This weekend we eco swapped Dales 99.
Weekend went like this...
Friday: Drive it in to the shop, Gut the engine bay, gut the interior. Install the new interior and dash harness, swap over shifter and cables, get engine, tranny and wiring ready.
Saturday: cut out rear transmission mount bracket, modify front one, weld in new rear mount, install powertrain and hook up all the wiring, swap over gas tank, *temporarily* weld up exhaust.
Sunday: Do all the finishing touches, make the 2200 power steering lines work with the eco, repair broken brake line, fill fluid, do the relearn, put the car back together, DRIVE it out of the shop
Pics:
WTF? How? There is nothing holding up the rear that i can see.
Huge huge thanks to Darren, Matt, Pops, Uncle, Gary, Adam, Marc, Allen, Micah, and whoever else i forgot lol ....... Without u guys .... this surely wouldnt have happened ....... P.S when doing a relearn ... @ the end u need to turn off the ignition for 4 seconds lol .... Thanks again guys
Still gotta put the int back together but it wont be doing that till i rewire the stereo n lines to the back .......... but she drives ..... thats all i care about
Whos Next ? LOL
Tinkles ... if u look closely theres 2 very Large jack stands under the rear quarters ......
But how'd you get the rear up that high to put those jackstands under it?
There is a front and a rear to the hoist.
Raised all 4 corners up, put the jackstands under, lower rear.
The reason this was done was becuase thats when the tank was being swapped and the hoist was getting in the way.
Dales uncles shop is REALLY old school. lol
Hell yeah! Nice work guys. Darren your like a yes man when it comes to j's, anythings possible!
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I think Phlatcav/Professor J and I did mine in 3 days, a lot of bs'ing too.
I didn't have to weld mounts though so that's another plus for you. Good job!
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can i have the duster in the background?? lol i loved my old 71
Wow nice work - all in a weekend too!
Someone needs to photoshop a text balloon on the pic with the dog saying "WTF OHV???"
OK i'll do the honors LMAO:
A doggie should be present for all engine swaps lol
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Lol man Darren you dont mess around haha
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