[TPR] Asa's Thursday update Aug 9

[Teampantera]

Cool..wots your take  on left side oil leak?
On the RAD is this your buddy at Fluidye who is shipping? or Summit shipping and lessons learned been drilled into their collective heads on how to package the rad for shipment?

Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>The radiator shipped last Tuesday,.  UPS tracking shows it in route, 
>arrival by Tuesday 8/14.  The car is ready for it.  I hammered out the 
>valance so the front doesn't look so bad (after my off course excursion 
>last year).  I still have a bunch of little bits to do on the car 
>itself, like clean the engine bay.
>
>Looks like I've had at least two oil leaks on the engine.  One at the 
>rear main seal that coated the inside of the bellhousing and one on the 
>outside near the front which has coated the left frame rail.  Of course, 
>my car still has undercoating on it.  I've found that oil-soaked 
>undercoating comes off very nicely. :)  So it should be easy to clean.
>
>Today after work will be cleaning.  Clean the transmission, clean the 
>engine bay.  Then I need to fix the routing on some hoses and wires 
>which are hanging in the way, from where they should be on the 
>firewall.  I'm nearly sure it will all be ready to take the engine back 
>in by late Saturday or Sunday.
>
>I have an email in to Becky at Pantera Performance Center right now 
>getting price and delivery on the engine donuts.
>
>Moving along.
>Asa Jay
>
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>&  Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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>On 8/9/2012 10:07 PM, Teampantera wrote:
>> Okay time to get tough kid..whoever is shipping the RAD get on the phone with and tell them you need that f'ing rad yesterday....dont take no  or maybe for an answer
>> Woof
>>
>> Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Well yea... that was the plan... maybe not overnight, but yea... order
>>> them in the morning, keep moving on install, they get here next week, I
>>> crawl under and replace them, no worries.  :)
>>>
>>> I'm waiting on the radiator too, should be here early next week.
>>>
>>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>>> &   Shelley Marie
>>> Spokane, WA
>>> ******************************
>>> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
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>>> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/9/2012 9:50 PM, Teampantera wrote:
>>>> My 2 cents
>>>> Pull out your credit card and get the f'ing donuts in the morning fedxd next day delivery so get on phone EARLY friday morning.
>>>>
>>>> Your not gonna have trouble with those tires unless maybe you are in a lock-to-lock turn and there is nothing like that at SS...just make sure your suspension, bushings, bearings, clearances are all  tight...nothing loose or sloppy
>>>>
>>>> Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Transferred all little greebly stuff to the new engine tonight:
>>>>> - Temp Sender (installed earlier this year... I know it works)
>>>>> - Oil pressure sender
>>>>> - Dip Stick
>>>>> - Zinc anode to the water pump (aluminum pump)
>>>>> - Front pulley on damper
>>>>> - Installed brand new NGK UR-4 spark plugs
>>>>> - Fuel hard line from pump to intake
>>>>>
>>>>> New tires arrived, look good.  Sumitomo 265/40-18 and 245/40-17.  Boy
>>>>> those front tires look too big; they look bigger than the rear tires
>>>>> I've been running.  I hope they don't rub.  Good news is, the rears are
>>>>> damn near two inches taller than the Toyos on my 15" wheels.  They
>>>>> should look sweet on the car.  I'll have to send these out for mounting
>>>>> next week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bad news.  I tried reversing the engine mount donuts.  Not going to
>>>>> work.  Damn!  That means I'll need to order some.  Which means the
>>>>> engine won't be going back in this weekend.  Crap!
>>>>>
>>>>> Or.... I go ahead and use them as-is and worry about replacing them
>>>>> later.  I just may do that.  Even if the engine is -in-, I can get
>>>>> underneath and replace them easy enough.  That would keep the project
>>>>> moving.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a race now....
>>>>> Asa Jay :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>>>>> &    Shelley Marie
>>>>> Spokane, WA
>>>>> ******************************
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