November 3, 2010 - Today was a frustrating day.
I had the day off, so I planned to do lots and lots of work on the MG.
Last night, after chopping the fenders, I was playing with the rear axle and realized it was time to install the driveshaft. First problem: it's too long. At normal ride height, it's fully seated in the transmission with no room to compress. I suspect the Camaro ring and pinion has a slightly longer pinion yoke than the S10 part that was on the car when I made my measurements. Whoops. Well, at least it's easier to shorter a driveshaft than it is to make it longer. I dropped it off at the driveshaft shop to have an inch taken out.
While the driveshaft was in, I also discovered that the fuel line and main power line also rub against the driveshaft slightly. So they'll have to be moved.
Then I went out to my Toyota truck and discovered that it had developed an oddball ailment of trying to run the starter all the time. Of course, today was the day the "for sale" ad for the truck showed up in the paper. So I spent the entire day trying to chase down a weird wiring problem without any wiring diagrams. I haven't found it yet, but I did manage to chew up my entire day.
Like I said, frustrating. Today, entropy won. |
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