After fighting with it for several hours, I finally got the transmission cross-member installed today. I didn't have the right bolts for the spring/isolator, so I had to mock up a shim with a too-large nut & washer - hopefully it'll work for a while. I'll eventually need to buy a new rubber isolator and mounting bolt, but I think I'm ok for now. I also was missing a nut for one of the cross-member bolts, but I found something that'll work.
Unfortunately, I never could get it to mount correctly; there were six bolts, and no matter what I did, I couldn't get the last one to fit. I ended up having to get my dremel out & grind away a little of the metal on the inside of the x-member hole, then pounded the bolt in with a hammer. It worked though, and everything is installed & torqued down. Now I can see how the rest of the engine will go together, and whether or not the heater core box will mount correctly, or if I'll have to spin/modify the breather cap on the passenger side. If it's ok, I'll be able to install the heater core & housing, then modify the spark plug boots, install the alternator, upper & lower radiator hoses, carburetor, and front gas lines, which means I might be able to fire it up soon!? That'll be sweet! I need to seriously start looking for a rear axle assembly though, so I can get it modified & have a custom drive shaft made & installed. after that, it's just brake lines, power steering pump, new master cylinder/power booster, brake lines, residual pressure valves?, and the front disc brake kit. Oh, and the throttle linkages, a battery, and the cleaning/reassembly of the push-button shifter (the pieces are both in the basement and in the car). Oh, and I guess I need to get new keys made, as the old ones were left in a ziploc in the trunk & got wet, so they rusted almost clean-away. Oh, and I guess I'll have to bolt the bench seat back down, at least temporarily. Shit; and I'll need to find some bigger used rims/tires, as the stock ones won't fit over the disc brake kit.
I finished my last beer tonight, from a six-pack I bought last week. I've decided I'm not going to drink at all anymore, at least for a while. It just doesn't agree with me, and it doesn't fit in with any of my goals. I didn't miss it for 2.5 months, and the few days I've been drinking this week, I've only ended up sad, so... fuck it.
There's more, but I don't feel like getting into it.
10:43 p.m. - 2016-08-07
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