down and it wasn't too big of a deal. I'm pretty sure the 818 will have some clearance issues so I will have to make some ramps or use some 2x4s or something to get over it. I may just have my wife park on that side when I'm not using it.
818 should be showing up in about a week, so I'm working on refurbishing some parts. I don't have a blast cabinet or anything fancy so I'm just using some elbow grease and rustoleum. Below are some pictures of the front control arm refurbish. I didn't do a perfect job, but I'm pretty happy with the results, especially for an already ugly piece of steel that's going to get dirty again anyway. Next I'm working on the hubs and brakes.
This first picture is the control arms before as well as the cleanup of the bushings:
Next picture is the finished result:
Oh and my first aftermarket item came in:
Too soon junior.
Let's see if anyone gets the reference. Lol.
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Lol I kno what movie it was from. It was on also on the 4th. Was grilling n knocking back some cold ones while I was working on my donor.
DO you have a link to that specific momo steering wheel? I like the look of it!
Arms came out great, Who says you need the aluminum ones. Krylon touch FTW.
looking forward to seeing the knuckles.
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Thanks for the comments. The wheel is a MOMO Mod .30 w/ buttons: http://www.momousa.com/racing/steeri...30buttons.html
What are you going to use the buttons for?
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wheel looks sweet. That's another thing I to think about more. I want a D ring for leg room, but I also don't want it to be too small for low speed (read: parking) steering effort. hmmm
Ha, no NAAAAWWWZZZZZZ for me. Relf, I don't think it will be too small. Actually, I think it's the perfect size for this car. I debated if I wanted a D wheel or not, especially since I am a shuffle steerer (is that a word?). I think it's actually going to be great as it adds some additional leverage. I'll review it once I get to drive the thing!
On another note, I got 1 of the front hubs done: