Wow, it's been a while. I pulled my shocks out in late December and sent them off before Jan 1. I got the rest of the front end taken apart a short time later. Then life got in the way of the car stuff. The cold didn't help, either. I have a single garage, with no room to work unless the main door is open, so the weather needs to be somewhat cooperative. And here it is... April. The weather is now nice enough to do some work outside. Before getting started on the actual car, I built a cart to roll it around. I also built the two main legs for the rotisserie. Lumber prices are going crazy right now what with COVID and all, and I had a chance to get some at the old prices, so I jumped on it. Plans for the cart are here: (NOTE: I tried to get some free CAD software to work, but its all geared toward 3D modelling, and I just wanted a simple drafting app. No luck. Nothing. So I drew it by hand and scanned it. Same for the rotisserie.) And here are the plans for the rotisserie Basically, these are all built with 4x4s, 2x4s, and lag bolts. One sheet of 1/2" plywood was also used. The rotisserie mounting/pivot assemblies are covered in another video/blog post, but I know what I'm going to do with them, so they are also included on the plan.
Once the cart was made, it took myself and one buddy to lift the car (with the rear end/diff/axle and springs still attached), while my wife wheeled the cart under the car. We set it down basically right on the pinch welds, and it fit perfectly. The rear end removal was a pain. Actually, the axles and diff assembly came out rather easily. But the radius arms had some rust issues with a few of the bolts, so that took a while. A couple of the bolts didn't survive, and will require replacement. I was planning on replacing all the suspension bolts anyway, so no big loss. One of them will have to be drilled, though, so I'll have to figure out how to do that without damaging the radius arm mounting bracket. The YouTube video is HERE
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