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NW Organization of Spridget Handymen In Transit

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Nice! I see one organizer, on foreman, two apprentices, a couple more in the back watching, must be a union shop :devilgrin:

Seriously, I think you are the envy of most of the rest of us for your ability to gather like that. looks like fun!
 
...and I have a few-
BillM
 

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I had a great time, and was thoroughly tired out by the end!!
I really appreciated all the great help on my car and it was super getting to see everyone again.

My son Peter came to help, he just turned 13 on Friday so I thought it would be great to get him started working on the LBC's.
He seemed to have a good time, and even got a little dirty!

My oldest daughter brought her beater Toyota over and BillM made pretty quick work of changing out a spring mount, she was so impressed.

My exhaust had lost it's center hanger fastenings so of course it had to fall off on the way home. Fortunately today was a nice day here and I live across the street from a hardware store that actually stocks things like generic automotive exhaust hangers and clamps. Fixed that, changed the oil, found one clamp not tight enough on the radiator hoses (you guessed it, antifreeze spewing out really helped me locate the clamp that needed tightening). Then the wiring started going funny. Wipers and turn signals and brake lights I believe - so I found that shutting the hood would pop fuse #2. After I cleaned up some wiring that came into line but then the heater fan wouldn't work.
I have relays and I had put a new bullet connector on the hot wire, unfortunately the plastic part had crimped on the wire but the wire wasn't making contact with the metal part. After finding that with the meter another new connector and everything was working!

Oh, and the dogleg 5 speed is a dream!!!

Here's a picture of my son bolting the clutch pressure plate to the flywheel.

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I'm also jealous that you guys are organized enough to pull these things off.

One day for a 5-speed conversion, wow.
Mine starts sometime in the next two weeks (thanks BillM), but I'm figuring on at least a week.

Rick, your kid looks cool, but he needs a REAL team's sweat shirt ;o)
 

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You know, if you had gone to a real school it wouldn't take you a week to swap the five speed. :wink:

<span style="font-weight: bold">GO HUSKIES!</span>
 
When in Rome...

Actually I grew up in Oregon, out on the coast.
Tillamook County, the land of trees, cheese and ocean breeze.

And I cheated, the 5 speed bolts right up to my Datsun A15 motor!!
 
lbc_newbie said:
I hope I can pull one off out here! SCODoody!
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SCUM - South Carolina Union (of) Mechanics
SCABs - South Carolinians About British Service
SCURVY - South Carolinians United (to) Repair Vehicles Yearly

boggles the mind.
 
Washingtonians? Organized? It's more like semi-controlled Chaos. Lucky for us, Phil has TWO ---- count 'em ------TWO, two car garages. He lives on a corner and has one on one street, and one on the other. Plus all the jacks, jack stands, etc to put three or four cars in the air at the same time. That plus the fact that Bill M. is a whirling dervish. Those two factors are huge in our abilities as a group, most especially as I'm not much more than a check book mechanic.
 
In Florida we could be:
FLODoody
We would specialize on exhaust systems

I lived in and around Eugene in the early 70's, and I attended U of O. We didn't have much of a football team back the, but nobody in the <span style="text-decoration: underline">PAC 8</span> looked forward to a b-ball game on Mac Court
I didn't graduate from O, but once a Duck always a Duck.
Last December I finally graduated from Florida Atlanic so I'm
now an Owl/Duck
 
Ed,

What's left to do on your car? I mean I know there is always something, but I thought we had your car petty well sorted out before you left.
 
Guys and gals, the drive in this morning was really nice.
I had to shift up to 4th at freeway speed to remember what it was like with the old transmission. Then back into 5th - the drop in rpm is such a pleasure.
 
RichBall said:
Ed,

What's left to do on your car? I mean I know there is always something, but I thought we had your car petty well sorted out before you left.
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Not a lot is left.... rear end is whining over 45mph and I need to install a replacement. The car is fantastic otherwise. All the rest is cosmetic stuff. It would be more of an opportunity to meet and greet some folks out here and keep the spirit going.
 
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